Folklore in Hongtong County, Shanxi Province

Hongtong County is located in the south of Shanxi Province, at the northern end of Linfen Basin, on the bank of Fenhe River, bordering Guxian County in the east, Puxian County in the west, Linfen in the south and Fenxi and Huozhou in the north, with a total area of/kloc-0.494 million square kilometers. Fenhe River runs through the middle end from north to south and is low in the south, forming a valley basin with high east-west and low middle. Rich in cultural resources, there are historical and cultural relics such as Huang Yu Temple in Houcun Village, Immigrant Site of Sophora japonica, Susan Prison and Living Yinshui Temple. In addition, the folk custom of the marriage of sheep and Mount Li, which has been inherited for more than 4,000 years, is also unique in China.

1. Introduction to Yangji Village:

Yeung Yi Village, formerly known as Zhoufu Village, is located in the southwest of Ganting Town, Hongtong County, Shanxi Province, about 20 kilometers southwest of the county seat, and is connected with Tunli and wucun, which can be reached by half an hour's drive. This village has been built for more than 4000 years. It is divided into two villages, northern and southern Yeung Yi, which run cooperatives in turn. This year, Nanyangyi Village set up a cooperative. There are about 430 households in the village with a population of 1850. There are more than ten surnames in the village, including Zhang, Wang, Li, Sun, Yan and Xue, among which Zhang, Wang, Sun, Yan, Li and Xue are more, accounting for about 60% in total. All surnames are basically related. Originally, almost all the villagers were surnamed Zhou, but now there is basically no Zhou in the village. There are basically no foreigners living in the village, and there are more foreigners in Beiyang. The education level of villagers in Nanyang Valley is generally not high, most of them graduated from junior high schools, few from senior high schools, and almost no college students. According to the village party secretary, the economic situation in the village is "generally good", the crops in the field are growing well, and the deposit balance of the villagers in the village is 5 million.

There are temples in the village, and the hometown is the residence of the two goddesses and Yao's bedroom. Linfen City has Yao Temple Municipal Affairs Office.

2. Introduction to the basic situation of Mount Li:

Lishan, also known as Shen Yingshan, is located in Dongquantou Village, northwest of Wan 'an Town, Hongdong County, Shanxi Province, about 25 kilometers northwest of the county seat. Dongquantou Village is adjacent to Shenxiling and Lanjia Street, and it takes about 40 minutes to drive from the urban area. There are six natural villages in the whole Lishan area, which are divided into three communities (communities are traditional non-governmental organizations, which undertook public affairs, sacrifices and entertainment, social welfare and self-defense protection in rural society in ancient times. And now some societies still do not conflict with administrative units, but only undertake sacrificial activities), as follows:

Dongshe: Sanjiao Village, Songjiagou;

China News Service: East Circle Head and Lanjia Festival;

Xishe: West Circle Head of Shenxi Village.

There are basically no foreigners living in the six villages, with a total of about 7,000 people, ranging from 60 to 70 to 40 to 50 households in each village. The annual income of summer wheat is about 500 kilograms per capita. The middle east has the largest social population, with about 500 people in the western circle. The surnames are mostly Gao, He, Xu, Liang, Li and Shi, accounting for more than half. Most local residents work in coal mines, and the harvest in the fields is good. The water resources in the village are insufficient, so the villagers concentrate on taking water and bear the price (0. 1 yuan/ton).

The main peak of Lishan, where Shun Temple is located, is located in the south of Donghuantou Village. The whole mountain is divided into five scenic spots: the main peak, Hundred Birds Peak, Shenxiangling, Shuntian and Shunjing Scenic Area. Among them, the turtle with the main peak shape, with its head south and tail north, stands on the back of the turtle and overlooks Pingyang ancient city, with a panoramic view of autumn snow in Huoshan, green hills on the left and water on the right.

Starting from Guangxu, on the third night, you will spend one night in Wan 'an Village, which is connected to Liangjia Village in the south and Yangjiazhuang in the north. The village is divided into two clubs, and each club is divided into four classes. Each class takes turns to receive shepherds every year, once every eight years.

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3. The relationship between Yang Yi and Lishan Village:

Due to the marriage of Heshun and Heshun, the two villages have maintained good relations for thousands of years. They have been relatives for thousands of years since ancient times. Yang Yi called her second daughter "Aunt" and Lishan called her "Niangniang" (that is, our daily grandmother). When two villages meet at ordinary times, Yang Yi is called "cousin" of Lishan. Except for Shun Di's birthday on March 3rd and April 28th,'s birthday on May 5th, E Huang's birthday on June18th, and Nv Ying's birthday on September 9th, people from the two villages will voluntarily gather in Yuanlai Mountain to celebrate their birthdays, but the scale of the activities is far less than when they bid farewell to the two goddesses.

E-Ying's story of getting married and going back to her family.

