Why is the weasel called Daxian?

Folklore widely circulated in the vast rural areas of Northeast China believes that weasels will "possess" and manipulate people's thoughts, which will make people insane, behave abnormally, and even show obvious words and deeds of "possessing" weasels.

In some areas, for the sake of Aetna, the memorial tablet dedicated to the weasel is honored as "Wong Tai Sin", and people will also refer to the weasel as "Wong Tai Sin" for short when politely advising the possessed person.

Extended data:

All kinds of folklore in the East and the West often have repeated probability basis, among which the statements related to production and life are gradually revealed by the later scientific development and technological progress with the development of the times.

Other theories that have not been paid attention to by mainstream academic circles and the development of contemporary productive forces in time, due to the lack of systematic and reliable research and a large number of empirical studies, often become the blind spot of popular science and the last depression to retain the mystery of traditional culture after the passage of time.

Some of these depressions are also an inseparable part of many folk culture tourism resources, which should be regarded as intangible cultural heritage, properly protected and given play to its literary effect of enhancing tourism experience, rather than unilaterally and arbitrarily denying its value.

Various seemingly unscientific but widely circulated sayings are also the important focus of popular science work and the scope of topics for folk scholars to visit and study.

During the revolutionary period, it was arbitrarily labeled as "feudal superstition", which led to the destruction of a large number of historical materials and cultural relics with great academic value.

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