The Nine Songs are from Chu Ci and were written by Qu Yuan in honor of the gods. The Nine Songs are about the nine gods.
Tenjin: Eastern Emperor Taiyi
Cloud God: The King of clouds
Xiangshui male god: Xiangjun
Shosui Goddess: Mrs. Sho
The God of ShouYao: Daisei
The God of Heirs: Shōji Order
Sun God: Dongjun
God of the Yellow River: Hebo
Mountain God: Mountain Ghost
There are eleven "Nine Songs", which are divided into divine songs: "Eastern Emperor Taiyi" in the middle: "Yun zhongjun", "Xiang Jun", "Xiang Lady", "Great Si Ming", "Shao Si Ming", "Dong Jun", "Hebo", "Mountain Ghost", "National Martyrdom", "Sending Divine Comedy": "Ritual Soul", of which "National Martyrdom" is a soldier who sacrifices his life for the country.
First of all, let's see that the god of heaven is the highest god, the Eastern Emperor Taiyi. The whole poem does not have a specific description of the image of the Eastern Emperor Taiyi, but only focuses on rendering the grand scene of the sacrifice to the gods, thus expressing the piety and respect for the gods. He is more mysterious and has a long relationship with humans.
The god of clouds is the god in charge of rain, electricity, etc., his temper is relatively grumpy, and when he is happy, the wind and rain are smooth, and the grain is abundant. When he is angry, the world will be dry for a long time, and then the king will sacrifice him to ask for rain. This is also a scene that we often see in costume dramas.
Xiangjun male god is the male god in charge of Xiangshui, Xiangshui is located in the Chu state, for the Chu state, the status of Xiangshui is very high, it is the birth of the people of the Chu state. Legend has it that Shun's two concubines, Emperor E, and Nüying died here as the god of Xiangshui, but here are obviously male gods, so I think the legend of Empress Dowager E and Nüying should be understood separately from this. This article is written in the tone of the xiangjun goddess to express the goddess's expectations of xiangjun, thus setting off the handsomeness and charm of xiangjun.
Xiangjun goddess, Xiang Lady is a fairy with a beautiful appearance and extraordinary temperament. This article is written in the tone of Xiang jun, showing Xiang Jun's expectation to see Lady Xiang, and expressing Lady Xiang's beautiful appearance from the side.
The description of Xiangjun and Lady Xiang is mainly the love of two people, the two Huan missed each other because they remembered the wrong date time, mistakenly thinking that the other party did not care about themselves and wept sadly, (this point can refer to the plot in "Please Answer 1988": Zhengfeng and Manyu's date) Of course, when they know the truth, they will definitely return to good. These two gods are only concerned about their own love, and have no time to manage the world.
Let's look at the god of Shou Yao, the Great Priest. At this point, God's relationship with man has become closer. The Great Si Ming was the god who controlled the lifespan of human beings, and after the Han Dynasty, he slowly evolved into the Emperor of Dongyue and the King of Yan. He is very cold, and he has no nostalgia for the witches who like him. Both the emperor and the people want to live a little longer, so he is a god that human beings often commemorate.
The god of the heirs, the Young Priest. The average life expectancy of ancient people was 50, and the survival rate of children was 50%, that is, from birth to ten years old, because of smallpox, plague, war and other factors, people prayed for the order of the young priest to bless their children.
Sun God - Dongjun. Legend has it that there are nine suns in the sky, and houyi shoots eight to keep one, and people sacrifice the sun god to please him or help him fight against his enemy "Sirius", which is what we call the Tengu Eclipse Day, people believe that the tengu swallowed the sun, and helped the sun god Dongjun through a complete set of sacrifices.
The god of the Yellow River- Hebo. The Yellow River is the mother river of our country, it gave birth to the Chinese nation, its merits are great, the temper is also very large, often flooded, for this there is a lot of tradition of sacrificing people to the river. Although the Yellow River did not have much connection with the State of Chu, the people of the State of Chu were heavy on obscenity, as the Book of Han and Geography said: "(Chu Di) believes in witches and ghosts, and emphasizes obscenity." "They think that any god who is powerful can please him. In short, nothing harmful. Of course, he was also very miserable, he was governed by Dayu, he was educated by Beihai in "Zhuangzi Qiushui", and he was ruled by Ximen Leopard.
Mountain god, legend has it that Emperor Yan had three daughters, the eldest daughter married a god, the second daughter drowned and died as a jingwei bird to reclaim the sea, and the third daughter Yaoji was named a mountain god after her death, she fell in love with humans, and then she was not allowed.
The last "National Martyrdom" is Qu Yuan commemorating the soldiers who sacrificed for the country, the State of Chu and the State of Qin fought many battles, almost every time failed, the State of Chu in order to defend the country, heroically fought, actively killed the enemy, it is because of them, the country can be defended, they are the greatest heroes.
At the end, "Li Soul" is a divine comedy. The poem describes the warm scene of singing and dancing at the completion of the ceremony, expressing the hope that the ceremony will never end.
Qu Yuan was a generational aristocrat, and his position as "Sanlu Dafu" was "Sanlu Dafu", who was mainly in charge of the rituals of sacrifice. The history of the Xia Dynasty witches did not divide the families, the supreme ruler was the largest witch, who controlled the management of the country, and the following little witches became various officials, such as: the witch in charge of the chronicle became the historical official, and the witch who mastered the etiquette became the ceremonial official. The rituals of sorcery and dance in the sacrificial heavens and the earth have slowly become the rituals of Chinese civilization.