The story of E-Ying's struggle for size has been circulating. In the car, the two sisters finally settled. My sister went to plow the mountains and farm, and she did housework for the main palace at home, which also showed that Nv Ying was in Wan 'an.

The sheep took her aunt first, then her sister-in-law E Huang, and then her sister-in-law children Ying. So when I picked up my aunt on March 3rd, she went to Li Shen Temple to pick up E Huang the next day, left after breakfast on March 3rd, and went to Wan 'an before lunch. Wan 'an paid a visit to E Huang in Yangjiazhuang. Both sides burned incense and kowtowed, and welcomed E Huang from Yeung Yi's building into Wan 'an's building. The sisters met, went to the theatre and had dinner. Ask your in-laws for leave at night and go back to your parents' home. On the fourth day, I got up, drank the "Nine Dragon Wall" wine, crossed the North Bridge, took the baked wheat cake, went out of the South Gate and crossed the street to the worse gate. Both sides bowed their heads and invited two aunts to drive into the sheep bed. Yang Yi met two aunts in Beitiankou. There are waist meters along the road. Back in Yeung Yi, the masses greeted their aunt at Tiantangkou. Please go back to the temple and drink a bowl of the first aunt's green tea. Because the second aunt didn't meet at the same time, she stayed at the second aunt temple outside the village for one night (protected by the general temple). The next day, Yang Yi's family made a jiaozi and welcomed her second aunt into the temple.

In the process of picking up my aunt, all the villages I have been to cook tenderloin rice voluntarily. No matter how hard the years are, I will entertain my relatives. Such as braised rice, millet, bitter vegetables and so on. To show solidarity. Zhang Cun's golden bean soup and sand basin dishes show loyalty and full heart. Even if the sand is golden, they should receive relatives. "West River Beach" and "Eating Bean Curd" have been circulated for thousands of years in the majestic sound of gongs and drums, also to commemorate family friendship.

Sacrifice ancestors for eight days every year.

There are eight fixed days for ancestor worship every year, "March 3rd, March 15th, April 8th, April 20th, April 28th, May 5th, June 18th and September 9th". Women's birthdays in Yeung Yi are celebrated on May 5th, Wang Shun's birthday. E Huang's birthday on June 18 and Nv Ying's birthday on September 9 all arrived at the shrine one day earlier, and they had to go to Wan 'an to celebrate the birthday of the opera before noon. The man picked up menstruation on March 3rd and set April 28th as Yao's birthday, which is a positive day. In March,150,000 women with stable nerves went to Gushe Mountain to pay tribute to the goddess Nanxian Cave. At the same time, this day is also the day for Yao to marry Lu Xian. On April 8, women in that village went to Yao Temple to celebrate Lu Xian's birthday. Now they all go to Yangyu, and some go to Nanxian Cave. April 20th is the majestic gongs and drums festival of Wan 'an Shun Temple, which is the birthday of Shun's father and the birthday of Yao Wang.

Wang Shun Temple

Wang Shun Temple is located in the East Gate of wanan county, also known as "Anle Temple" and Renshi Ancestral Temple.

King Ma Wenzhong is shaped on the left to ensure timely sowing in four seasons. "Eight Waxes" can protect seedlings from pests and grow healthily. Sun Simiao, the king of medicine, is carved in the East Hall of Mawangdian, wishing adults good health and all the best. Three Empresses (Joan, Yun and Bi) are in the West Hall of Eight Waxes to protect children from strange diseases.

Shun's main hall stood on the east and west walls like ten courtiers. East wall: [] in charge of agriculture; Contract management education; Fertilizer industry; A view of mountains and rivers, birds and beasts; Business supervisor finance; Western wall: Boyi manages benevolence and morality; The dragon is responsible for conveying instructions; Dani is responsible for reception and meeting arrangements; Like the governor, report on the work regularly; [] is responsible for transportation.

There is a "drum table" in the dedication hall, with the monarch on the left, the minister on the right and the immortal family in front. Premier Yu is in charge of administration, the left is in charge of justice, and the right prime minister Dong has the skill of taming dragons, so as to ensure good weather and abundant crops. Shun watched Yu from behind the house. After boarding the platform, put the driving floor, with dragon and phoenix fans, multicolored dart flags, five pairs of multicolored panlong flags, a pair of imperial umbrella rust "Gan Kun De Yong Ming" and eight diagrams flags. There are two pairs of silent cards in front of the temple, placed against the wall. There are ten three-eye guns in front. There are three turtle drum halls in the east of the main hall, which are called "Dare to remonstrate drums" and accept the meaning of democracy.

