Yellow Crane Tower is one of the three famous buildings in Jiangnan, was built in the third year of Wu Huangwu in the Three Kingdoms period (223), initially as a "military building", and later the unification of the Three Kingdoms, with the development of Jiangxia City, the building has become an ornamental building, since ancient times enjoyed the "first floor under the world" and "the world's best view" known.
During the Tang Dynasty, the poet Li Bai wrote "The Yellow Crane Tower Sends Meng Haoran to the Guangling Tomb" and "Wanghuang Crane Tower" here; Cui Hao wrote the famous poem "Yellow Crane Tower" here, which includes a verse: The people of the past have taken the Yellow Crane to go, and the Yellow Crane Tower is empty here. The yellow crane is gone, and the white clouds are long in the air.
According to legend, after Li Bai saw Cui Hao's "Yellow Crane Tower", he was greatly amazed and ashamed of himself, saying: "There is a scene in front of you, and Cui Hao's inscription poem is on the top." ”
So who is the "former man" mentioned in "The Old Man Has Gone by the Yellow Crane"? The name sounds familiar. It is Fei Yi ( Fei Yi ) , also spelled Wenwei , and Jiang Xiaren , was a famous vassal of the Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period , and was known as the Four Phases of Shu Han along with Zhuge Liang , Jiang Huan , and Dong Yun.
The "Biography of Yi Bei" records: "Yi Ya is humble in nature, and the family does not accumulate wealth." The sons are all vegetarian, do not ride from the car, no mortal. ”
After Liu Bei's death, Liu Chan succeeded to the throne, Fei Yi became Liu Chan's attendant, the chancellor Zhuge Liang was very appreciative of Fei Yi, Jianxing for three years (225), Zhuge Liang conquest of the Southern Central Triumph, Shu Han Dynasty hundreds of officials set up a road to meet him, Zhuge Liang saw Fei Yi, let Fei Yi and him sit in a car, from then on everyone looked at Fei Yi with disdain.
Zhuge Liang's epigraph to Liu Chan, the Table of Renunciation, has always been famous, in which it is also said: "Shi Zhong, Shi Lang Guo Youzhi, Fei Yi, Dong Yun, etc., these are all good and honest, and they are loyal and pure, and they are based on the former emperor Jian Ba to leave His Majesty behind..."
However, in the spring of the sixteenth year of Yanxi (253), Shu Han held a first meeting, and Fei Yi and The Hundred Officials raised a glass to drink, and there was no scope in their hearts, and as a result, they were assassinated by the Cao Wei official Guo Xiu.
After Fei Yi's death, Liu Chan held a state funeral for him and gave him the title of "Marquis of Chengxiang". Because Fei Yi left his name through the ages, the world and future generations praised Fei Yi, so the legend about Fei Yi also appeared.
Yan Boli, a Tang Dynasty man, once introduced the Yellow Crane Tower in particular, and said in the "Yellow Crane Tower": "In the southwest corner of the prefecture city, there are Yellow Crane Towers. The Tujing Yun: "Fei Yi Dengxian, tasted the Yellow Crane and returned to rest here, so he made it a famous building." The biography of the Immortals is listed, and the zhi of the Shuyi is preserved. ”
It can be seen from this that during the Tang Dynasty, people believed that Fei Yi was driving the crane west of the Yellow Crane Tower, so it was called "Yellow Crane Tower". Also since the Tang Dynasty, some people have always built Fei Yi Cave and Fei Gong Ancestral Hall next to the Yellow Crane Tower. The Fei Yi Pavilion, which was rebuilt in 1993, was also built based on the legend that Fei Yi crossed the crane and rested in the Yellow Crane Tower.
However, there are also many examiners who cite scriptures, such as Li Zongmeng of the Tang Dynasty, who preached in the "Fei Gong Ancestral Hall": "The empty relics of Fei Immortals, the rest of the country and the mountains are full of sorrows." He believed that Fei Yi was not in the Yellow Crane Tower, and the Yellow Crane Tower had no connection with Fei Yi.
The legend about the Yellow Crane Tower across the crane immortal, is from the Southern Dynasty scientist Zu Chongzhi, "Shu Yi Ji" is Zu Chongzhi's writing, the records are all strange things, but also talk about the "guest of the crane", people word of mouth, to the Tang Dynasty, Fei Yi became the immortal who drove the crane.
During the Republic of China period, Lu Xun, a great scholar, recorded the "guest of the crane" in the "Narrative of Differences" in the "Ancient Novel Hook Sink", and a very detailed and full of myths and legends appeared.