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Fertile soil that produces the legend of the cowherd weaver girl
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Where did the legend of the Cowherd Weaver Girl originate? Nanyang City, Henan, Xingtai County, Hebei (present-day Xindu District, Xingtai City), Yiyuan County, Shandong, Pingshun County, Shanxi, and Xi'an City, Shaanxi Have been arguing endlessly over it. After investigation, discussion and excavation, we believe that Neiqiu County should be the origin of the legend of the cowherd weaver girl, and the core area should be in the hilly area in the middle of the county.
The legend of the cowherd weaver girl is an artistic wonder deeply rooted in the fertile soil of China's agricultural civilization. The cowherd represents farming, grazing and breeding; the weaver girl represents weaving. Cattle are the main tool for farming. Male and female weaving, grazing and breeding, husband and wife love, children are all the ancestors in the agricultural society, the pursuit of an ideal family model. Based on the above concept, we believe that the legend of the cowherd weaver girl will not originate from the deep mountains and old forests, nor will it occur in the grasslands and rivers and lakes dominated by fishing and hunting. The birthplace of the legend of the cowherd weaver girl must have the basic conditions for male cultivators and female weavers. That is to say, it is necessary to be able to carry out male and female weaving areas.
The inner mound has fertile soil that produces the legend of the cowherd weaver girl. The inner hills are narrow and long from east to west, and the terrain is high in the west and low in the east, showing a three-element structure, with mountains, hills and plains accounting for about one-third each. The territory is narrow from east to west, and short from north to south, resembling a treasure gourd placed in an east-west direction. Like a fairy in the sky, the deep mountains of Heduling in the west are its beautiful faces; the peaks of The Skyscrapers are the breasts of fairies; the mountains and hills are slender and slender figures, and the vast eastern plains are just like their dancing skirts. The terrain of the inner hill is complex and changeable, and the altitude gradually decreases from west to east, forming a small regional phenology with large differences. The plains are already full of greenery, and the mountain buds have not yet been stretched; the hills and plains have fallen into fruit, and the mountain fruit trees have just blossomed; the hills and plains are full of spring, and the solid ice at the peaks has not yet melted; the wheat in the plains has just matured, the hills have been harvested, and the wheat in the mountains is still rippling. Mountains are generally one month later than hills and plains (about half a month), and the complex and changeable phenology has created the inner hill to be the best area for farming. The area around niuwangmiao in the hilly area of the central county is the junction of hills and plains, close to the Qin and Han Ancient Yi Zhongqiu City, with a vast area and convenient transportation, both rolling hills and slopes for grazing and breeding, and fertile soil of mountains and plains for cultivation. The Queshan Lake, which is formed by the water of the Queshan Mountains, has abundant water sources and convenient irrigation, and should be the best choice for the ancestors to choose a place to live, and is the best area to produce the origin of the legend of the cowherd weaver girl.
In the legend of the cowherd weaver girl, the weaver girl represents the textile. The birthplace of the legend of the cowherd weaver girl must be the area where mulberry is planted, silkworms are raised, silk is drawn, silk is woven, and cotton is planted. The ancient climate of Neiqiu was warm and humid, which was suitable for planting mulberry silkworms, drawing silk and weaving silk, and planting cotton and weaving. Neiqiu has a long history of silk weaving and cotton weaving, and has been the hometown of mulberry silkworm weaving and cotton weaving since ancient times. Neiqiu family weaving cotton cloth is famous all over the world, which has continued for thousands of years. The area around Guanzhuang and Jindian was once a cotton cloth production base with the sound of "rolling mills and the same households", and "black and white" exchanges were carried out with Shanxi (black and white refers to the white cotton cloth woven by Neiqiu and Shanxi coal). The Ming Dynasty's "Chronicle of Neiqiu County" records: "Hongwujian (1368), the mulberry tree land was two acres and seventy-one acres and three points. Nongsang tax, 273 23 cents 5%. By the time of Chenghua (1465), "one hundred and fifty-two horses and four feet of silk were folded." In the Guangxu period, the "Neiqiu Rural Chronicle" recorded: "The products made in this county are: silk, wool felt, badger oil, honey, yellow wax." The "Records of Yuanhe County" records: "Xingzhou, during the Kaiyuan period (713 AD), tributes: aragonite, lion (stone carving), silk, cloth, silk. "Neiqiu belongs to Xingzhou and is the main producer of silk. The Weaver Girl is the brocade fairy in the Heavenly Garden. "Poetry Sutra : "There is a ya in the book of poetry, and its leaves have difficulties, and if you see a gentleman, how happy it is!" There is a ya in the mulberry, and its leaves have a wo, and if you see a gentleman, why not be happy! There is a ya in the mulberry, and its leaves have a ghost, both see the gentleman, and the deyin hole glue. The heart loves it, it is not a dream, the center hides it, and when it is forgotten. "Mulberry", translated into the vernacular, is "Mulberry TreeWa". Coincidentally, there is a village called Mulberry Valley in the area of Fujiagou Village in the north of Neiqiu. Therefore, the inner mound is the best area for weavers to weave, and it is also the fertile soil that produces the legend of the cowherd weaver girl.
