Long Jiuxiao asked the Wei Army,"Do you know what the totem of Chu State is?"
The Wei army was ambiguous,"If it's not a dragon, it's a phoenix?" I seem to have seen it on Chu Tian Station.
Long Jiuxiao nodded,[Yes, you're right!] The totem of Chu had both phoenixes and dragons!
Please look at the general knowledge below--
The Jingchu culture was named after the Chu State and the Chu people. It was a regional culture that rose in the Jianghan River basin from the Zhou Dynasty to the Spring and Autumn Warring States Period.
In Jingchu culture, phoenixes and Jingchu were inseparable! The phoenix culture was a cultural form that was formed and developed on the basis of the worship of the phoenix totem by the ancient Chu people.
In ancient legends, phoenixes were regarded as divine birds, the king of birds. The males were called "phoenixes" and the females were called "phoenixes".
They were collectively known as phoenixes, also known as Dan birds, firebirds, pheasants, mighty phoenixes, etc. It was often used to symbolize auspicious signs and phoenixes flying together. It was a symbol of auspicious harmony and had been an important element of Chinese culture since ancient times.
The image of the phoenix was the same as the image of the dragon. It went from concrete to abstract, then from abstract to concrete, from simple to complex, and the further it went, the more complicated it became.
The first record in the Classic of Mountains and Seas was that there was a bird in the mountains, shaped like a chicken, colorful and literary, named the Phoenix.
Later on, there were even records of eating it." In the fertile wilderness, phoenix eggs are food and dew is drink." What to eat, what to drink, all of it was concrete!
In the Zheng Lei Materia Medica, there was a saying that " The heavenly kingdoms eat phoenix eggs, so the natives eat chicken eggs."
In the Song Dynasty, phoenix marrow was listed as one of the eight treasures.
In the end, there was a deer in front of Lin and a deer behind it. It had the head of a snake and the tail of a fish. It had dragon characters on its back and the mouth of a swallow and the beak of a chicken. It had become a divine item formed by the combination of many birds and beasts. This was the wisdom of the ancients!
After the Qin and Han Dynasties, the status of the dragon had increased day by day, and the dragon had gradually become the symbol of the emperor. The phoenix retreated and became a female. The imperial concubines began to compare phoenixes to phoenixes. The image of phoenixes gradually became androgynous, and the whole thing became " female ". The dragon rose, the phoenix turned into a female!
Why was Long Jiuxiao talking about phoenixes?
First of all, this was an important part of the Chu culture. In the later chapters, there would be stories about dragons and phoenixes. Moreover, how could Long Jiuxiao not be paired with Feng Sanming! The following story would be related to this couplet! This was a foreshadowing.
The Azure Dragon Nine Roars still had the same ambition. He soared into the sky and swallowed the rainbow.
The red phoenix chirped three times, determined as before, flapping its wings and dancing on the dawn.
The Shuo Wen Jie clearly recorded,"Phoenix is a divine bird. The old man said: The image of the phoenix is the front of the Hong, the back of the Lin.(Note that there is some chaos here, I don't understand, in the end is the front of the Hong, the back of the Lin, or the front of the Lin and the back of the Lu?) In any case, no matter how it was arranged, it was a complex body and also a composite body. Snake neck, fish tail, stork throat, mandarin duck, dragon pattern, fish back, swallow chin, chicken beak, five colors.”
The phoenix was a legendary beautiful immortal bird. It was a divine bird, a lucky bird, a noble and holy bird king, and a divine bird that symbolized good luck.
Everyone knew that the totem of the Chinese people was a dragon, while the totem of the ancient Chu State was mainly a phoenix, but there was also a dragon totem. Both.
Only by understanding the Chu culture and the Phoenix culture could one talk about gold and gold!
Why did the Chu people respect the phoenix?
Firstly, it was related to the "flying phoenix" of Feng Shui.
We can clearly see from the satellite positioning map: The Jing Mountain Range was like a flying phoenix! The dragon vein was a phoenix, how could they not respect it?
Secondly, the phoenix was not only a divine bird, but also the symbol of the Chu clan and the dignity of the Chu country.
