Legend of Lotus Part 1
Lotus is said to be a beautiful maid around the queen mother? The incarnation of Yuji. At the beginning, Yu Ji saw couples of people, men plowing and women weaving, and was very envious, so she moved her heart and stole out of the Heavenly Palace with the daughter of the river god and came to Hangzhou West Lake. The beauty of the West Lake is that Yuji lingers and plays in the lake until dawn. When the queen mother found out, she used the lotus throne to drive Yusi into the lake and let her? Into the mud pit and never go to Nantian again? . Since then, a beautiful maid has been lost in the Heavenly Palace, and a beautiful flower has been added to the world.
Lotus is a famous traditional flower in China. The flowers and leaves are delicate and fragrant, which hides people's hearts. There is a fearless and muddy temperament in the face of the scorching sun. Therefore, in people's minds, lotus is the embodiment of truth, goodness and beauty, a sign of good fortune and prosperity, a sacred and clean name in Buddhism, and a seed of friendship.
The classical literary masterpiece A Dream of Red Mansions says that Qingwen became a lotus fairy after her death. Jia Baoyu said to Qingwen in the obituary "Daughter of Lotus". If it is quality, then gold and jade are not enough to describe; If it is sex, no ice and snow means clean; If it is a god, neither the stars nor the sun can describe its essence; Its appearance, flowers and months are not enough to describe its color. ? Although later redology experts thought that this was not the author's praise of Daiyu's purity in the name of chanting Qingwen, lotus flowers were always associated with the purity of a daughter.
Because? Lotus? With what? Poor? The sound is the same, so there are many poems about lotus flowers in ancient poetry to express love. For example, the Southern Dynasties Yuefu's "Xizhou Qu": Lotus is picked in autumn in Nantang, and the lotus is over the head; Bow your head and get lotus seeds, green as water. ? Lotus seeds? Namely. Reiko Kobayakawa? ,? Green? Namely. Qing? . There are both real and imaginary here, which means pun. The rhetorical device of homophonic pun is used to express a woman's deep yearning for the man she loves and the purity of love. Thirty-five of the forty-two midnight songs in the Jin Dynasty:? The fog reveals the hidden lotus, and the lotus is not clear. ? The dew in the fog hides the true face of the lotus, but the lotus leaf is not very clear. This is also a way of homophonic pun, writing about a woman who vaguely feels that the man loves her.
Legend of Lotus Part 2
Lianhua Mountain, located at the boundary of Chenghai, is handsome and tall with beautiful scenery. At the southern foot of Lianhua Mountain, halfway up the mountain, there is a place called? Jin Chen Lane? This is not an inhabited street, but a natural canyon surrounded by rocks and Songkhla.
? Jin Chen Lane? Also called? Golden boy Ryan? Nothing grows all year round, and Songkhla is bare, just like copper, hence the name.
According to legend, an official named Lin was jealous of Chaozhou's outstanding people and deliberately destroyed Chaozhou's geomantic omen. One day, he came to Lianhua Mountain, but when he saw that Shan Lan was beautiful and the main peak was glowing red, he mistakenly thought it was a branch? Candles in the sky? . I thought to myself, water and fire are incompatible since ancient times. To put out the candle, you must douse it with water. So he ordered the soldiers to dig the ground and spring. Who knows that if you don't dig, you will dig, but when you see the earth shaking and the situation suddenly changes, Lin is also scared and looks at the soldiers. In desperation, Lin threw the cinnabar pen with him, only to find it cracked in the ravine? A brown path, Lin and his entourage fled for their lives.
? Golden boy Ryan? Later it was called? Jin Chen Lane? There is another story. According to legend, during the Southern Song Dynasty, Chen Diaoyan set up a stronghold in Lianhua Mountain to support 65,438+10,000 soldiers to fight against the Fujian-Guangdong Yuan Army, and sent his sister Chen Jinhua to station here. On the fort. Because? Chen? 、? Copper? Tides sound the same, so her soldiers and locals call it a narrow canyon? Jin Chen Lane? . Then the customs followed. Did you write it all down? Jin Chen Lane? .
Legend of Lotus Part 3
At the junction of the northern end of Chenghai County and Raoping County, there is a Lotus Mountain with five towering peaks, more than 500 meters above sea level. There is a Shenxian Temple at the top of the mountain, which is popular here every year on the ninth day of the ninth lunar month? Dream? Folk custom. According to legend, the immortals in this temple can show people dreams and predict people's rest and blame. Double Ninth Festival happens to be Xian Weng's birthday. It is said that this day? Dream? The most effective. On the night before the ninth festival, all the good men and women in the country prepared incense sticks and went to Lianhua Mountain to fulfill their dreams.
Those who climb mountains and dream must be sincere in order to get good dreams. From the first day of the ninth lunar month, we should abstain from vegetarian food and stop sexual intercourse. Before climbing the mountain on the eighth day of September, you must use the well water of pomegranate branches to put on new clothes. After climbing the mountain to worship the immortals, you need to sleep on the big stone or hillside outside the immortal temple that night, and be shown a dream by the immortal when you fall asleep, and come back in the morning to thank the immortal.
Dream omen is one of people's primitive beliefs, and it is considered as a prediction before or after something happens. However, Chaoshan people have a unique view of dreams. They often treat the scenes in their dreams as riddles like riddles, and the predicted results should also be interpreted as riddles. For example, dreaming of finding gold and silver treasures on the road is regarded as a bad thing; On the contrary, stepping on a pile of feces in a dream is considered profitable. Because of this mentality, these kind men and women go to Xianweng Temple to dream, and no matter what they dream, they will guess for the good. If not, it is because of bad intentions and lack of sincerity that this folk custom lasts forever.
Chenghai people have been playing? Looking for a needle in a haystack? The folk story of Xianweng Temple is a wonderful dream story. According to legend, success in this subject was like finding a needle in a haystack in the Xin Mao year of Kangxi in Qing Dynasty (1765438+). ? Chunying woke up, thinking twice, disappointed and unhappy, and wanted to change her mind and not try. As the semester approaches, scholars all think that Chun has learned a lot and it is a pity to miss the opportunity, so they invite him to go with them, and Chun Ying has to go reluctantly.
If you go to the provincial capital for the exam, you have to pack your bags. Hyun-sook's wife asked Chun-ying to put the needle in the door while mending his clothes. This needle is just inserted in the door couplet? Han dynasty? Su Hai? what's up Sea? In his speech, he suddenly understood the sign of the immortal, jumped up with joy and said, good omen, good omen! ?