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What does the ancient rabbit mean?
In ancient times, rabbits were used as a metaphor for homosexuality.

First, because there are "two rabbits walking beside the ground, can Ann tell if I am a male or a female?" Say, so comrades will be called rabbits.

Second, because there is no so-called "homosexuality" in China (not to mention "BL"), the book uses "rabbit" as an agent. At that time, homosexuality was not allowed in feudal social thought (it would be considered as insulting family status), so it was also a taboo. Male rabbits can mate with male rabbits or female rabbits, but mating with male rabbits will not be fertilized. Every rabbit is like this. So in ancient times, people didn't know the word homosexuality, so they used rabbits instead. The so-called "Yu Tao", "Broken Sleeves", "An Ling" and "Yang Long" all belong to the words of literati. As for the ancient folks, there are many vulgar terms for homosexuality, such as "xianggong", "rabbit", "male prostitute", "little singer", "Xiang brother" and "Qi brother". Most of our rabbits are descendants of European rabbits, and only a few are descendants of American rabbits. In BC 1 100, it was recorded that phoenicians transported rabbits to Spain. The ancient Romans were the first people to know the "value" of rabbits. Rabbits became their daily necessities during the war because they were small and easy to carry and transport. When they swept across Europe, rabbit meat became a delicacy on their table. At the same time, some rabbits were deliberately released by boring army troops and played as pets.

Exorcise evil spirits ~

In the Middle Ages, foreigners believed in and feared witchcraft. There is a legend in England that if someone is possessed by evil spirits, he can protect himself by hanging the rabbit's left hind foot around his neck on a full moon night. Moreover, different rabbit parts have different protective uses. Therefore, foreigners think that rabbit feet represent "luck".

Start breeding ~

Until the14th century, a French Catholic monk picked some rabbit varieties for breeding, which is today's champagne rabbit (champagne rabbit), which means silver. Champagne originally meant made in France. In short, this is a kind of "dry road marriage" and "widowed"