The Story of the Piggy Bank小猪存钱罐的故事

When we see numbers on an app， money doesn’t make a sound. But realmoney does， and you can even guess how much you have from those excitingsounds！ But have you ever wondered1 why we might want to put our moneyinto pigs？ Not everyone agrees2 on the reason！

One idea says that hundreds of years ago， people in Western Europeused to put their money in old jars3 made from a type of clay4. The name ofthe clay sounds similar5 with“pig”. Then the people who made the jarsdecided to begin making them in the shape6 of pigs， because that soundedlike a fun idea.

However， not everyone believes that story. Others think making jars inthe shape of pigs because in some countries， like Germany， the animal isthought to bring luck， so a pig-shaped jar might be a good place to put money.

There are similar beliefs7 in China. Andthere is evidence8 that pig-shaped jars wereused in Java， Indonesia， in the 14th century9or earlier. So some think this tradition wasbrought from the East to Europe.

We may never know for sure， because notmany very old piggy banks still exist10. But weknow that the only way to get the money outwas to break them！

当我们在应用程序上看到（金钱的）数字时，钱并不会发出声音。但是真钱可以，你甚至可以从那些令人兴奋的声音中猜出你有多少钱！但是你有没有想过为什么我们会把钱存入“小猪”里呢？并非所有人都达成了共识！

有一种说法认为，在数百年前，西欧人习惯把钱放在用一种粘土制成的旧罐子里。粘土名字的发音听起来与“猪”相似。然后做罐子的人决定开始把罐子做成猪的形状，因为这听起来是个有趣的主意。

然而，并不是每个人都相信这个故事。其他人认为将存钱罐做成猪的样子是因为在一些国家，如德国，人们认为猪能带来好运，所以猪形的罐子可能是存钱的好地方。

中国也有类似的说法。而且有证据表明，在14 世纪或更早的时候，印度尼西亚爪哇岛就使用了猪形陶罐。因此有人认为这一传统是从东方带到欧洲的。

由于并没有多少非常古老的存钱罐保存到现在，我们可能永远无法确定其由来。但我们知道将钱取出的唯一方法是打破它们！

（英语原文选自：engoo.id）