Walking through the vast sea of ??traditional Chinese culture, you will always be moved by the splendid culture of our country. A lot of Chinese culture has been inherited in the form of folk customs. For example, people like to hang peach charms in front of their doors, and they also hang peach swords inside their houses. When building a new house, peach branches will be stapled to the four corners of the house to ensure the peace of the home... Peach trees play an important role in daily life. is widely used in.
As we all know, peach is the essence of five trees and has the effect of warding off evil spirits. So, why can peach wood ward off evil spirits? Let me give you a detailed answer from the perspective of Feng Shui.
Peach wood is also called "fairy wood". The theory that peach wood can ward off evil spirits has been around since ancient times. But why can peach wood ward off evil spirits? There are two wonderful legends about this issue.
Legend 1
In ancient Chinese mythology, it is said that there is a world of ghosts. There is a mountain in it. There is a big peach tree covering three thousand miles on the mountain. There is a peach tree on the treetop. A golden rooster. Whenever the golden rooster crows in the morning, the ghosts who wandered out at night will rush back to the ghost land. The gate of the ghost realm is located in the northeast of the peach tree. There are two gods standing by the gate, named Shen Tu and Yu Lei. They each hold peach branches and specialize in catching monsters and evil spirits.
If a ghost does something harmful to nature at night, Shen Tu and Yu Lei will immediately find it and catch it, tie it up with a rope made of awning reed, and send it to feed the tiger. Therefore, all the ghosts in the world are afraid of Shen Tu and Yu Lei. So people carved their images out of peach wood and placed them at their doorsteps to avoid evil and harm. Later, people simply engraved the names of Shen Tu and Yu Lei on peach boards, believing that doing so could also suppress evil and eliminate evil. This kind of peach wood board was later called "Peach Run" and is also considered to be one of the origins of New Year painting art.
Legend 2
According to records in ancient books, Hou Yi was killed by a peach tree stick and was named Zongbu God after his death. This kind of god is often found under a peach tree. Holding a tiger, each ghost must go to check. When Zongbu God hears it, if it is an evil ghost, it will be eaten by the tiger. There is a saying that it is related to Kuafu. According to legend, Kuafu chases the sun and is hungry and thirsty. Before death, he threw away the stick in his hand and turned it into a forest of peach trees, which is also a peach forest, so that people who follow the sun in future generations can eat sweet and delicious peaches, because Kuafu has a close connection with the sun. So ghosts are afraid of Taomu.
From ancient times, it is said that peach wood is the essence of the five trees, which can subdue evil spirits. If peach branches are placed in the house, children will not be afraid of them, but ghosts will be afraid of them, so it is also called the fairy tree and the hero tree.