The story of Su Wu Shepherd is well known in Wuwei Minqin. Minqin cultural artists used scissors to cut out the story of "Su Wu shepherding sheep", and reproduced the spirit of Su Wu in the face of coercion and inducement, not fearing power, and not bowing to setbacks in the face of coercion and temptation.
Suwu Mountain in Minqin County is the only regional name in the country named after Suwu. Mr. Ren Jizhou, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and an authoritative expert in grassland ecology in China, inspected and found that the former land of Suwu Shepherd in Beihai was in Minqin County, and corroborated it with the article "Examination of the Former Land of Suwu Shepherd in Beihai" published by Scholars Zhang Zihe and Chen Zhong of Lanzhou University. At the same time, after experts and scholars have examined the stone stele preserved by the Minqin County Museum, "Hanzhong Lang Will Su Wu Mu Place", it is also believed that the historical Minqin Baiting Sea should be the former place of the Han Dynasty Zhonglang General Su Wu Beihai Sheep Herding.
In response to the well-known story of "Suwu Shepherding Sheep", Liu Ping and Wei Jinguang of Minqin County created a paper-cut "Suwu Shepherding Sheep", which has attracted widespread attention from all walks of life. Liu Ping, a cadre of the Minqin County Cultural Center, Wei Jinguang, is a representative inheritor of paper-cutting at the municipal level, a backbone of Longyuan Skillful Hand, a member of the Chinese Folk Writers Association, and a member of the Paper-cutting Art Committee of the Chinese Culture Promotion Association.
The paper-cut "SuWu Shepherd" has a total of 31 scenes and plots. The works are rich in content, delicate in cutting, flexible and changeable. In the foundation of tradition, it integrates the connotation of history and culture, and the style is distinct, thick and fresh. Vividly reproduced Su Wu, a historical figure with perseverance and high wind.
1. During the Western Han Dynasty of China, the Northern Xiongnu repeatedly violated the border, making the people's lives unstable. In order to seek the stability of the country and the peace of the people, Emperor Liu Che of the Han Dynasty sent the general Wei Qing and the general Huo Qi to go on an expedition against the Xiongnu.
2. After arduous conquest, the Western Han army won successive battles, and the Xiongnu lost their troops and were seriously injured, and did not dare to harass the han dynasty's borders again, so they had to ask the Han dynasty for peace.
3. In order to achieve the purpose of reconciliation, in the first year of the Tianhan Dynasty (100 BC), Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent Zhonglang to make Su Wu the main envoy and Zhang Sheng as the deputy envoy, leading more than a hundred people to lead an entourage of more than 100 people, bringing gifts such as Jingjie and gold and silver silk to the Xiongnu.
4. The imperial court was well aware that this mission to the Xiongnu was extraordinary, and when Su Wu's envoys left Chang'an, Emperor Wu of Han personally led hundreds of officials to send them off, personally helping Su Wu to chase the wind and the horses given by the emperor, and watching the envoys gradually go away.
5. After more than a month of long journey, Su Wu and his party finally arrived at the court of the Xiongnu king. The Xiongnu king and Marquis Shan Yu did not dare to be sloppy, personally led the people out of the tent to greet, and held a grand welcome ceremony.
6. Shan Yu set up a banquet to entertain Su Wu and his party. At the banquet, king Zuo Xian, King Right Xian, and King Wei Lu of Ding Ling accompanied him. Wei Lu was originally a Han courtier, surrendered when he went to the Xiongnu, and was later crowned king of Ding Ling. This man is narrow-minded and selfish, sinister and vicious, with a bad stomach. He was deeply afraid that the success of the discussion and success would be unfavorable to him, so he tried his best to harm Su Wu and undermine the peace.
7. After the banquet, Wei Lu immediately provoked the Xiongnu king Shan Yu and said: The Han Dynasty did not have sincerity in negotiating peace, and Su Wu was also very arrogant, looking down on the Xiongnu, it was better to kill him. Shan Yu thought that although Su Wu had arrogance, he was a rare talent, and it was best to persuade him to surrender.
