Saving mother by splitting the mountain: an ancient fairy tale in China, expressing the deep affection between mother and child.
Brief introduction of agarwood
Folklore: "Han scholar Liu Xiang (said? Xi Liu) went to Beijing to catch the exam, passed by Huashan Temple, wrote poems in the temple, and teased the temple gods? Hua Yue? Three Notre Dame Cathedrals, angry to kill them, were told by Taibai Venus that they had a three-night marriage with Liu You.
The Third Virgin married Liu. After three nights, Liu sent a piece of agarwood as a farewell and told him to give birth to a son tomorrow. Three Notre Dame was pregnant, and her brother Erlang God observed that she was angry with Huashan Mountain and pressed the Three Notre Dame in the cave below.
The third virgin gave birth in the cave, called "Aquilaria sinensis"; He also sent a hag to his father. When Aquilaria sinensis became an adult, she looked for her mother Huashan. When she met He Xiangu, she was endowed with immortal power. She stole Xuanhua's axe, so she fought against her uncle Erlang God in Huashan.
Erlang asked the gods to help him, and Aquilaria got the cooperation of all the gods. Uncle and nephew each showed their magical powers, and the gods fought in melee, and the outcome was unpredictable.
After the Jade Emperor ordered Taibai Venus to talk about an armistice, Aquilaria split Huashan with an axe, rescued the Virgin Mary, and the mother and son reunited.
Today? There is a huge stone in the west of Cui Yun Palace at Huashan Lotus Peak, with a length of 10 meter. Divided into three sections, like a knife cutting an axe. Later generations called it "? Axe chopping stone ",that is, when agarwood saves mother, axe chopping Huashan." "
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One year, on the birthday of the Queen Mother, a flat peach party was held, and all the immortals in the sky came to the banquet to pay their respects. The jade emperor's youngest daughter, the Three Virgin, and the golden boy in front of the temple also came. The Three Virgin and Golden Boy grew up together and have a good relationship, but the rules of heaven are too strict, so they often can't meet each other.
At the birthday celebration, they made eyes at each other. But how can they tolerate such frivolous behavior at such a grand fairy flat peach party? Such a move was seen by the immortals who came to dinner, and everyone talked about it, but it was hard to say because of the feelings of the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother.
Later, when the Jade Emperor found out, he flew into a rage and flew into a rage. In a fit of pique, she was banished to Xue Ying Palace next to Xiyue Temple, leaving her empty all her life on Huashan Mountain. The golden boy was also laid down to the world and never became an immortal again.
After the golden boy came down to earth, Tuosheng was born in a family named Liu.
Liu Jiafei loves this child very much. When he was very young, he hired a special teacher and told him to study the scriptures every day. When Yanchang was twenty years old, he was already a scholar.
That year, the emperor showed mercy, and Liu Yanchang went to Beijing to take the exam and passed Huashan in Huayin County. I heard that Our Lady of Huashan Temple is very effective, so I went to the temple to get a visa and asked myself about my future in Beijing this time.
As soon as he entered the temple gate, he looked at the three beautiful and dignified statues of the Virgin Mary. He couldn't help but be awed, shook the sign barrel respectfully, and bowed down to beg for a sign. However, as it happens, the third virgin went out for a walk, leaving only the boy to watch the door. The young man didn't dare to sign rashly, so he had to give him an empty sign.
Liu Yanchang drew the first sign devoutly. He was a little surprised when he saw a blank sign on the whiteboard. He thought, maybe he was not sincere enough, so he bowed devoutly three times, and then drew a second time, but it was still empty.
He didn't understand what was going on, but he wouldn't give up, so he was going to smoke the third cigarette and shook the pipe for a long time.
The janitor boy hesitated and felt guilty, but he still couldn't make up his mind, so he gave him an empty sign.
Liu Yanchang didn't look at it, but when he saw it, it was empty.
All his hopes vanished at once, and his whole body collapsed to the ground.
After a pause, Liu Yanchang looked at the third statue of the Virgin Mary and wrote on the wall: Extend the three queens who are full of anger and hate the Virgin Mary. Even smoking three autographs has no effect, and cigarettes are wasted here. After I finished writing, I went on my way gloomily.
In the evening, the third virgin stepped on Xiangyun and happily returned to Xue Ying Palace. After the janitor served the food, she told the story just now
The third virgin looked at the inscription on the wall, ashamed and angry, and couldn't help cursing: "How dare you be so bold and crazy? How can he know my strength without teaching him a lesson!" So she called Fengbo and Rain God, and there was a thunderstorm.
