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What is the symbolism of the elephant?

Elephants because of its naive, honest and loyal image has become the world's mascot, and in traditional Chinese culture, "elephant" and "Xiang" word homophonic, so the elephant is given more auspicious symbols, such as the elephant carrying a bottle ( Ping) for "peace with the elephant"; to elephant pack halberd (auspicious) vase for "peace and good luck"; to children riding (auspicious) elephant for "good luck"; to elephant pack Ruyi, or elephant trunk rolled Ruyi for "Auspiciousness".

The Dai people have traditionally regarded elephants as symbols of good fortune and strength. For thousands of years, people and elephants have formed an unbreakable bond, people like elephants, worship elephants. As the Xishuangbanna region of Yunnan is a paradise for elephants, the local people are very fond of elephants, and they put elephants at home as a good-luck charm to symbolize peace and good luck, and to attract wealth and prosperity.

Life habits of elephants

Elephants are group-living animals, with the female elephant as the leader of the family unit, the time of the day, the course of action, foraging sites, habitat, etc., all listen to the female elephant command. And adult male elephants only assume the responsibility of defending the safety of the family. Sometimes several herds gather to form a large herd of hundreds of elephants.

Elephants can use human hearing infrasound communication, in the absence of interference, the general can spread 11 kilometers, if the airflow caused by the uneven medium, can only spread 4 kilometers, if in this case also want to communicate, the herd will be stomping together to produce a powerful "boom" sound, this method can be up to 32 kilometers. This method can spread up to 32 kilometers.