Editor's note: In Manchurian folklore, there are many folk legends of the old Han king, some of which are similar, and some of which are detailed and evolved into different versions. Here is fu Zhendong in 2017 to the Manchu Culture Network, telling the legend of the old Han king circulating in his family.
Dear family, I am a shallow person and lack of historical knowledge. But I grew up living in an area where the Manchus were concentrated. I am a Manchu and my surname is Fucha ~Fu~Fu.
Fu Zhendong
I love my nation and have a strong family mentality. I want to pass on the historical legends handed down by my ancestors through the Manchu Culture Network platform.
If there is any disrespect to the ancestors, please forgive the ancestors. If there is any discrepancy with historical facts, experts and scholars are invited to correct them. Families feel valuable to collect. I am willing to learn from you when I study Manchu culture. Don't laugh at me. Thank you!
No:1 King Han, Manchu Qing
When I went to middle school to study history, I learned that the founding emperor of the Qing Dynasty was named Ai Xinjueluo and was called Nurhaci. From childhood, he only knew the King of Han: the old King of Han sat in Beijing with a satisfied heart. When King Han was a child, he was an orphan (nicknamed Xiaohan), and when he was seven or eight years old, he was introduced by a good person to the Ming Dynasty's Guanwai General Military Palace as a tea boy, and he was clever and clever, and he was deeply liked by the general soldiers (officers).
The Jianghu Warlock of the Ming Dynasty Court calculated that the future capture of the Daming River and Mountain was born in the northeast, characterized by seven cinnabar red moles under their feet. Secretly ordered the general soldiers outside the Guan to find and kill.
On this night, Xiao Han made a good foot wash water to wash the feet of the arsonists, and the master and servant chatted idly. The chief soldier said that the reason I can be a high official is that I have three red moles under my feet. Xiao Han didn't look at it and said that there were seven cinnabar red moles under my feet and I had to wash your feet. The arson said to show me, and Xiao Han took off his shoes and lifted his little feet. This night the arsonists turned over and couldn't sleep,
The concubine asked him what was bothering him? He didn't want to say it but said it anyway: The person the imperial court is looking for is our family Xiaohan. Madame asked him what do you want to do?
Alas, it can be done, kidnapped to the imperial court or secretly killed. What the hell are you doing? Kill it secretly tomorrow.
The general soldier made up his mind and fell asleep.
The concubine lady could not sleep, and the mother's love and compassion drove her to secretly get up, sneaked to Xiaohan's room, woke Xiaohan up, got dressed and led him outside the house, and told Xiaohan that the master was going to kill you and run away quickly.
Xiao Han was scared and cried deep roots in the middle of the night where did I run? Madame led Xiaohan to the stable and picked out the best horse, picked up Xiaohan and put it on the horse's back, raised her hand and slapped it the horse chief, and the little doll fled for her life. The horse ran desperately in one direction until dawn.
The horse was so tired that he could no longer stand up. Xiao Han saw clearly at this time that it was a tall and handsome big green horse. Later, Xiao Han became the King of Han and became the founding emperor of the Qing Dynasty. The founding name of the great Qing is to commemorate this big green horse, because he is a Manchu, he added the manchu character to the front of the Qing, and it became the Manchu Qing.
No: 2 Mom Pocket
The concubine lady let Xiao Han go privately, knowing that the general soldiers would not spare her. The more I think about it, the more I am afraid, and I still have no good solution after suffering for a long time. It is better to break it yourself than to be broken to death. As a result, the concubine lady hanged herself naked and tearful. At dawn, the general soldier did not see Xiao Han, and shouted a few times without answering.
Feeling that things were not good, he did not find Xiaohan but found his wife who was hanging naked, and everything was understood. Hurriedly sent troops everywhere to pursue and kill Xiao Han.
The Manchus commemorate this good and great mother. Just use a piece of window paper, start rolling along a corner, roll into an empty paper roll, and paste a small blessing word. Enshrine. The implication is to hide the shame of this mother, because she died naked, and the posterity wrapped her in her mother's pocket.
It turned out that the mother's pocket was next to the ancestral box to be enshrined, and later felt indecent, changed the position and hung it in a certain corner of the room to be enshrined, and every year when the couplet was pasted on the 30th of the Waxing Moon, a new mother's pocket was made to burn the old one from the previous year. It is also equivalent to changing her new set of clothes every year. This is the Mom Pocket.
No:3 Crow, Sauron pole
Crows are unpopular birds, and their long ugly calls are ugly. He lives in the woods between the village and the cemetery. Animals are fed on carrion and also eat grain. Crows generally do not enter the village and bark, and when they enter the village, they scream to the death.