8. Just as Wei Lu was pondering the poisonous plan, there was an incident in which Su Wu's deputy envoy Zhang Shenghui and Yu Chang and others assassinated Wei Lu. Because the news was betrayed by his subordinates and the assassination failed, Zhang Sheng and others were arrested by Wei Lu.
9. Wei Luxiang said to Shan Yu that Zhang Sheng had assassinated Su Wuding as the mastermind. Therefore, he took the opportunity to kill Su Wu. At this critical moment, Princess Yang Yiju, who was singled out by her sister, rushed to the rescue. Because she admired Su Wuzhong's courage and bravery and handsome appearance, she advised Su Wu to stay in the Xiongnu. Shan Yu also came to persuade him to surrender, saying that he would make Su Wu king, and give him gold, cattle and horses, and cloth, and he would also give his sister Xu to Su Wu.
10. In the face of coercion and inducement, Su Wuning died unyieldingly and refused sternly. Shan Yu ordered su Wu to be locked up in the cellar, cut off from food and drink, and forced to submit. Seven days have passed, and he is still alive, thinking that he is a god.
11. Su Wu was tortured to the end and still did not surrender. Wei Lu was also born with bad water, and just listened to his rumors, and sent Su Wufa to the desert where people were inaccessible to herd sheep, to consume his will and force him to surrender.
12. The Xiongnu soldier escorted Su Wu all the way to the depths of the Tengger Desert, gave a flock of sheep, ordered him to graze, and returned. Su Wu drove the sheep, walking and shepherding, I don't know how many days of hunger and thirst in the wind and sun, one day, finally out of the desert, to the Baiting Sea (now Minqin, Gansu).
13. Su Wu saw that although this place is sparsely populated, it is rich in water and grass, and it is backed by a hill (later generations named this mountain "Su Wu Mountain" in honor of Su Wu), which is a good place to herd sheep. So he stayed here, held the festival, drove the sheep, and began the life of shepherding sheep.
14. Su Wu came out early and returned to the sheep every day, and after a long time, his flock of sheep walked out of a long sheep road down the mountain, and later generations named it "Sheep Road".
15. Su Wu has been herding sheep in the wilderness for many years, missing his homeland, and has built a high platform at the highest point of the hill, often overlooking his hometown. Later, people called this tutai "Wangxiangtai", also known as "Suziyan". Because there are many wild pigeons settling here, it is also called "wild pigeon pier".
16. One day, Su Wu was herding sheep on the hillside, and because of the hot weather, his thirst was unbearable, and the sheep were also dying. He was sighing, but he saw a spring coming up from under his feet. The spring water was getting out louder and louder, and Su Wu was very happy. Since then, Su Wu often came here to drink sheep. This spring does not increase in waterlogging and drought, and posterity calls it "SuQuan", "Mengquan", and "Shenquan".
17. Su Wu held the festival of shepherding sheep, and when he was finished, he found that there was a black color, long and flexible silk, and a hair-like plant on the mountain, so he picked it up, tied it to the head of the pole, and served as a scepter on the knot, and when he was hungry, he was also used to fill his hunger, and later generations called it "hair dish". When the wind blows and the sun blows, and the clothes are ragged, they can find the unschooled mustard grass on the mountain to mend the cone shoes.
18. The news of Su Wu's shepherding here was soon known to the local people, who came to visit and brought clothes and food utensils. Su Wu also told them about the cultural etiquette and farming techniques of the Han Dynasty, and formed a deep friendship with the local people and was deeply loved. Later generations admired his indomitable spiritual integrity, and also built suwu temple and sugong ancestral hall on the mountain to commemorate and pay tribute to him, and the story of his shepherding was also widely circulated in the local folk.
19. Wei Lu sent people to monitor Su Wu, and when he found out that Su Wu had a close relationship with the people in Baitinghai, he made a rumor to Shan Yu, claiming that Su Wu had planned to gather a crowd to rebel. Shan Yu listened to his treacherous plan, sent troops to escort Su Wu to the remote and desolate North Sea, ordered him to graze sheep, and said that he would have to be lambten before he could be released back to China.
