In the minds of the ancient Lu people, he is a "benevolent beast" who "responses to courtesy with faith" and "is sincere and sincere". Deer worship has appeared in ancient times, and many ethnic groups worship white deer. In Buddhist stories, the deer is the embodiment of justice, kindness, and auspiciousness. In ancient Chinese culture, the deer is also a symbol of power, such as "Chasing the Deer in the Central Plains". "Deer" and "Lu" are homophonic, meaning wealth. Sika deer is regarded as a symbol of health, happiness and luck.

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The deer also symbolizes good luck, longevity and promotion. Legend has it that a thousand years is called Canglu, and two thousand years is called Xuanlu. Therefore, the deer is a fairy animal with longevity. Deer often defend Ganoderma lucidum along with cranes. The word "deer" has the same pronunciation as the word "lu" in the three auspicious stars: "Fu, Lu and Shou", so it is often used to express longevity and prosperity in some patterns and organizations.

Myths and legends say that the deer is an auspicious beast that is born when the Yaoguang stars disperse in the sky. It is often found together with gods, cranes, Ganoderma lucidum, and sacred pine and cypress trees. It appears in the fairy mountains and protects the fairy grass Ganoderma lucidum. Blessings and longevity are brought to the world, good health is given to people, and auspicious omens are given to people. It is also said that the deer that has lived for a thousand years is called Canglu, and the deer that has lived for two thousand years is called Xuanlu. The Antarctic immortal, the longevity star, chose deer as his mount. The presence of deer is also a symbol of national prosperity.

Our country is the main birthplace of deer animals in the world. Among them, sika deer, elk, sambar, red deer, white-lipped deer, as well as musk deer, deer, muntjac, etc. are all produced in China, and our ancestors have a history of raising deer. It's also very old. As early as the Shang Dynasty, King Zhou built a deer platform and kept deer for viewing and hunting; King Wen of Zhou also built a spiritual confinement in Huxian County, Shaanxi today. "Poetry Daya Lingtai" records: "The king has a spiritual confinement, and the deer wash their hands." “There are many trees in its hundred-mile garden, and deer roam there.

Because deer and Lu are homophonic, later people took the presence of deer as a good omen in order to pray for high-ranking officials to receive generous salaries. And because deer have psychic aura, rulers of successive dynasties after the Sui and Tang Dynasties often used them as sacrificial objects. For example, in the Tang Dynasty, prefectures and counties offered sacrifices to Sheji and ancestors, and offered sacrifices to ancestors, using deer breasts for bamboo slips and deer minced beans for beans. By the Ming Dynasty, the main sacrifices during the Great Sacrifice were still deer breasts, deer mints, deer minced meat and other items.

History developed to the Qing Dynasty. Due to the primitive worship of deer by the ancestors of the Manchu people, they believed that deer, as the god of wind and rain and the messenger of heaven, could reach the sky. Therefore, they would gather together to dance the Shaman Deer God before each hunting trip. Dance to pray for good luck in hunting. In addition, some Manchu clans worship the deer god and when making sacrifices, shamans put antlers on their hats to symbolize the deer god. The symbolic significance of deer in religion brought the deer culture and deer sacrifice system of the Qing Dynasty to the climax of feudal society.

Reference: The story of the royal family and deer in the Qing Dynasty - People's Daily Online