In traditional Chinese culture
Folk stories occupy a large position. In many stories
we not only felt the joy of listening to stories
but also felt the traditional culture. Here I have compiled a folk tale about the Bride of the Mountain God for you. Please follow my steps and read about the Bride of the Mountain God.
The fifth day of May every year is the day to offer sacrifices to the mountain gods. This is the busiest time of the year for this small village backed by mountains and water, except for the autumn harvest.
People will put on colorful clothes, carry out big drums that can spread out a quilt, and play noisy and annoying suonas. When the bullock cart carrying the sacrifices passes by the house, They spontaneously joined in, and the team gathered longer and longer, but there was no chaos at all. Instead, as the number of people increased, they became closer and closer. When they came to the mountain that was built in front of a cliff as flat as a knife. When entering the temple, the long queue was as neat as a squirming snake, and the huge mountain temple seemed insignificant in front of it.
After the procession stopped in front of the temple, the old man who was at the front of the procession ran into the temple and informed the mountain god - actually the temple blessing - that people had brought the sacrifices and asked the mountain god. ——Actually, it is still a temple blessing. Can we start offering sacrifices at this time? If the mountain god agrees--if the temple blessing agrees-the old man immediately ran out happily, then turned around and knelt down on the ground with a thud, and kowtowed nine times respectfully. Then he stood up and directed people to carry the sacrifices into the temple.
In the temple, a large open space in front of the mountain god statue that people spent a lot of money to remodel has been thickly covered with several layers of finely woven white mats. People will hold sacrificial meat, The utensils for grains and fresh fruits—zu, beans, bamboo slips, gui, etc.—are arranged in front of the banquet from right to left. After that, it was Wu Zhu's turn to come on stage. In full view of everyone and the statue, he danced for a long time in a circling and whirling dance, until he was completely exhausted and had no strength at all, and he collapsed to the ground.
At the same time, the girl who was chosen as the bride of the mountain god was surrounded by people and walked into the temple. Her figure was completely different from hers and the clothes made of extremely noble materials made her look like a silkworm baby. They were all wrapped up in the same way, with a phoenix crown made of pure gold and studded with pearls on their heads, and their bodies were also covered with a wide variety of valuable jade - all of which were paid for by the entire village. Come.
The girl was either crying - if she was not frightened at this time - or walking up to Wu Zhu with a dull face, so Wu Zhu, who seemed to have died, suddenly returned to his light. As if standing up, he looked at the girl with a look that everyone expected but was extremely afraid of. The old man also asked in cooperation: "The bride is already here. I wonder if the mountain god is satisfied?" Wu Zhu blinked twice. He lowered his eyes, smiled with satisfaction, and nodded.
Then, the crowd burst into cheers.
At this point, the sacrifice in the mountain temple has come to an end. After this, people will return to the village with Wu Zhu and feast all night long, while the girl who is the bride of the mountain god will be locked in the temple and disappear the next morning. People said that she was picked up by the mountain god.
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After an unknown number of years of sleeping, the mountain god was awakened by someone.
He opened his eyes, calmed down for a while, and then crawled out from the crevice of the stone where he was living, slightly stiffly. As soon as he appeared, the person who woke him up - a girl wearing only a thin singlet - shouted: "Ouch! Snake!" As he said that, he waved the wooden stick in his hand. He hit the mountain god on the head with such force that the stick broke.
However, the mountain god withstood this blow without even blinking.
As if nothing had happened, the mountain god twisted his body in an orderly manner and climbed out of the crack in the stone. Then he raised his head high and tried to see the sun through the mottled tree shadows - girl I thought it was about to attack, so I quickly took a few steps back. After maintaining this posture for a while, the mountain god suddenly opened his mouth and took a deep breath towards the sun. In an instant, the mountain god turned into a human being. A tall man with a haggard face, wearing a blue shirt with shining scales.
"I was scared to death. I thought it was a snake, but it turned out to be a monster." The girl breathed a sigh of relief, threw away the wooden stick in her hand, and started chatting with the mountain god.
"Can you change some clothes for me to wear? I'm a little cold." The girl said.
The mountain god looked at the girl with a troubled expression. After a while, he had to take off his clothes and put them on the girl.
"Remember to return it to me when you leave." The mountain god reminded the girl. Then he said: "Is there another flood? Or are you a slave who escaped from the master's house?"
The girl replied angrily: "I am not a slave, but I was almost sold. ”
Thus, through the girl’s narration, we can know the whereabouts of the brides in the mountain temple.
The matter is not complicated at all. It is just that the ruthless Miao Zhu teamed up with the local snakes in the village to make money every year in the name of worshiping the gods. Even the clothes they wore on the "Mountain God's Bride" They all take away and sell the money. As for the bride herself, if she is beautiful, she will be kidnapped and taken to the city to be sold as a concubine. If she is ugly, she will be taken to any place and sold as a slave.
