What I want is a gourd. What's this story?

The Origin of Hulu Oracle Bone Inscriptions and the Narration of The Book of Songs Modern botany classifies all kinds of Hulu into Cucurbitaceae. In ancient China, gourd had many names, which first appeared in Oracle Bone Inscriptions. This kind of writing is found in Oracle Bone Inscriptions unearthed in Anyang, Henan. Ancient scholars pointed out that it is a "pot character", and some experts pointed out that it is also a "gourd". In addition to the names of Oracle bone inscriptions, gourd was first called "Xuan", "Wan" and "Hu" in Chinese ancient books. These three words can be found in the Book of Songs, and Bifeng goes away. "Feng Wei" cloud: "Teeth are like rhinoceros"; "You Feng" says: "Eat melons in July and break the pot in August"; "Xiaoya" says: "There is wood in the south, and you hate it." Among them, "Yi", "Zan", "pot" and "Zan" all refer to gourd. The first two words were similar in ancient times. The names of Shuo Wen Jie Zi, Shi Shuo Xin Yu and Confucius' narrative gourd can be seen from the mutual training of these two words in Shuo Wen Jie Zi. Xuanzi comes from melon, which shows that the ancients regarded it as a kind of melon; In addition, Confucius wrote in The Analects? The mention of "Mugua" in Yang Huo is also a good example. Later, these names spread, and gradually a two-syllable gourd appeared. This name appeared in the Three Kingdoms period, and it was recorded in Shi Shuo Xin Yu that scholars at that time mentioned that there was a kind of "long-handled gourd" in Soochow. About the Northern and Southern Dynasties, a name similar to the pronunciation of gourd appeared in the south of the Yangtze River, that is, "Xuanlou". The appearance of "Xuan Lou" further confirmed our guess. The names fenugreek and gourd obviously came from here. In the Tang Dynasty, the name "Hulu" became popular. After the Song Dynasty, due to the increase of gourd varieties, there were more and more names. Li Shizhen's Compendium of Materia Medica describes the title of "gourd". There are seven names in Li Shizhen's Compendium of Materia Medica in Ming Dynasty: hanging pot, Pu Lu, tea hip pot, medicine pot, stomach pot, long pot and bitter pot. There are many names, mainly because the ancients classified the gourd according to its nature, use and shape, or because the ancients used homophonic as an excuse. Why there are different views on the name "gourd" is because there are many varieties of gourd, which is a classification method of the ancients. For example, Lu Dian's "North Asia" thinks: "It grew up in the Tang Dynasty, but it is in the sun, short in the neck and big in the abdomen" and "like a round pot". He means that "fresh", "easy" and "Hu" are the names of three kinds of gourds, and their differences are mainly manifested in their appearance. The roe deer is now eaten as a dish, thin and long, like a loofah; That is, the gourd used by farmers as water hyacinth; The pot is an oblate gourd. But the classification of the ancients was not uniform. Li Shizhen's interpretation of the meanings of "Xie" and "Hu" is just the opposite of that of Lu Dian, that is, "Xie" is a flat gourd and "Hu" is a gourd ladle. Cui Bao thinks that Zan, Yi, gourd and gourd are not the differences between species, but the differences between species. He thinks "Zan" is the general name of all gourds, while "Xie", "gourd", "gourd" and "hanging Zan" are all Zan, but they are different in appearance. Second, the ancients thought that the nature and use of gourd were different, so the names were different. Some people think that in terms of its quality, gourd can be divided into sweet and bitter, and the sweet one is called "sweet" and "sweet"; Those who suffer say "baa", "baa" and "Shi Mao Lu Shu Yao Guang". As for "tea wine" and "medicine pot land", they are both named "Compendium of Materia Medica" because of their uses. Third, it is caused by the false homophones used by the ancients. Gourd not only has a long history of cultivation, but also is widely distributed all over the world. From the time recorded in the Book of Songs, China has cultivated gourds for more than 2,000 years. After the Book of Songs, there are more literatures about gourd. According to the statistics of "Ancient and Modern Books Integration" in Qing Dynasty, there are nearly 100 kinds of ancient books (articles) referring to gourd. In these books, some write about the planting method of gourd, some write about the edible, medicinal and daily value of gourd, some praise the poems of gourd, and there are a lot of myths and legends about gourd. Edit this gourd legend. At least 20 nationalities in China worship gourd, accompanied by gourd myth. Wen Yiduo listed 49 kinds of myths related to gourd in Fuxi Kao. According to statistics, since 1950s, 1 19 gourd myths have been discovered. In ancient mythology, Fuxi and Nu Wa, the ancestors of human beings, were both regarded as the embodiment of gourd. In ancient mythology, Pangu "Pan" and? #93; "Xuan" #93; Ancient and omnipotent, the sound of' ancient' is similar to that of' Xuan'. What is' Pangu'? #93; Xuan', and'? #93; Xian is a