Ding Lingwei

Ding Lingwei

Ding Lingwei is an ancient immortal worshipped by Taoism in China. According to the records in Volume 1 of xiaoyaoxujing, he was a native of Liaodong County in the Western Han Dynasty. He studied Taoism in lingxu mountain. After becoming an immortal, he turned into a crane. He flew back to his hometown and stood on a Chinese watch, singing aloud: "there are birds and birds, Ding Lingwei. He has gone home for thousands of years, and now he comes and returns. The city is as old as before. People are not happy. Why don't he learn from the immortal Tombs. In order to warn the world. Later generations often use this code.

Myths and legends

"SouShen Houji" Volume I: "Ding Lingwei, born in the east of Liao Dynasty, studied Taoism in lingxu mountain, later turned crane back to Liao, and gathered Huabiao pillars at the gate of the city. When a young man raised his bow to shoot it, the crane flew and wandered in the air, saying, "there are birds, there are birds, Ding Lingwei. He has gone to his home for a thousand years, and now he will return home. The city is as old as before, and the people are not. Why don't he learn from the immortals? There are so many tombs!" So he went up to heaven. " According to Ding Ling, it was often used by CI poets in Tang and Song Dynasties, and has been handed down till now.

Related historical records

Gan Bao, a famous historian in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, completed the highest achievement of Chinese Ghost Novels: the story of searching for gods. Later, Tao Yuanming, a great pastoral poet who refused to bow down for five Dou of rice, continued to write the story of searching for gods. The legend of "Ding Lingwei" is contained in the postscript to SouShen, which is the first of nearly 120 legends in ten volumes of the book, and even the most popular "Peach Blossom Land" is behind it.

Li Bai

Li Bai, the greatest Romantic poet in ancient China, wrote in his poem "reply to Ding Shiba after getting drunk and ridicule Yu Chui for breaking the Yellow Crane Tower". He said: the Yellow Crane Tower has been broken, and the Yellow Crane immortal has nothing to rely on. The Yellow Crane went to heaven to sue the Jade Emperor, but let the Yellow Crane return to the south of the Yangtze River. The new picture of the powder wall is still beautiful. One state laughs at me as a madman, and teenagers often come to laugh at me. Whose family is under the curtain? Cloud is Ding Lingwei in Liaodong. I was surprised by the poetic tune, and the white clouds flew around the window. When I wake up from the wine of Ming Dynasty, I will find the spring sunshine with you.

Another example is Li Bai's chanting of "Gu who chants ten poems, Ling Xu Shan": Ding Ling's passing away, brushing his clothes to the immortal road. Fu Lian Jiu Dan Cheng, Fang Sui Wu Ren. Pines cover the secluded cave, peaches and apricots are hidden deep. I do not know Zeng Huahe, Liaohai several degrees.

Du Fu

Another example is that Du Fu, the greatest realistic poet in ancient China, chanted in his poem "accompany Li qisima to build a bamboo bridge on the Zaojiang River": cutting down bamboo is the bridge, and the structure is the same, but clean clothes are not connected. The white crane returns to the surface of China in cold weather, and the green dragon sees the water at sunset. I'm not the guest of the title, but I know that you are the one who has made contribution to Jichuan. He Guan laughs at the millennium. When will Qushi arrive in Haidong?

Yu Xin

Others, such as Yu Xin (a writer and poet in the northern and Southern Dynasties 1500 years ago), "Taoist fengjunda, immortal Ding Lingwei, boiling Dan here, actually refused to return.";

Ouyang Xiu

Ouyang Xiu's "return" is just the people of he and Chengguo in Liaodong. Who knows the old master of that year;

Wu Wenying

Wu Wenying's "Huabiao Yueming returns to the crane at night, sighing that at that time, Huazhu is so today"; Su Dongpo's "the ancient view has been abandoned for a long time, when will the white crane return?"? I am not Ding Lingwei, a thousand years old;

Du Mu

Du Mu (an outstanding poet in the late Tang Dynasty and known as "Xiao Du") said that "the return of the crane for a thousand years is still hateful, but it is heartless to live in one year.".