The Chu people worshiped phoenixes, which was derived from the primitive belief of their ancestors worshiping the sun and worshiping phoenixes. It had a long history of more than 7,000 years, and there was evidence and cultural relics to verify its history.
In the myths, literature, and art works of the Chu people, the phoenix was the most common theme. It was an undeniable fact that phoenixes could be seen everywhere.
In the remains of the Chu culture, the influence of the Chu people respecting the phoenix had permeated into various fields. There were a large number of patterns with human heads, snake bodies, and human heads and bird bodies. This was the origin of the ancestors of the Chu State who experienced the worship of birds and the respect of phoenixes, and thus opened the origin of the "dragon and phoenix auspicious" culture in our country's legendary culture.
For example, in the cultural relics of the Chu State, there were countless images, embroidered statues, characters, and statues of phoenixes. The embroidery patterns on the clothes of the Chu people were also mainly based on phoenixes.
Among the various cultural relics unearthed in Chu, phoenix-themed images could be seen everywhere.
Among them, lacquer wood and silk were the most prominent. In 1949, the "Painting of Dragon and Phoenix on Silk" was unearthed in the ancient tomb of the Chen Family in Changsha. There was a pattern of a phoenix. The painting was made of brown silk. On the upper left of the painting, there was a dragon flying straight and a phoenix spreading its wings.
From 1963 to 1964, the Tiger Phoenix Drum was unearthed in the Chu Tomb of Gebei Temple in Jiangling, Hubei Province.
Later on, in successive archaeological discoveries, this kind of tiger phoenix drum also appeared frequently. The phoenix had become a symbol!
In addition, the painting pattern of the Chu State's colored stone chimes unearthed in 1973 also used phoenixes as the theme.
In Yun County, Shiyan City, Hubei Province, since the ninth year of Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty (1883), you can see the Phoenix Lantern, which uses phoenix as a model prop, dancing in Yun Mountain and Han River.
In "The Book of Chu's Heavenly Questions", when describing the birth of Yin Zuqi, it also said: "Jian Di is on the stage, what good is Ku?”
In Li Sao, it was said,"Looking at the Yao Tai, I saw the lost daughter of the female Rong…Since the Phoenix has been given to me, I am afraid of the high Xin."”
These two records were written by the patriotic poet Qu Yuan. They described the same thing. One used the word "Xuan Niao" and the other used the word "Phoenix Emperor". It could be seen that "Xuan Niao" was "Phoenix Emperor". The two could be exchanged.
Third, the phoenix was the totem of the Chu people.
The phoenix was the totem of the Chu people. And it had a long history!
The ancestor of the Chu people, Zhurong, was the God of Fire and the God of Thunder. Zhurong's essence is a bird, and Li is a phoenix.”
"Bian Ya Jiang Niao" annotation said: "Phoenix is also."
It could be seen that Zhurong was also the embodiment of the Phoenix. The people of Chu paid attention to the totem of the phoenix.
Chu Renzun Feng worshiping his ancestors was a very valuable spiritual model.
The Chinese had many totems, such as the Bear Totem, Tiger Totem, Wolf Totem, Sheep Totem, Fish Totem, Phoenix Totem, Dragon Totem.
The Chu people worshiped the phoenix on the basis of the Chu people's integration of the Central Plains 'phoenix culture. They evolved and upgraded it, and gave the phoenix a new cultural meaning, making it more local.
Fourth, the formation of the Fire Phoenix.
During the Warring States Period, the concept of the Four Symbols was connected with the theory of the Five Elements, and some new ideas and concepts were produced.
According to the theory of the five elements, the five directions corresponded to the five elements. The south corresponded to fire, and the south corresponded to fire. The Vermilion Bird was in charge of the south. The result of combining the two was that the phoenix and the fire were connected.
Therefore, the Chu State's ideologist, Gui Guanzi, once said in "Gui Guanzi Du Wan":"The phoenix is the quail fire bird, the essence of yang.”Thus, the concept of the " fire phoenix " was formed in this way. It became a complete story!