Just then, Liu Yanchang was on his way to catch up with an unknown mountain road.
Suddenly, there was a strong wind, dark clouds, lightning and thunder, and heavy rain poured down. How can a weak scholar stand the wind and rain? He stumbled and struggled, and finally, because the rain was too slippery, his physical strength was gradually exhausted and he fell into the mud.
At this time, through the clouds, the three Notre Dames saw the beautiful Liu Yanchang below. The more she looked at it, the more she admired him. She immediately drove away the thunderstorm, turned into a mortal woman and married Liu Yanchang.
I don't know why, the story that the Three Virgin married Liu Yanchang and got pregnant reached the ears of Erlang God Yang Jian, the son of the Jade Emperor. How could his sister do such a disgraceful thing? So he raised his three-pointed double-edged knife and hurried to Xue Ying Palace at the foot of Huashan Mountain.
Seeing her brother's ferocity, the third virgin quickly saluted and offered her seat with tea. Yang Jian really asked her if she married mortal Liu Yanchang. The third virgin is afraid to admit it, but it is not easy to talk back because she did something wrong.
At this time, Yang Jian took out a glittering and chilly orb, and let the Three Virgin blow a breath on it to test her chastity. Three virgins hit one shivering.
Yang Jian saw that she lost her virginity and was pregnant, and cursed the Three Virgin for being shameless, breaking the dogma and marrying a mortal without permission. It's amazing. I immediately pressed her under a big stone at the top of the mountain in Shanxi, China.
Besides, Liu Yanchang went to Beijing a few days after he married three deans of Notre Dame, and he had no idea what was going on at home.
The poor three virgins were crushed under that big stone and suffered a lot.
Later, the child was born, a boy, and the third virgin named him Aquilaria sinensis. Afraid that Erlang God would kill agarwood again, she quietly wrapped the baby, wrote a bloody book and gave it to Lingzhi, a personal maid, and asked her to go to Luozhou to give it to her father who was an official there.
When agarwood was ten years old, one day, Uncle Qin's son Qin laughed at agarwood as an illegitimate child without a mother.
Chen Xiang was very angry, so she accidentally killed Qin, ran home, told him about the killing, and forced her father to ask where her mother was. Liu Yanchang had to tell the truth. After hearing this, Aquilaria decided to go to Huashan to save her mother and hurried out of Luozhou overnight.
On that day, Lv Zu was sitting quietly on the futon with his eyes closed, and suddenly there was a commotion in his heart, so he only knew that Aquilaria sinensis had come to Huashan to save his mother. Lv Zu thinks this is a good thing, and I want to help Aquilaria succeed in one fell swoop. Lv Zu personally went to Huashan to wait.
Aquilaria sinensis came to the foot of the mountain, and when he saw it was a Taoist priest, he quickly bowed and asked, "Excuse me, Taoist priest, is this mountain Huashan?"
Lv Zu deliberately asked, "Son, what are you doing with Huashan?"
Aquilaria quickly replied: "My mother is the Three Virgin, and I was crushed by Uncle Erlang under the stone on the mountain. I'm here to save my mother! " "
Lv Zu said: "But Yang Jian is a fierce god of the sky, with a cruel heart and powerful martial arts. How can you beat him at a young age? I advise you to give up this idea early. "
Aquilaria opened her eyes angrily and said, "In order to save my mother, I will fight him to the end, even if I am beaten to pieces!" "
"Ambitious!" Lv Zu said to agarwood, "But your skills are not enough now. I am willing to teach you all my martial arts. I wonder if you are willing to accept it? "
Hearing this, Aquilaria was filled with joy and hurried forward and knelt down to meet Master. Since then, agarwood has been studying under Lv Zu. He gets up early every day, studies hard and eats the elixir of life refined by Lv Zu, so his martial arts are getting higher and higher every day.
One day, Lv Zu went out and told Chen Xiang to study at home. Master Sean went out and didn't go anywhere, so he closed the temple gate and just danced and practiced with a gun and a stick from morning till night. In the evening, he didn't see the master come back, so he practiced again.
Practice till the dead of night. Later, I was so hungry that I went to find something to eat by myself. When he entered the kitchen, he found nine cows and two tigers made of flour in the cage. It was very strange, but he was so hungry that he didn't care at all, so he ate them up.
