Gourd is an important food and practical appliance for ancestors in ancient society. In ancient mythology, the gourd has the function of helping human beings avoid disasters and communicating with the other side, bearing profound religious and cultural connotations. Taking Taoism as an example, gourd contains Taoist fairyland, Taoist utensils, Taoist medicine and other cultural significance.
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Gourd was called "pot" in ancient literature. In the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Wang Jia renamed the three holy mountains "abbot", "Penglai" and "Yingzhou" in the sea as "square pot", "Penghu" and "Yinghu", which shows the close relationship between the fairy world and "pot".
The ancients said, "heaven and earth are in a pot." Taoist fairyland such as Sun and Moon in the Pot and Sky in the Pot are all related to gourd. In Taoist classics, the round and hollow gourd is regarded as a small universe "lake sky", and the time of a fairyland in lake sky is different from that in the secular world. The so-called "seven days on the mountain, the world has been a thousand years." This is one of the most desirable reasons for the immortal world, and it is also a manifestation of Taoism's pursuit of immortality.
Later poets often regard heaven and earth in the pot as the representative of ideal realm, and most of these poems are related to Taoist priests, and poets often compare Taoist residence to heaven and earth in the pot. In addition, the image of a fairyland in the lake appears in tang legends's novels.
Gourd symbolizes fairyland, and lake sky should be another embodiment of Taoist fairyland. Gourd, like a cave, has a different world. In this gourd world, it is full of wonderful atmosphere and extraordinary imagination. This is an extraordinary artistic conception of life, which contains Taoist fairyland consciousness about the ideal realm.
Hulu is also a ballast.
The gourd has a beautiful figure and naturally gives people a round and auspicious feeling. Since ancient times, it has been regarded as a town object instrument that can ward off evil spirits and pray for blessings. With the formation and development of Taoism, gourds are also regarded as sacred objects and utensils. In the Taoist activities in China, the gourd is related to the elixir, and it has become the most distinctive companion of Taoist immortals.
Taoism uses gourd as a convenient container in alchemy ―― the elixir of Taishang Laojun is filled with gourd; Tie Guai Li, the Eight Immortals of Taoism, Qin Gao across the sea, the fairy child under the knee of the birthday girl, the virgin who treats people's eye diseases, etc., all wear medicine gourd or wine gourd; The immortal is immortal, and the fairy medicine in the gourd is the medicine to prolong life and immortality, so the gourd has the meaning of killing. In real life, many Taoist buildings often put porcelain or ceramic gourds on the roof or on the roof as town objects to drive away evil spirits and suppress toxic things. The folk also regard the gourd as a town house to protect themselves and pray for life and death. Apart from the good and bad fortune, it vividly shows the Taoist belief expressed by the gourd.
Gourd stands for longevity.
Longevity is the key word of Taoism, which makes people live healthier and longer, and the enlightenment becomes immortal. Taoist thought of longevity is also grafted with gourd. "What medicine is sold in gourd" in people's daily spoken language is related to the Taoist tradition of "hanging pot to save the world". The story of "saving the world by hanging a pot" originated from Biography of Immortals and the Book of the Later Han Dynasty. The story of Gong Hu and Fei Changfang in Ge Hong's Fairy Tale quoted above is also included in the Book of the Later Han Dynasty. The unchanging detail of this story is the symbol of Gong Hu's medical practice-hanging gourd. Undoubtedly, the gourd has become the mouthpiece of medical practice and treatment, and the gourd itself is a charging device. Therefore, "hanging pot to help the world" has become an allusion of Taoist medicine. Taoism believes that drugs can preserve health and make people's eyesight survive for a long time, so gourd adds a layer of ideological connotation of treating diseases and preserving health and pursuing longevity.
The small gourd has given so many meanings, which is really a Taoist "artifact".
Wonderful use of gourd
Gourd and emotion
Husband and wife have weak feelings and often quarrel over trifles. Such a family will run very hard. If you want to enhance the relationship between husband and wife, gourd can also come in handy.
Usage: prepare an unlimited time gourd and put it on the bedside of the master bedroom, which will have the effect of loving husband and wife and help promote family harmony and happiness.
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The voice of the gourd is similar to that of Fulu, and its shape is round and curved, which seems quite auspicious. Coupled with the characteristics of small entrance and big belly, it seems that gold, silver and jewelry can be widely absorbed. Hanging on the financial position, the gourd is not easy to flow out when absorbing money, and the function of keeping money and gathering money is excellent.
Usage: prepare a gourd and put it in the financial position of the zodiac, which can be placed on the table or hung on the door or wall in these directions.
Gourd keeps healthy.
Gourd is an instrument used by doctors in past dynasties to hold elixir of life, which can receive blessings and increase fortune, and eliminate disasters; And absorb the filth in the space and restore the original cleanliness and clarity. For people with poor health and diseases, it can relieve symptoms and make them feel comfortable.
From the perspective of geomantic numerology, the reason why people get sick has a lot to do with sick stars. Finding out the position of the sick star in the house first, and then placing the gourd, can achieve the effect of protecting health.
The gourd becomes suffocating.
Encountered by the established pattern, it is difficult to change the geomantic omen, such as pressure beam, road rush, shape evil spirit and so on. Gourd can also resolve the deadlock.
Usage 1: There are beam presses, stoves and so on at home. You can hang a gourd on the beam or between two beams to solve it.
Usage 2: When you open the window or gate, you can see hospitals, funeral homes, cemeteries, temples, prisons, slaughterhouses, garbage dumps, pornographic places, or just the entrance and exit of your downstairs parking lot, which will have adverse effects on people's wealth, career, health and mood. The solution is to hang gourds on windows or doors to satisfy these suffocation feelings.
Usage 3: No matter the material, hanging the gourd on the rearview mirror of the car or the faucet of the motorcycle is also helpful for driving safety.
Usage 4: If you twist the beautiful gourd, you can hold it in your hand and cross it with your hands often, so that bad luck and disease will be sucked away by the gourd.