20. The North Sea is uninhabited, Su Wu is accompanied by sheep every day, hungry to dig wild vegetables to fill the hunger, cold to hold the sheep for warmth. No matter the severe cold and heat, the wind and food, the open sleep, Su Wu always held the scepter that represented the majesty of the imperial court in his hand.
21. The years pass, and spring goes to autumn. Emperor Wu of Han, seeing that Su Wu had sent an envoy to the Xiongnu and had not returned, knew that he was detained by the Xiongnu, and in anger, he sent the generals Li Ling and Li Guangli to attack the Xiongnu again.
22. The army led by Li Ling won successive battles and victories, and the momentum was like a bamboo. Once, because the lone army went deep, there was no reinforcement, and it was surrounded by the Xiongnu army. He led his army to fight bloody battles for eight days and nights, and finally because he was outnumbered, Li Ling's soldiers were defeated and captured.
23. Shan Yu knew that Li Ling was a tiger general, set up a banquet to invite surrender, soft and hard, and exhausted the methods, Li Ling's righteousness was awe-inspiring, and he resolutely did not surrender. Only later, when news came from the Han Dynasty, the imperial court thought that Li Ling had surrendered and killed Li Ling's entire family. The thunderbolt of this sunny day finally made the tough guy bow his head with tears.
24. After Li Ling surrendered, Shan Yu learned that he and Su Wu had been friends, and wanted to use him to persuade Su Wu to surrender. Immediately sent someone to take Li Ling to the North Sea to persuade Su Wu to surrender.
25. In the vast North Sea, Li Ling and Su Wu met each other, hugged with tears, and recounted their old feelings. After talking freely, Li Ling proposed to persuade him to surrender, and Su Wu immediately said, "I was born into the Han family, and I died as a Han family ghost, and I Su Wu will never betray the Han Dynasty!" ”
26. Li Ling was unable to persuade him to surrender and left beihai. Su Wu is still herding sheep in the North Sea. Year after year, Su Wu's face was covered with wrinkles, his jaw was covered with gray whiskers, the scepter was gone, and the ends were torn, but he still held it in his hand. Su Wu's heart was always thinking about his homeland, homeland, and relatives.
27. In the second year of the Later Yuan Dynasty (81 BC), Emperor Wu of Han died and Emperor Zhao of Han took the throne. At this time, the Xiongnu were in civil strife, and the new Xiongnu king Shan Yu was on the throne, and he did not want to have another war with the Han Dynasty, so he sent envoys to the Han Dynasty to seek peace. The first thing Emperor Han Zhao did after receiving the Xiongnu envoys was to ask the Xiongnu to release Su Wu and return to Han.
28. After that, Emperor Zhao of Han sent his old minister Guo Ji to lead an envoy to the Xiongnu to be released to Su Wu. The cunning Wei Lu said that Su Wu was dead. Guo Ji had already made preparations, and immediately said that the emperor was hunting in the imperial garden a few days ago, and shot a hong goose, which was a letter from Su Wu, saying that he was herding sheep in the North Sea.
29. The Xiongnu Were shocked when they heard this, believing that Providence was difficult to violate, and had to agree to release Su Wu back. He also sent people to quickly increase their whips and go to Beihai to pick up Su Wu and Guo Ji and his party to meet.
30. When Su Wu returned to Han, the renegade wei lu could not be willing to personally lead people to intercept and kill Su Wu in the middle of the road. Just as Wei Lu bent his bow and arrow at Su Wu, Princess Yang Yiju led people to arrive, and all the arrows were fired in unison, and the evil thief Wei Lu died under the random arrows.
31. Nineteen years after leaving, Su Wu finally returned to his country. In Chang'an City, the sound of people was boiling, the gongs and drums were noisy, and Emperor Han Zhao personally went out of the palace to greet him, and when he saw Su Wu holding the scepter that had fallen to the end, he was moved to tears. The people all praised Su Wu's spiritual integrity of being loyal to the king and loving the country and not dishonoring the battle.