The cornucopia, together with "golden toad" and "lucky cat", is listed as an important lucky feng shui ornament, because it has the legendary significance of lucky and the function of receiving property. In China, especially among the Han people in the south of the Yangtze River, the cornucopia is the treasure of the town house. Because of Shen Wansan, he lives in Zhouzhuang in the south of the Yangtze River. In fact, the cornucopia originated from Zhouzhuang, a water town in the south of the Yangtze River.
When Jubaomen was built in Hongwu period of Ming Dynasty, the foundation subsided and was repeatedly built, but it was still not built. Knowing this, Zhu Yuanzhang, the Emperor Taizu of Ming Dynasty, called the counselor to predict that there were monsters on the foundation of the city wall to eat soil and bricks, and that a cornucopia would be buried under the city gate to suppress it. Zhu Yuanzhang ordered the collection of Shen Wansan's cornucopia and buried it under the city gate, so it was built, hence the name "Jubaomen".
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Legend has it that after Shen Wansan became rich, he took Suzhou as an important place to do business. He once supported Zhou regime in Pingjiang (Suzhou) Zhang Shicheng, and Zhang Shicheng once erected a monument for Shen Wansan. In the early Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang made Nanjing his capital, and Shen Wansan helped build a third of the capital. Zhu Yuanzhang sealed the officials of his two sons.
In Nanjing, there are also "1,654 corridors and four restaurants ..." They have comfortable houses. But soon, Shen Wansan was exiled by Zhu Yuanzhang and spent the rest of his life in Yunnan. However, there is another episode because Shen Wansan, after helping Zhu Yuanzhang repair Nanjing, requested to reward the three armed forces.
This angered Zhu Yuanzhang. "If people dare to reward the army of the son of heaven, they will be absolutely chaotic and should be killed." Ma Huanghou thought that this Shen Wansan was not a bad person, fearing that Zhu Yuanzhang would arouse public anger, so he let Zhu Yuanzhang exile him! But before the exile, Zhu Yuanzhang was still very concerned about Shen Wansan's property.
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