It is regarded as a symbol of alertness, being good at adversity, reproduction of children and grandchildren and prosperity of family business. There is an auspicious meaning of endless life and prosperity.
There was a festival in history when mice married women. Generally, on the 25th night of the first month, every household doesn't light a lamp that night, and the whole family sits on the kang in the hall, silently eating food such as mouse paws made of flour in the dark, making no noise to provide convenience for the mouse to marry, so as not to offend the mouse and bring hidden dangers to the next year. Residents in Taiwan Province Province think that the third day is a small year, and it is said that the night of the third day is the day when mice get married. The wedding of mice in folk paper-cut is the embodiment of this belief, so people don't light lights in the middle of the night, sprinkle rice and salt on the ground, and go to bed in the morning, which will not affect the happy event of mice.