There was also a story about the Fire Phoenix:
Jingzhou was the birthplace of Chu culture. It was said that there was a year of great floods in the ancient Chu Country. It rained continuously for three months without seeing the sun. The entire country became a country of rivers and lakes, and the common people were miserable.
For this reason, the king of Chu set up an altar to worship the sun and pray for the sun to come out soon.
Unexpectedly, the evil black dragon continued to rain. The king of Chu had to order the warriors of the world to crusade against the evil black dragon, but they were all defeated and eaten by the black dragon.
One of the strategists said that there was a Phoenix Mountain in the east of Chu State. There was a divine bird on the mountain called the Fire Phoenix.
Therefore, the King of Chu and his advisors asked the Fire Phoenix to eliminate the demons and devils in the human world. The Fire Phoenix was obliged to go and eliminate the demons. The Fire Phoenix and the Black Dragon fought for 49 days without a winner. At the critical moment, the Fire Phoenix had to sacrifice herself and burn her heart to fight with the Black Dragon. In the end, the Fire Phoenix and the Black Dragon turned into ashes at the same time. Suddenly, the world regained its light.
In order to commemorate the Fire Phoenix, the people of Chu built a Fire Phoenix Altar on Phoenix Mountain.
This was the origin of the Fire Phoenix!
According to historical records, the Chu people's " respect for phoenixes " prevailed during the Warring States Period.
In history, the Chu people not only respected phoenixes but also dragons. It was both, tolerant and broad!
Fifth, the influence of the phoenix on the Chu people!
Lin, Phoenix, Turtle, and Dragon were the Four Spirits. The belief in the Four Spirits evolved from totem worship.
Confucians gave a political or ethical explanation to the divinity of the four spirits. They believed that the kylin was trustworthy, the phoenix knew how to govern chaos, the tortoise foretold good or bad luck, and the dragon could change.”(Book of Rites, Book of Rites)
Therefore, phoenixes were regarded as a sign of the country's fate.
Confucius once said," If the phoenix doesn't come, the river will be empty, and I will be done with it." Similarly, he regarded the appearance and hiding of the phoenix as a symbol of the good or bad luck of the country. These ideas had a great impact on the people of Chu.
Sixth, compare virtue with phoenix
The Confucianists believed that jade was the most beautiful of all.”Therefore, Confucius also proposed the ethical preaching of comparing jade with virtue.
In the ancient times, the most common objects of virtue were jade and phoenix. For quite a long time,"jade" and "phoenix" became the theme of songs.
With the spread of Confucianism to the south, the Chu people began to attach importance to the phoenix and its culture. They also began to use the "moral comparison" thinking to connect the phoenix with morality.
It was said that before the Spring and Autumn Period, Confucius went south to the State of Chu. When Chu Kuang was in Jieyu, he said to Confucius,"Phoenix, phoenix, what kind of decline is this?" He had already connected the phoenix with virtue.
The Classic of Mountains and Seas, which was written by the Chu people at the end of the Warring States Period, also used the patterns of the feathers on the five parts of the phoenix's body to compare the so-called "Five Virtues."
The Classic of Mountains and Seas mentioned," The phoenix's first words are virtue, its wings are righteousness, its chest is benevolence, its back is propriety, and its belly is faith.”
The way of thinking of comparing jade to virtue and phoenix to virtue had formed the atmosphere of a gentleman wearing jade.
Seventh, Chu people respecting phoenixes was a need for Chu's political expansion.
The Chu people's origin was not one, but multiple. This was the so-called tolerance and integration!
Chu was a country with a different surname from the Zhou Dynasty. From the very beginning, it had been discriminated against by the Zhou Emperor. Moreover, the envoys from the Central Plains were all arrogant and unreasonable.
Even during the Vassal Alliance Meeting, the Chu Country Alliance didn't have the right to participate. At the World Alliance Meeting, there was no place to sit. Let's talk about what we said today: " Weak countries have no diplomacy."
He didn't even leave a seat for Xiong Yi.
What's so great about you? This would definitely infuriate the Chu Country's head of state, infuriate the Chu Country's people, and make them determined to fight against the Zhou royal family and the various vassals of the Central Plains. Where was the oppression? Where…
In order to expand their territory in the future, the people of Chu had to change their traditional mindset. Thus, the social foundation of Chu people respecting phoenixes appeared.
