Is there any taboo in using sunshine dolls?

China has profound culture and diverse folk customs. What do you know about Sunshine Doll? Sunny doll, also known as Qingniang, Tianpo and Sunny Monk. Popular in rural areas of China and Japan, it is a puppet hanging on the eaves to pray for sunny days.

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

1, Stop Rain: This is also the origin of the name of Sunshine Doll. Poetry: "Roll up your sleeves and hold a broom. When you hang it in the sky, you will wave. "

2, reproductive worship: a saying that the sunshine doll is a god, which means praying for his son Sun Yinsheng. This statement comes from China.

3. Physical body double: Japanese believe that sunshine dolls can take the place of people to bear disasters and diseases. This custom can be seen occasionally in the northern countryside today. There is also a song in Henan, "Sweep the Sunny Mother to Stop the Rain": "Sweep the Sunny Mother, it will clear up in three days, and I'll put on colorful clothes for you. If it doesn't clear up for three days, tie your light back. At least in the early years of the Yuan Dynasty, this custom already existed.

There is also a ballad about sunshine dolls. I don't know if you have heard of it. After all, when I was a child, I always listened to the old people sing some folk songs, which felt very folk.

"Sunshine doll, sunshine doll, I hope it will be a fine day tomorrow. If so, I will give you a golden bell. Sunshine doll, sunshine doll, I hope it will be fine tomorrow. If so, I'll give you good wine. Sunshine doll, sunshine doll, I hope it will be fine tomorrow. If not, cut off your head.

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. 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.

Whether these things really happened or not, it was a long time ago. We prefer to believe that these cruel stories are just legends, not the real thoughts of history, otherwise we really can't look directly at the smile of the sunshine doll.