What is the difference between a sunny doll and a rainy doll?

The main differences are different in nature and functions, as follows:

First, the nature is different.

1, sunshine doll

It is a puppet hanging on the roof to pray for sunny days.

2. Rainy doll

It is a puppet hanging on the roof to pray for rainy days.

Second, the role is different.

1, sunshine doll

Sunshine dolls are used to pray for rain.

2. Rainy doll

The role of rainy dolls is to pray for rainy days.

Extended data

(1) Dissemination:

According to legend, in the Qin dynasty, once the battle was over, the army would tie the enemy's head with white cloth and hang it upside down on the battlefield with a rope. Later, because this form was too troublesome, it was simply made into the shape of today's sunny dolls with white puppets, and each sunny doll represented a head. Slowly, this white cloth puppet was associated with sacrifice and became a symbol with sacrificial significance. As for the sunny dolls and rainy dolls that became popular in Japan, there were sunny dolls and rainy dolls, which were only the result of the later development of this sacrificial feature.

(2) Source:

It is said that Sunshine Baby comes from the folk custom in northwest China, and there are three kinds of sayings:

(1), stop raining.

This is also the origin of the name of the sunny doll. The poem reads: "Roll up your sleeves and hold a broom. When you hang it in the shade, you will wave. "

(2) Reproductive worship

There is a saying that a sunny doll is a god, which means praying for his son Sun Yinsheng.

(3) Miss Peace

In ancient times, when there was a war in the northwest, my wife would hang one under the eaves of the house and then let her husband take one. One represents the wife's longing for her husband, and the other two represent the wife's blessing to her husband.

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