Cut the mountain to save my mother

It's said that in order to save her mother, Chen Xiang found the wrong mountain, cut it in half, found that she had been cheated, and threw the axe beside her, forming this scene.

Cut the mountain to save my mother

As an extension of Erlang's water control legend, pitching mountains to save mother is not as recorded in the local chronicles of historians as other myths and legends of Erlang God. It is only found in the novels or scrolls of the ancients. There is Erlang's scroll now

12 kinds of Taoist books

"Journey to the west" and "three collections of the Tang Dynasty's journey to the west"

And so on recorded the myth that Erlang God split Taoshan to rescue his mother.

There are also myths and legends that aloes split Huashan to save their mother.

Note: Erlang God has no sister in ancient books and records. Sansheng's mother belongs to the Huayue God family, and her father and brother should be the Huayue God jintianwang and Huayue Sanlang

Mythological image

In the popular folk story of "Erlang cleaves the mountain to save his mother", Erlang is a child. On the one hand, he is the only son born by the combination of Yunhua girl from bullfight palace and Yang Tianyou, the golden boy. On the other hand, he is the only son born by the combination of the third princess of the Jade Emperor and Yang Tianyou, the lower world. The legend of Erlang God splitting the mountain to save his mother comes from folklore. It reveals the human nature behind the divinity of Erlang God, and draws close to the common people in the world. It is stained with the color of filial piety and respect for relatives, and has more human nature. However, this myth is not as important as other myths and legends of Erlang God (Erlang River)

Erlang catches the Dragon

And Erlang killed Jiao

To catch up with the sun

Search the mountain to subdue the devil

）The records in local chronicles of historians can only be found in the novels or volumes of the ancients.

The origin of myth

Erlang God saves his mother

Erlang split the mountain from Erlang Li Bing and his son to control the water. According to the inscription of Guangying Huiwang and his son written by fan chuanzheng of Tang Dynasty: "since Qin and Han Dynasties, there are thousands of sacrifices. Wei Wang and his son, Shu Jing is the shelter. The river originates from Shu, and Wang chisels its resistance. In the aftermath of Shu irrigation, Jue Shi Nai Pu was the king

The painting of deyuzhai by Li Luo of Song Dynasty: the son of Li Bing, the governor of Qin and Shu, who opened the two rivers and made water monsters, the people of Shu were virtuous, and their ancestral temple was at Guankou, the so-called Guankou Erlang. It's a capital of style and dignity. However, he wandered along the two rivers with a bomb and became a temple food. In the Song Dynasty, Erlang split the mountain, but it was for water control and diversion. Fan Chengda's Chongde temple in the Song Dynasty said, "the south wind of the snow mountain melts the snow juice and turns it into the water of the Minjiang River. I don't know how many new paintings are going up, but I feel like wanlei is running in front of the building. Heaven teaches this water to enter China, and the two mountains are separated. My family Changchuan to the sea, but in the source of wine. How many shoes in life to do this service, such as travel, God should be. East back to the short time, yesterday already has, tomorrow. Day ship I drum urge. The beach is flat and the days are thousands of miles away. It has been a dream that perches are like snow. Looking back at the red maple cable, the floating clouds on the jade base are safe. " (Note: Chongde temple is the name of Erwang temple in Song Dynasty The Chongde temple outside the city of Yongkang army on Shu Road is the ancestral hall of Li Taishou and his son Jiangxiang people are also called "Guankou Erlang" in the ancestral temple today. They say: "every time you sacrifice, you can cook a mutton." Fan Chengda's another poem, Ji Dui Xing: "the mountain is hard, the stone is hard, the tiger is lying, and the axe is chiseled through the scales. Tanyuan oil dare not spit, under the Dragon lock. Since the diversion of water into Shimen, Xizhou rice such as HuangYun. In the spring and Autumn period, he cut down the roots of Cang tobacco. I used to be an official counsellor, but every year I've stimulated the water of the Xijiang River. No matter how much money you have, you can see the silkworm market with silk pipes. Section of the door must be sprinkled qingzun, pepper pulp GUI wine cut mutton meat. If you want to say a word, God will not hear it. He will love the sheep like a lover. " In Song Dynasty, the two poems about Erlang and Li Bing's father and son's flood control recorded the traces of PI (CHOP) and ax.

