The Dadiwan culture of 8,000 years ago confirmed that Longcheng was the central region of the ancient Chengji, and also provided important historical facts for the "hometown of Emperor Wa". Longcheng's special regional environment, long history and national cultural traditions have accumulated profound and unique regional culture and folklore for this ancient and magical yellow land.
Advocating gossip, using gossip
In the mountains and rivers of Longcheng, there are naturally formed Bagua Mountains, Bagua Liang, Fengtai Liang, and there are also ancient Bagua City and Bagua Well. People regard these natural phenomena as the masterpieces of adult grandfather Fuxi and Nuwa, and have long formed the habit of advocating gossip and using gossip. In people's minds, gossip is based on yin and yang, biochemical all things, including the way of heaven and earth, and knowing good fortune and good fortune. Therefore, on the banner of the gate is engraved a Bagua Taiji diagram, showing harmony and auspiciousness. Sitting in the courtyard, beating graves with gossip to explore the terrain, detect the dragon vein, divide the yin and yang, and set the direction. According to the Bagua structure, it is made into a variety of practical tools, utensils and ornaments. Such as bamboo woven Bagua chairs, back buckets, dung cages, cages, baskets, fences, bamboo sieves, chicken covers, donkey cage mouths, straw bag bag cages, grass mats, rope nets, pottery of various Bagua utensils, Bagua utensils made of metal, wood carved Bagua tables and chairs, doors and windows, brick carved Bagua roof ridges, walls, stone carved Bagua brick platforms, wellheads, manhole covers, pillars, clothing Bagua embroidered dresses, pillows, belly sweaters and curtains, door curtains and Bagua purses woven with horsetails, etc., are widely used In Bagua. From this point of view, gossip has an important position and significance in the cultural consciousness of "Wa Li".
Believe in dragons and snakes, and attach importance to dragon veins
Longcheng Chuan Road, the ancient name of the Yang River, also known as Wolong River. It is like a dragon lying for hundreds of miles in the middle of the mountains in the north and south. Its bloodline, the Qingshui River, is different from the many rivers, flowing backwards from east to west. The mountains here are Longfeng Mountain and Turtle and Snake Mountain, and its southern mountains are called Panlong Mountain, and there are many branches of the mountain that extend to the Wolong River. The four mountains that protrude from the South SilongBao in the east are called Silongnei, and the nine mountains in the west are called Jiulong Mountain, and there are Fengwei Mountain, Longtou Mountain, and Long Worm Liang. On the east side of Fengwei Mountain, there are wind ditches, there are Nüwa Cave, Sheshen Cliff, Nüwa Hu, Bagua Slope, and on the west side there is Zhengjiagou and Nanfengtai Mountain. The south seven ditches on the side of Fengtai Mountain are straight and ventilated. At the long worm beam is Dadi Bay. The north mountain is called Qinglong Mountain. The north mountain has Fengtai Liang and Longquan Mountain, and there was once a shrine of Nüwa in front of the Han Dynasty at Longquan Mountain.
Under the profound traditional culture of longcheng people, the mountain is the earth dragon, the river is the water dragon. Regarding the mountain as the protector of the dwelling, it is called the dragon vein. To repair a house and build a house, we must always examine the surrounding mountains and rivers, and choose a place with good feng shui to live. People here regard "Dragon Spring" and "Kowloon Spring" as sacred springs, and they worship them as gods, and in the year of drought, they will go to these two places to pray for rain.
Snakes are animals that exist everywhere. The largest python in Longcheng inhabits the densely wooded python ditch of Fenggou. The five-colored snake mountain in Beizhuang, where there are colorful snakes, is the place with the most snakes. People's worship of dragons comes from the worship of snakes, because the original image of dragons was snakes. The domestic snake is called "family god" and "ancestor", once the domestic snake appears, it indicates that there is an ominous omen, and should be worshipped, incense and fire should be offered, and the ancestral gods should be prayed for peace.
Under the influence of the dragon culture pioneered by Fuxi and Nüwa, the People of Longcheng used to call snakes "little dragons" or "long worms", and four-legged insects such as geckos and lizards as "Xihuzi", and treated them as dragon species. It is customary to name children with the words "dragon" and "phoenix", hoping that the child will become a dragon and the girl will become a phoenix.
He likes to plant gourds and widely grows melons
According to legend, Fuxi and Nüwa survived a huge flood that submerged the human world and relied on gourds to survive. In order to continue the popularity, the two brothers and sisters were married in the Xianqin Gorge with the divination of the rolling fan. Due to close relatives, nuwa later gave birth to a meat egg, and the two held each other in their arms for seven days and forty-nine days, and the meat and egg broke, and many male and female children came out. Under the influence of this legend, the people of Longcheng still call their children "egg dolls".
The seeds of human life are preserved by gourds. Gourd is a very old plant, it has a history of seven or eight thousand years. Gourds and gourds have many seeds, which are the best symbols for the reproduction of offspring. Here people call the gourd with a small head and a big belly shaped like a uterus "fairy gourd". It often appears in old plays in the hands of the gods. The immortal held the gourd in his hand and sang whitely: "Say a scoop, Dao a scoop, the immortal gourd Dao root seedling, the gourd is originally a female fetus, yin and yang are born together." The previous mountain, the latter mountain, the front mountain and the back mountain have a human world, there are people in great trouble, wait for me to save each other! "It gives the impression that the immortals and the gourd are inseparable, and the gourd is the magic weapon of the gods to save people."
The use of gourd is very wide, using it to store seeds, medicines are not easy to break, making scoops, holding water, and loading wine as containers is very practical. Squash is a nutritious and the most delicious vegetable. Melons and fruits are raw and are people's favorite food. Therefore, the Long people like to plant gourds and widely plant melons, which is a traditional habit left over from history.