Wang Anshi

Wang Anshi, an outstanding statesman, thinker, writer and reformer in the Northern Song Dynasty, said that he had been studying in China that day, but now he missed my appointment with Qinlou, and so on.

known as a model of fidelity to the last Song sovereigns

Jinling post by Wen Tianxiang, an outstanding patriotic poet in Southern Song Dynasty

The grass leaves the palace and turns to the evening light. Where is the solitary cloud wandering!

The scenery of mountains and rivers is the same, but the people of the city are not.

All over the land and I old, old home swallow who fly by. From now on, I will leave Jiangnan Road and turn into a cuckoo with blood.

modern literature

Many modern literati are familiar with him, and even enjoy talking about him.

Lu Xun

Lu Xun introduced him in a brief history of Chinese novels and mentioned that Ding Yehe was Ding Lingwei's successor five hundred years later

He Qifang

The first article He Qifang wrote in his collection of essays in his youth is Ding Lingwei

Zheng Zhenduo

When Zheng Zhenduo was called to Beijing on the eve of the founding of the people's Republic of China, he said to his friends, "when Ding Lingwei returns from the crane, the city is as old as before. In the future, I'd like to rewrite this story. After the return of Huahe, the city looks brand new. "

Wei Junyi

Wei Junyi "sneaked into Beijing" in the winter of 1947. There is a poem that says "Ding Lingwei, who comes back from the crane, looks like a dream with joy and sorrow.".

Zhou Zuoren

Zhou Zuoren had a couplet with Liu Bannong, saying, "I have been your old friend for 16 years, but I still remember the name of Congmao; I have driven the desert for more than 20 days, and I came back to be Ding Lingwei.".

Feature

Allusion: Ding Lingwei returns from the cultivation of immortals, and a young man in white shoots a bird on the Huabiao. Ding Lingwei flew up and sang, "there are cranes and there are cranes. Ding Lingwei has gone to his home for thousands of years. The city is as old as before, and the people are not. Why don't he learn from the immortal Tombs?" Then he left.

Ding Lingwei is an excellent character, which can be said to be loved by everyone.

Ding Lingwei is a good official who loves the people like a son and is bold to do something: in the year of drought, he first thought of his people. In the case of failure of the imperial court, he ignored his own life and death, and was anxious for the people's needs. He made a quick decision to open a warehouse for relief;

Ding Lingwei is a diligent, dedicated and likable immortal: the road of cultivating immortals and learning Taoism is lonely, hard and long. However, Ding Lingwei can stand hardships, stand the test, and finally succeed, and become the leader in the list of Chinese immortals;

Ding Lingwei was an environmentalist more than 2000 years ago: when he was the governor of Liaoyang, he liked and cherished the cranes. The cranes he fed were natural and allowed to come and go. When he was on the verge of death, the cranes came to rescue him. After he became an immortal, he often became a crane himself. It can be said that he had an indissoluble bond with the cranes from generation to generation;

Ding Lingwei also has many talents: Ding Lingwei did not just fall on the Huabiao pillar in his hometown and accidentally sang a song of "birds and birds". In fact, his musical talent is very famous. At the banquet of Queen Mother of the west, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty pointed out in public that "I heard Ding Lingwei's song!" When he was summoned, Ding Lingwei wrote a song: "the moon shines on the Lishan Mountain, and the dew weeps over the flowers. It seems that he was sad for the early rise of the emperor. Up to now, there is a long-lived deer, and when he goes around the hot spring, he looks at the emerald flowers." moreover, the prince Jin blows the Sheng, and he has a very tacit cooperation.

Ding Lingwei is quite human: he has been away from the world of mortals and has been on the rise for thousands of years, but he still has not forgotten his hometown and the people of his hometown. He can still fly to the Huabiao pillar of his hometown and express the feeling that "the city is as old as before and the people are not.".

