A Brief Introduction to the Cast of Cantonese Opera for Female Fortune Tellers

The leading role of snail girl is Xie Duan.

Snail girl is a character in a local folk tale in Fuzhou, Fujian Province, which comes from the fifth volume of the Postscript of Finding God. The story tells that Emperor Tiandi knew that Xie Duan had died since he was a child, and he was very lonely. He felt sorry for him. Seeing that he was thrifty, he sent a fairy snail girl to help him. Luohu, Shehong County, Sichuan Province has also been circulated, and the story is similar.

This is a beautiful and touching fairy tale. Xie Duan, a young farmer, "lie down at night and get up early, work day and night, and give up", but in the end he was too poor to even marry his wife. God was moved by his spirit of hard struggle and sent Baishui Sunv to help Xie Duan live a good life. The goddess hides in a snail.

Xie Duan comes out to wash clothes and cook for him after going out every day. Later, Xie Duan found that she had to leave, but the snail shell she left behind could pour out a lot of rice, which changed Xie Duan's poor life. The novel vividly depicts Xie Duan's honesty and Baishui Sunv's kindness and enthusiasm, especially the image of the locked woman is very beautiful and moving, with a strong lyrical atmosphere.

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A similar beginning

During the Jin Dynasty, there was an orphan named Xie Duan in Houguan County. His parents died when he was very young, and his kind neighbors adopted him. Xie Duan is honest, hardworking and thrifty. When he was seventeen or eighteen, he didn't want to give his neighbors any more trouble, so he built a small house on the hillside and lived independently.

Because his family is poor, he has never married a wife. Neighbors are very concerned about him, and they have helped him hook up several times, but they have not succeeded.

One day, Xie Duan found a particularly large snail in the field and thought it was a strange thing. He took it home and kept it in a water tank for dozens of days. Xie Duan goes to work in the fields every morning, only to find that there is food, drink and hot water in the house when he comes home, as if someone had cooked it. It's been like this for several days. Xie Duan asked his neighbor. Neighbors said they didn't do it themselves.

After that, Xie Duan went out when the rooster crowed and quietly came back when the sun just came out. He peeked out of the fence and saw a young girl coming out of the water tank and making a fire under the stove.

Gone with the wind

Seeing the truth, Xie Duan ran into the door and asked the girl who was cooking a fire. Water said, "Heaven sent me down to earth to cook and do housework for you. I want you to get rich, get married and get a good wife in ten years, and then I'll report back to heaven.

But my mission has not been completed, but you know the secret. My cover was blown. Even if you promise not to tell, it is inevitable that others will know. I can't stay here any longer. I must go back to heaven. "Xie Duan after listening to the fairy, thank you very much, the in the mind very regret, repeatedly hospitality to retain water Motome.

Water has made up its mind. Before he left, Shui said to Xie Duan, "Your life will be even sadder after I leave, but as long as you do farm work well, fish more and chop more firewood, your life will get better every day.

I'll leave you the snail shell. You can use it to store grain, which will keep the rice alive and the rice in the shell will not run out. "Just then, I saw the wind blowing outside, and then it rained heavily. In the rain, Motome said the last sentence and floated away.

Goddess of gratitude

Grateful for the kindness of the goddess, I specially made an idol for her and went to burn incense and thank humbly on holidays. And with the help of hard-working hands and the goddess, his days are booming day by day. A few years later, he married and became a county magistrate.

To thank Motome for its water, Xie Duan built a temple, which is today's Motome Temple.