What is the special meaning or symbolic meaning of snails?

Snails are generally used to describe people who are slow to learn, but do not give up their goals and try to climb up step by step.

Snails are characterized by slow movement, lack of agility and flexibility, but endurance.

People usually use "little snail" and "why are you as slow as a snail" to evaluate others, indicating that others are slow and procrastinating. But snail is not only a derogatory term, it is sometimes regarded as a typical example of hard work, initiative and never giving up.

For example, Jay Chou's "Snail" was written by Jay Chou at the low point of his career. At that time, Jay Chou was writing songs for others all day, and he was in a particularly bad mood. So he decided to write a song to encourage himself, and at the same time encourage young people to climb forward step by step like snails for their goals.

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The symbolic significance of snails in foreign countries;

Snails have different symbolic meanings in different cultures. In China, snails symbolize slowness and backwardness. In western Europe, it symbolizes tenacity and perseverance.

Some ethnic groups predict the weather through the action of snails. People in Fingerland think that if the tentacles of snails are long, it means that there will be fine weather tomorrow. Some people in Europe and America think that snails run back and forth with their families on their backs every day, which represents people who bear a lot of family burdens but are loyal to their families.

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