Liu Hai play toad is an ancient Chinese folklore story, derived from the Taoist allusion, Liu Hai when he was a teenager on the mountain to collect firewood, saw a three-legged toad on the side of the road injured, he quickly went forward to bandage the wound, the toad became a beautiful girl, and married and had children with Liu Hai, the wife can spit money and yuanbao, so Chinese folk have the saying of sucking money and town house to ward off evil.
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Like the Eight Immortals, Bangs are also comedic gods. In the Ming Dynasty's "Complete Biography of the Immortals", Liu Hai was one of the Eight Immortals, and in the "Biography of the Eight Immortals' Origin journey to the East", Liu Hai's position was replaced by Zhang Guolao. But among the so-called lower eight immortals, there is also the name of Liu Hai.
Liu Hai, five generations of people, Shi Yan Wang as the prime minister. After learning to become a fairy, the legend is a fairy child, with neat short hair hanging from his forehead, riding on a golden toad, dancing with a string of money in his hand, is the "god of blessing" in traditional culture; the golden toad is a fairy palace spiritual creature, and the ancients thought that they could get rich. Bangs play golden toad, step by step fishing for money, indicating that the source of wealth is widespread, the meaning of great wealth and nobility, in the past, people often put bangs to play toad paper-cutting, painting please go home, ask for wealth and blessings.
In ancient times, people believed that toads could ward off five soldiers, suppress evil and evil, help immortality, and be the auspicious thing of the Lord's wealth. The golden toad has its own special form, which is a three-legged toad. Although it is full of money, it does not feel tacky. The huge mouth, the violent eyes, the toad buttons, and the joyful spirit add a wisp of interest, which also means that the source of wealth is prosperous and life is happy and beautiful.
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The story of Bangs playing with toads was born at least in the Northern Song Dynasty. The Northern Song Dynasty poet Liu Yong has such a sentence in "A Cloud of Wushan Mountain": "Greedy to watch the sea toad crazy drama, not to close the nine passes together." It can be seen that at that time, there were already opera performances of bangs and toads playing wildly. The original purpose of the toad playing with the toad was to remove the toad, so wherever the bangs toad went, the toad's voice was extinguished. In more detail, its so-called "drama" is a kind of witchcraft action. The "Ancient and Modern Book Integration • Divine Alien Classic" quoted the "Shaowu County Chronicle" as saying: "Liu Hai Toad, the name Yuanying. ...... Or: Yuan Ying's original name is Hai, and he tasted the Power of Dao to remove the toad, so it was called the Sea Toad Cloud. The story of bangs playing toad has evolved several times, the comedy color is getting stronger and stronger, the sorcery exorcism meaning of bangs "drama" has gradually disappeared, and the toad is no longer the object of exorcism, but a spiritual creature that performs spells. The Ming Dynasty Li Rihua's "Notes on the Six Yan Zhai" said: "Emperor Yueshi brought four ancient statues of the four immortals, one for the sea toad, with his mouth puffed, and one toad with jade color playing on the top of it." Holding a peach in his hand, even flowers and leaves, fresh as life. ”
Northern Song Dynasty poet Liu Yong "Wushan A Piece of Clouds" "Qingdan Dynasty Golden Mother, Xieyang Drunken Jade Turtle." The wind swayed the six-baht coat. Crane back feels lonely. Watch the sea toad go crazy. No, nine levels are closed. Where will the phase send a good night. Also went to visit Sanmao. "This is the earliest record of bangs playing toads.
According to the early Qing Dynasty's "Five Episodes of Jianbao", Liu Hai played with toads, "the whole world knows his name", "the person who now paints a person with a full head and a smile on his feet", that is, Liu Haiye, "holding a three-legged toad to make it".
The narrative in Qing MengLifu's "Talk on the Pen of Fenghui" is even more divine: Liu Hai "drew a three-legged toad from the well, tied it with a number of feet of colored rope, and carried it on his shoulders, and joyfully told people: 'This thing has escaped, it cannot be obtained for many years, and it is now obtained.'" So the township said... After that, Chinese folk dances also appeared in Chinese folk dances to play three-legged toads with money, which was an auspicious omen. (Text excerpt from Baidu Encyclopedia)
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