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In the folk culture of fireflies, the most wonderful and vivid is the legend of "rotting grass into fireflies", which is widely circulated in ancient times to explain the origin of fireflies.

The ancients had this understanding because the environment in which fireflies lived was mainly wet and corrupt grass. The ancients often saw fireflies coming in and out of it, so the saying that "rotten grass turned into fireflies" was intuitively produced.

Li Shizhen's Compendium of Materia Medica in the Ming Dynasty recorded this in the most detailed way: there are three kinds of fireflies: one is small and flies at night, and its belly is bright, which is also transformed by Maogen, so is the so-called "rotten grass turned into fireflies" in Lu's Moon Order;

A candle that looks like a maggot, with light behind its tail and no wings. It is the pen name of bamboo root, and its common name is firefly maggot. The so-called "rotten grass turns into maggots" in Tang Mingyue Ling is also true. Its name is nocturnal, the root of Phyllostachys pubescens, which has light at night, feels damp and hot, and gradually deforms; A water firefly lives in water, and so does the so-called "how the grass becomes, how the spring becomes" in the water firefly Fu written by Ziqing in Tang Dynasty.

It means:

There are three kinds of fireflies. A very small one. It dances at night and its abdomen glows.

It looks like a candle or a maggot. Its tail glows and it can't fly without wings. It lives in water. It is a kind of bamboo root roll, commonly known as firefly maggot. This "pull" is recorded in "rotten grass" Also known as the night line, the root bamboo, the root seems to glow at night. I felt hot and wet, and it gradually turned into a firefly.

There is also a water firefly that lives in water. Ji Ziqing wrote in "Water Firefly Fu": "What becomes grass, what lives in water".

The wingless fireflies mentioned in Compendium of Materia Medica are actually firefly larvae. As for the generation of fireflies, Li Shizhen believes that the root of Phyllostachys pubescens looks shiny at night and decays in a humid and sultry environment.

2, Jing Xuehua firefly

The ancients believed that not only decayed grass can turn fireflies, but also blood after death can turn fireflies. "Zhi Guai, the Ancestor of the Jin Dynasty" records: "When Jin Huai Emperor Yongjia and Ding Zuo crossed the river to the Yin Ling boundary, it was foggy and there were things that looked like people in the north. Two eyes dripping blood from the head, gathered in two places, each with a surplus. Just sing and drink with your brother. Destroy and disappear. The blood gathered in the stands turned into thousands of fireflies and flew away. "

It means: In 2008, people in Qiao County decided to cross the river to the junction of Yinling on cloudy and foggy days. On the north side of the road, he saw something that looked like a man standing on his head. The blood in his eyes dripped from his head to the ground, forming two beaches, each with several liters. With a loud cry, Ding Zuo and his cousin disappeared. Everywhere, blood is scattered by thousands of fireflies. "

3. The soul of fireflies

Amazingly, the ancients also had folk beliefs that turned fireflies into souls. The reason for this idea is that the ancients only observed fireflies flying at night and could not see their bodies, so they regarded them as phosphorus fires, which were called ghost fires by the people, so they had the idea of turning people's souls into fireflies after death. Jin Fuxian's "Firefly Fu" says: "The annihilation of fire, sorry, is close to rotten grass." It means lamenting the annihilation of the soul, because it is near rotten grass.

Here, Fu Xian combined the theory that rotten grass turned into fireflies with the theory of soul, and produced the theory that the soul became fireflies after being dispersed.

4, female ghost fireflies

"Nocturnal girl" is the name of a bird in folklore. It's a female bird, aunt, a kind of female ghost. Press: The Xuan Zhong Ji says: "This bird is called the ancient fire. A woman in heaven and earth, a bird in hiding, and a woman who walks at night are all taken from others to raise. There is a Children's Home who is determined to spot his clothes with blood. The deceased was named a ghost bird. " I don't know when it started, and the people also linked this female ghost with fireflies, thinking that the nocturnal fireflies were transformed by female ghosts.

"Youyang Miscellaneous Notes" contains: "There are scholars in Dengfeng who have been working for more than ten years. Guizhuang and Zhuangzhuang are in Dengfeng County. After a long night, scholars can't sleep. Suddenly, there was a spark under the wall. First, the firefly rose slightly, as big as a projectile, flying around the corner, getting lower and lower, taking turns to go back and forth, only a foot away from the scholar's face. Look carefully, there is a woman in the light, Guan Chai, red shirt and blue skirt, shaking her head and wagging her tail, very cute. The scholar reached out and grabbed it. The candle was rat dung as big as a chicken. Broken vision, there is a worm head naked and blue, kill it. "

It means:

There is a scholar who has been studying in Dengfeng for more than ten years. He returned to Zhuangzi's home in Dengfeng County. After a long night, the scholar couldn't sleep, and suddenly a spark appeared under the wall. At first, it was the light of fireflies. Then it grew up slowly, as big as a cannonball, flying around, slowly flying low, spinning and dancing back and forth, only a foot away from the scholar's face.

Careful observation, there is a woman standing in the sun, wearing a pearl hairpin, red skirt and blue skirt, shaking her head and wagging her tail, very cute. Then the scholar opened his hand to catch the light. By candlelight, it's rat shit as big as an egg. When I opened it, I saw a red body and a blue insect, so he killed it.

The mysterious relationship between fireflies and ghosts makes people awe and fear.

5. Yeast reads at night

Fireflies are also a symbol of hard work in folk culture. This is related to the well-known story of "yeast reading at night". "Biography of Che Yin in the Book of Jin" records: "Yin Gong is diligent and knowledgeable in politics. A poor family seldom gets oil. In Xia Yue, there are dozens of fireflies in the practice bag to take pictures of books, day and night. "

This shows that Che Yin in Jin Dynasty was poor and studious when he was young. He has no money to buy oil or light a lamp to study at night. In summer, he catches fireflies, puts them in his gym bag and reads them day and night with fluorescence.

Later generations used "firefly night" to describe diligent study in a difficult environment, thus educating children and expressing people's praise and admiration for the spirit of diligent study. This inspiring spirit has enabled countless people from poor families to succeed.