In the legend of the cowherd weaver girl, the cowherd and the scalper represent grazing and breeding. The origin of the legend of the cowherd weaver girl is not only able to carry out the basic production activities of male and female weaving farming, but also must have the conditions for grazing and breeding. The central part of the county is located in the center of the hilly area, which is the junction of mountainous hills. The vast area here, with the vast waters of Queshan Lake, the willow trees around the lake, and the surrounding water and grass are abundant, which is the best place to raise livestock and exchange livestock. Ancestors and merchants from all over the world moved here to settle down, forming the largest livestock exchange and distribution center in the southern Hebei region. Neiqiu County has a long history of breeding cattle and has accumulated rich breeding experience. For thousands of years, the people of Neiqiu have used the rich grassland and mountain resources in the county to breed cattle, and the Neiqiu cattle have become a well-known excellent breed of cattle in Taihang. The inner mound cattle are moderate in physique and uniform in structure. The coat color is mainly yellow and purple yellow. The horns are short and blunt, mostly curved outwards and downwards or backwards, the back and waist are straight, long and open, and the limbs are solid. Cattle are highly adaptable, and can be used as breeding and breeding grounds in mountains, hills and plains, and can be raised in groups or in enclosures. The Liulin area gradually became the largest livestock trading market in the southern Hebei region, which was mainly exchanged for cattle in Neiqiu.
The legend of the cowherd weaver girl is inseparable from the sublimation and dissemination of culture. Neiqiu is an ancient county with a long history of civilization in northern China. Archaeology has found that the inner hill was inhabited and bred by humans at least 10,000 years ago. In the Xia Dynasty in the 21st century BC, Neiqiu was the domain of Jizhou. In the Shang Dynasty, Zu Yi moved from Xiangxiang to Xing, and had jurisdiction over the county. In the twenty-sixth year of the reign of the Qin Dynasty (221 BC), Qin Shi Huang unified the six kingdoms, abolished the princes, set up counties, and established Zhongqiu County, establishing Zhongqiu City. As an ancient county of Qin and Han, Neiqiu was enfeoffed as the State of Neiqiu in the Jin Dynasty (Western Jin Dynasty) and the Ming Dynasty, and the Wei and Jin Dynasties were once the seat of the county, which is enough to prove that Neiqiu is a famous county in the north.
Neiqiu culture is rich in heritage and outstanding in spirit. Bian Que came to Neiqiu from his hometown of Renqiu, a treasure of feng shui, widely collected disciples, preached and taught, traveled around the world, spread medical knowledge to the people, founded the diagnostic method of chinese medicine looking, hearing, asking and cutting, and laid the foundation for Bian Que to become the ancestor of Chinese medicine in Queshan. Neiqiu is the holy place where the medical ancestor Bian Que practiced medicine, the fiefdom before his death, the burial place after his death, the place of medical achievements, the birthplace of Bian Que culture, and one of the important birthplaces of traditional Chinese medicine in the motherland.
Neiqiu County is home to the famous Xing kilns. Xing kiln occupies a very important position in the history of Chinese ceramics and is a brilliant milestone in the history of ceramics. Xing kiln is the originator of Chinese fired white porcelain, the birthplace of Chinese white porcelain, neiqiu city is the capital of Tang porcelain! As a sister art of Xing Yao, Neiqiu Shenma, with her unique folk beliefs and simple plastic arts of "all things have gods, people and gods are harmonious, and gods are used for me", she is known as "the originator of Chinese printmaking, woodcut printmaking and printing".
In the hot land of Neiqiu, as early as the Spring and Autumn Period, Neiqiu gave birth to the great thinker, the great educator, and the great medical scientist Cheng Ben. Confucius called Cheng Zi "the wise men of the world". To this day, there is a legend in the folklore that Confucius did not need to come to Neiqiu because of the Chengzi of Neiqiu, which is one of the important birthplaces of Confucian culture.
Han Dynasty Guo Juliu yu Neiqiu, the story of filial piety buried in Jindian Village and the story of the golden touch, as one of the twenty-four filial pieties, spread in China, a model of filial piety, influence through the ages, Neiqiu is also one of the important birthplaces of Chinese filial piety culture.
Neiqiu Han Xianchen Feng Tang, Sima Qian once wrote for him in the "Records of History", Biao Bing's history, famous throughout the ages, and still sings "Feng Tang is easy to grow old, Li Guang is difficult to seal". Zhang Bin, a famous politician during the Sixteen Kingdoms period of Neiqiu County, assisted Shi Le in establishing Hou Zhao, and the opportunity was not vain, and there was no exhaustive strategy, and Shi Lejia made Zhang Bin a major law enforcer, The Marquis of Puyang Jinghou, and a special general government, and was the head of the crown. After his death, he was buried in his homeland, and the tomb is still alive.
The central hills of Neiqiu are the core area of The "Cultural Paradise" of Neiqiu. Neiqiu's mother river, the Xiaoma River, carries a thick human geography, and she crosses the southern side of the Niuwang Temple, where the ancestors flourished as early as the Paleolithic Age. Along the Xiaoma River, there are Yangshao Cultural Sites, Longshan Cultural Sites, Shang and Zhou Cultural Sites, and Zhan Han Cultural Sites, which are the political, economic and cultural activities of Neiqiu. There is the ancient city of Zhongqiu in the Qin Dynasty; here is the hometown of the famous philosopher Cheng Ben in the Spring and Autumn Period; here are the famous land temples, there are Qingliang Temple in Dongpang, Yongye Temple in Hezhuang, Yuanshi Temple and Erlang Temple in Jinlang, and Liulin Nunnery in Liulin. The Xiaoma River Basin carries the trajectory of the ancestors' reproduction, carries the thick human geography of the county, and plays a vital role in the history of Neiqiu.
After investigation, discussion, excavation and research, we believe that Neiqiu County is the fertile soil that produced the legend of the cowherd weaver girl, and the origin of the legend of the cowherd weaver girl, and the core area is in the area of the Niuwang Temple in the central hills of the county.
Author: Han Qiuchang Niu Zhibin
Editor: Chen Guilin
Review: Cui Cheng, Liang Jizhou
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