In the tombs of the Han Dynasty, the husband and wife held half a mirror in order to wander underground twice?

There is an ancient quatrain in Han Yuefu: "Where is the anvil now? There are mountains on the mountain, why do you need a big knife to break the mirror and fly to the sky? " Literally, I have no idea, because every sentence in it is a crossword puzzle. The so-called Qiu anvil, Qiu refers to straw, and the anvil refers to the mat under the hay cutter. They are all tools used by mowers in the past, and the hay cutter was called Hong in ancient times. Hong Dai's husband is used here. There are mountains on the mountain, and there are mountains on the mountain. Obviously, this is a word. Why the big knife head? There used to be a big knife head. Finally, say this sentence, "second time around, fly to the sky." This last sentence is not a riddle, but an allusion. In ancient times, love was not only used for divination, but also a token and symbol of love.

"Breaking the mirror and flying to heaven" is naturally the second allusion. At the end of the Southern Dynasty, when the army of Sui Dynasty was about to attack Jiankang, Princess Lechang, Chen Houzhu's sister, didn't hide in the well like her brother. She told her husband Xu Deyan that you are so beautiful that you will be seen by Quan Hao's family in the future. I guess I'll say goodbye this time. If we are still in love and want to meet each other, we might as well each take a token. He broke a mirror, everyone took half of it, and agreed to sell it in the market to meet each other in the future. Later, as expected, Princess Lechang was attracted by Su Yang and entered the imperial court. Princess Lechang secretly let people sell half mirrors at high prices in the market, so naturally no one will buy them. Xu Deyan went from one place to Chang 'an, saw the mirror and wrote a poem for the servant who sold the mirror to take back. The poem says: "The mirror goes with people, but it doesn't return to people. There is no shadow in the moon, and the moon is bright. " The princess was heartbroken when she saw this poem. Although Su Yang has made great achievements, she is also a compassionate poet. Knowing the situation, she asked the princess to return to Xu Deyan. Please invite them to dinner. During the dinner, the princess also wrote a poem, "As time goes by, new officials will wait for old ones. It is very sad to laugh and cry, but it is difficult to be tested as a person. " Su Yang decided to be a good man and send them back to Jiangnan.

Generally speaking, this allusion is interpreted as the origin of the second time, but wait a minute. This story comes from "Stunt Poem" written by people in Tang Dynasty, and "Ancient Jueju" is a poem in Han Yuefu. How can you use an allusion later than yourself? In fact, the story of broken mirror is also mentioned in Miracle Classic. The story tells that a couple will be separated, and the husband will split a mirror like Xu Deyan, but the wife betrays her husband and has a new love, and the magpie carved behind the mirror will fly back to her husband. Although the mirrors don't get together, it's not the first time that Mr. and Mrs. Xu Deyan used bronze mirrors as keepsakes. It's happened before.

"Nerve" claims to be written by Dong Fangshuo, but according to experts' research, it should be written by people in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and it seems that it is unclear what allusions are used in "Flying through a Broken Mirror". However, modern archaeology has found that many couples in Han tombs hold half a mirror, and life and death are the biggest differences. No matter how loving a couple is, they can't escape this hurdle. Both husband and wife should wear half a mirror for fear of being separated in another world. They want to use this half bronze mirror as a token to reunite their feelings.

The Book of Songs says: "Live and die with wealth, grow old with your son, hold your hand and grow old with your son." Here is no longer to grow old with my son, but to be husband and wife with my son forever.

This is not only a guess, but also can be proved by many mirror inscriptions unearthed. "When you see the light of the sun, you will never forget each other." "I won't forget for a long time, Changle is not in the middle" and "I hope you won't forget for a long time" are all such words. Obviously, this is a couple telling each other not to forget each other.

In fact, the mirror was a token of love in ancient times, as we will talk about below.