Filial Piety Moves the Sky —— Jingchu's "Filial Piety Culture"
Statue of Yong Dong and the Seven Fairys
Xiaogan, Hubei, named after Yong Dong's trip to Xiaogan, is the only city named after filial piety in China.
Among the twenty-four filial sons in ancient China, Dong Yonghe, who "sold his body to bury his father" in the Han Dynasty, was "gentle and gentle"
Huang Xiang and Meng Zong, the "crying bamboo shoots" in The Romance of the Three Kingdoms, all have three dutiful sons from Xiaogan. Xiaogan can be described as "the cradle of dutiful sons".
Romantic legend: Xianji meets a stranger
The word "filial piety" originated in ancient Oracle Bone Inscriptions, China, with a history of more than 4,000 years. Its original meaning is "filial piety comes first". Confucian orthodoxy holds that "filial piety" is the first of a hundred lines, and The Analects of Confucius says: "Filial piety is the essence of benevolence!"
In Xiaogan, from old people to children who are not sensible, when asked about the origin of the place name "Xiaogan", they can all explain clearly. "Because there were several filial sons here in ancient times, they were very filial, so they were called' Xiaogan'.
Xiaogan/kloc was named "Xiaochang" when it was founded 0/500 years ago, which means there are many filial sons. Later, it was renamed "Xiaogan", which was taken from Yong Dong's A Trip to Xiaogan.
"Buried father borrow Kong Xiong, fairy kyushu strangers; Weaving thread to pay off debts, filial piety touches the sky. " This is the account of Yong Dong's passage in Twenty-four Filial Pieties, and it is also one of the ancient records of the myths and legends of Dong Yong and the Seven Fairys that have been circulated for thousands of years.
According to this beautiful legend, people created the Chu drama "One Hundred Days of Fate" and Huangmei Opera "Fairy Couple". Husband and wife return home is a classic aria sung by the folk.
Li Shouyi, chairman of Xiaogan Folk Writers and Artists Association, believes that Yong Dong's filial piety touched the immortal, not the ancient Xiaogan people, and transformed the village girl in Lu Yu, Yong Dong into the immortal in Lu Yu. This fairy tale reflects Xiaogan people's admiration for filial piety and their love for a better life.
Historical sites: the heart is like the sun and the moon
Strolling through the streets of Xiaogan, crossing Huaiyin Avenue and Xiannv Road, you can come to Xiaogan People's Square to watch eight large-scale reliefs with the theme of "filial piety", and the unique regional and cultural atmosphere of the hometown of filial sons comes to you.
Dongyong's Tomb, Huang Xiang's Tomb, Meng Zong's bamboo hanging place ... Time has passed, and many of the above historical sites no longer exist. 1984, Xiaogan people built an antique building-Yong Dong Park in the hometown of Fu Yuan, a prostitute in Yong Dong. The landscapes such as Yaochi Wonderland, Huaiyin Ancient Tree, Lisi Bridge, Denggao Sendai and Filial Piety Temple reproduce Yong Dong's spirit of respecting the elderly, industriousness and simplicity.
1996 In order to further explore and promote the filial piety culture, a wax figure of "Twenty-four Filial Pieties" was established in the "Filial Piety Temple" in Yong Dong Park. Bathed in simple filial piety, Xiaogan filial piety culture has a long history.
The new look of ancient style: changing filial piety into filial piety
Xiaogan is famous for its filial piety. There are 493 filial sons in Xiaogan history books in the Ming and Qing Dynasties alone, and filial piety is prevalent in ancient times.
To inherit the ancient filial piety culture, we must "sublate". The ancient culture of filial piety includes "filial piety of father and son", "respecting the old and loving the young", "reciprocity" and "kindness to others", which has eternal value. Liu Qingzhi, who was elected as the "Top Ten Filial Son" in Xiaogan, "supported four families and raised eight old people" by himself; Yu Hanjiang, who is committed to filial piety for the elderly, has donated 5 million yuan in the past seven years. On the 8th of this year 1 month, he was named as "Top Ten Model of Filial Piety and Respect for the Elderly in China", which made him famous in China.
China filial piety culture is a gift from history to Xiaogan. In recent years, the research on filial piety culture in Xiaogan society is in full swing. In June, 2003, 10, the picture album Xiaogan-the hometown of filial piety was published. Three 990,000-word collections of filial piety culture were published in June, 2008+10. Since July last year, Xiaogan College has set up a column "Research on Chinese Filial Piety Culture" in the school newspaper, making Xiaogan the second research base of Chinese Filial Piety Culture after Jinan. ...
At present, the relevant departments of Xiaogan City are preparing to declare the "Yong Dong" brand as an "intangible cultural heritage" of the United Nations; The adaptation of The Fairy Couple in the form of ballet is also in full swing.
Xiaogan people have injected a new era connotation into "filial piety": filial piety is for parents and filial piety is for the people; Change filial piety into filial piety, and do filial piety for the children of the world!
Filial son story
Yong Dong and the Seven Fairies.
Yong Dong had to sell himself into slavery because his family was poor and had no money to bury his dead father. The seventh daughter of the Jade Emperor was deeply moved. Privately, Tiandao and Yong Dong have been married for a hundred years. The Seven Fairy wove 65,438+00 brocade with skillful hands and redeemed Yong Dong. Both husband and wife went home. But the jade emperor was furious, and the seven fairies reluctantly bid farewell to their husbands.
Legend of Dong Yong and the Seven Fairys
The story of Dong Yong and the Seven Fairys was born in Xiaogan, Hubei Province at the end of the Han Dynasty, and it has been nearly two thousand years. According to legend, Yong Dong sold herself to bury her father, feeling filial piety, and the seven fairies descended to earth to marry; Seven fairies weave ten brocade in one night, changing the three-year construction period of Yong Dong to one hundred days; The Jade Emperor in the sky discovered that the seven fairies lived privately, and ordered the seven fairies to return to the sky at three noon, and the husband and wife said goodbye to each other. A year later, seven fairies sent their children to earth. ...
Since 2000, the original structural model of Dong Yong and the Seven Fairies has not changed, but the story plot, characters and even ideological connotation are constantly enriched and innovated.
The Legend of Dong Yong and the Seven Fairys, which is circulated in Xiaogan area, is an excellent work of folk oral language art. The story of Dong Yong and the Seven Fairies is not only a concentrated expression of China's filial piety culture, but also a beautiful work of art that combines magical fantasy with human reality. Deeply rooted and mature in Xiaogan.
Legend has it that Yong Dong was originally a thousand riders in Shandong, but he moved to Xiaogan as early as the Han Dynasty. This is not only recorded in historical records, but also closely related to the origin of Xiaogan place names. There are also many relics, place names and folk customs left in Xiaogan area. As a work of oral language art, it is in the folk cultural ecology of filial piety in Xiaogan that it matures, which not only highlights the theme of filial piety, but also has a strong interest in folk life, and has spread to the whole country through various artistic creations such as rap and opera, which has had a wide and far-reaching impact.
Dong Yong and the Seven Fairys, a beautiful and moving story, has two main values. First, the historical documents about this story and legend contain rich information about economy, politics, culture and other aspects of our society in various historical periods, including ethics, customs, religious beliefs, literature and art, etc., which are of precious historical research value. Secondly, the cultural spirit of filial piety praised by this story and legend still has practical value in building socialist spiritual civilization and building a harmonious society today.
The story and legend of "Dong Yong and the Seven Fairies" have been deeply loved by the people for thousands of years, and are well known. It is one of the famous folklore widely circulated by the Chinese nation and has certain influence abroad.