Eying temple

This temple is located in the northwest corner of Wan 'an North City, built according to the Eight Diagrams. It is the place to send two queens on the fourth day of March every year. It drifts from the North River along the moat to the North Overpass at will. The headmaster's class fished it out, put flowers on the wall, sent someone to drink a glass of wine, and brought biscuits to eliminate the disaster. In front of the temple, there is a big plaque that says "Help when in trouble", and there are many temple gates on both sides. In the second house in the west, there is a stone lion called "Ling Lion", who knows the weather changes. There are Miyake stone lions in the east, which are superb in craftsmanship. The plaque reads "Spring in Shun Land" and "Moral Balance China". The four screens in the stage are the same as those in Shun Temple, and there is a big plaque "Virtue has never been seen". There is a theater pavilion in the temple with a small door next to it. Go up twelve steps to keep the year safe and go to the hall.

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It is specially designed to invite Wang Shun to celebrate his birthday in May every year. There are four stone tablets, two sets of prestige and three eyes, and ten gun racks. Among them, two pairs of silent avoidance cards were put, and the three-character plaque "Wanshou Pavilion" was hung on them. There are all kinds of flags hanging on both sides of the pavilion, people walk in the middle to introduce the hall, and the queen mother promotes the building in it. On both sides of the driving building, there are convenient gossip flags, five pairs of guard flags and Panlong guards. Huang Luo umbrella embroidery "Kun De Chang Zhao Zhao" and Shun Temple embroidery "Gan De Yong Ming" are apricot yellow, sweeping the flying tiger dragon and phoenix fan, just like Shun Temple. The eight virtues of women who worship murals in temples are the factors for the Chinese nation to be a man and an example for the people of 56 ethnic groups to learn. There are two red and white horses under the window, and two generals are leading them.

In the main hall, the Empress Dowager, descendants and nannies are in the east, and the Three Empresses are in the west. There are opera girls, civil and military venues, servants and so on on the east and west walls. There are office, rest, kitchen, dining and other places in the temple, which are quite complete. Panlongzhu, with Wang Shun Temple at the top of the threshold, contains Shunhe and two assistants, Hao Tao and Dong Lao, who work to see if the two queens act according to the requirements of the people opposite.

In the northwest, Rengen Ancestral Temple is open, with "Shehong Guangda" hanging in the middle and "Tian Yao" and "Shunri" egg plaques hanging on the door. Sanming is dark, pressing the railing in front, and pedestrians are not as good as inside. In the first room, he Qing sat on a small kang with a small table in the middle. Yao sat next to his father. At the round table under the kang, there are Jiang, Ye, kiku and Chang Yi, and six people are training their children. In the second room, Yao and Luxian talked about the tribe and put a small table in it. E Huang is next to her mother, Nv Ying is next to her father, and there are nine unscrupulous people studying their beloved things at the round table under the kang. In the third room, Deng tidied up the meal, and Shun was reading on the small kang table. Under the kang, there is a scene where the stepmother is arrogant and her daughter wants to harm Shun, while the fourth room and Nv Ying are drinking tea on the small kang table, talking about state affairs, governing the country with morality and ensuring peace. Under the kang table, a son Yao and a daughter Xiao Ming are looking at the pottery in the kiln together by candlelight. There are nine exhibition halls, offices and living rooms on the east and west sides of the hall, as well as corridor railings and pavilions, which are beautiful and generous.

Sanguanmiao

Sanguan Temple is located in the center of Wan 'an, in front of the "Glory Building", east-west. On both sides of the temple stand a pair of "leaky lions", including the living room, exhibition hall and theater. There is nothing on the stage.

In front of the Golden Temple, there are four soft doors in each room, with two movable doors in the middle. The statues of the three officials are "heavenly officials, local officials and water officials". Legend has it that the Buddha's three-star spit in the early Yuan Dynasty. On the fifteenth day of the first month, spitting Mars is the son of heaven. On April 28th, the "King of Fire" found Yao Wang. On May 15th, Shun was born, and on July 15th, he spit on Mars, and the "land king" begged Shun. Jade was born on the fifth day of February, and spit mercury to find jade on October 15th.

The East mural shows a "Tiger Dragon Horse" presented by Angel, a farmer, and a spare horse "Huo Yan Pony" beside it. The painting on the Western Wall shows Shun riding a "flying horse". Relying on the platform is Yu Qi's dark horse "Pony". These four horses and his wife's four horses are called "eight horses".

The northeast corner of the main hall is Loupo, and there is a temple in the east of the hall, with Yao's wife Lu Xian and Yu's wife Tu Shanshi. The east wall is Lu Xian's red dates. Go to Ma Yun. The western wall is the apricot yellow riding fog that kills rocks. On the west side of the temple, there is a room with a statue of the queen. In the East Wall, Nv Ying's horses became thinner from red, while in the West Wall, E Huang's horses became thinner from white. The geomantic omen here is said to be the root of phoenix tail, because it is the holy land where Shun was born. In ancient times, it was also called "Xu Yao Shunxiang" and "Feng xi Longpan". Every year, there will be a general meeting on the 20th and 3rd of the lunar calendar1February. The Temple and the Sanguang Building in the east of Pailou Lane were held on the same day. On the other side of the Sanguang Building, there is a three-day play with puppets during the day and "shadow people" at night.