Tomb of Yiyin

Yiyin tomb is located three kilometers south of Gushu Town, Yucheng County, Shangqiu City. It is 3 meters high and 50 meters long, surrounded by ancient cypresses. It is said that as the first civilian prime minister and the "ancestor of cooking" in Chinese history, Yiyin's tomb has always had a tomb but no tree in order to show his "same as the people". It is said that after the death of Wei Zheng, the first Prime Minister of the Tang Dynasty, Cheng Yaojin, who had the same brotherhood with Wei Zheng, was so sad that he took people to plant trees in front of Wei Zheng's tomb overnight to commemorate his death. Due to the high moon and dark sky, the party went to the wrong place and planted the tree dedicated to Wei Zheng around the adjacent Tomb of Yiyin. After daybreak, people found that these trees had to be made in a disorderly way. Up to now, there are countless cypress trees around Yiyin's tomb.

Tomb of Yiyin

Yiyin tomb is located in the north of weidui village, 22 kilometers southwest of Yucheng County, Shangqiu City, Henan Province. It was built more than 3500 years ago and buried Yiyin, the Prime Minister of the Shang Dynasty. In the old days, it covered an area of tens of mu, with a height of 3 meters and a circumference of 50 meters, surrounded by ancient cypresses. Ancient cypress has a history of more than 1400 years, and its largest diameter is more than 3 meters. In front of the tomb, there is a Yiyin temple, with its statue inside, which has been repaired in the past dynasties.

"Shiji · yinbenji" says: "when Emperor woding died, Yiyin was buried in Bo." This is the square territory of ancient Bo.

In 1978, pottery pieces from the Shang, Zhou and Han Dynasties were unearthed in the west of the tomb.

Documentation

Historical records

According to Tongjian waiji, Yi Yin was born in kongsang and died in Nanbo.

"Lu's spring and Autumn Annals" records: "Yiyin died and was buried in Nanbo.".

"Shiji · yinbenji" says: "when Emperor woding died, Yiyin was buried in Bo."

"Songzhou political records" contains: "Yiyin tomb, in Gushu Town, there is a temple."

Both the records of the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty contain: "the tomb of Yiyin is 40 Li southeast of Shangqiu County. According to historical records, Yi Yin was buried in Bo, that is to say

According to guide Fu Zhi, "the tomb of Yiyin is located in Wuli, south of Gushu Town, which is the ancient ruins of Bo."

According to the general annals of Henan Province, the tomb of Shang Yiyin is located at Wuli in the south of guide city

According to Shangqiu County annals, "Yi Yin died at the age of 100, and Emperor woding was buried in Bo with rites, which is also the place."

Inscriptions

According to a brief account of rebuilding Yiyin hall, "the old county in the south of Gushu, that is, the ancient Bo ruins, has more than mu of tombs. It has been called Yizhong in the world. In front of the tombs, a temple was built and its image was set up."

Sacrifice for later generations

Every year, on the second day of February and the ninth day of September in the lunar calendar, there are ancient gatherings at Yiyin's tomb in Yucheng County, Shangqiu. The ancient gatherings are a great event for Yiyin's tomb. On the day of the ancient gatherings, villagers from neighboring Anhui, Shandong and Jiangsu come to visit Yiyin's tomb in Yucheng. There has been a custom since ancient times among the people who tread on tombs: plucking grass and plucking roots - plucking roots gives birth to Ni, plucking grass gives birth to Xiao. The newly married men and women came to the tomb. They held the Loess in their hands, scattered it on the tomb of Yiyin, and then raked the grass beside the tomb. If a woman grasps the grass, she will have a baby. If she grasps the root, she will have a baby. Paying homage to the tomb is the business of the family. That is to say, on the auspicious day of the meeting, the head of the family goes to Yiyin's tomb to kowtow and kneel down, praying that Yiyin, the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty, will bless the whole family for their safety, health and good weather.

Anecdotes

Cheng Yaojin planted trees

It is said that Yiyin, as the first civilian prime minister and "ancestor of cooking" in Chinese history, has always been surrounded by a tomb without trees in order to show his motto of "being the same as the people". Speaking of these cypress forests, there is an interesting story among the people. At the end of the Sui Dynasty, an uprising team gathered in Wagang village, led by a group of brothers, the eldest Wei Zheng, the second Qin Qiong, the third Xu MaoGong and the fourth Cheng Yaojin. They went to Li Shimin, the king of Tang Dynasty. Li Shimin was courteous and courteous. He liked talents and loved generals. He took Wei Zheng as his mirror and made Qin Qiong and Cheng Yaojin marshals and generals. Unexpectedly, Wei Zheng died early. After his death, he was buried near weidui village. Later, when Luo Tong swept north, Cheng Yaojin was ordered to escort grain and grass. When he passed by, he remembered that his elder brother Wei Zheng's tomb was here, so he went to the grave to worship him. He moved a large area of cypress trees from nearby and planted thousands of them overnight. So there was a local saying that "there are countless cypress trees in Yiyin's tomb". In fact, Wei Zheng's tomb is not far from here, just a hundred meters to the east of Yiyin's tomb. If it had not been for planting trees at night, Cheng Yaojin might not have been able to plant them here. This is the origin of the famous Luo Hanbai.