Oddly enough, after eating this, agarwood immediately felt extremely powerful. When he came to the yard, he picked up his usual weapons, which was very ventilated. He looked around and saw an iron pestle with a thick bowl and eight feet long in the corner. He went over and grabbed it with his hand, not heavy or heavy, and waved it hard.
Just then, Lv Zu came back. He smiled and said, "All right! All right! You have finally made great progress. "
Aquilaria put away the iron pestle and knelt down. Lv Zu said to him, "Aquilaria, you have finally learned martial arts. You can go up the mountain to save your mother. But to save your mother, you have to get the key to that mountain first. Your uncle Yang Jian has this key. He is protected by a dog and an eagle, which is very powerful. I'll give you two more pills now, a round dog and a long eagle, which will be useful then. " Hearing this, Aquilaria thanked the teacher and went up the hill with a shovel to find Uncle Yang Jian.
He ran to the worse gate in one breath, and when he saw that he would be surrounded by a majestic and arrogant god for many days, he bowed and said, "My name is Aquilaria, and I have come to save my mother, the Third Virgin. Now I've come to ask Uncle Yang Jian for the key to this mountain. Please give me the key quickly! "
Hearing this, Yang Jian's eyebrows pricked up. He glared at his eyes and shouted, "How dare you be such a presumptuous, bold little beast? Leave here early lest you die! Otherwise I won't be polite to your uncle. "
Seeing his expression and knowing that he was Yang Jian, Aquilaria said politely, "Please give me the key to that mountain so that I can rescue my mother.
"karma! Your mother broke the dogma and should be punished by heaven. What can you do to save your mother? It seems that if I don't give you some color to see see, you won't know my power! " Yang Jian said, and took out his three-pointed double-edged knife, toward the agarwood head straight down.
Aquilaria was in no hurry, and raised a shovel to stop it. She only heard a click. Yang Jian's knife broke in two, and the upper part didn't know where it had gone. Angry and anxious, Erlang God shouted and called the roaring dog. The growling dog opened its mouth and flew into the air.
Aquilaria sinensis threw a round pill, and the dog opened its mouth and swallowed it. Suddenly, he clenched his teeth and had to lie on the ground and roll. Yang Jian saw that the dog was dead and let his condor go. The vulture spreads its wings and blocks the sun. Its claws are like two sharp knives.
Aquilaria sinensis threw the long pill again and fixed the wings of the vulture in the air, unable to get up or down. At this time, Erlang Shen, a strong man, turned purple, had a splitting headache and was weak, so he could not move while sitting on a stone.
Agarwood stepped forward and asked him for the key to the mountain. Yang Jian had to take out the key and give it to agarwood. When agarwood saw it, the key to the mountain turned out to be a glittering crescent axe.
Aquilaria sinensis, carrying a crescent axe, ran all the way and shouted, "Mom, where are you?" ! Mom, where are you! "
Aquilaria sinensis shouted from Beifeng to Nanfeng, and from Xifeng to Dongfeng, shouting here and answering there in this mountain, so that Aquilaria sinensis could never find where his mother was. He thought, even with the key to this mountain, I can't find my mother's residence. How can I save her?
Thinking of this, he burst into tears until it was dark and the sun and the moon were dark. A mountain god was deeply moved when he heard the sound of agarwood. He ran to him and said, "Good son, your mother is at the foot of Xifeng Mountain."
Aquilaria sinensis was full of energy and stepped onto Xifeng. He shouted, "Mom! My son is coming to save you. " I heard mother's echo at once. Aquilaria sinensis jumped into the air, held high the iron axe and chopped it down toward the top of the mountain. I saw a flash of golden light, followed by a loud noise, the peak was split a crack, and the three Notre Dames slowly came out.
Aquilaria finally rescued his mother. When Liu Yanchang heard in Luozhou that Aquilaria sinensis had saved three Notre Dames, he gave up his post and went to Huashan, where his family was reunited.
The story of agarwood cutting down the mountain to save mother has long been widely circulated among the people and deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Now it has been put on the stage of drama, and the story of "Save Mother by Splitting Mountain" in Qin Opera and "Lotus Lantern" in Beijing Opera are all about this story.
Now on Huashan Mountain, the place where Aquilaria sinensis cried in those days was "Xiaofeng". On the top of Huashan Mountain, there is a boulder more than ten feet long, which is cut into three sections. There is a crescent iron axe next to the boulder, which is seven feet high and weighs more than 300 kilograms. According to legend, this is the place where agarwood splits the mountain to save mother. The stone is called "chopping stone axe" and the iron axe is called "mountain axe".