gourd. In a word, the ancestor who created mankind and everything in the world was the transformation of the gourd. "As for why ancestors are the embodiment of gourds, I think it is because melons are fertile and are the most wonderful symbol of future generations. "From the creation, ancestor, to the significance of sex and marriage between men and women, the true meaning of gourd as a metaphorical image in poetry and the rise of Iraqi image. Most of the gourd myths have such contents: gourd is the mother of ancestors; It is the destination of ancestors' souls; Gourd seed is the seed of all things; Hulusheng is the voice of ancestors. Mei Ge, a long folk poem of the Yi people, says that the Han, Dai, Yi, Yi, Tibetan, Bai and Hui nationalities are all brothers from the same gourd. In Mupamipa, a long poem by Lahu people, it is recorded that the first generation Zadi and Nadi were conceived by Ersha God with gourd, and nine ethnic groups, including Lahu, Wa, Hani, Yi and Dai, were nine pairs of children born to Zadi and Nadi. Wa people have similar legends in Sigang. Mupapapa also said that the first thing Zadi and Nadi did when they grew up was "Zadi cut the best bamboo (not firecrackers), found the best gourd, found beeswax and tree slots, and made the first gourd sheng." "Nadi cut down the best golden bamboo to make a ring string (oral string). Playing reeds like nightingales and playing cucurbits like cuckoo birds ","Elsa put acacia medicine on the reeds and Elsa put acacia medicine on cucurbits; When I play the flute and Hulusheng, I will think of my sister; When Nadi plays the harp, I will think of my brother. " Some people say that the five pipes of Hulusheng are five brothers. One year, during the drought, five people each took a bamboo tube to ask the immortals for rain. The immortals all fell asleep and could not wake up. Five people played bamboo flutes, and the gods woke up after hearing this wonderful music. Once five brothers went to the deep forest, and the old father was looking forward to his return, so he collected five bamboo tubes and tied them together. After blowing, the five brothers heard that it was their old father and immediately returned to their parents. Edit this legend of gourd worship. Gourd is still a totem worshipped by some ethnic minorities. There is a story in Genesis that has been handed down from generation to generation by Lisu people: In ancient times, heaven and earth were connected and chaotic. People should bend over when walking, or their heads will hit the sky. One man scolded: Damn God, can't you be taller? "This curse angered God, and suddenly it began to rain cats and dogs. Kuya kept it for nine days, and there was one more Wang Yang on earth. There are two brothers and sisters hiding in a big gourd, drifting with the flow. After the flood receded, the gourd ran aground on the mudflat. Brother and sister came out of the gourd and found that heaven and earth were separated. The sky is so high and the ground is not so muddy. Mountains, plains, rivers and forests appear, but people all over the world are drowned. There are only two brothers and sisters in the world. How can we survive and reproduce? My brother said that all the people in the world died, leaving only our brother and sister. In order not to make mankind extinct, we can only reproduce through marriage. My sister said, no, no, we are all born of the same mother, and marriage is against nature. Brother said, there are only two of us in the world, if we don't get married. Humans will be extinct. Sister said, if God agrees, we can get married. If your arrow goes through my pinhole, it means that God agrees and we are married. My brother pulled up his bow and shot an arrow through a pinhole in the bone. My brother said happily that God agreed that we were married. My sister said again, it's still no good, pointing to a pair of millstones, saying, I'll take the grinding heart, you take the grinding shaft, and we'll roll down the mountain together. If grinding heart and grinding shaft are combined, we can get married; If the millstones separate, we can't get married. The two men rolled the millstone down the mountain, and the grinding center and the grinding shaft were really mixed together. So brother and sister became husband and wife. Brother and sister got married and had five children. When the first child was born, the father wrapped the child in white cloth and told the child that you are Han nationality; When giving birth to the second child, the father put the crossbow next to the child and said to the child, you are a Lisu; When the third child was born, the father wrapped the black cloth around the child and said to the child, "You are Iraq; When the fourth child was born, the father put a stick next to the child and said to the child, you are a Dulong; When the fifth child was born, the father put a dustpan on the child. Say to the child. You are an angry people. In a word, all ethnic groups in China are brothers. Once upon a time, there were two families, one named Meng and the other named Jiang. They are good neighbors separated by a wall, but none of them have