Hundreds of family names. chestnut. The original meaning of chestnut is the chestnut tree and its fruit. Chestnut trees are generally 2 or 3 feet tall, the leaves are oblong, the flowers are yellow and white, the fruit is nuts, wrapped in a thorny shell bucket, and when ripe, the shell bucket splits and spreads out, which can be eaten and medicated. There are many types of chestnuts, mostly chestnuts. Chestnut also refers to the surname Of Chestnut. Looking through the smoke of the world, a long time ago, the surname of Li came to the human world with the chestnut tree.
"Chestnut Squirrel Diagram" by Ge Shuying in the Yuan Dynasty (partial)
Fate is destined: The Kuriku clan has discovered the chestnut tree
Loved eating chestnuts. Chestnut is crisp and sweet, often making the lips and teeth full of fragrance, the whole body, but also has a transparent comfort and pleasantness.
As a deciduous tree of the genus Chestnut in the family Cyprinidae, the fruit of the chestnut tree is prickly like hedgehog hair, and each branch has no less than four or five buds, with green, yellow and red colors, and matures in autumn and winter. Li Shizhen, a medical scientist of the Ming Dynasty, said: "Those whose buds are self-cracking and their sons fall can be hidden for a long time, and those whose buds are not cracked are perishable." According to the shape of the chestnut, he also gave various titles to the chestnut: the larger chestnut is the chestnut, and the central flat is the chestnut wedge; the smaller one is the mountain chestnut, the circle of the mountain chestnut and the last tip is the cone chestnut; the small circle is the acorn is the chestnut, and the small one is the chestnut.
Eating more chestnuts is really good. Chestnuts have been a precious fruit since ancient times, and are known as the "king of dried fruits" and "ginseng fruits". The medical works "Famous Doctors", which have been collected by successive Chinese physicians, list li as the top product. The upper product is the king, the Lord nourishes the life to respond to the heavens, non-toxic, take more, serve for a long time does not hurt people, can lighten the body and benefit the qi, not old and prolong the age. The Yellow Emperor's Inner Classic, an early Chinese medical theory classic, refers to "chestnut, plum, peach, apricot, and jujube" and calls it "five fruits", saying that "five fruits are helpers", and food can help strengthen the body. Tao Hongjing, a medical scientist during the Southern Dynasty Song Qi Liang period, said: "Chestnuts, the main beneficial qi, thick stomach, kidney qi, people endure hunger." The sweet and warm chestnut can also be used as a prescription, and the Tang Dynasty medical scientist Sun Simiao said in the "Thousand Golden Fangs": "Chestnuts, the fruit of the kidneys, are also suitable for kidney disease." Li Shizhen also said: "Chestnuts can cure kidney deficiency, if the waist and feet are weak, eclipse ten grains a day, and cook porridge with pig kidneys to help, they will be strong for a long time." ”
Li wandered through the years very early, and also brought the surname of Li, which is a descendant of the early Neolithic clan leader Li Lushi. The Eastern Han Dynasty scholar Ying Shao's "Customs and Customs" records that the surname Li originated from the wind surname, after the ancient Li Lu clan. After the death of the Fuxi clan, the Nuwa clan took the throne, and a total of twelve clans were enfeoffed as princes, all of which were surnamed Feng, and the Lilu clan lived in the north.
Kong Yingda, a scholar of the early Tang Dynasty, wrote a note for the "Yi ZhiXia": "The Bao clan is not, the Nuwa clan is established as an empress, and the surname of Yifeng is also." The Nuwa clan did not, and the second ones were the Dating clan, the Bai Huang clan, the Central clan, and the Li Lu clan. When Fuxi was proclaimed emperor, he was given the titles of "Water Dragon Clan", "Black Dragon Clan", and "Winter Official", and Fu Xi ordered the Li Lu clan to cultivate grass and trees, dredge waterways, and control rivers. The Lilu clan has achieved remarkable results in water control and can be called the ancestor of water conservancy.
In 7706 BC, the Lilu clan officially moved to Liguangzhiye (Liyi, in present-day Xiayi County, Shangqiu City, Henan Province), and then passed on for nearly a thousand years, starting with the female chief Fu'an, and then through the three female emperors of Fu'an, Qiwang, and Hegui, ruling for a total of 124 years (about 6856 BC - 6732 BC). The chestnut tree, flourishing in these 100 years, has provided a happy life for 5 generations of the Kuritake clan.
According to records, chestnut trees were first discovered by Fu An's niece. In the early winter of that year, Qi Wang and a few sisters went up the mountain to pick wild fruits, search for prey, and when hungry, they picked a few branches full of fruit to grill the pheasant. The scent of pheasant wafts through the valley, and another scent slowly comes. Looking forward to sniffing carefully, she found that the new fragrance was emanating from the fruit on the branches, and her heart moved, could this fruit be edible? She decided to take the risk and told her sister that if she was not poisoned after eating, then the fruit could be eaten, which solved the problem of food shortages, and if she was poisoned, it would also serve as a warning to the world. She ate more than 10 capsules in one go, and after more than half an hour, there was no discomfort. The sisters, who had long been unable to resist the temptation of the fragrance, saw that there was nothing wrong with eating it, and immediately picked and grilled food, all of which were safe and sound. He asserted that the fruit was incorruptible and edible, and reported it to Vagan.
