Folk Tales: the Source of Breaking the Custom —— Duke Zhou and Peach Blossom Girl

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One day, Duke Zhou's tea boy wanted to ask for leave to go home: "I have a headache, pain and difficulty breathing recently. I am afraid that my life will not last long! " Duke Zhou, I miss being a servant. Please lend me some money to treat me! "

Duke Zhou said, "Life is life, life depends on heaven, and people and doctors are in harmony. If you cure the disease, you can't cure it. " Don't worry, I'll sign your name and count your life. "

Immediately divination, not long after, Duke Zhou worked out the result: "You vomited blood at four o'clock tonight and died. It is better to go home early and prepare for the funeral. "

Hearing this, the tea boy felt cold in his heart. He remembered his childhood playmate Shi, so he left the Zhou family and turned to say goodbye to the Shi family: "Xiao Lang, Duke Zhou said that I vomited blood at four o'clock tonight and had a fight with your friend, and then I was separated from Yin and Yang!" Stone said, "Go to the peach blossom girl of Ren Taigong's family, and you will be saved." The tea boy quickly found the peach blossom girl, explained the reason in detail and begged for help.

Peach blossom girl taught him, "Tonight, the official of the Big Dipper will come to the Hall of Three Officials. You prepare seven lamps, seven cups of water and seven portions of fresh fruit, and then you prepare seven bowls of fragrant soup yourself and put it on the altar at night. Then, you have to climb to the bottom of the altar and wait until the seven-star official finishes eating the fragrant soup and fresh fruit. If the star officer asks you what you want, you say,' I want to live a long life.' "

Tea boy prepared a table with fragrant flowers and fruits and a delicious soup according to the instructions of Peach Blossom Girl. Put it in the middle of Sanguan Temple at night. At noon, the music in Yue Xian was melodious, and seven-star officials descended from the sky. They sat around the altar, eating delicious soup and fresh fruit on the altar. After the seven-star official finished eating, he praised the soup as sweet. The tea boy watched them finish eating and came out from under the altar. "You ate a tribute and asked to borrow me for my birthday." Hearing this, the seven-star official laughed. "Each of my seven people will celebrate your centenary birthday." In this way, the tea boy lived to be 800 years old, and the more he lived, the younger he became.

Duke Zhou was very angry when he learned that Peach Blossom Girl had broken his divination. He heard that the peach blossom girl was eighteen years old and beautiful, so he asked the matchmaker Huang Hua's mother-in-law to propose to the squire's family. Ren Taigong was a little hesitant when he heard that Duke Zhou had proposed marriage. "Duke Zhou is wily, but I'm afraid he will bully my daughter." Unexpectedly, the peach blossom girl vowed: "Nothing, I am not afraid of him! I have a good marriage with him. " Duke Zhou was very excited when he heard that Peach Blossom Girl was getting married. He immediately drew up a wedding date and came to get married three days later.

In fact, where does Duke Zhou really want to marry a peach blossom girl? Others choose the auspicious day of the zodiac as the wedding date, but he chooses the evil day of the underworld. On this day, evil spirits in the sky and underground will come out to harm people. On this day, the peach blossom girl went out in a sedan chair, even though she was skillful in Taoism, it was difficult to save her life. Peach blossom girl has long known all this, and her fingers are wrapped in soft peach branches. She asked the matchmaker to send a message to Duke Zhou: "There are several things that the Zhou family must do, otherwise, I won't marry. First, before the wedding, please ask the groom to send a 2.2-foot red scarf and a 3.3-foot bamboo screen. Second, on the top of the bride's sedan chair, an eighteen-hole fairy Xiu Xiang should be hung; Third, when the sedan chair arrives in Zhou Jia, the groom must personally hold sandalwood and cypress leaves, walk around the sedan chair three times, and then ask me to get off; Fourth, the Zhou family will lay a red carpet at the door and put a saddle on the threshold to meet me. "

Duke Zhou didn't know what medicine was sold in the peach blossom gourd, so he promised one by one. Peach blossom girl went out, worshipped the willow tree, cut the willow branches and made a willow bow. Peach blossom girl went to the back garden, worshipped the peach tree, cut its branches and made three peach arrows. Then she sat down and made a gorgeous corolla for herself, embroidered with immortal Buddhism and Taoism layer by layer. Everything is ready. Today is the wedding day.

Miss Peach Blossom puts on a red coat, yellow overshoes, protective glasses, a Shinto crown and a red veil. She said to Ren Taigong, "Dad, my daughter is getting married today, and her shoes can't be stained with dust. Please carry her in the sedan chair. "

Ren Taigong then picked up the peach blossom girl and put it on the sedan chair to avoid the evil spirits on the ground.

As soon as the sedan chair went out, Sun was on patrol. Sun Shen You is the evil god in the sky. If the bride bumps into Sun Shenyou, she will be seriously injured even if she doesn't die. Fortunately, Wulazi walked ahead with a bamboo screen in his hand. Bamboo screen has thousands of eyes, and thousands of eyes avoid ghosts and evil spirits. When he looked at it, he was far away. Wandering for a day, an evil spirit came in front, with countless imps and fierce stars. Fortunately, eighteen immortals were embroidered on the top of the sedan chair, and they met evil spirits. Eighteen holes of the immortal suddenly radiated eighteen solemn golden lights, and the evil spirits fled to heaven, afraid to go near the peach blossom girl. After a fierce battle, there is a lion in the cave ahead. No one can stop Tai Sui from coming directly to the bride. The bride, on the other hand, wears a red hijab and a crown of Shinto, as strong as a pagoda and as solemn as the Emperor of Heaven. Tai sui was too scared to hurt her and ran away.

In this way, the bride's sedan chair arrived at Zhou's home safely. Duke Zhou was really taken aback when he saw that the peach blossom girl was safe and sound. He kept his promise, took a plate of sandalwood and cypress leaves and walked around the sedan chair three times. The fragrance of sandalwood and cypress leaves drifted away, and the foul smell of the underworld was also smoked away. Peach blossom girl stepped down from the sedan chair, took out the willow bow and peach arrow, and shot three arrows at the lintel of the Zhou family. There are two evil stars hidden on the lintel, the mulberry door and the clothes rack. When they saw the peach arrow flying, they were scared out of their wits and slipped away without looking back.

Wearing a red coat and yellow overshoes, the peach blossom girl abruptly turned the underworld into the ecliptic. This day is Ghost Ma Xing's duty, and Ghost Ma Xing will trample her to death when she crosses the threshold. However, the Zhou family has put a saddle on the threshold, and the ghost horse star is under the threshold. Peach blossom girl crossed the threshold and walked into the new house. This is the origin of breaking customs.