Fuxing is a monster?
Jupiter is one of the nine planets in the solar system. The ancients called them old stars and lucky stars. Jupiter was recorded in the silk book "Five Stars" unearthed from Mawangdui Han Tomb more than two thousand years ago. ?
Through observation, the ancients found that during the 12 year cycle of Jupiter's activity, the climate also changed periodically, because Jupiter and the sun have similar periodic laws. In Historical Records, Hanshu and other historical books, it is clearly recorded that Sui Xing is a star official in charge of agriculture and has a lofty position. According to Records of Historical Records in Guan Shu, during the Qin and Han Dynasties more than two thousand years ago, there was a specially built temple dedicated to the old star, and this ritual system continued until the late Qing Dynasty. ?
The oldest existing portrait of a star official, drawn in the Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty 1300 years ago, is called "Five Stars and Twenty-eight Masters", which depicts the image of Jin Mu's five stars and twenty-eight stars. Fuxing, the number one among the stars, has a monster-like appearance, a head like a tiger, wide eyes, sitting cross-legged, and a simple gown, just like a scholar. Its vehicle is actually a huge wild boar. Liang Lingzan, the author of this portrait, is a famous figure in the history of ancient astronomy and technology in China. He was a famous astronomical instrument manufacturer and an outstanding figure painter in the middle Tang Dynasty. He must have shaped the image of a star official recognized by most people at that time. ?
In the Tang Dynasty, Fuxing became an upright official?
The transformation of revival began in the Tang Dynasty. The Book of the New Tang Dynasty records the true story of Yang Cheng, an honest official in the Tang Dynasty, who later became one of the incarnations of Fuxing. ?
In the Tang Dynasty, Daozhou needed to send short people into the palace every year as tributes and eunuchs, but Daozhou didn't have so many short people. Previous Daozhou secretariat often put good children in clay pots, only showing their heads and providing food by special personnel. Through this cruel means, the deformed dwarves were asked to pay tribute to meet the absurd needs of the emperor. After Yangcheng was appointed as the secretariat of Daozhou, he risked his life to write a letter to the emperor of the dynasty and refused to pay tribute to save the local people from disaster. This true story was later written by the great poet Bai Juyi as the poem Dao Zhou Min. As a result, the locals began to worship Yangcheng as a lucky star. ?
500 years later, in the Complete Works of the Origin of Three Religions, a Taoist work in the Yuan Dynasty, this lucky star Yangcheng is a gentle image of an old man, which is very close to the present lucky star's appearance: the heaven is perfect, the place is Fiona Fang, and the image of great wealth and wealth. The revival has not changed much since the Ming and Qing Dynasties. ?
Lu Xing became popular in Sui and Tang Dynasties?
Lu xing is a star official in charge of fame and fortune, and his identity is complicated. Some people think that he is wenchang star, who blessed the top candidates, while others think that he was originally a Taoist priest with stunts. Luxing has entrusted all aspects of people's life ideals. ?
The road star is also evolved from a star, located right in front of the Big Dipper and rising with the Big Dipper forever. According to the official records of Sima Qian's Historical Records, the six stars in front of the Big Dipper are collectively called Wenchang Palace, and the last star in it is Lu Xing, the official in charge. ?
After the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the rise of the imperial examination system made the surname Lu popular. The imperial examination gave ordinary people a chance to change their destiny by studying and being an official, but it was too narrow a narrow path. Welcome, will naturally seek the help of the gods, so the Lu Xing in Wenchang Palace is particularly bright. In the Northern Song Dynasty, wenchang star gradually became synonymous with Lu Xing. ?
Wenchang Temple in Qiqushan, Zitong County, Mianyang City, Sichuan Province is the oldest existing Wenchang Temple and the ancestral home of all Wenchang temples in the world. In the Wenchang Temple in Qiqu Mountain, each cast iron statue cast in the Song Dynasty amounted to 12000 Jin. Perhaps it is because the idol is too heavy to be destroyed, and it has been preserved to this day after thousands of wars, so we are fortunate to see the true face of wenchang star thousands of years ago. ?
The image of wenchang star in the Song Dynasty was that of a court official. Several shop assistants and footmen stood around, setting off his noble and extraordinary status. Temples are the best, and various auspicious patterns of laurel trees can be seen everywhere, creating a beautiful artistic conception. This is the land of dreams of scholars of all ages, and wenchang star is their lucky star. ?
