According to legend, after Tang Taizong Li Shimin came to the throne, in order to thank God, he went to the temple to worship. In addition to a large number of civil and military officials and attendants, there were also a male, a female and two dogs raised by Li Shimin. Inside the temple, the atmosphere is solemn, everyone is sincerely worshiping, and two dogs are waiting outside the temple. At this time, the bitch suddenly felt urinary urgency. The temple is not allowed to urinate here. But the bitch couldn’t hold back anymore, so she hid behind a tree and started to urinate. The god in the sky was very angry when she saw it. Immediately, a thunder and lightning fell, knocking down the tree, and the bitch was crushed to death by the tree.
The male dog on the side of saw everything in his eyes. After a while, the male dog also felt anxious, so he ran behind the tree and lifted one leg to pee on the tree, lest the tree fell and crushed him. This time the tree did not fall, but all the male dogs did not fall. They have developed the habit of raising their legs to pee. They are afraid that the anger that God did not explode that day will fall on them at any time, so when they pee, they raise one leg to support the surrounding things to ensure that they are not crushed. dead.
Since then, the habit of male dogs raising their legs to pee has been passed down from generation to generation by all male dogs.