In Song Dynasty, Erlang God had nothing to do with Mulian's saving his mother. It just appeared in the same book "records of Menghua in Tokyo". In song and Yuan Dynasties, Erlang's splitting mountains and Mulian's saving his mother were two independent stories, which had no intersection. As a god worshipped by Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism, Erlang God was absorbed into Taoism in the end of Song Dynasty, and became the protector of Buddhism in Yuan Dynasty On the 24th birthday: it is six days late for Meng Qiu to exercise the power of the White Emperor; in the middle of the Xia Dynasty, the Holy Spirit of Qingyuan was born in jiuxiao. The change of land and the balance of power will last for a long time. Gongwei Qingyuan Zhenjun, xiuchu Xiandong, Weizhen Lingguan. Breaking the waves to make up demons shows the hand of killing the dragon; insinuation shows the skill of chopping mirage. Zuo Taishan's life and death department, In the Ming Dynasty, Buddhism intensified its propaganda. Buddhists linked the plot of Erlang splitting the mountain and Erlang shouldering the mountain, and wrote a complete Erlang scroll of the legend of splitting the mountain and rescuing his mother in imitation of the Sutra. At the end of Erlang scroll, it was clearly stated that Erlang rescuing his mother imitated Mulian rescuing his mother. The original text read: "Erlang rescuing his mother, visiting the master of Mulian, the Buddha of Lingshan, seeking advice from the West Blood basin Sutra, prison tour to save my mother, nine ring stick, loud, Youming sect leader, ten emperor Yanjun, eighteen prison king, seventy-five division, cuifu Zhenjun, all come to meet, I Buddha to prison, what sound, Mulian said, I come to prison tour to save my mother, prison Master heard, lead forward, prison swim, came to Naihe bridge, mother called, save me, Mulian forward, holy meal one Bowl, eat in the belly, turn into ash charcoal, lotus Huasheng, eighteen hell, seventy-five division, hang me, Mahayana name, later men and women, early out of the nether world. "Erlang Baojuan contains the doctrinal thought of the retribution of good and evil in Buddhism," the retribution of Yin, the retribution of Yang, and the retribution of this life and the afterlife. If you want to stop being vicious, the sky will prove it. Good deeds should be done in one's life, and those who cheat are loyal. It's better to be good with the heart of the public. If the emperor does not live up to his conscience, he will follow it in secret, and it will be the same everywhere. " "There is no way to deal with happiness and disaster. You should be self-conscious. The rewards of good and evil follow you like a shadow. Don't despise them. Admonish all good people and follow them." "Don't say that there is no God in the air. Try your best to commit crimes without conscience. If there is no retribution for good and evil, it will come as a bolt from the blue "I'm the one who does good and does evil. I'm the one who does good and evil. Good and evil in one's heart depend on one's own. We advise the public to wake up and do good deeds. Good deeds and evil deeds rest and chant scriptures, while Taoists sing and hang golden locks. " The main purpose is "to leave the world behind, to persuade good people and to understand the mind of Buddha." The essence of Erlang God's saving his mother from the mountain is the story of preaching scriptures. Erlang saves his mother, Wenchang saves his mother, and Guanyin saves his father. Both of them are religious disciples who make up life stories for gods in order to publicize their doctrines.

