Peach wood is hard, fragrant, golden in color, and the pattern is spiral gossip. Red, gray and black are knotty, with cracked skin, clear wood texture and different shades. Because of the meaning of good luck since ancient times, and the fact that peach wood is not easy to obtain materials, peach wood crafts with a width of more than 2 cm are all made of pieces of peach wood, which adds the meaning of good luck, which is why Feng Shui peach wood crafts are deeply loved by ordinary people! Peaches are hard to get and complicated to handle. Peach is a perennial tree, which grows slowly. When it grows to 50-60 cm, it begins to branch and prune. Because peach farmers have adopted various techniques such as pressing branches and pulling branches, peaches grow big, delicious and nutritious, and become short, short and curved, which makes it difficult to obtain materials for peaches. Peach itself is a fruit tree with high sugar content and pectin. After soaking, boiling, stewing, drying and cooling, the processing cycle is as long as half a year, and the wood can be processed into handicrafts only after it is stable. So the value is much higher than other kinds of wood. The processing technology of mahogany products is complicated. Taishan mahogany has hard texture, irregular texture, many knots and cracked skin. It must be made by skilled and experienced craftsmen and processed by hand in 83 processes. Generally, the sculptures are hand-carved by some folk artists. Taomu culture
Feicheng, located at the west foot of Mount Tai, has the largest peach blossom garden in the world and a thousand-year cultivation history. It is said that peach branches in the southeast have the effect of eliminating disasters and avoiding evil spirits. There is a long-standing record that peach trees are engraved on peach branches in the southeast. In ancient times, they stood in the house to ward off evil spirits. In the Han dynasty, the carved peach seal was hung on the portal, which was called the peach seal. In the Book of the Later Han Dynasty, [I am afraid of things in midsummer] ... The peach seal is six inches square and three inches long, and the five-color calligraphy is like the law, so as to apply the door. In the Song Dynasty, Taofu [two peach boards with the names of door gods in ancient times] meant to suppress evil spirits. Nowadays, people in Southeast Asian countries put peach swords at home to ward off evil spirits. Quoting peach wood, the essence of five trees, there is the art of suppressing evil spirits in ancient times. This immortal wood and the essence of peach wood are in the jaws of death, making hundreds of ghosts, so making peach wooden swords to suppress evil spirits is also a magical power. The legend of peach wood making ghosts is colorful. Xu Shen said in the Eastern Han Dynasty that "different people died on peaches." It is said that "the mouth/stick is made of peach wood to kill foreigners." Yi is famous for being good at shooting. Feng Meng learns from his teacher, and when he learns, he will bite the hand that feeds him. He lifted the mahogany stick and hit it hard on the back of the head. After Yi's death, this is probably one of the reasons for believing that peach trees can create ghosts to ward off evil spirits. There are thousands of tree species in the world. Peach trees are dark red, shiny, strong and elastic, and they are good tools for fighting or self-defense. These characteristics may be the original basis of the legend of peach trees.
The legend of peach wood to ward off evil spirits
According to ancient records, peaches are big and excellent, and those with sweet and beautiful taste are produced in a fertile country, which is called fat peaches, also known as Buddha peaches. It has been cultivated for thousands of years, and it is a tribute of the royal family in past dynasties, and its reputation is spread far and wide at home and abroad.
Feicheng peach wood, dense and delicate in quality and fragrant in body, is a sacred object to ward off evil spirits and eliminate disasters, and won the favor of Taoist alchemists.
Taomu exorcism may originate from the legend of Houyi. According to ancient records, Hou Yi was killed by a peach stick and was named Zongbu God after his death. This nerve often leads a tiger under a peach tree, and every ghost has to check it out. The Sect God heard that if it is an evil ghost, it will be eaten by the tiger. One of them is related to Kuafu. It is said that Kuafu died of thirst after sun exposure.
the peach wood sword
The alchemist's sword, which symbolizes evil spirits, is used by Taoist alchemists in many novels of China. Taomujian, the Taomujian used by Yunzhongzi to help Zhou Wang eliminate the evil spirits in the palace in the Romance of the Gods, is a small sword that almost made Kyubi no Youko Fox, who has been famous for thousands of years, appear. In China, mahogany has always been an important instrument to ward off evil spirits.
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Shandong Feicheng is rich in "Buddha Peach". Peach trees grow on high mountains and absorb the essence of the sun and the moon all the year round, all because of the special geographical environment where peach trees grow, and their fruits are beautiful, sweet and fragrant. Feicheng Fotao Garden is recognized as the first peach garden in the world.
To ward off evil spirits:
In the ancient mythology of China, it is said that there is a ghost world, in which there is a mountain, a big peach tree covering three thousand miles, and a golden rooster at the top of the tree. Whenever the golden rooster crows in the morning, the ghost who travels at night will rush back to the ghost domain. The Gate of Ghost Domain is located in the northeast of Peach Tree District. There are two gods standing by the door, named Shen Tu and Lei Yu. If the ghost does something unnatural at night, Shen Tu and Lei Yu will immediately find it, catch it, tie it up with a rope made of Miscanthus and give it to the tiger. So all the ghosts in the world are afraid of Shen Tu and Lei Yu. So people carved them into peach trees and put them at their doorsteps to ward off evil spirits and prevent harm. Later, people simply carved the names of Shen Tu and Lei Yu on the mahogany board, thinking that this could also eliminate disasters. This kind of red board was later called "Fu Tao".
In the Song Dynasty, people began to write couplets on mahogany boards, one for killing evil spirits, the other for expressing good wishes, and the third for decorating the portal for beauty. They also write couplets on red paper symbolizing happiness and good luck, and stick them on both sides of doors and windows during the Spring Festival to express people's good wishes for good luck in the coming year.