The general soldiers sent troops to pursue XiaoHan everywhere, in an open area, a few lone trees. Xiao Han couldn't really run anymore and fell under the tree to rest. The pursuers rushed to see a flock of crows circling by a lone tree in the distance. Judging that Xiao Han could not be there, he searched elsewhere, and Xiao Han escaped the disaster. In front of the courtyard, the Manchus erected a Sauron pole and hung a tin bucket containing grain sorghum and corn. In winter, the snow closes the mountain, and the crows can't find food to eat here, so as not to starve to death. In this way, the Manchus repaid the Savior's meritorious crows.
No: 4 Dogs
Xiao Han continued to flee, running into a large area of barren grassland, and was found by the pursuing soldiers to quickly form a circle of encirclement. And the encirclement is gradually shrinking. At this time, it was already dusk, and because xiaohan was afraid of leaving a circle, he decided to set fire to the wilderness. In a sea of fire, Xiao Han was disappointed and lay there waiting to die. Unconsciously fell asleep. After the pursuit of the soldiers burned to confirm that Xiao Han would die, he undoubtedly withdrew his troops.
Xiao Han woke up at dawn. Finding that he was not dead, a large dog next to him was soaking wet and shivering, and then he saw that the grass around him was wet. Only to learn that it was the dog that saved himself, the dog used his own fur to go to the river to get water, returned to the side and rolled around, wetting a large piece of the wild grass.
The Manchus believed that the dog savior had merit and easily did not kill the dog.
But not absolutely, there are several kinds of dogs that must be killed. Mad dogs, seriously injured dogs, stealing mouths and biting dogs, hurting and stealing livestock and poultry at home, biting dogs will be killed. People do not lie dog does not bite, deep in the middle of the night there is no situation, the dog howling non-stop is the bite. The Manchus kill dogs, smell the message, and anyone can come to the house to eat dog meat until it is eaten. Manchus wear dog skin hats to avoid. When entering a Manchu house, outside the courtyard door, you have to take off the dog skin hat and hide it under your armpit or put it behind your back, and when you enter the house, you must sit down and put the hat behind you. The most taboo thing is to put a hat on the lid of someone's box. That's where incense is burned, and dog hats are absolutely not allowed. The dog savior has merit, but the dog is still a dog.
No: 5 Lock the dragon pole
Xiao Han fled to the mountains, met a gang of ginseng diggers, and was taken in. There are about a few dozen people in the procession to collect ginseng, called the mallet battalion. Pipe ginseng is called a mallet, seven two for ginseng eight two or more for treasure. It is said that ginseng with more than eight or two can walk on its own, and it can also interact with people in human form.
After joining the gang, the leader sent an experienced master to teach XiaoHan how to find ginseng. Each person holds a wooden pole, which is about the same length as his own height. There are many uses: when climbing mountains, as a pillar stick, against poisonous snakes, against mountain livestock, and most importantly, it is used to find ginseng.
It is said that ginseng is the king of hundreds of grasses, and the grass shoots around it in the sun are pointed to ginseng to shade it, and ginseng can be found by using a wooden pole to remove the weeds. This wooden pole has a spiritual nature called the lock dragon pole.
The master took Xiaohan to find a ginseng tree, and taught Xiaohan not to be careful when playing greedily, ginseng is difficult, and sometimes one cannot be found for several days. Xiao Han did not think so, this is ginseng? On the way I came, every ditch was this thing. Everyone didn't believe it. The next day Xiao Han led them to find ginseng everywhere. The mallet camp made a fortune, and everyone said that Xiao Han was a blessed person who could achieve great things. Unanimously demanded that Xiaohan be the leader.
Since then, the mallet battalion has developed and grown, recruited soldiers, bought horses and raised troops, and achieved great things in the future. The Manchu family is Tujili, and each family has a lock dragon pole. High-quality wood is selected, the cross-section is square inches, the length is 5 feet 3 inches, the four sides are scaled, and the tung oil is hung on the kangtou wall. Usually hang up a hand towel, the neighborhood homestead dispute, said to go to get the lock dragon pole, measure it to solve.
The author is Fu Zhendong
Editor's note: The full text is a legend circulated by Fu Zhendong's ancestors, which has similarities and differences with the LaoHan King who is now sorted out. The wording is not necessarily accurate. For example, the Manchu Qing Dynasty is now prohibited. The general soldier was written as an arsonist, and the editor revised a part of it, I am afraid that I still have not seen the place, and there may be some mistakes in some places.
Published only as a version compiled by Fu Zhendong. It is convenient for comparison and use when conducting folklore research in the future.
Produced by the original article of manchu culture network.