Legends and allusions of Phoenix

First, the Phoenix gave birth to nine chicks.

"Nine Chicks" is from "Gong Ji on the West Coast Abandoned by Moody Eddie in the Eighth Emperor of the Jin Dynasty": "In February (four years of Shengping), Phoenix saw nine chicks in Fengcheng." Later, "Phoenix attracts nine chicks" was regarded as a good omen for world peace and social prosperity. There is no mention of the specific category name and image of "Nine Chickens". Later, with the continuous deduction and integration of various religious beliefs and folklore, the story of Nine Chickens has been enriched and inconclusive.

Second, the phoenix lives in Wu.

Wu Tong is the king of trees. It is said that it is a spiritual tree. It can know when to build it. "Lu Wenjian": "A hundred birds in the phoenix tree dare not perch, but only avoid the phoenix". Phoenix, as the king of birds, breeds the universe. It is not a phoenix tree. "Shu Wei Wang Xie Chuan" "Phoenix does not inhabit the phoenix tree", and the phoenix chooses wood habitat. Later, it was compared to the reader choosing the master and waiting on the master.

Third, the image of Phoenix.

Legend has it that the Phoenix can know the rise and fall of chaos in the world, which is the best embodiment of benevolent government in China's history, a barometer of the rise and fall of chaos, and an "image ambassador" of theological politics.

The ancients were divided into five grades, and the five movements of Phoenix marked the degree of political clarity. Therefore, the emperors of all dynasties regarded "Feng Ming Chaoyang" and "Birds at the Phoenix" as symbols of prosperity and peace. Southern Qi Xie Zhao's Ten Poems of Yongming Music: "Colorful Feng Ming Chaoyang, Yuanhe Dance Shang Qing; Rui Yongming has been the emperor for thousands of years. "

Fourth, blow jobs to attract phoenix.

According to legend, during the Spring and Autumn Period, Qin Mugong had a daughter named Nong Yu, who was peerless intelligent, well-behaved and good at blowing sheng. She blew the rain, which sounded like the cry of a phoenix. Qin Mugong built a Phoenix Tower in the palace for her to live in. In front of this building, there is a high platform called Fengtai.

Qin Mugong wants to choose a husband for her daughter and swears: "Be sure to choose someone who plays blowing sheng well." Mu Gong sent people everywhere to search for people who were good at blowing sheng, but they couldn't get what they wanted.

One day, Nong Yu dreamed that a handsome man said, "I am the master of Taihua Mountain (that is, Huashan Mountain), and I was ordered by heaven to marry you." Yu Sheng played the first tune of Flowers. Nong Yu told Mu Gong about his dream, and Mu Gong sent his minister Meng Ming to visit Huashan.

Meng Ming found a man who is good at playing the flute in Huashan, named Shaw History, and came back with him. Meng Ming took Shaw History to see Mu Gong, who invited him to play. Shaw History played the first song, and the breeze was blowing gently; Play the second song, colorful clouds in four.

When I played the third song, I saw white cranes flying in pairs in the air, peacocks living in pairs in the forest, birds singing for a while, and then dispersed after a while. So, Mu Gong married his daughter Nong Yu, and the husband and wife lived in harmony.

Shaw History taught Nong Yu to blow, and also learned the Song of Laifeng. One night, the couple played the flute under the moon, but the purple phoenix flew to the left of Fengtai, and the red dragonfly came to occupy the right of Fengtai. Shaw History said, "I am a fairy in the sky. God saw the scattered historical records on the earth and ordered me to come down to earth to sort them out. ..... Zhou people called me because I have contributed to history. Today, I have experienced more than one hundred years of vicissitudes.

God ordered me to be the Lord of Huashan Mountain, and I have a marriage with you, so I have this marriage with Xiao Sheng. However, I can't stay on the earth for long. Today, Longfeng came to pick me up, but I can leave here. "

So, Shaw History left Fengtai Xiangyun with the red dragon and Nong Yu with the purple phoenix. That night, someone heard Feng Ming's voice in Taihua Mountain. This beautiful myth and legend poetizes the harmony between piano and harp, husband and wife and singing.

V. Feng Qiuhuang

There is another story in the Han Dynasty: the writer Sima Xiangru was a poor boy. Once I was invited to drink by a wealthy businessman named Zhuo Wangsun, and I accidentally found that Zhuo Wangsun had a widowed little daughter named Zhuo Wenjun. It was love at first sight. I played the Phoenix piano and sang "Phoenix, Phoenix, Phoenix, Return to my hometown and travel around the world to seek its phoenix" to express my love.

Zhuo Wenjun was so moved that she eloped with Sima Xiangru overnight and married him. Since then, the word "phoenix seeking to burn" has been used to describe the love between young men and women. Probably because of these beautiful and moving stories and legends, a series of auspicious patterns such as "blowing sheng dances the phoenix", "playing the flute to attract the phoenix", "the couple chimes in harmony", "the crane flies and dances the phoenix", "a hundred birds fly towards the phoenix" and "dragons and phoenixes are auspicious" appeared in the decorative patterns.

The image of phoenix pattern is no longer so mysterious and specious. Feng Niaowen has become a fresh, vivid and lively artistic image, and gradually developed into one of the representatives and symbols of national decorative arts.

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