Ding Lingwei and his stories have become classics in Chinese culture, and they have an unshakable existence in many fields.

Ding Lingwei is an outstanding representative of Chinese mythological figures in the north of China. In the collection of Chinese mythological figures compiled by lilac enigma, Ding Lingwei is not only as famous as "Eight Immortals, longevity, seven immortals, erlangshen", which is well known to women and children, but also on the list of Chinese elites such as "Yao, Yu, Xuanyuan, Cangjie".

Among the literary and historical allusions in China, Ding Lingwei's stories are full of allusions. Among them, "Millennium table", "Chengguo people", "Ding Lingwei", "Liaodong Crane", "thousands of years away from home", and even "birds and birds" are quoted everywhere, which can be regarded as a wonderful work in the field of literature and history.

Religious influence

Ding Lingwei is also very famous in the field of Chinese religion. For example, in the third volume of Chinese Taoism, it is recorded that the content of "marry a daughter in Songyue" is not about marry a daughter in Songyue, but about the banquet of King Mu of Zhou Dynasty and Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty. During the banquet, "Magu plays the piano, Xie naturally strikes the building, Ding Lingwei sings, and the prince Jin blows the Sheng". It can be seen that Ding Lingwei is no longer an ordinary person who gets the way, but a guest of the fairy leader Queen Mother Xi. In the fourth volume of "Taoist poetry", it is recorded that "eight trigrams represent eight directions, and there are sixteen changes of words after two weeks of rotation. The last two songs are adapted from Ding Lingwei's songs of Jin Dynasty to show that the first generation (500 years is the first generation) ended and the second generation returned. "It can be seen that Ding Lingwei's song of" returning home after a thousand years away "on the Huabiao column in Liaoyang is not an ordinary nostalgic work, but a classic in the treasure house of Taoist poetry. There is also "seven year old child, Ding Lingwei, learn fairy way, return for a thousand years." ——Ding Lingwei has been included in the Three Character Classic of Taoism, which is enough to see the importance and popularity of Ding Lingwei and his stories of gaining the Tao in Taoism.

Tourism impact

In the field of tourism in China, Ding Lingwei has added a lot of color to some scenic spots. For example, in "Qianshan national scenic spot" and "Scenic Guide", it is said that "Xianrentai, named after the legend of Ding Lingwei's return from becoming an immortal crane, is the highest peak of Qianshan." In the introduction to Qianshan Mountain, it is said that "goose head peak, formerly known as huabiaozhu, was accused by the imperial court of using public grain for disaster relief." in the introduction to "Taoist resort Xiyan mountain", it is said that "Xiyan mountain, also known as Taibai Mountain, as early as 2200 years ago in the Western Han Dynasty, Ding Lingwei, a hermit from Eastern Liaoning, was here to practice alchemy, later turned cranes into immortals, and left platforms and other related scenic spots and scenic spots Legend

Liaoyang has a history of 2400 years, and the story of Ding Lingwei has been handed down for 15600 years (Ding Lingwei's own age should be more than 2200 years old), and it has a long history. Ding Lingwei is not only a character who often appears in various literary works of different dynasties, such as Taiping Guangji, biography of new Rangers, Xujin Pingmei, etc., but also leaves many "immortal traces" in the vast land of the north and south of the river, such as Ding Lingwei's house in Suzhou, lingxu mountain in Dangtu, Xianren platform in Anshan, Laihe Pavilion in Zhuji, Xiyan platform, Danjing and Dengyun Jump, Ding Gonghe. In the past, there were "Huabiao Xianyin" in the eight scenic spots of Liaoyang, and then "Huabiao Xianzhuang". In those days, there was "Huabiao Zhu" in qicang Hutong, and today there is Huabiao mountain in qiujiabaozi, east of the city.

Ding Lingwei has strong vitality.

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