children. One year, the Meng family planted a gourd, and the gourd grew vigorously, and the gourd seedlings climbed up the roof of the Jiang family. It is strange that this gourd only bears one gourd, but this gourd grows on the walls of two houses. In autumn, the gourd is ripe, and both Meng and Jiang want to keep it for themselves. The two families don't give in to each other and quarrel endlessly. Finally, under the mediation of the villagers, it was decided that each family would be divided into half. The two families picked the gourd and sawed it in half on the spot. The Meng family couldn't open the saw after looking for it, and finally saw it under the guidance of the carpenter. When it was sawed, everyone was very surprised! There sits a beautiful little girl who looks like a fairy. When the two families saw the little girl, they gave up the gourd, but rushed to hug the little girl. None of the two families could convince anyone. Finally, everyone mediated and the two families took turns raising the little girl. Since then, the little girl has been raised by Meng and Jiang. One day, the Meng family said to the Jiang family, "Let's give her a name." Meng Jiangnv was named after discussion between the two sides. Since then, the name Meng Jiangnv has been called by people. She got married when she grew up. In less than two months, her husband was recruited by Qi Weiwang as a migrant worker and went to Shoushan to build the Great Wall. Later, her husband was exhausted under the Great Wall and buried in it, and she cried. Her good reputation has been circulated among the people. Edit this gourd and the legend of Dragon Boat Festival. The custom of Dragon Boat Festival is to insert peach branches and hang gourds on folk doors. Modern qigong experiment proves that gourd has the function of isolating gas field. There is a folk saying, "I don't know what medicine is sold in the gourd", which means it is difficult to penetrate the gourd to measure the contents. From the analysis of geomantic omen, the shape of Naigourd curve contains the magical function of "S"-shaped Taiji Yin-Yang dividing line. So it is often used in Feng Shui. According to myths and legends, Lv Dongbin, the Eight Immortals, became an oil vendor and went to a mountain village to sell oil. The price of oil shows that the successor pays the oil fee according to the amount of oil pumped. So many people take more oil and pay less money. A teenager also learns from others, taking more oil and giving less money. When the teenager came home, he told his mother the truth about everyone buying oil and buying oil by himself. The mother severely criticized her son and ordered him to return the dozens of pieces of oil immediately and make amends to the oil seller. Lv Dongbin was deeply moved by his honesty. He told the boy that there would be a great disaster on the first day of May, and it would be peaceful to hang a gourd at the door, which could avoid the disaster. The kind mother hurriedly told the neighbors the news, and everyone who heard the news hung a gourd at the door eyebrow. Sure enough, a few days later, a catastrophic flash flood swept away the people who didn't hang the gourd, but the people who hung the gourd were safe and sound. Since then, the custom of hanging gourds a few days before the Dragon Boat Festival has remained. There is also a folk custom. According to legend, on the first day of May of a certain year, the drug king came to earth and saw that poisonous insects were rampant and plagues were everywhere in the world, so he hung his gourd full of magical drugs at a door to kill insects and reduce epidemics, thus saving all beings and leaving this custom. The gourd legend and folk custom in this paragraph have been edited. In ancient times, couples got married and went into the bridal chamber to drink "Xie Jie" wine, which meant that the souls of husband and wife could be combined after a hundred years. Therefore, the ancients used the gourd as a mascot to protect themselves from evil spirits and drive away special things. Gourd has a very close relationship with Xiandao. Legendary mythological figures such as Mr. Tie Guai, Yin, An Qisheng and Fei Changfang in Fairy Tales are always associated with the gourd, making it one of the symbols of immortality. Because "Hulu" and "Fulu" are homonyms, it is also a symbol of wealth, representing longevity and auspiciousness. It is based on this concept that people use colored gourds as decorations. In addition, because the vines of gourd are long and the fruits are flourishing, it is also regarded as a mascot to pray for future generations. There are many themes about gourd in ancient auspicious patterns, such as "descendants" and "grandchildren". Some people hang the gourd under the beam, which is called the "top beam". It is said that with this measure, the home is relatively safe and smooth; More educated people tie five gourds with red ropes, which is called "Five Blessingg". There is a proverb in rural areas of Taiwan Province Province: "You will get rich if you put a gourd in your pocket", which means that you will get rich if you put a gourd at home.