What does Dai Song mean by drawing a cowboy joke on a cow?

The power of bullfighting is used in the corner, and the tail is tightly sandwiched between the legs. Now the cows in this picture are fighting with their tails up. Wrong!

Original text:

There is Du in Shu, with excellent calligraphy and painting. There is also Dai Song's "Bull" Axis, which is particularly popular. It is covered with precious stones, and it is often followed by itself. One day, when the painting and calligraphy were exposed, a shepherd boy saw it and clapped his hands and said with a smile, "This painting is also a bullfight! The bull's fighting power is in the horn and its tail is between the two stocks. Today is another fight, ridiculous! " Chu Shi laughed it off.

There is an old saying: "Ask the slaves when you farm, and ask the maids when you weave." Can't be changed.

Jade axis of the kit: take jade as the axis and put it into the kit. Bao (náng): Bao. This refers to painting sleeves. Clap your hands. Ran: I think ... is right.

Translation:

There is a Adu Chu Shi in Sichuan who likes painting and calligraphy. He has a collection of hundreds of paintings and calligraphy. One of them is a painted picture of a bullfight, which is especially cherished by Du. He made a painting axis out of jade, packed it with a tool kit and kept it with him all the time.

One day, he spread out his calligraphy and painting in the sun. A shepherd boy saw the cow painted by Dai Song, clapped his hands and said with a smile, "This painting is a bullfight! The power of bullfighting is used in the corner, and the tail is tightly sandwiched between the legs. Now the cows in this painting are fighting with their tails up, no! "

Du smiled and thought what he said was very reasonable. There is an old saying: "The tiller asks the farmer, and the weaver asks the weaver." This truth will not change!

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Creation background

China's totem worship of cattle can be traced back to Dayu's water control period 4,000 years ago. Legend has it that every time Dayu treated a flood, he would throw an iron cow into the bottom of the water to show his repression. In the Tang dynasty, the iron cow that saved the town water was relocated to the shore. In the eyes of ordinary people in China, the more virtues of cattle are the quality of working hard and never complaining, which is a symbol of hard work.

However, the fierce and aggressive nature of bison is also well known. Many nationalities in the world have the traditional custom of bullfighting, and the custom of bullfighting in China can be traced back to the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period in 200 BC.

According to Shui Jing Zhu, Qin Libing ruled Shu, and in order to eradicate floods and benefit the people of Shu, he built Dujiangyan, which angered Jiang Shen. The two men became two bulls and fought fiercely. Bing assassinated Jiang Shen with the help of his subordinates. Since then, there has been no flood in Shu. Shu people admire Li Bing's brave determination, so they call strong young people "Binger". Bullfighting has also become a long-standing custom of Shu people: Taiping Guangji, compiled in the early Song Dynasty, records that bullfighting has become popular in Shu since the Han and Jin Dynasties.