Usually, after the sacrifice, they would make the bride drink a bowl of soup mixed with alcohol, wait for her to fall asleep, take off her clothes, and then stuff her into a carriage overnight. Take it to other places. They have been doing this kind of thing for who knows how many years.
However, this time they failed. They didn't expect that the girl was in such good health. They clearly saw that she had drank a large bowl of soup, but she had already woken up just after putting her in the car and walking a few dozen miles. The driver heard the noise and stopped the carriage to take a look. Unexpectedly, as soon as the horse stopped, the girl rushed out of the car like an ape, punched the driver unconscious, jumped out of the car and fled into the mountains.
"Since you escaped, why don't you go home?" the mountain god asked.
The girl became even more angry when she mentioned this: "Since my parents were willing to sell me to someone to be the bride of the mountain god, they no longer wanted me, and I'm afraid the money for selling me would have been given to me by now." My brother has been paid as a bride price. When I go back, Miao Zhu will investigate. What will they give me back?"
The mountain god nodded in understanding. Then he asked: "You have been saying that you are the 'bride of the mountain god', but I have never married a wife. Is there someone under the mountain pretending to be me?"
The girl asked with her eyes widened. : "Are you a mountain god? Aren't you a monster?"
The mountain god couldn't laugh or cry: "When did I say that I was a monster?"
After hearing this, the girl grabbed the mountain god's sleeve and said : "Since you are the mountain god, go down the mountain with me and expose those people's scam, so that at least no more girls will be sold by them in the future!"
Perhaps the mountain god has not yet learned from I completely woke up from the dream I had slept in for an unknown amount of time, so when faced with the girl's request, I agreed immediately.
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The girl led the way, and the mountain god came to the foot of the mountain for the first time in thousands of years.
It was dusk when we entered the village, which is when people were eating. In front of every house, you could see several people squatting or standing with their heads buried in their rice bowls.
Naturally, some of them were familiar with the girl. The moment he looked up and saw the girl, he was startled at first, and then started shouting. Before he could finish peeling a clove of garlic, the mountain god and the girl were already surrounded by people. A circle of people formed.
Someone among them asked: "Fuyi, why are you back? Did the mountain god not want you?" The question caused a burst of laughter, but soon everyone held their breath in tacit agreement, waiting for the girl's answer. .
However, it was the mountain god who spoke first: "I don't have a wife, and I won't let anyone marry me. Someone is lying to you."
The villagers were disturbed by these words. Confused, questions followed: "Who are you? And why are you with Mr. B?"
The mountain god answered honestly: "I am the mountain god. Why don't you return it to me?" Has a temple been built? I happened to pass by there when I came, so I went in and took a look. The temple is really beautiful, but the furnishings are a bit too extravagant, and the statues really don’t look like me at all. "He nodded.
After listening to these words, the villagers just looked at them as if they were fools.
At this time, Miao Zhu, who happened to be drinking at a certain villager's house, also came over after hearing the news. He hurriedly pushed through the crowd and squeezed in. He was sweating profusely and his face was red. He looked like a gangster. A red egg laid by a hen. As soon as he came in, he shouted to the girl: "Fuyi, come back to the temple with me, otherwise the mountain god will be angry!"
The girl tugged at the hem of the mountain god's clothes and retorted confidently. : "There is a mountain god next to me, you can see that he is angry?!"
Only then did Miao Zhu notice that there was another person standing next to the girl. After a brief inspection, the most slippery and clever Miao Zhu concluded that the person in front of him was He was no match for him, so he sneered and said, "Bitch, I don't blame you for escaping from the mountain god, but if you insist on saying that this strange man from nowhere is a mountain god, you are blaspheming the gods. !" The originally quiet villagers began to whisper to each other.
The mountain god on the side said quickly: "She didn't lie, I am the mountain god."
But he didn't expect that it was his words that the temple blessing was waiting for. Miao Zhu suddenly raised his voice and shouted at the mountain god: "Bold maniac! How can a mountain god be impersonated by a young person like you! Everyone, tie him up with me and take him to the temple to apologize to the mountain god!"
Inspired by the temple blessing, the human wall surrounding the mountain god and the girl became more and more commotion. The mountain god protected the girl behind him, but he himself had no way to do it.
Miao Zhu then took another step forward and said: "You said you are a mountain god? What kind of magical powers can you show us? If you can't, you are lying!"
The mountain god was speechless. His clothes were currently on the girl's body, and he really couldn't change anything. Even if he transformed into his original form, he would only become a skinned, defenseless python. He still could only use words to try to convince people to believe him.
