Where the immortal must Shushan, no Qingqiu not fox. Where exactly is this magical place that "produces foxes"?
The words also have to start from the "Classic of Mountains and Seas". This pre-Qin ancient book, recorded about 40 states, 550 mountains, 300 waterways, more than 100 historical figures, more than 400 beasts and monsters. The division of the six realms in The Legend of the Immortal Sword and the Chivalrous Heroes, the star-embodied reminiscent bird of Baili Tusu in The Ancient Sword and the Tan, the Everlasting Mountain and the Ten Divine Artifacts in Flowering Bones, the adorable Hubar in Demon Hunter, and the villainous Big Boss Chaos in The Return of the Great Saints ...... are all taken from, or inspired by, the Shan Hai Jing. It can be said that a "Mountains and Seas" to support the domestic immortal fantasy works of the majority of the rivers and mountains.
Qingqiu, also from the "Classic of Mountains and Seas" of a place name, also known as Qingqiu country, Qingqiu mountain, in the Tang Dynasty, "the beginning of the record", "Taiping Yuban" and other documents have also been mentioned. Comprehensive view of these documents, Qingqiu is from the Yellow Emperor to the early Xia dynasty a very important square country or ancient cognac. "Chi You from the goat water, eight humerus, eight toes, sparse head, climbed nine Nao to conquer the empty mulberry, the Yellow Emperor killed in the green hills." ChiYu life crusade empty sang is the ancient quite prominent place name, located in the present shandong province, zibo area, and his gravesite is also located in shandong juno, heze area, from this deduction the location of qingqiu should also be in this area. The Lihu County, mentioned in Tang Dynasty documents as the place where the god foxes hang out, is also near Heze in Shandong Province.
In addition, since ancient times in China, there has been a division of the field, the twenty-eight constellations in the sky correspond to the earthly regions, and the twenty-eight constellations correspond to an animal, such as the room fire pig and the heart fire fox. The area of the Muroku is the northern part of Henan Province, and the Boar Kingdom in ancient times had the "Boar" as its totem. By analogy, the sub-division of Xinjiu is the country with the fox as a totem, and the sub-division of Xinjiu is the country of Song, which is in the eastern part of Henan and the area around Heze in the western part of Shandong.
Well, even though the name "Qingqiu" no longer exists, you can still just go to the Shandong-Henan border and take your chances.
What is Qingqiu like?
Rich and capricious
First of all, rich. "Its yang is full of jade, and its yin is full of green paints." -- "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" wrote that the south side of Mount Qingqiu was rich in jade, and the north side was rich in reddish earth (huò, a kind of green mineral pigment), which could be seen as a rich source of material. The people who live there, "eat five grains, clothing silk and silk", life is quite decent.
Secondly, they were capricious. Others still live a life of male superiority and female inferiority, hierarchical life, Qingqiu has become a place where the fox is honored. Here, the nine-tailed fox is regarded as a precious beast, "sounding like a baby, able to eat people", although eating the meat of the nine-tailed fox can not live forever, but it can avoid the demonic and evil gas not to get sick. In the Han Dynasty, the nine-tailed fox, along with the white rabbit, toad and three-legged crow, are listed next to the Queen Mother of the West, in a posture of protection in the high position. Bai Shao, the imperial concubine of Qingqiu in "Three Lives, Three Worlds, Ten Peach Blossoms", was a nine-tailed fox, known as the first beauty of the four seas and eight wastelands. She later passed the throne to Princess Feng Jiu, the book said she is the only nine-tailed red fox, and a phoenix feather flower between the forehead, but a good hand cooking also made a good hand death.
Most importantly, of course, is the abundance of exotic beasts. In addition to the nine-tailed fox, which is the No. 1 exotic beast in Qingqiu, there are also the dunking and the red quail (rú), which is an avian bird. The irrigation is a kind of bird, shaped like a turtledove, a chirp is a little scary, as if in the reprimand, the Qingqiu people will also wear its feathers on the body to ward off evil spirits. The red quail is shaped like an ordinary fish but has a human face, and there are many of them in the Ying water that originates from Qingqiu Mountain. Its call is like that of a mandarin duck bird, and eating its flesh will keep you from getting scabies.
What are the famous characters in Qingqiu Fox?
Da Yu's wife is the Nine-tailed Fox
"What's a mediocre fox, the Fox King is the true beauty." There are many famous foxes in Qingqiu.
Da Yu in order to cure the water three times and not enter, this story should be heard since childhood, then you know his wife Tushan female is the nine-tailed fox? It is written in the Spring and Autumn Annals of Lu Shi that Da Yu traveled all day long to cure the water, and at the age of thirty, he had not yet married a wife. One day, when he passed through Mount Tu (in Song County, Henan Province), he met a beautiful nine-tailed fox named Tushan, and heard a song from the people of Mount Tu saying, "Sui Sui White Fox, Nine-tailed Pang Pang, into the family, I am Yuchang." Dayu also thought it was auspicious, properly married her. Doesn't that sound like quite a sight? No wonder future generations of vixens always like to proudly say that they are descended from Tushan and have a noble lineage.
During the period of polytheistic worship, fox spirits could actually be male or female. In Liaozhai Zhiyi, Hu Si Xianggong was a thousand-year-old five-tailed silver fox who shared the same interests as Penglai Zhangsheng and became a close friend. The Legend of the Fox in the Green Hills has also made him an affectionate species in the fox clan, with a dashing sense of humor, a kind heart, and high magical power, but he stumbled and fell in love, and was bruised all over the place. Because of his greed for wine and Zhang Sheng as a close friend, he helped Zhang Sheng find a good marriage after waving his sleeve, leaving without taking away a cloud. One of the main characters in Tong Hua's novel "Long Lover's Thoughts", Tushan Jing, known as the Prince of Qingqiu, is a descendant of the Nine-Tailed Fox Divine Clan from the ancient times. He was so good at the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting that a girl once studied dance for ten years just to meet him, while others spared ten thousand dollars just to ask for one of his paintings, and there were also famous scholars who traveled thousands of miles just to play a game of chess with him.
When did the Qingqiu fox's value plummet?
The charming woman was called "fox spirit"
The earliest summary of a woman called "fox spirit" is the Wei and Jin period of the gatekeeper's son. In their writings, foxes evolved into a single gender - women - who were beautiful and had an innate love and possessiveness of men. In the Tang Dynasty, a period of unprecedented political and economic development, "fox spirit" began to make its grand debut as a synonym for a woman whose beauty and ambition were both important. Even Wu Zetian was labeled a "foxy" woman by the brilliant Luo Binwang's "Diatribe Against Wu".
The Song Dynasty "Taiping Guangji", there are good foxes and bad foxes, bad foxes not only robbing things but also seduce people with spells, and good foxes become "fox version of Bai Suzhen", can give people as a wife. To the Ming Dynasty novel "Feng Shen Yan Yi", the highest grade of the fox clan nine-tailed fox has completely become a demonic woe of the master of the demon. Su Daji was possessed by a nine-tailed fox, and Baosi was also a nine-tailed fox, and the concept of female woe was pushed to the extreme. In The Golden Lotus, Simon Qing's first wife, Wu Yuniang, called Pan Jinlian a "nine-tailed vixen". When the nine-tailed foxes with a halo, "piaji" fell off the altar.