What are the legends of old Beijing and male prostitutes?

A god who unites the same sex in marriage

Tuer Shen is a legendary god in China. It is said that he once came to Jinan to treat people with fairy medicine. It usually studies the feelings between men and women, and it appears in some literary works, the most famous of which is Yuan Mei's Zi Wu Yu (Volume 19) and Tuer Shen.

One legend is that ...

The following legends and stories are based on Yuan Mei's Woods. In the early years of Qing Dynasty, a young policeman was sent to Fujian. Local Hu Tianbao likes the beauty of patrol advice very much. Every time I go to the imperial court, I have to spy on him. Hu Tianbao followed him to patrol other places in Shi Yu. Later, he even peeked at Shi Yu's buttocks in the toilet. When the inspector asked him, he refused to say it at first, and then he said after being tortured, "I can't forget the beauty of adults." I know that the laurel trees in the sky are picked by many birds, but my thoughts are floating and I don't feel rude. "The inspector was furious and killed him. After a month, Hu Tianbao had a dream for the villagers and said, "I am indecent, I am guilty, and I am a noble person." "After all, it was a love, it was a whim. Unlike ordinary people who hurt others, underworld officials laughed at me and teased me, and no one angered me. Today, the Yin official appointed me as a man to please men, and he can set up a temple for me to recruit incense. "

custom

Fujian has the custom of hiring men as brothers. Hearing this dream speech, people in the village rushed to raise money to build a temple. Later, as long as men can't get it, they all pray for rabbits.

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history

It first appeared in the late Ming Dynasty and was used to worship the moon. Ming Jikun (born around 1636) wrote "The Remaining Draft of Kaoting": "The Mid-Autumn Festival in Beijing is mostly in the shape of mud rabbits, posing as people and being worshipped by children." In the Ming Dynasty, Suihua in Beijing recorded: "The city is rich in loess, and it is called a male prostitute. The robe is two or three feet high." In addition, there is a kind of "rabbit" in Jinan, which is similar in appearance and production to that in Beijing, but the biggest difference between them is that the rabbit in Jinan can move, and there is a spring in the place where the head and body are connected, which makes it more lovely to shake its head.

One legend is that ...

The image of rabbit comes from the jade rabbit in the middle of the moon, but it is different. There is a legend that a plague broke out suddenly in Jinan one year, and almost everyone got it, so it could not be cured. Chang 'e was very sad to see this scene, so she sent the jade rabbit around her to treat the people. Jade rabbit turned into a girl. She went door to door and cured many people. In order to thank Jade Rabbit, people gave her things in succession. But Yutu wants nothing but to borrow other people's clothes to wear. Every rabbit.

When I arrive at a place, I will change clothes. Sometimes I dress like an oil seller, sometimes I look like a fortune teller ... sometimes I dress like a man, and then I dress like a woman. In order to treat more people, Yutu rode his horse, deer, lion and tiger all over the city. After the plague was eliminated in Quancheng, the Jade Rabbit returned to the Moon Palace. Therefore, people created the image of Jade Rabbit with clay sculpture, including those who rode deer, those who rode phoenix, those who wore armor, and those who wore various work clothes. It was very cute. On the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month, every household will worship her and give her delicious fruits and beans as a reward for her good luck and happiness. They also affectionately called her "male prostitute" and "grandma rabbit". Male prostitutes are well-known in Jinan, so many proverbs and allegorical sayings related to bunny have been derived, such as "the flag of male prostitutes-one-on-one", because the flag of bunny is only on one side; There is also "the male prostitute in the next year-Teacher Chen", because male prostitutes are made of mud and rarely can be preserved until the next year. Therefore, if you see the male prostitute who did it last year, it belongs to the old male prostitute.

record

At the end of Qing Dynasty, Tsui Hark said in Qing Ji Chao: "In the Mid-Autumn Festival, the capital used clay to sculpt the rabbit god, his face was covered with gold mud and his body was painted. The giant is three or four feet tall and worth nearly ten thousand yuan. Your giant room is bought and returned, supported by fragrant flowers and cakes, and so is the ban. " However, due to the custom of "men don't sacrifice the moon and women don't sacrifice the stove", children often imitate their mothers' sacrifices nearby, and rabbits slowly give them to the children for sacrifice, which later evolved into children's toys and produced many active images. For example, it has been recorded in "Spring and Autumn Ming Feng Ji": "Its cavity is made, the upper lip is live, and the middle part is tied with thread. Pull the thread down and your lips will break. " There is also a kind of male prostitute, commonly known as "eight mouths", whose elbows and jaws can move. During the Qing Dynasty, there were "rabbit dads" for sale from high-end shops in Dong 'an market in Beijing to major temples and street stalls in prosperous areas. At that time, most of the rabbit fathers were buckled out with clay molds, and some were pinched out by hand. Except for the long ears on the top of the head and the three-petal mouth on the painting, the figure, face and posture of "Daddy Rabbit" are all human. Except a kind of golden robe and red robe that originated in Guangxu period of Qing Dynasty and an orthodox male prostitute sitting on the lotus pond, the common rabbit fathers can be roughly divided into two types: drama role type and life type. The former wears a face mask and looks like a figure. The latter is more humane and fashionable in society, such as shaving masters, sewing shoes, selling wonton and tea soup ... all social groups have everything.

Modern Times

Rabbit lantern

Nowadays, father rabbit has become a rarity. It can also be seen occasionally in handicraft shops in Jinan and Beijing. In some people's homes in Jinan, there is still the custom of showing off and worshipping rabbits in the New Year. There are some rabbit toys of various shapes in Dongyue Temple Beijing Folk Museum. Although this folk handicraft is not as popular as before, there are still some young people and foreign tourists who are very interested in this folk flavor.

The meaning of rabbit

Sitting like a rabbit is homophonic with auspiciousness, which means good luck. Sitting on a tiger rabbit, the tiger is the king and commander-in-chief of all animals, which means a prosperous career and extensive contacts. Kirin rabbit, spread because of the allusions of Kirin spitting books, symbolizes extensive knowledge and academic success. Sitting on the gourd rabbit, because the gourd is homophonic with Fulu, it symbolizes both Fulu and Fulu.