Two days ago, while chatting with an old farmer, we talked about the poor and the rich. The old peasant said: The reason why rich people are rich is mainly because they have mastered the know-how to obtain wealth, so that they can become rich. In our rural areas, there is a saying that is widely circulated------ "There are many horse stones in front of the door, and the rich and noble will not come late." This saying says that it is a trick to obtain wealth!
"What? Do we still have such a saying in the countryside? What does this saying mean? "I don't quite understand this old farmer's statement.
The old farmer responded: Yes! In our countryside, there is indeed such a saying, if you do not know what this saying means, I can give you a nagging.
Next, the old farmer began to explain this saying to me. The old farmer said:
Tethered horse stone, also known as tethered horse stake, is a kind of folk stone carving art unique to the northern region of China. It is said that most of the existing tethered horse stones are concentrated in Chengcheng County on the Weibei Plateau in Shaanxi Province.
Generally speaking, the horse stone is carved from a solid and wear-resistant whole piece of bluestone, its height is about 2-3 meters, and the width and thickness are basically the same, about 20-30 cm.
At the beginning, when there was a tethered horse stone, the style of the tethered horse stone was relatively simple, most of which was just a relatively long stone strip; later, the tethered horse stone evolved into a fine stone carving art. According to the data, in the later selection of horse stones, people will use hard stones such as limestone, black bluestone and even granite as the material for making horse stones, and at the same time, when making horse stones, they will be divided into four parts, namely, pile roots, pile heads, pile bodies, and pile necks. Generally speaking, people will make rectangular stone pillars with pile roots for burial in the ground; people will make pile heads into round carvings, which have the image of the characters, the combination of people and beasts and multi-characters, the images of mythical characters such as shouxing, bangs, xianwengs, etc., as well as pure animal images such as lions, monkeys, eagles, elephants, cows, horses, etc.; people will make rectangular stone strips on the piles, and carve lotus petals, deer, horses, birds, rabbits, clouds, water, etc. on the stone strips. Bogu and other motifs; people will make the pile neck into the shape of the upper circle below, and carve out string of branches, rolling water, cloud water patterns and so on on the pile neck. In short, with the development of history, the tethered horse stone has become more and more exquisite.
So, what does the tethered horse stone have to do with "riches"?
In ancient times, there were many porters who traveled far, and these porters generally had two roles similar to the present, one similar to the current logistics, that is, the person who transported goods remotely for others, and the other role was similar to the merchant who now wandered around.
Porters do not go out for a day or two, and they need to find a place to rest at night during the journey, and when they rest at night, they need to tie up the horses they are traveling with. Under normal circumstances, they will first choose to settle in front of the door of the door has a horse stone of the family, at the same time, for the sake of safety, they will be more willing to settle in front of the door there are many horse stones, because such a family is similar to the inn, there are many porters or guests who settle down, porters or merchants can take care of each other, therefore, the safety factor is also high, so the porter or guest chamber of commerce is more willing to stay in front of the door of the family with more horse stones.
Of course, no matter who the porter or merchant stays in, he will pay some fees. Whoever has more horse stones in front of the door will get more overnight expenses, and over time, the family with more horse stones in front of the door will naturally become rich households.
This is the general meaning of this saying.
After listening to the old farmer's explanation, I finally understood the meaning of the saying "there are many horse stones in front of the door, and the rich and noble will not be late" to express. From this point of view, the working people have summed up a lot of experience from the long-term practice of life!