The Queen Mother of the West and the Peach Fairy
There is a Wangxian Bridge near the Miaoting Temple of West Lake in Hangzhou. During the Shaoxing period of the Song Dynasty, Dong Yuanxing, a Taoist priest, unearthed a strange bronze plaque in a nearby upper layer. There were vague words on it: "I have a peach tree that grows once every thousand years. Who stole it? You need to ask Dong Shuangcheng."
Dong Shuangcheng is the peach fairy of the legendary Queen Mother of the West. Wangxian Bridge is the place where she achieved alchemy, played the jade sheng, and rode the crane.
Dong Shuangcheng was a stunning beauty who lived by the Qiantang River in the same period in the West. Her whole body was filled with a graceful charm. Her ancestor was a historian in the Shang Dynasty. He was pure and humble to guard himself, and he was humble and restrained. He also occasionally learned about the past and expressed advice in the court. After the fall of the Shang Dynasty, he settled on the bank of the Qiantang River, planted a forest of peaches under Feilai Peak, and lived in a cottage. Whenever the peach blossoms are in full bloom in early spring, the hut is surrounded by bright red flowers, and living in it is like the life of a fairy.
This kind of living environment has cultivated Dong Shuangcheng since he was a child. Dong Shuangcheng, who is as weak as a willow, loves peach blossoms and is obsessed with them. Look at Dong Shuangcheng growing up day by day, his beautiful face and bright eyes are as beautiful as the flowers. One day, he suddenly had a whim, picked peach blossoms, and refined elixirs with Zhicao from the mountains. At first it could only clear phlegm and transform qi, but over time it became better. After repeated research, the heat and formula were gradually improved significantly. The refined elixir can actually treat a variety of internal diseases. People from far and near come to the Dong family in Feilai Peak to seek medicine.
From collecting raw materials to guarding the furnace and refining elixirs, Dong Shuangcheng was always very busy. When he had free time, he would play the sheng to entertain himself. When he was in the mood, he would sing a song "Dan Xiaofeng". It is said that when she plays the sheng, birds will fly in the sky, and when she sings, cranes will fly to listen.
When the theory of Huang Zhe arose, advocating the art of divine guidance greatly satisfied the appetite of the descendants of nobles, so they chose a place with excellent scenery, built a hut and a nunnery, sent haze, and absorbed the sun. The essence of the moon is extracted from the juice of hundreds of flowers, in the hope that in the ordinary world, it can escape from the fireworks of the world, and then ascend in the daytime, attain enlightenment and become an immortal. Dong Shuangcheng and his family set up a hut under Feilai Peak in Hangzhou's West Lake to refine elixirs. She could not be regarded as a female Taoist. At that time, there was no name for Taoism. Taoism truly evolved into a religion. It was in the late Eastern Han Dynasty that Taoism was established, taught disciples, and attracted believers. Taoism and Taoism are two different concepts. Taoism is a philosophical thought, and Taoism is a religion. Taoism has appropriated some ideas from Taoism, and even borrowed Laozi, the founder of Taoism, as its ancestor.
In the Eastern Han Dynasty, Zhang Daoling practiced the method of talismans. In the Northern Wei Dynasty, Kou Qianzhi regarded Laozi as his religious ancestor and Zhang Daoling as his sect. He established Taoist temples and preached the doctrine, which became a formal religion. Dong Shuangcheng was born in the Western Zhou Dynasty. We have already traveled thousands of miles from each other, so it can only be regarded as a kind of spontaneous practice, and it cannot be said that she has the status of a female Taoist priest.
On a bright spring afternoon, Dong Shuangcheng made a pot of "Hundred Flower Pills". The fragrance was fragrant and spread for miles. After eating a few pills, he felt refreshed and energetic. Playing the sheng, hundreds of birds swarmed, circling and flying, Dong Shuangcheng's spirit became more and more refreshing, more and more vigorous, he couldn't help but sing a song, the sound filled the sky, attracting the cranes to descend gracefully, crawling under the steps, with a clear understanding of the heart, Dong Shuangcheng stepped forward She climbed onto the back of the crane, and the crane carried her soaring upwards, shocking the people nearby who could only stare in confusion.
Beside the Yaochi on the Kunlun Mountains in the west lived the famous Queen Mother.
Who is the Queen Mother? There are quite a lot of discrepancies in various records. Some say that she was the queen of a small country in the ancient Western Regions. She had shaggy hair, tiger teeth, a ferocious face, and roared to the sky, causing the beasts to flee in fright; some said that her surname was Yang Wanling. , lived on the Kunlun Mountains, became an immortal after attaining Taoism, and performed the tasks of the Heavenly Palace on behalf of the Jade Emperor. She was a graceful and luxurious middle-aged lady.
On his sixteenth year of the Western Expedition, King Mu of Zhou passed by the Kunlun Mountains. Legend has it that he was entertained by the Queen Mother of the West, and drank wine and wrote poems on the Yaochi. The forest is deep and dense, the clouds are shrouded in mist, and there is no trace left.
Suddenly, a handsome and tall man came to chat with her. Naturally, she was greatly relieved. What's more, this man spoke so funny. Dong Shuangcheng often looked very serious on the surface. What she loved most in her heart was Dongfang Shuo's deviant stories. Hearing her words without scruples, her face turned red and white, so Dongfang Shuo took advantage of the situation and got the peach. So sometimes a person who is timid cannot get things done. Dongfang Shuo dared to be presumptuous in front of the emperor and the gods. He Just live a cool life.
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty carefully collected the peach stones he had eaten one by one and passed them down to the Ming Dynasty. According to "Wan Wei Yu Bian": "During the Hongwu Period, a flat peach core was found in the inner treasury of the Yuan Dynasty. It was five inches long, four inches wide and seven minutes wide, with the fourteen characters "The Queen Mother of the West gave Emperor Wu flat peaches to the Chenghua Palace" engraved on it. "Since the core is five inches long, the size of the flat peach must be extremely huge. Thinking about the peaches today and the flat peaches back then, you won't be drooling.
After the Ming Dynasty, there is no record of the Queen Mother of the West and the Peach Fairy. However, the Queen Mother of the West is a beautiful woman with boundless power, grace and splendor, and Fairy Peach is an extremely beautiful girl, which has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Although their deeds no longer appear in history, their images are widely played and depicted on the stage and in paintings. The Wangxian Bridge in Hangzhou and the Yaochi on Kunlun Mountain always leave people with endless time to think about.
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