Va an was very happy, thinking that Qiwang had made a great achievement, and wanted to name the tree after Qiwang. Qiwang quickly refused, she said: "This tree was discovered by our Kuriku clan, it is better to call it Kuriku Tree." Fu An said: "The chestnut tree is a bit round-mouthed, simply called the chestnut tree, and the fruit is called chestnut." So, Kuriki began to live with the Kuriku clan day and night.
Soon, the Chestnut Lu clan discovered more of the chestnut tree's role: wood can build houses, make utensils, make firewood, bark can be tanned and dyed, leaves can be fed to silkworms, and they have become more and more fond of and worship of chestnut trees. They used the chestnut tree as the original totem and clan emblem, and worshiped it as the sacred tree, and the later tribesmen all took the chestnut as their surname.
The surname of chestnut comes with the delicious taste of chestnut. Chestnut is the fruit of the kidney, the main water of the kidney, with the function of hiding essence and regulating water, kidney, water in the five elements theory with the north, winter, black coincided, Li Lu clan was the earliest water control heavy minister, and also lived in the north, for the winter official, the number of black dragon. Chestnut and chestnut surnames, fate is destined.
(Qing) Hua Yao", "Mountain Rat Pecking Chestnut Diagram"
Li surname Pretty Lady: She has the strength and beauty of Chestnut
Chestnut, not only full of function, in ancient times the glyph is also beautiful. In the oracle bone, the chestnut character is a tree that grows the appearance of a thorny fruit, and the thorny branches are upward, as if it is stained with the light of the sun, vivid and beautiful, jumping lively and strong.
Voodoo undoubtedly possessed the strength and beauty of Li, and she was born with the sixth year of Qin (6890 BC) in Liyi, the capital of the Lilu clan. As the twenty-sixth emperor of the Fuxi Nuwa clan regime in the era of the Ancient Chinese Clan Alliance, and the first emperor of the Lilu clan of the Great Fuxi Clan, Fu'an was intelligent and witty and brave from an early age. She is good at hunting, has developed the skill of throwing stones and birds with one hand, and can also go into the mountains alone to fight wild beasts and retreat with her whole body, often winning the championship in the annual competitions held by the whole clan, winning the trust of the whole clan. At the age of 18, she was elected Grand Chief of the Kuritake clan.
After becoming the chieftain, Fu'an led his people to vigorously develop the territory, and in only 3 years, the territory of the Kuriku clan was more than doubled, basically solving the problem of insufficient food for the sparsely hunted people. Fu'an also contacted some of the descendants of the Lilu clan who remained in Hebei to be attached to the Lilu clan, whose capital was in the Central Plains, so that the LiLu clan's sphere of influence was in the area of Bozhou in anhui to the south, handan in hebei to the north, Xuzhou in Jiangsu in the east, and Shangqiu in Henan in the west, becoming the top tribe of the Great Fuxi clan.
When Fu An was 20 years old, the twenty-fourth emperor of the Fuxi Nuwa regime was unfavorable to the Qin government, and the Great Fuxi clan was in chaos, and the great chiefs of various tribes competed for the throne. Fu An judged the situation and believed that the various tribes did not give in to each other, which was not conducive to the stability and unity of society, and the best way was to temporarily return to the pure-blood Fuxi clan, and then the Fuxi Emperor elected a new heir to the throne, and she elected Chao An, the great chief of the pure-blood Fuxi clan, as emperor. Her suggestion was quickly echoed, and Chao'an officially ascended the throne as emperor in the autumn of 6871 BC, with 6870 BC as chao'an's first year.
Chao An was born in the 29th year of Qu Qin (6902 BC) in the capital of the Fuxi clan, Micheng (now the eastern foothills of Songshan in central Henan Province), and he claimed that the empress seemed to have staged a drama of loving the country and the mountains more beautifully. He was very grateful to Vaouan, whose talent and beauty also made him admire and admire. He thought that Va'an was fond of him, and he couldn't help but be complacent and think otherwise. He proposed to Va'an, who refused and advised him to put the world first and set an example for the people of the world.
Chao An was not dead-hearted, still obsessed with Fu An, and appointed Fu An as the Minister of State, letting her take charge of the government and obeying her. Once, when Va an only occasionally mentioned that he liked leopard skin mattresses, Chao An took it to heart and decided to shoot a cheetah to send leopard skin. In the spring of the fifteenth year of Chao'an (6856 BC), Chao'an led 20 guards up the mountain to hunt, and while tracking a leopard, he fell off a cliff and died. His drama came to an end.
