In ancient China, the cicada means resurrection and eternal life, and this meaning comes from its life cycle. Cicadas live in the soil when they are young, and after many years, they emerge from the soil and emerge as adults. Since the Han Dynasty, people have used the emergence of cicadas as a metaphor for people's rebirth.

There is a traditional saying in ancient China that cicadas have the characteristics of foresight, and can predict things that people don't know. And cicadas can burrow into the soil from the trees in the cool autumn, and climb back to the trees when the flowers bloom in the warm spring. This cycle goes on and on, implying the "rebirth" of cicadas.