What allusion does the golden cicada in Liu Hai's drama come from?

Liu Hai's drama Jin Chan is an ancient China folk story based on Taoist allusions. There is a golden toad in the loofah well in Changde City. It often spews a white light from the wellhead at night and goes straight into the sky. People who have the means can ascend to immortality through this white light. Liu Hai, a young man living by the well, is poor, kind and filial. He often goes to the nearby mountains to cut firewood, sell firewood and buy rice, and live alone with his mother.

One day, a fox in the forest turned into a beautiful and handsome girl, Hu Xiuying. She stopped Liu Hai from coming home and proposed to him. After marriage, Hu Xiuying wanted to help Liu Hai ascend to heaven, spit a white bead, make bait for Liu Hai and fish in the loofah well.

The golden toad began to bite and fish, and Liu Hai rode on the toad's back, jumped, put on feathers and died. Later, in order to commemorate Liu Hai's filial piety, he built a toad spring temple next to Loofah Well to worship the statue of Liu Hai.

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The Implication of Liu Hai's Drama "The Golden Toad"

Because the golden toad in Liu Hai's play is a folk legend and allusion. In each dynasty it experienced, people gave it different meanings. With the passage of time, what is precipitated by the washing of history is the beautiful significance that we are still deeply moved and impressed.

Rich in financial resources-the legend of Liu Hai playing with the golden toad lifted Liu Hai to the throne of the god of wealth, indicating that as long as Liu Hai played with the golden toad, the golden toad spit money. Wherever he goes, he squanders his money. Wearing jade and Liu Haixiu, the golden toad symbolizes the good wish of seeking wealth and blessing, making rich resources and being rich and expensive.

Happiness-The golden toad in Liu Hai's Peking Opera means giving people a happy life, all goes well and beautiful wishes. Another legend about the golden toad in Liu Hai's drama is that Liu Hai lives happily together because of the coincidence that his wife is a fairy and once became a golden toad.

Auspicious-the meaning of golden cicada in Liu Hai's drama is very extensive, not limited to Liu Hai as the protagonist. Toads are ugly, and their secretions are highly toxic, which is harmful to human body. Therefore, it is often regarded by the ancients as a mascot to ward off evil spirits and bring good luck.

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