Lu Xing became a fairy?
Later, Lu Xing was given a brand-new role-the fairy who sent her children. In the early years of the Ming Dynasty, the lyrics of "Lu Xing holding his son down to earth" also appeared. In folk stories, the surname Lu is called Songzi and the fairy is called Zhang. According to "Fairy Mirror of Past Dynasties", this Zhang Xian was a Taoist priest in the Five Dynasties named Zhang Yuanxiao. He cultivated immortals in Qingcheng Mountain, a famous Taoist mountain in Bashu, and was good at slingshot stunts. His target is the monsters that make trouble in the world. From the Five Dynasties to the Northern Song Dynasty, he was very famous in Bashu area. ?
The story of Zhang Xi 'an seeing off his son was recorded in the notes of the literati in the Northern Song Dynasty. In one of his poems, Zhang Xianzan, Su Xun recorded that his two sons, Su Dongpo and Su Zhe, were sent by Zhang Xian in his dream. Two brothers, Su Dongpo and Su Zhe, took part in the imperial examination in the same year. Both of them were top students in the same examination room, which caused a sensation in the ruling and opposition circles. Zhang Xian is also famous. ?
Lu Xing descended from an ordinary star to the world, evolved into the imperial examination god worshipped by literati, transformed into Zhang Xian who sent his son, and finally became an indispensable bright star among the three stars of Fu Lushou. ?
What's the use of birthday crutches?
The birthday girl is also transformed from the stars. Its astronomical name is Alpha Carina, which is located at about 50 degrees south latitude in the southern hemisphere. It's actually hard to see in the north of China. According to Sima Qian's Historical Records and official records, when the Qin Dynasty unified the world, it began to build a longevity temple in Xianyang, the capital, to worship the longevity. ?
As we all know, the birthday boy has a cane in his hand. According to the Book of Rites of Han Dynasty, during the reign of Emperor Hanming in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, he presided over a ceremony to worship the birthday girl and arranged a special banquet. All the participants are old people, and all the nobles and civilians are eligible to be the guests of Emperor Han Ming as long as they are over 70 years old. After the banquet, the emperor also presented Gu Mi with wine and meat and a beautifully made walking stick. ?
After Wei and Jin Dynasties, the walking stick of Longevity Star changed, and the king's stick of Turtledove was replaced by a mahogany walking stick, and the political education function gradually weakened. It is said that peach wood can get rid of diseases, strengthen the body and prolong life. The scepter, once a symbol of privilege, has now become a longevity mascot for the birthday boy to get rid of illness and strengthen his body. The Ming Dynasty * * * ordered the cancellation of the national system of offering sacrifices to the birthday girl, which had been used since Qin and Han Dynasties. The birthday girl completely lost her political color and strode into the folk world, becoming the most secular fairy in ancient China. ?
Where does the head of the birthday girl come from?
Later, due to the Taoist concept of health preservation, the image of the longevity star has also changed, the most prominent of which is its huge forehead. The longevity in the murals of Yongle Palace in Shanxi Province may be the oldest image of the longevity. Among the thousands of immortals in Yongle Palace, we can recognize them at a glance because they have super brains. ?
The forehead of the birthday girl is also closely related to the image of longevity shaped by ancient health preservation. For example, the red-crowned crane's head bulges high, and another example is that Shoutao is the immortal fruit at the flat peach party of the Queen Mother. Legend has it that it blooms in 3000 years, bears fruit in 3000 years, and becomes immortal immediately after eating it. Perhaps it is precisely because of the fusion and superposition of these longevity images that the forehead of the birthday girl is finally created. ?
There is a Shouxing Street in Changsha, Hunan Province, which is named after a large-scale Shouxing Temple. According to local records, Shouxing Temple was built here as early as the Tang Dynasty and lasted until the Republic of China. From this, you can reach the real longevity land-Mount Hengshan in Nanyue, which is often called Nanshan in couplets, more than 0/00 miles south. During the Tang and Song Dynasties, there were no fewer than 10 manjuji built on the mountain, and Mo Bao, a famous person of all ages, was left on the mountainside stone wall, the most famous of which was said to have been written by Song Huizong.