The prototype of Erlang's mother is the story of mujiezhu, the third princess of Qiang's heavenly father. It combines muqianlian, who was introduced into China in the Han Dynasty, to save his mother. In Erlang's scroll, "Mount Tai cracked and a lamp appeared on the bottom of the sea. "Taishan is Taishan, and Taishan reflects hell. This concept was introduced when Buddhism was preached to China in the Han Dynasty. At the end of the scroll, it is also pointed out that the story of visiting muqianlian to save his mother. Mujiezhu, the mother goddess of Qiang nationality, is the princess of her father. She has three sisters in her family. The eldest sister married the Dragon King, the second sister married the God, and the third sister gave birth to the Qiang ancestors. All over the country, the opera "the third sister comes down to earth" (the third sister is Erlang's mother). Erlang's mother is the third princess of the Jade Emperor and has three sisters. Corresponding to Erlang Baojuan, Erlang's mother and her family are also three sisters, the goddess of three flowers gathering at the top. In many Han operas, such as the third sister's coming down to earth, the jade emperor has three daughters. The eldest princess married Aoguang, the second princess married Tianwang, and the third princess gave birth to Erlang, which is exactly the same as the three sisters of Mu Jiezhu. Yang Erlang, the god worshipped by the di Qiang people, is widely worshipped by the Qiang people in Shaanxi, Gansu and Sichuan. Influenced by Qiang mythology, Erlang mythology produced Erlang's mother, the third princess of the Jade Emperor, whose prototype is mu Jie Zhu. That's why Erlang God was regarded as the leader of Sichuan, where Diqiang people gathered. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the Jade Emperor's genealogy was perfected because of the spread of Yang Erlang's story.

Chenxiang saves her mother

In 1957, the book Dong Yong's collection of Chenxiang (edited by Du Yingtao) quoted the precious volume "complete biography of Chenxiang Prince" as saying that Liu Xiang, a scholar of the Han Dynasty, passed the Huashan temple and wrote a poem to tease the temple God huanue Sanniang, who was angry and wanted to kill him. The Jade Emperor sent Taibai Jinxing to tell Liu that she was married to Liu for three nights. Sanniang was a big house waiting for Liu Yutu. When Liu lodges, he is forced to marry. Three nights have passed, three niangs tell the truth. Liu presented a piece of aloes as a farewell gift. He said that he would give birth to a son in the future. Sanniang also presented Liu with three treasures, such as night pearl and glass cup. When Liu came to Beijing, the examination period was over. Fang wanted to offer a treasure to invite an official, but he was coveted by a traitor. He robbed his three treasures, falsely accused him of stealing his name, bound him to the court, and was about to be executed. Sanniang knew about it, so she made a decree that the punishment could not be lifted, so that Liu's injustice was finally vindicated. "Treasure, articles, together to the emperor", awarded Yangzhou Prefecture patrol, "take office.". Sanniang was in Huashan for the birthday of the queen mother, and all the immortals went to the peach party to celebrate her birthday. Sanniang was pregnant and did not take care of her illness. His elder brother got the truth, but he was angry and put it in the underground cave. Sanniang gave birth to a son in the cave and named it Chenxiang. She sent yecha to Yangzhou to recognize her father. At that time, Liu married Wang and gave birth to qiu'er, who was brought up together and enrolled in school. Students have Qin Prime Minister Zi Guanbao, chide Chenxiang for no wife, Chenxiang, Qiu Er angry, with killed Guanbao. Wang pleaded guilty to qiu'er's imprisonment, and let Chenxiang escape to save his mother. After many twists and turns, Chenxiang finally arrived at Huashan. She met with he Xiangu, who gave her immortal Dharma and stole Xuanhua axe from the cave, and fought with her uncle in Huashan. Change is easy to form, and each shows his magic power. When the immortals came to rescue Chenxiang, they also got the help of the gods. The immortals fought together, and the victory was not divided. The Jade Emperor was the imperial edict of Taibai and Jinxing, and the lower bound agreed with the two families and ordered them to withdraw their troops. Because of the axe to cut Huashan, Chenxiang rescued her mother, reunited her mother and son, and was granted the title of immortal by the Jade Emperor. After returning home, Chenxiang rescued qiu'er in the Dharma, "Liu Xiang played the emperor of Ming Dynasty", and the emperor granted Chenxiang the title of "Prince", so Chenxiang is also known as "Prince of Chenxiang".

Chenxiang story, seen in the libretto Guci, similar, slightly like the above, only

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