He pointed in the direction of the mountain and said with red eyes: "I have been the owner of this mountain from the first day it existed. I didn't lie. I still remember a man with horns on his head. A man came to the mountain to find me and asked me to give him some yellow stones, saying they could be used as weapons. At that time, there were no villages at the foot of the mountain...
"I still remember a man who was limping. A man came to me on the mountain and asked me to take in the homeless people. At that time, there was a flood at the bottom of the mountain. Even my mountain was more than half submerged, but the man still told people that he would personally control the flood. Good governance...
"I still remember that one year a friend asked me to deliver a piece of jade to an envoy passing by at the foot of the mountain. I did it, but many people were killed. After that, I I decided to get into a crack in the rocks and sleep, and I have been sleeping until now...
"Are these things all false, are they all made up by me? ! Everyone, everyone...! ”
However, after listening to these words, people only thought he was boring. A man with horns on his head and a man with a limp were completely outrageous. How could a person grow? How can a cripple control the flood? Just these two points can tell that the person in front of him is talking nonsense. What's more, he has not shown any magical powers, which makes the villagers who have already mobilized their enthusiasm extremely disappointed. Even Miao Zhu can use his hands to rip out his intestines and rupture his belly, which is a unique skill to summon gods and ghosts.
The mountain god wanted to continue talking, but people had completely lost their patience and rushed forward with their teeth and claws. The scene suddenly became chaotic. A ball.
The mountain god was unable to fight back, and he had to protect the girl behind him. In an instant, he was beaten all over.
Just when we were most helpless, a sudden strong wind suddenly blew up, causing everyone to stagger. When the wind passed and the people who were lying on the ground got up again, there was no trace of the mountain god. Only the mountain god was left. The girl stood there alone, helpless.
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The mountain god never knew who rescued him, just like he didn't know how many days he was in a coma after being rescued.
When he woke up, it was snowing in the mountains, a thin layer of white covering the earth, and the world was as pure as the first day it was created. At first, he heard someone calling him softly in his ear, so he woke up, but there was no one around him.
How is the girl? After waking up, the first and only thing that the mountain god thought of was this matter. For this reason, he decided to go down the mountain to find it.
The fields at the foot of the mountain have been harvested and are lifeless. There are only a few round sparrows jumping around in the fields, boredly picking up grass seeds that may be hidden under the snow. The mountain god had never been active in such cold weather. At first, he just felt a little uncomfortable with the cold wind blowing directly on his face. But gradually his feet began to become numb, and later he couldn't even control his hands. When he walked down the mountain, Even my own heart is frozen.
After carrying it forward for a while, I finally couldn't hold on anymore and fell to the ground, unable to get up anymore. The mountain god looked up at the chaotic sky, closed his eyes with a wry smile, and resigned himself to fate.
I don’t know how long it took, but in a daze, my body suddenly felt warm, as if it was being roasted by red flames, or as if it was being held in someone’s arms. After a while, the mountain god felt someone pushing him again, and seemed to be saying something non-stop, so the mountain god poured out his last strength and shouted, finally waking up from a nightmare.
"Oh, I'm still alive!" It was an old man's voice.
The mountain god was lying on the ground, turned around and saw an old woman with a stooped back and covered with snow, looking at him in surprise.
"Young man, why are you lying here? Get up quickly, you will freeze." The old woman said to the mountain god with vigilance and compassion.
The mountain god agreed, and then he put his hands on the ground to stand up. At this time, he was shocked to find that he was covered with the clothes he originally lent to the girl.
The mountain god hurriedly grabbed the clothes and asked: "Did you put this clothes on me?"
The old woman shook her head repeatedly: "No, when I found you, you just Cover it."
The mountain god asked again: "Then do you know where Fuyi is now?"
The old woman's expression suddenly changed: "Ah..." he hesitated. I didn't say a word for a long time.
"Young man, when you wake up, leave as soon as possible and leave others alone." The old woman turned to persuade the young man in front of her.
The mountain god seemed not to have heard, and still just said: "Please, tell me her whereabouts, tell me!"
The old woman suddenly sighed: "Then The child was also pitiful. They insisted that she was colluding with the monster and pretending to be the mountain god. The real mountain god was furious and had to use the child's blood and perform another sacrifice to repay the debt. People were frightened and how dare they not listen. , so I had to raise money to hold another sacrifice. The girl was used as a sacrifice and was killed by the temple priest with a knife.
"After the sacrifice, I was the one who collected the body of the girl. I originally collected it. I went to inform her parents, but they no longer dare to recognize this daughter..."
The mountain god listened calmly, with no expression on his face, neither heaviness nor anger. When the old lady finished speaking, she asked again: "Then do you know where her grave is?" "
"Why don't you know? I buried her with my own hands! ”
So the old woman led the mountain god to the girl’s burial place.
