Mencius's work of holiness is based on the righteousness of the mother's cultivation, and the saint of the son is the saint of the mother. There is a beautiful village in Yangzhuang Town, Yishui County, which lies in the arms of the Shuhe River and has beautiful scenery called "Mengmu", and the name of the village is closely related to Mengmu.
The silver noodles in the tomb were inserted into the eyes of the money
Mengmu Village, formerly known as Fuwangzhuang Village. The ancestors of the village have passed down a story about the location of the tomb of Meng Mu. Mencius's mother, The She Clan, was a native of Nanqilin Village, Yangzhuang Town, Yishui County. Nan Yulin belonged to the State of Ju, and Mencius's father Meng Ji served as an official in the State of Ju. Mengmu Village is at the junction of Juguo and Luguo.
When Mencius was three years old, Meng Ji died. Meng Mu led Mengzi back to his hometown of Zou County. Mencius, who was not reused in the country of Lu, traveled around. They traveled north along the Shu River to the State of Qi, passing by Fuwangzhuang. The story of the location of Meng Mu's tomb begins here. The Shu River originates from the Yi Mountains, from north to south, and descends in the same direction. When passing through the village of Fuwangzhuang, I circled around half a circle and then went south.
Fuwangzhuang Village is based on this north mountain and south water, and the feng shui is excellent. Mencius passed through this place, took a fancy to a piece of land, and buried a copper coin, hoping to use it as a place to raise his life in the future. In the State of Qi, Mencius was worshipped as a guest secretary. Mencius, who was loyal to filial piety, decided to take his mother from luguo to his side. Meng's mother followed the route her son had taken north. On the way, I also passed by Fuwangzhuang Village and found that it was 8 miles away from my hometown, Nanlin Village. Walking to a place where feng shui is so good, Meng Mu also decided to leave a mark. So she also chose a piece of land, pulled out the silver noodles on her head, and buried them in the ground. Meng Mu, who came to the country of Qi, told her son that after a hundred years, she would be buried not far from her hometown where she made a mark, where the feng shui was good.
Later, following her mother's last wishes, Mencius decided to bury her mother in the place designated during her lifetime. Mencius set out from the State of Qi, passed through Muling Pass, crossed the Great Wall of Qi, and found the village of Fuwangzhuang according to the directions his mother said. In the process of excavating the tomb, he found the silver noodle buried by his mother, and the silver noodle was inserted in the square hole of the copper coin.
At that time, Mencius was not famous in the world, and the tomb of Meng Mu was not valued. During the Ming Dynasty, Ling MaZhitu of Yishui County examined the tomb of Meng Mu and was convinced that Meng Mu was indeed buried in Fuwangzhuang Village and built the Meng Mu Ancestral Hall. Because of the Mengmu Ancestral Hall and the Tomb of Mengmu, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, Fuwangzhuang Village was renamed Mengmu Village. The tomb of Meng Mu was excavated in 1966.
Melon on mengmu's tomb
People over the age of 50 in Mengmu Village remember the huge Mengmu tomb in the village at that time. When the villagers picked up the grave, they pulled out a very thick and long root. Some people think that it is "He Shou Wu", and the old people in the village think that it is a melon root, which is flat and thick. On the tomb of Meng Mu grow melons. The root system of melons grows very slowly, and it takes many years to grow into such roots. Later, some villagers secretly took the melon root home, and when the few cents were very useful at that time, they sent it to the county medicinal material company and sold it for more than a hundred yuan.
"Mengmuto Dream"
The Mengmu Ancestral Hall was destroyed in 1947. Villagers recall that at that time, the Mengmu Temple had a green brick wall and a large area. In front is the Meng Mu Ancestral Hall, in the back is the back garden, and the tomb is in the back garden. There are several main halls in the ancestral hall, and there are three east wing rooms and three west wing rooms. The gate building is very wide, about 3 meters or more, higher than the gate tower of ordinary people now.
The temple has many stone tablets that have built ancestral halls over the centuries. In the past, the ancestral hall was inhabited by people with meritorious names and identities. Since the end of the Qing Dynasty, the ancestral hall has been inhabited by the "Wuju" family surnamed Yang.
Later, the Yang family went into decline, and there was no one who had obtained meritorious names. In the late Republic of China, the descendants of the Yang family made a living by manufacturing medicines and guns, and later joined forces with the "Ringing Horse" and were wiped out, and the Yang family was expelled from the temple. After the Meng Mu Ancestral Hall was abandoned, the "Ringing Horse" lived in it. A person who had come to the local area to do business was abducted there and imprisoned in the Meng Mu Ancestral Hall. In the night, the detainees departed. The trader had a dream in his confusion. In the dream, an old white-haired woman said to him, "You have to go against the water." "When the trader woke up, he thought it was just a dream and didn't care. The trader went to sleep again, but had the same dream. Only then did the man wake up. This is to guide yourself to escape.
After leaving the house, the man followed the guidance in the dream, went up against the water, and fled in the direction of his home. When Ringing Horse returns, he finds the hostages fleeing. They thought they must have fled down the water, so they chased after the lower reaches of the river. The trader who fled home told his mother about it. The mother was puzzled, and came to the Meng Mu Ancestral Hall, only to understand that it was Meng Mutuo's dream and guided the child to escape.
The legend of Shihua Mountain
Mengmu Village is surrounded by mountains and water.
"Water" means that the Shu River flows through this area from north to south, while "mountain" refers to Shihua Mountain. Shihua Mountain is located in the north of Mengmu Village. The mountain is not big, but it is strange and rocky, unusual. It is the Shihua Mountain that emerges from this barren hill that makes Mengmu Village a little more spiritual and mysterious. Zhao Yuelun, secretary of the village branch, said that in the past, there were many more stones on the mountain than now, and the shape was also larger, because it was not protected, it became the current appearance.
There is a legend about the origin of Shihua Mountain. At that time, the Iron Abduction Li of the Eight Immortals was refining Dan at Mount Mercury in the west. On the mountain, the iron crutch plum planted a gourd. The gourd, which was stained with fairy qi, spread its branches and leaves everywhere. When it grew to the north of Mengmu Village, flowers bloomed, but there were no results, so the mountain was named "Stone Flower Mountain", also known as "Hulu Flower Mountain". Later, the old people in the village, on the sixteenth day of the first month, went to the Shihua Mountain to worship the "ShihuaGu" who was in charge of the Shihua Mountain.
Pious worship
Zhao Yuelun, secretary of the Mengmu Village branch, said that the original site of the Mengmu Ancestral Hall was directly east of the village. After the destruction of the Mengmu Ancestral Hall, the villagers spontaneously raised funds to rebuild the Mengmu Ancestral Hall at the current site. The ancestral hall that still exists today was built a few years ago.
Every year on the sixteenth day of the first month, nearby villagers have the habit of going to the ancestral hall to worship Meng Mu. Zhao Yuelun said that on weekdays, there are many people who come to worship on March 3 and June 6 every year. On the sixteenth day of the first month, there were many people. Mengmu culture is a precious heritage of Mengmu Village.
Zhao Yuelun, secretary of the village branch, said that the village plans to invest more than 100,000 yuan to build a stone-carved statue of "Meng Mother's Godson" on the community square. On the sixteenth day of the first month, the weather is still cold, after the statue of Meng Mu was completed, the village envisaged changing the current customs of villagers to worship Meng Mu and gather, and set Mencius's birthday, the first two days of April every year, as the "Mother's Day" dedicated to worshiping Meng Mu and promote the culture of Meng Mu.