Panhu legend

The name of China's national intangible cultural heritage: Panhu legend

Applicant: Luxi County, Hunan Province

Project No.: 1037

Project No.: I-93

Time of publication: 2011 (the third batch)

Category: Folk Literature

Region: Hunan Province

Type: new item

Applicant: Luxi County, Hunan Province

Protection unit: Luxi Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Center

The legend of Panhu

Applicant: Luxi County, Hunan Province

The basic content of Panhu legend is as follows: in ancient times, the king of Gaoxin fought with gourong state, and he was defeated many times. Because the general Wu of gourong state was very powerful, the king of Gaoxin issued a decree, who would get the head of general Wu, make a wife, and reward the land. One day, a dog with a head fell on the hall. This dog is Panhu. Seeing that the meritorious man was a dog, King Gaoxin broke the marriage on the ground that the emperor's daughter could not marry a dog. Xinnu expressed her willingness to carry out the contract. Emperor anger, will Xinnu into the cold palace. Panhu came to carry Xinnu out of the window and came to a cave on a cliff on the West Bank of Yuanshui River in Luxi. Since then, Panhu and Xin had six men and six women, and had their offspring. The legend of Panhu is widely spread in the Miao inhabited areas in Western Hunan and northeast Guizhou, as well as in Southeast China.

Fan Ye's book of the later Han Dynasty is the earliest written version of the legend of Panhu. There are many records in the later historical books and ancient books. From the legend, a large number of legends with Panhu and Xinnu as the core plot and various social contents, as well as ethnic, belief, language, sacrifice, dance, medicine, funeral, customs and other cultural events are gradually derived. In the area of Luxi, there are many geomorphic entities and sacrificial places related to the deeds of Panhu and Xinnu, such as Panhu cave, Panhu temple, xinnvyan, xinnvan, etc.

The legend of Panhu, which originated in the transitional period from matriarchal society to patriarchal society, is rooted in the fishing and hunting economy of Miao ancestors and the soil of primitive agricultural society. It has a long history and is handed down from generation to generation. It is an extremely important material and precious cultural heritage in the treasure house of Chinese Folk Literature (oral literature). Legends and the derived ethnology, religion, linguistics and many other things are of great value to the study of Miao folk customs, history and culture.