What is the legend of Wang Pan, the ancestor of Yao nationality?

The remote and beautiful story "Pan Wang" is sung in China ... Because the Yao people do not have their own characters, many Yao people's history and culture are passed down from generation to generation through songs, legends and stories. There are many legends about peace festivals in Yao areas.

Legend 1:

In ancient times, the high king invaded, and the flat king came out to recruit talents. Whoever can cut off the head of the high king and offer it will marry the princess to him. One day, while Gao Wang was drunk, Tiger Pan bit Gao Wang's head off and gave it to Wang Ping. He made great contributions and married yincui gorge. Later, Pan Hu wanted to become a human being, so she let the princess steam in a steamer for seven days and seven nights, and the princess did. After steaming for six days and nights, the princess was worried that she would steam her husband to death. She secretly opened the lid and saw that Pan Hu had really become a human being. Because in less than seven days and seven nights, there were still many hairs on her head and legs, so she wrapped her head and legs with a piece of cloth. When Tiger Pan became an adult, King Ping sent him to Kuaiji Mountain to be king, which was called Pan Wang in history.

Wang Pan and Yincui gorge got married and gave birth to six men and six women. Wang Ping gave each person a surname, which became the earliest twelve surnames of Yao people. Although Tiger Pan is king, he still lives a simple life, teaching his children to hunt. Once, Wang Pan and his six sons went hunting in the mountains and chased an injured goat. Unfortunately, they were injured by a horn and fell off a cliff and died. The body was hung on a tree. The children cut down the tree to make drums, peeled off the sheepskin and covered it to make long drums. They carry drums on their backs, beating and crying and singing in memory of King Pan.

Legend 2:

In ancient times, there were two Baoshan mountains with the same height, facing each other. The one on the left is called Broxishan, like a mighty man; The woman on the right looks like a young woman dragging a skirt. Her name is Miroto Mountain. Every year, the two mountains are one foot closer to each other. After 995, they moved closer to 995 feet and closer to 5 feet, and the two mountains were connected. One day, there was earth-shattering thunder in the sky, and two cracks opened in two mountains at the same time. Then, a tall man came out from the West Bromo Mountain, and a strong woman came out from the Miroto Mountain. Later, they became husband and wife. The man's name is Brosi and the woman's name is Milotuo. They are the parents who created the universe. After they created the world, they let their three daughters go out to make a living. The eldest daughter went to the plain with a plow and harrow and became the Han nationality today; The second daughter chose a car full of books to study and became a Zhuang nationality. The third daughter took a bucket of corn and a gong that Milo gave her and went to the mountains to open up wasteland for farming. The third daughter became a Yao nationality. Therefore, the Yao people have lived in the mountains for generations, cultivated the land, and gongs have become Yao family heirlooms.

Miloto is getting older and older. One day, he called his three daughters back together and told them that October 16th was my birthday. Then, come and give me some food. He also specially told his third daughter, "You don't have any generous gifts. You can brew an altar of rice wine for everyone to taste. 10 15, you can bring gongs to the site in advance. " From then on, Yao people had a Wang Pan Festival, which started on1October 15 and ended on1October 17.

Legend 3:

(The folk legend "October 16th Tune the King of Disks" circulating in Jianghua Yao area): It is said that a long time ago, I made a big wish. After making a wish, it was calm, and the ship soon landed, and the Yao people were saved. This day is October 16th of the lunar calendar, which happens to be Wang Pan's birthday. So, the Yao people who came ashore cut down trees to make rafts and steamed glutinous rice into glutinous rice. Then, everyone sang and danced to celebrate the birth of Yao nationality and the birthday of King Pan. Since then, Yao people have designated this day as "Wang Pan Festival".

As can be seen from the above legends, the Yao people think that they are the ancestors of the Yao people and have the extraordinary ability to protect the descendants of the Yao people. King Pan's birthday is October 16th of the lunar calendar, and the day of offering sacrifices to King Pan begins on this day. In addition, we can also see some customs about Yao costumes, surnames, long drums and totems from these legends.

There are various forms of Wang Pan Festival all over the country. Generally speaking, the altar is used to worship the gods, with Wang Pan in the middle and Zhenwu, Gongcao, Tiangong and Mother Earth around. At the beginning of the sacrifice, the musket fired three shots, and then firecrackers exploded. In the sound of firecrackers, the old clan village always offers sacrifices such as pig's head, glutinous rice cake, chicken and wine in front of the statue, and people bow their heads and pray silently. Then sing "Song of the King of Dishes" and dance the King of Dishes. Song of Wang Pan is a collection of poems of Yao nationality. Mainly tells the story of Wang Pan's life, seven words, refined poems and quaint and vigorous music. Wang Pan danced with gongs and drums, jumping up and down, turning left and right, which was vigorous and powerful, reappearing the scene of Yao ancestors farming and hunting and going out to kill the enemy. In some places, during the Panwang Festival, there will be activities of stepping on the song hall. On the festival day, the gods enshrined in the temple in Wang Pan Village were invited to attend the worship ceremony. The villagers carried Pan Wang to the village to inspect the fields, and finally invited Pan Wang to Getangping. It is said that the villages and fields visited by Wang Pan will be peaceful and prosperous in the new year. Passing through the state government in Getangping's activities reminds people of the migration route of Yao nationality. Folk cultural activities such as singing Yao songs and dancing long drums are not only activities to entertain the gods, but also activities to entertain the people. This time is also a good opportunity for young men and women to make friends with each other and find partners.

Yao people are widely distributed and have many branches, so in the past, the time for Yao people to celebrate Wang Pan Festival was not uniform, and it was usually held in the slack season from autumn harvest to Spring Festival. 1In August, 984, Yao representatives from all over the country gathered in Nanning, Guangxi, and unanimously recognized the Festival as the unified festival of the Yao people, and set the date as October 16 of the lunar calendar every year, which is the legendary birthday. In order to strengthen the ties between Yao people in different places, the Yao Representative Association in Nanling decided that Wang Pan Festival would be held in ten counties and cities in Hunan, Guangdong and Guangxi provinces in turn, and the first Wang Pan Festival of Nanling Yao people was held in Hexian County (now Babu District, Hezhou City) from 65438 to 0992. In 2009, Wang Pan Festival was held again in Hezhou, Guangxi. This time, Wang Pan Festival joined hands with Hezhou Agricultural Products Fair. In addition to holding traditional folk activities and cultural performances, the festival has also become a platform for displaying local characteristics and attracting investment, giving new content to traditional festivals. With the passage of time, it is precisely because of the constant addition of new contents to festival culture that traditional festivals are full of vitality and vigor with the changes of the times on the basis of the recognition of Yao primitive ancestors.

In Yao village in Nanling corridor, songs that have been circulating for thousands of years are still being sung, and people are still dancing to the drums for thousands of years. It is still so sacred in the eyes of the Yao people, who believe that Pan will protect them. The story of the hardworking and brave Yao people continues wonderfully. ...