Folklore

Near the tomb of Yiyin, there is a legend among the villagers of shiliba village

There is a filial son near weidui village. His mother is dying of an incurable disease.

In order to be filial before his mother died, he went to the street to buy Shaobing. When he passed Yiyin temple, he went to Yiyin's tomb to pray for his mother's safety.

When he was ready to leave after the worship, he found that after the heavy rain, Yi Yin's tombstone tilted a little, so he quickly reached for the right. The pancake in his hand just rubs against the stele, making a red spark.

After returning home, his mother ate Shaobing, and her illness improved.

More and more people know about it. After that, anyone in his family who suffered from complicated diseases would buy a steamed bun or baked cake and rub it on the tombstone of Yiyin.

Now, from time to time, someone rubs the tombstone with steamed bread or pancakes. After thousands of years, the words on the tombstone have been worn away.

Like the rubbings, there is also a kind of grass with delicate branches and leaves and fluff growing on the tomb of Yiyin. It is said that married women take off the leaves of grass to boil water and take them to give birth to boys; they boil water with grass roots and take them to give birth to girls.

Every year during the temple fair on the eighth day of the fourth lunar month, countless people come here to ask for tomb grass.

Introduction to Yiyin

As the founder of the Shang Dynasty, Yiyin was respected as aheng (Prime Minister). After the death of Shang Tang, Yi Yin Li Fu Wai Bing, Zhong Ren, and Tai Jia. After his death, he was buried in the vicinity of bodu by wading. In the old days, the cemetery covered an area of tens of mu. There was a temple in front of the tomb, and its statue was molded inside and repaired in the past dynasties.

Before Yiyin became an official, he "ploughed in the field of plenty". According to Mencius wanzhangshang, the ruins of Youshen are located in weigudui village, Dianji Township, Yucheng County, Shangqiu City, Henan Province.

Yi Yinchu was a cook servant of King Xin and later a cook. He was clever and studious, diligent and used to analyze and explore things. Later, he became a teacher with the daughter of King Xin. When he was a cook, he saw that it was difficult for people to swallow the leaves and roots of Chinese herbal medicine, so he used pottery to fry herbal medicine soup to help people treat their diseases. According to the book of traditional Chinese medicine, Yiyin Shichuang Decoction of Shang Dynasty has obvious curative effect, convenient to take, and can reduce the toxic and side effects of drugs Since then, it has become a commonly used dosage form of traditional Chinese medicine, which has been widely used and continues to this day. Therefore, Yiyin is regarded as the "ancestor of cooking", and there are still inscriptions of ancestor worship in cooks all over the world.

The king of Shang Tang heard that Yiyin had talent and hired him with coins, while the king of Xin kept him. Shang Tang proposed to King Youxin again. The daughter of King Youxin married King Shangtang, and Yiyin went to King Shangtang as a dowry. Later, when Yi Yin saw that Xia Jie, the king of the Xia Dynasty, was very cruel and the people were in dire straits, he used the principle of "cooking soup" to persuade the king of Shang Tang to save the people. King Tang of Shang Dynasty saw that Yiyin had great talent and was proficient in the way of governing the country, so he took Yiyin as the government. Yiyin assisted Shang Tang to fight south and North, overthrew Xia Jie Dynasty, established Shang Dynasty, and established Shang capital in Gushu town. Yi Yin also assisted

Shang Tang "made money, made rites and music, offered orders and moved nine tripods to Shang capital". To make money is to facilitate people's material trade; to make rites and music is to make national rites and music so as to make the whole country civilized and orderly; to make sacrifice order is to make national laws and regulations, punish bad people, make rulers clean and love people, and make the masses live and work in peace and contentment. After the death of Shang Tang King, Yiyin assisted Wai Bing, Zhong Ren, Tai Jia and woding, and assisted five emperors. When wading was emperor, Yiin died at the age of 100. Yiyin devoted all his life to the country and the people, and was buried in Nanbo, the capital city, by Emperor wading. King Tang of Shang Dynasty called Yiyin "Yuansheng", which means Yiyin is the most noble and greatest sage. On the stone tablet in front of Yiyin's tomb at the weidui site, there is still the inscription "Shang Yuan holy tomb".

Address: three kilometers south of Gushu Town, Yucheng County, Shangqiu City, Henan Province

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