The cicada has been given different symbols and meanings, including the following: First, the symbols and meanings of "long-lasting love", "rich and wealthy"; Second, the symbols and meanings of The second is to symbolize "Zen enlightenment, meditation," "high moral character"; the third is to symbolize "fame and fortune", "one hit wonder Thirdly, it means and symbolizes the "double reward of fame and fortune", "a brilliant success" and "contentment"; fourthly, it means and symbolizes the "resurrection" and "eternal life".

I, allegory and symbol of "lingering sentimental, love long", "waist ten thousand, wealth and prosperity"

Cicadas, the sound of the "entanglement", if the couple If lovers wear ornaments containing "cicada", it means and symbolizes "lingering and sentimental, love for a long time"; if businessmen and businesswomen wear ornaments containing "cicada" at the waist, it means and symbolizes If a merchant wears an ornament containing "cicadas" around his waist, it symbolizes and signifies "ten thousand dollars in wealth and a wide source of income".

Second, allegory and symbol of "Zen enlightenment, meditation," "high character"

Cicadas and the Buddhist "Zen The cicada is the same as the Buddhist word "Zen", which implies and symbolizes "Zen enlightenment and meditation", and wearing it on one's body is a symbol of the world's pious pursuit of the heart.

Cicadas live on dew, which is usually regarded as the most clean and pure thing, so cicadas are also used to symbolize the purity and high quality of a person.

Three, allegory and symbol of "fame and fortune", "a brilliant sound", "contentment"

Cicadas are good at "chirping", their sound is unique, so people will "cicadas" means "a brilliant", usually students wear it means academic success.

And "鳴" is the same as "名", so people like to combine cicadas with lychees, which means "both fame and fortune".

The sound of cicadas is very similar to that of "robin", and the sound of bamboo is the same as "foot", so people put cicadas and bamboo together to symbolize the human attitude of "being contented and happy".

Four, allegory and symbol of "resurrection" and "eternal life"

Cicadas can live in the ground, but also can break the ground feathering, ancient people usually will be" Feathering" as the "life". The ancient people usually regarded "feathering" as "rebirth", so from the late Zhou Dynasty to the Han Dynasty funeral, people always put a jade cicada into the mouth of the deceased, on the one hand, to send condolences, praying for the "dead" asylum, on the other hand "Cicada-shaped jade containing", implying the spirit of immortality, symbolizing "resurrection" and "eternal life", hoping that the deceased "long life". "

Fifth, allegory and symbol of "gentleman"

Cicada allegory symbolizes the gentleman, in ancient times, people believe that cicadas are a sacred spirit, has the highest status, implying that the temperament of the high and pure, psychic, and the arrival of cicadas indicate the arrival of the summer, so the cicada. When cicadas appeared, people would not actively expel them. It is written in the Records of the Grand Historian: "Cicadas shed themselves in filth to float beyond the dust."

The cicadas spend most of their lives in the mud, but when they metamorphose into cicadas they climb on the branches away from the dust, only feeding on tree sap and dew, which can be described as coming out of the mud, so people use cicadas as an analogy for the purity and cleanliness of character.