“家“字“从宀从豕“,具象地保留下人类生存方式的历史记忆,所谓无“豕“不成“家“,体现的是农耕文明的基本生存方式。通过对猪的圈养与驯化史的追溯可知,“豕“是农业文明特别是华夏农业文明的一个象征符号,“豕“与“家“的生养关系在饮食文化、节祭信仰等方面都多有体现。The Chinese character Jia( 家, home) contains two radicals, Mian( 宀)and Shi( 豕, pig).It is a vivid manifestation of the living style of human being in the historical memory.The saying that a home(Jia, 家) is incomplete without rearing a pig(Shi, 豕) is the embodiment of the basic way of existence of agricultural civilization.Based on the history of rearing pigs as livestock and domesticating them, we can find that Shi( 豕) is a symbol of agricultural civilization, especially the Chinese civilization.The relationship between Jia( 家) and Shi( 豕) is reflected in many aspects such as diet, religion and so on