The chiefs of the various tribes unanimously elected Fu'an as the heir to the throne, and the Kuriku clan officially became the ruling tribe. During the reign of Fu'an, he was diligent in government and loved the people, knew people and made good use of them, and won the praise of all tribes of the Great Fuxi Clan, and the unity and mutual assistance between the tribes developed together, and the social atmosphere was good.
Fu An reigned for 31 years, and his life was quite legendary. When imagining her, there will be a figure similar to the beautiful Pandora planet Na'vi in the American science fiction movie "Avatar", which is shocking.
The chestnut tree, which is regarded as a sacred tree by the Kuriku clan, is also like the tree of life worshipped by the Na'vi. Between the trees of people, spiritual links can be built. Chestnuts are like tree spirits, floating in the air, shining brightly.
Ten million and chestnut dwelling: when the chestnut trees flourish, when the sun is full of light
There is another version of the Vaughanden throne in history.
When the rule of the Qin dynasty was unfavorable and the Great Fuxi Clan was in chaos, Fu An had a plan and immediately elected Chao An of the pure-blood FuXi clan as emperor. Then, taking advantage of Chao'an's weaknesses of lust, covetousness, courage, and love of field hunting, she took the initiative to get close to him, conquered him with charm, and gradually took the power of power into her own hands. In order to completely seize the throne, in the spring of 6856 BC, she designed to trick Chao An into the mountain, and took advantage of his lack of preparation to push him off the cliff. Then she pretended to be sad to announce to the clan that Chao An had accidentally fallen off a cliff and died, and personally held a solemn funeral for him. After that, she sat on the throne with dignity.
History, sometimes it may be a little doll dressed up, the truth, sometimes it may be like fog like rain and like wind. And Fu'an's outstanding talent, high vision, and majesty are still there for all to see, like the chestnut tree that stretches out towards the sun, and the spirit is extraordinary.
Fu An had enough good eyesight, she carefully cultivated and selected the second emperor Qi Wang, and accurately predicted the third Emperor Hegui. Kawagui is the niece of Qiwang, and it is said that when Kawagui was born, colorful clouds floated in the sky, people thought that she was the reincarnation of the gods and paid great attention to her. Vagan was also pleased and valued, and ordered the village chief to pay special attention in all aspects. Qiwang and Hegui, like Fu'an, have worked hard for the development and growth of the Great Fuxi Clan.
During the Lilu period, what was revealed was the scene of peace and harmony, as recorded in the Qing Dynasty official Xiu Provincial Local Chronicle "Kifu Tongzhi": "The ancient inaction, Qinghua Xu and the Death, Li Lu Gu Emperor's humility, regarded the rule as insufficient." To be a devotion, to broadcast Jiahui, to punish the province, to pay taxes thinly, to eliminate the clouds, to be honest and honest officials, to raise talents, to promote junyi, to be in the position of a warehouse, to relieve the poor, to honor the high year, and to be virtuous... There is no place for the people in the four countries, and there is nothing in the poor countryside and remote areas, and they are proud of the spring breeze and the harmony, and they are happy to rule by Yongxi Taihe. ”
Chestnut, also with the meaning of great auspiciousness, is not only sacred in the heart of the Kuriku clan, but also becomes a beautiful legend in people's hearts. Legend has it that a long time ago, a peasant family was doing a happy event. When the palanquin approached the door, a golden-winged bird suddenly flew in, circled around the palanquin three times, spit something on the palanquin, and made a "chestnut" cry from its mouth, spreading its wings and flying away. An old man with white hair and silver whiskers picked up what had fallen and shouted, "The annunciation of the golden-winged bird is coming." This is chestnut. The bride has an early child. Good luck. Since then, folk have had the custom of pressing a car with chestnuts for happy events and eating chestnuts for brides in cave houses.
With peace and new life with the newcomers, the chestnut is indeed full of charm. Kawagui also has deep feelings for Kuri, although she has never been married. She often liked to sit under a chestnut tree and eat chestnuts, and the winter sun surrounded her warmly, just as the legend says that she was born with a beautiful aura that enveloped her. She believed that the emperor should be a virtuous person, and when she chose a successor in her later years, she took great pains and eventually passed the throne to a young woman of the Fuxi clan, GuiYi (xīn). Kawagui reigned for seventy years at the age of 97.
I wonder if Kawagua's high life expectancy also benefits from chestnuts? The ancients also believed that in order to make the chestnut kidney and spleen, strengthen the body and bones, and improve the stomach and liver to play a better role, you can sit under the chestnut tree from time to time and eat some chestnuts. The atmosphere of the chestnut tree can strengthen the elements, and unusual wisdom will be born.
Therefore, when the chestnut trees are luxuriant and the sun is full of energy, the words of the Northern Song Dynasty poet Wang Guan also float with the natural and beautiful chestnut qi: "If you go to Jiangnan to catch the spring, don't live with the spring." "Yes, if Qingyang meets Chestnut, don't live with Chestnut."
(Original title: The hundred family names in plants take chestnut as the surname, and the luck is great)
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