During the process of moving eastward, the art of Chu State merged with the art of the multi-ethnic people, and was reborn.
The Zhou royal family respected the dragon, while the Chu people did the opposite. They insisted on absorbing the spirit of the ancient aliens who also followed the phoenix's worship and called themselves the Phoenix. He also described his distant ancestor, Zhurong, as the incarnation of the phoenix and the official of all birds as a political means to assimilate the relationship between the multi-ethnic groups. This was the political need of the Chu Renzun Phoenix.
The people of the ancient Chu State were also very smart. They knew how to make a name for themselves, how to integrate and master, and how to use him for themselves. In the end, they completed their graduation.
Chong Feng of Chu, the golden pheasant we are seeing now should be the original form of the phoenix turning into jade!
One of Long Jiuxiao's middle school classmates even asked if there were any golden pheasants. "They are protected animals. However, there are toads and bullfrogs. Is that possible?”Long Jiuxiao answered.
Back then, the original gemstone of the Heshi jade was obtained because there was a treasure where the phoenix landed.
The phoenix was reborn from the ashes.
When he was still studying, Long Jiuxiao's favorite phrase was: " Phoenix's Nirvana, Rebirth from Ashes!"
In the legends, there was a pair of very famous divine birds in Tianfang Country. The male was a phoenix, and the female was a phoenix.
After reaching the age of 500, at the end of his life, he would gather incense wood and set it on fire. Then, he would be reborn from the dead ashes. From then on, he would be exceptionally delicious and no longer die.
Long Jiuxiao saw the play: "
When the Phoenix reached its end, it gathered the branches of the parasol tree to burn itself and was reborn in the fire. After rebirth, its feathers became more abundant, its voice clearer, and its spirit more profound.
On the majestic black mountain, the full-color laser lights projected a time tunnel that was several kilometers long and clouds that filled the sky. 3D flames that were ten meters tall spewed out from the top of the mountain and merged with the waterfall. In the blend of water and fire, phoenixes sang and phoenixes played chords. Thus, a myth from 500 years ago, a beautiful legend passed down through the ages, was played out. It was very exciting and very good to watch!
In the legends, phoenixes were the messengers of happiness in the world. Every five hundred years, it would bear all the unhappiness and hatred accumulated in the world, throw itself into the raging fire, and burn itself to death, exchanging its life and beauty for the peace and happiness of the world.
" Phoenix's Nirvana, Rebirth from Ashes!"
The phoenix had gone through the torment and test of the raging fire and was reborn in the raging fire, giving birth to a new life.
A person could only have a new appearance under the power of persistence and faith.
The phoenix experienced the torment of the fire and the test of pain, and was reborn. And in the rebirth, it reached a higher level. This was called the Phoenix Nirvana. This cycle repeated itself for eternity!
This allusion implied the persistence of not fearing pain, not turning back, constantly pursuing, constantly improving, constantly perfecting, and improving oneself.
Here, Long Jiuxiao wrote a poem for 'Phoenix's Rebirth:
Phoenix Nirvana
Nine days to travel around the Phoenix Terrace, immortal tour Jiuzhou,
The sweet spring water is gone, and the sycamore tree is withered and chirping.
Fragrant wood mouth two phoenix fly, sad song when singing phoenix sound leisurely.
The phoenix pecked at the incense wood and lit the fire, and the phoenix fan burned with sparks and thick smoke.
Smoke spread out, colorful wings long, fire dazzled around the eight poles.
Feng Wu lowered her voice and cried. Phoenix Song's Tragic Redwood Night!
For five hundred years, tears fell like a waterfall, and for five hundred years, voices never stopped.
On the Phoenix Platform, I recall playing the flute, and on the Phoenix Platform, the phoenix swam.
Phoenix ceremony totem worship the emperor, phoenix gathered in the phoenix court hanging Hongyou.
Kunshan jade broken phoenix sigh, phoenix left Taiwan empty river flow.
There is a reason why the people of Chu worship phoenixes.
The phoenix was reborn in the fire, washing away the worries of the soldiers.
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