During the Spring Festival, there are many taboos in traditional folk customs, and some even cannot be lifted until the beginning of February. On the tenth day of the first lunar month, there is a custom taboo called "stone immovable", also called "ten immobility".
Legend has it that the tenth day of the first lunar month is the birthday of the stone god, on this day, all stone tools such as stone mills and stone mills, as well as stone products such as stone door piers, upper horse stones, and lower horse stones, must be rested, can not work, can not be moved at will. Not only that, but some places also have to pay homage to these stone systems to burn incense and worship, hoping that the wind and rain will be smooth and happy in the new year.
The stone god about the tenth birthday of the first lunar month can be said to be unknown, and there are many legends in folklore.
One of the legends
Legend has it that the ancestors of human beings are monkeys, and in "Journey to the West", one of the four famous works, the monkey king Sun Wukong was born from the cracks in the stone, and the stone should be the mother of the monkey, so that the stone is naturally the ancestor of human beings. Therefore, it is a matter of course that people worship stones.
Legend two
In taiwan's Taiya ethnic group, there is also a legend of stone people. It is said that in ancient times, one day, the rock of a big mountain suddenly cracked, and a man and a woman were born from it, and then the two married, gave birth to many children, and later became the Taiya people.
Legend Three
Among the ethnic minorities on the mainland, the Qiang people also worship stones, but they worship white stones. Legend has it that the Qiang people first lived in the northwest grasslands and were later forced to flee due to war. On the way to escape, fortunately encountered a Tiannu named MuJi, who dropped three white stones and transformed into three snowy mountains, blocking the way of the pursuing soldiers behind them, they turned the danger into a disaster and reached the Songpan Grassland. Unexpectedly, there was a dispute with the Goki here, because of repeated defeats, he had to turn to the god Mubita for help. The god Tomon taught the leader of the Qiang people how to use stones and wooden sticks as weapons, and finally defeated the Goki.
In order to repay the gods, the Qiang people use white stones as a symbol of the gods, enshrined on the roof of each family, and worship once in the morning and evening. Later, in the long river of history, they continued to evolve, and eventually, they worshipped the white stone as a symbol of all gods and even ancestors.
Legend Four
The mainland folk worship of stones, the deepest and most extensive influence is Shi Dangdang. Stone dare to dang, also known as Taishan stone dare to dang, which means that The stone of Mount Tai is invincible.
It is said that when Hua Tuo, a famous physician during the Three Kingdoms period, was collecting medicine in Mount Taishan, his apprentice brought back a stone with eight big characters: "Mount Tai presses the top, and the hundred ghosts rest peacefully." Once, a bad guy pretended to be a ghost to murder Hua Tuo, and Hua Tuo used this Taishan stone to drive the "ghost" away. When people heard that Hua Tuo had used Taishan stone to suppress evil spirits, they went to Mount Tai to quarry stones one after another, chiseled the five big characters of "Taishan Stone Dare to Be Dang", and erected them in the corner of the wall in order to play a role in warding off evil spirits.
Legend Five
Legend has it that when Dayu ruled the water, Dayu turned into a huge black bear. One day, this matter was known to his pregnant wife Tu Shan, who was ashamed and angry, anxious and angry, so she turned into a stone. When Dayu saw this, he begged her to give him the son she was pregnant with, and Tu Shanshi agreed, only to hear a loud noise, and the stone cracked, and out of it jumped their son, Qi. Later, people called this stone "Qimu Stone", and until now, it still stands at the foot of Song Mountain in Henan Province.