What does the old saying "Everyone loves Shenxian Cave, but they don't know it's also called coffins" mean? This sentence mainly comes from the belief and pursuit of the ancients. The so-called "Shenxian Cave" literally means "immortal's residence", and everyone loves it. It can be seen that this immortal's immortal residence was generally sought after by the people at that time.
As far as the ancient social development is concerned, the social development is not very advanced, and neither the living conditions nor the medical conditions can be compared with the present, which has caused the life expectancy of the ancients to be generally not very long, and the average life expectancy of the society is about forty years old. Coupled with frequent famine wars, life expectancy has been further reduced.
Moreover, because society is not progressing, people's ideological cognition is not avant-garde and their understanding of the world has deteriorated. In the cognition of the parties, the composition of the world includes people, gods and ghosts. Ghosts are a harbinger of catastrophe, while immortals have unknown powerful abilities.
To sum up the above two points, people have launched a crazy pursuit of "Immortal" and "Shenxian Cave", because they think that "Immortal" holds the art of immortality, and "Shenxian Cave" is the place where they practice the art of immortality. As long as we find Shenxian Cave, we can live forever.
As early as Qin Shihuang's time, he began to follow the footsteps of immortals and look for elixir of life. General Reese even led troops overseas to find the land of Shenxian Cave. Even today's "Qinhuangdao", even Japan has traces of Qin Jun's search.
Of course, this search is futile. Qin Shihuang, who unified the six countries, did not find the so-called Shenxian Cave until the last moment of his life. Although the later dynasties gave up Shenxian Cave's search, they always pursued the art of immortals.
At the end of the Tang Dynasty, including the emperor, after failing to find Shenxian Cave, they decided to reach the realm of immortals through manpower, that is, "the art of alchemy". According to legend, as long as he takes the elixir of life, he can surpass the mortal body and reach the lofty realm of immortals. Therefore, several emperors in the Tang Dynasty were addicted to alchemy.
This method was quickly rejected, because the so-called "taking elixir" can not achieve immortality, but will end his life ahead of schedule. At the end of the Tang Dynasty, at least four emperors died under the poison of the elixir of life in pursuit of magic. Of course, not everyone failed in their search for Shenxian Cave.
Successful Cases and the True Meaning of Shenxian Cave
It was not until the Ming Dynasty that an old man named Wang Shining realized the true meaning of Shenxian Cave. In his early years, he should be as famous as other sentient beings, but Wang Shining didn't. After several failed exams, he resolutely gave up the imperial examination.
After some thinking, Wang Shining left his hometown resolutely, regardless of his family's opposition, to find the way of "Shenxian Cave". He didn't search aimlessly like his predecessors, but he was convinced that the immortals lived in seclusion in the mountains as a big country, and Shenxian Cave should also be in the depths of the mountains.
Wang Shining, full of hope, began a trip with the famous mountains and rivers of the motherland. He thought the search would get nothing, but everything paid off. When Wang Shining went to the mountainous area of Sichuan, he made a special discovery.
When he entered a cave, he found an old man with fair skin, and then Wang Shining was very surprised. Convinced that he had found the immortal and Shenxian Cave, he bowed down and asked the old man to give him the ability to live forever. But the old man ignored him at all, and of course Wang Shining didn't give up.
Since the old man refused to teach, he stayed in this fairy cave and imitated it all day. In his later years, he found that the old man only ate two meals a day, and they all ate wild fruits to satisfy their hunger. Drink mountain spring water when you are thirsty, and meditate quietly the rest of the time. Wang Shining imitates them exactly, and dare not miss it.
Over time, the old man also admired this persistent young man, so he gave all his experiences to each other. The so-called immortal art is nothing more than "nourishing the heart and sex, abstinence." Since then, Wang Shining has been groping in this fairy cave, and finally lived to the age of 120, which is considered a long life.
Modification of "coffin seam"
As for the Shenxian Cave that everyone yearns for, why is it called coffin sewing? This is also combined with the actual situation of people. At that time, people often buried in coffins after death. Before burial, the coffin where the deceased was located basically left a gap. There are two main reasons for this.
The first is to prevent misdiagnosis. The medical conditions in ancient times were not very developed, so the ability of most doctors was limited, and there were inevitably errors in the judgment of death. For example, sometimes, prolonged syncope and shock will be misjudged as death, thus missing the best rescue opportunity, so "coffin sewing" is just in case.
The second point concerns superstition. The life span of ancient people was relatively short, and not every death was a natural death. Most complicated relationships, such as family, love and friendship, will lead a person to have too much reluctance and nostalgia for the world, and the meaning of coffin sewing is to satisfy his last obsession.
"Shenxian Cave", also known as "coffin seam", is because people are emotional animals. Secular desires help us perceive the joys and sorrows of the world. If you want to live forever, you must cut off worldly desires and all emotional ties with the world. But if a person does, he is no different from a walking corpse.
Excuse me, a person who has cut off all the feelings in the world, even a fairy, is no different from the dead, so "Shenxian Cave", as the last place to cut off the world, is also a "coffin seam".
The most important thing in a person's life is wonderful. If you blindly pursue length, then life will become meaningless. Only by increasing the width will life be more brilliant.