猪的驯化、饲养,在中华大地上,至少有着8000年的历史。浙江余姚市河姆渡新石器文化遗址出土的陶猪,其造型与现代家猪体态就十分相似。古代典籍中,猪的名称之多,也说明了我们的先辈对它的熟悉程度。猪,古代多称“豕”。豕的小篆字形是一个尾巴翘起的猪的形象:(?)。东汉许慎的《说文解字》上说:“竭其尾,故谓之 Domesticated pigs, raising, in the land of China, at least 8000 years of history. Zhejiang Yuyao Hemudu Neolithic cultural relics unearthed pottery pig, its shape and modern domestic pig body is very similar. Ancient books, the name of pig much, but also shows that our ancestors familiar with it. Pig, ancient called ”豕 “.小 small seal font is a tail tilt pig image: (?). Eastern Han Xu Shen’s ”Explain Word“ said: ”exhaust the tail, so that’s it