Yuan Zhen's poem "Long and Beautiful Mid-Autumn Festival" said: "The curtain breaks the firefly, and the window shows the bat flying." Bat province is called "Bat". Because "bat" and "fu" are homophonic, people use bats to express auspiciousness, which is auspicious. There are five bats in a folk painting, which means "five blessings".
In the past, there were often bat patterns on silk brocade. The velvet flowers worn by women at weddings and birthdays (such as "five bats holding a birthday") and some costumes and utensils are often shaped like bats.
Feng Menglong's Laughing Room. Bat riding on the wall: "Phoenix is happy, birds are happy, and bats are not there." It says it is not a bird, but a quadruped. Later, it was Kirin's turn to celebrate his birthday. All the animals came to congratulate him, but the bat didn't come. This time it says it has wings and can fly. It is a bird, not a beast. This joke satirizes the bat as a cunning fence-sitter.
The Jingpo people in Yunnan Province generally believe that bats are a symbol of cunning. According to legend, in ancient times, the temperature of the sun was very high, and the animals on the ground were baked unbearable and cursed one after another. The sun was very angry and turned and went to heaven. From then on, the world was dark. So all the animals got together and agreed to raise some gold and silver to invite the sun out. When the bird raised money from the bat, the bat folded its wings and said that it was not a bird, but a mouse and did not want to donate. The mouse found it, patted its wings again and said it was a bird, not a mouse, and didn't donate money. So the bat didn't even donate a penny. Therefore, Jingpo people call those who are duplicitous, improvise, face to face, and behind their backs "bats".
In China culture, bats are definitely a symbol of "happiness", which can be found almost everywhere in many preserved ancient buildings, brick carvings and stone carvings, needless to say. But if people are called bats, there is no auspicious meaning in them. The legend above has made it very clear.
Open a window or door. If you are hungry, you should fly out by yourself.
Or just throw two brooms out. ?
Attention, people had better not touch bats. Bats' claws (above their wings) and teeth are very sharp and small. Once bitten or scratched, you may be infected with rabies virus and need to be injected.