"Thousands of families trade new peaches for old ones every day." Peach trees have been used to ward off evil spirits for a long time. When did it originate and start?
The legend of peach wood treating ghosts is rich and colorful. Huainanzi Yan Quan says, "Yi died in Taokou". Xu Shen's note in the Eastern Han Dynasty: "Mouth, big staff, kill it with peach wood, so ghosts are afraid of peaches." . Yi is famous for his excellent shooting. Feng Meng learns from his teacher. When he learned that, he turned around and killed him from behind the teacher. He raised a mahogany stick and slammed it on Yi's back. After Yi died, he became an official in charge of ghosts in the world. The ancients associated peach trees with evil spirits, which was related to this myth. Imagine that the mahogany stick can kill, let alone cure, the shackles that command all ghosts.
In addition, in the fourth year of Zhao Gong (538 BC), Zuo Zhuan recorded one thing that Taomu could exert its mysterious power: "The ancients hid ice in the northern land every day, and ... it was also hidden in the dark to enjoy the cool; It also comes out, and the peach arc is a thorn to eliminate its disaster. " In winter, the ancients hid ice cubes in the ice bank of the deep mountain canyon. When storing ice, black male animals and black millet are used to sacrifice to the cold god, and when taking ice, a bow made of peach wood and an arrow made of thorns are used for disaster relief ceremony.
Peach is the essence of five trees, so those who suppress evil spirits are also.
Legend has it that the Antarctic immortal who dominates the calculation of human life always holds a huge peach in his palm, so peaches are also said to ward off evil spirits and prolong life. Xiantao in the hands of Antarctic fairy Weng is said to be a fat peach produced in ancient fat countries.
Legend has it that the Antarctic immortal who dominates the calculation of human life always holds a huge peach in his palm, so peaches are also said to ward off evil spirits and prolong life. Xiantao in the hands of Antarctic fairy Weng is said to be a fat peach produced in ancient fat countries.
The ancient fat country, today's Feicheng City, Shandong Province, was named after the fat people scattered here during the Western Zhou Dynasty. At that time, the fat man moved from the East China Sea. Peach blossom tree, the treasure of Dushuo Mountain in the East China Sea, has also been transplanted to the fat country by fat people. "History of Han Geography" contains: "Taishan County has Feicheng County, and Yingshao has the so-called' Fat Country'." According to the Preface to the Records of Feicheng County in the 17th year of Guangxu in Qing Dynasty (A.D. 189 1), "Feicheng is also the country of ancient fat children, and entered Lu in the Spring and Autumn Period, which is the land of Qi County. Han belongs to Taishan County. "
Feicheng has a long history of planting peaches. According to Zuo Zhuan in the Spring and Autumn Period, in 17, Qi was at war with Lu, and the Qi army was divided into two ways, which surrounded the two wings of Lu: one was the mansion and the other was the peach, that is, the Qi people surrounded the northern wall of Lu. /kloc-In 0/3, Duke Xiang of Luxiang, the border between Lu and China reached Changqing area in Jinan, so the "peach" surrounded by Qi people should be Feicheng in the south of Changqing (as evidenced by the Great Wall of Qi in the north of Feicheng), which shows that a large number of peach trees were planted in this place at that time. Zuo Qiuming, the author of Zuo Zhuan, is from Feicheng, which further proves that Feicheng means "peach" and "peach" means Feicheng.
So why can only peach trees in Feicheng ward off evil spirits?
It turns out that in the west of Laofeicheng County, there is a mountain called Taotao Mountain, between Taoshan and Xiaotaishan. The top of the mountain is surrounded by cliffs dug into the sky, majestic and steep, stretching for dozens of miles. Seventy-two caves are scattered like flowers, and there are monsters in these seventy-two caves. Whenever night falls, the 72-hole monster comes out of the hole and rushes into Feicheng, where the monster dances wildly, making waves, harming the people and wasting his life. This story spread to Dushuo Mountain in the East China Sea. Hearing this, Shen Tu and Lei Yu were furious. They soon came to Feicheng, used local materials, broke peach branches as weapons, killed the monster, wounded him and ran away. The monster who narrowly escaped was scared out of her wits when she saw the peach branches. Because the East China Sea and Feicheng are northwest-southeast, when Shen Yuer went to Feicheng, the broken peach branches faced southeast, so the peach branches facing southeast had aura. Since then, local people have broken peach branches facing southeast, or hung them indoors with swords, or carved peach symbols and hung them on beams and doors. Demons and ghosts fled with the wind and never dared to approach them again. The custom of "Decorating Ren Tao on New Year's Eve" ... The "sunflower to ward off evil spirits" in Hanshu Yi Tong is actually an explanation of Shen Yu Er Shen's use of Feicheng peach wood to ward off evil spirits.
According to records, the theory of peach wood to ward off evil spirits has a long history. "Ci Yuan" contains: In ancient times, Taomu people stood in the house to ward off evil spirits. In the Han dynasty, the carved peach seal was hung on the door, which was called the peach seal. "The Book of the Later Han Dynasty" "A midsummer moon, everything is prosperous, and the summer solstice is full of yin, and I am afraid of things" ... The peach seal is six inches long and three inches square, and the five colors are like the law, so that it can be applied to the portal. In the Song Dynasty, statues of Shen Tu and Lei Yu were carved or their names were only written on two door panels, which were also called "Fu Tao" or "Door God" and "... all ghosts are afraid of them".
It can be seen that only peach trees can ward off evil spirits, and only peach trees in Feicheng are the real "demon-reducing trees".
There are different legends about peach wood to ward off evil spirits, but peach wood is a symbol of good luck and peace after all. I don't know if this is the answer you want