The road was not far, and we arrived in a short while. In the shadow of a birch forest, there was a small earth bag piled up unexpectedly. The old lady pointed at the earth bag and said, this is it.
The mountain god walked to the grave and stood like numerous birch trees beside him, without saying a word for a long time. Suddenly, his eyes fell on a small light blue flower blooming on the white snow in front of the grave and said: "They said you had colluded with monsters, are they talking about me?"
After that, he raised his head He gently wiped his eyes with his hand, then turned around, bent down slightly, and said thank you to the old lady. Then he turned and left.
After walking a few steps, he suddenly turned around, walked to the old lady and said, "You are a good person, and I want to repay you." Then he said, "No matter what time, no matter what you are doing, if one day If you suddenly hear the sound of drums outside, please cover your ears and run away from the village as fast as you can. Remember what I said, and don’t forget it.”
The old man nodded in panic. . The mountain god said thank you to the old man again, and then disappeared suddenly.
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The old lady returned home and carefully thought about what the mountain god told her all night, and finally decided that she would rather believe it than not. She found a furoshiki, wrapped up all the valuable things at home, and kept them by her side, ready to go. She is the so-called only one in the family, and she has no worries and no burdens.
After two days, the old woman became more and more frightened. After eating every day, she would stand outside the gate for a long time, and look around from time to time, as if waiting for someone, sometimes until the sky Even though it was dark, he was still standing there, startling the passers-by.
There was a neighbor who had always been free. He saw that the old lady had been behaving very abnormally in recent days. Are you there? You've been standing outside the door all day long. Did any relatives say they were coming?" Upon hearing this, the old woman's heart suddenly tugged. relative? She does have a few relatives still alive, but who of them will remember her as an old woman? However, before such a major event, the old lady did not dare to hide anything. Out of good intentions, she told the other party exactly what happened a few days ago.
But the neighbor burst out laughing when he heard this, and said while laughing: "Did you dream about this at night? Or you met a madman, how could you take such words seriously? Yes, you are really old and confused."
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The old lady is used to his behavior, and she doesn't want to talk back, so she just smiles. Went home. But the neighbor still felt that it was not enough.
He found a broken drum from nowhere, and after dark, he held the drum in one hand and the drumstick in the other and secretly hid behind the old grandmother's house. When the old lady heard this, she was so frightened that she didn't even have time to eat the meal that had been served on the table. She picked up the baggage prepared in advance and went out.
The neighbor laughed again when he saw him, but the old woman didn't notice him at all and just walked out of the village. It was dark and the road was very steep, but the old woman didn't even fall. So she kept walking, and kept walking. It is said that when the old woman finally stopped after dawn the next day, she had already reached a place that was completely different from the words she said.
Let’s talk about that neighbor again. When the old woman’s hurried figure disappeared into the night, he threw all the drums and drumsticks in his hands to the side of the road, and then went home to sleep contentedly. .
However, before the first dream after sleeping was finished, the neighbor was suddenly awakened by a rhythmic drum sound, "dong dong dong... dong dong dong dong!" It sounded like the sound of drums. The rhythm I typed before is exactly the same.
He thought someone was playing a trick on him, so he hurriedly rolled out of bed and went out. But when he went out and took a look, oh my God! The streets were already filled with people!
Those are all villagers in this village.
They lined up in a long line, marching slowly and orderly with neat steps, as if they were holding a sacrifice. Everyone also held a torch in their hands for lighting. In the blazing light, the neighbor saw that everyone had expressionless faces and their eyes were slightly closed, as if they were still dreaming.
At the same time, the sound of drums was still heard in the distance, but the neighbors searched the front and back of the team, but could not find the drummer at all. The sound of the drum seemed to come from inside his ears rather than outside them. "Hey! Hey! What are you doing?! Are you asleep?! Wake up!" The neighbor also tried to get someone in the team to ask, but no matter how he shouted, no one noticed him, and the team Still moving forward freely.
The neighbors followed the team, shouting and crying as they walked. Later, even their confidence in crying collapsed, and they could only scream and howl, as if their heads were being led into a butcher's shop. The grinding donkey inside is making its final cry.
The team left the village all the way, walked straight through the fields, and then set foot on the road up the mountain. On the way, heavy snow suddenly fell in the air, and the originally rhythmic drumming gradually turned into chaotic bursts. The thunder exploded, deafening, and the wind howled like a ghost. However, no one in the entire team was timid, and no one retreated. They just moved slower and slower, like a giant snake about to die. Before it was completely dead, the neighbor slipped and fell into a deep ravine, shattering his body to pieces.
On the same night, the cliff behind the mountain temple collapsed without warning, completely crushing the entire temple. Miao Zhu, who was sleeping peacefully in the temple, now had an unparalleled side. It was a pity that one A huge tombstone with no words engraved on it.
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