In movies and TV dramas, the peach sword has been the standard of Taoist priests. Wielding a peach sword can ward off evil spirits and catch ghosts. The killing power of peach sword on monsters is much higher than other weapons. But where does peach wood come from? Is it made from peach trees? In this case, why is it rare? Why does mahogany protect against evil spirits? What is the story of mahogany turning into a mahogany sword to ward off evil spirits? Why does only mahogany have such a role?
Since ancient times, Chinese people believe that eating peaches can prolong life. Nowadays, medical science has also shown that peaches contain a lot of nutrients needed by the human body, and eating peaches regularly can help strengthen the body. The peach tree is one of the oldest trees in China. The history of peach tree cultivation in China can be traced back to the 10th century BC. Therefore, since ancient times, Chinese people have been fond of peach trees. Peaches can be eaten raw or canned, and peach gum can be made into health products.
Legend has it that there is a heaven in the sky where the immortals live, and there is also a peach garden where the immortals live, so peaches are not only loved by ordinary people, but also by the immortals. So, why mahogany can avoid evil spirits? Listen to the spoon one by one to you...
Why mahogany can ward off evil spirits? What are the legends and stories?
Origin 1: There are a group of immortals in the sky, such as the Emperor, the Star King and the Empress Dowager, while there are three immortal mountains in the East China Sea, namely, Penglai, Fangzhang and Yingzhou. Fuk Luk Sau lived on the three immortal mountains, and Fuk Luk Sau was in charge of the world's misfortunes and misfortunes. The three deities of Fukuroku Shou often receive incense from the world and offer blessings to the good people of the world. The Queen of Heaven has a flat peach tree which existed at the beginning of the world. After years of growth, the peach finally blossomed and bore fruits, which could be eaten by mortals and monsters to live forever, and the fairies could increase a lot of magic power by eating it. Therefore, the Queen Mother decided to take out the peaches and held a peach conference to entertain the ten fairies from the three realms of heaven and earth. The Three Stars of Fortune and Longevity were also invited to heaven. It was said that all the immortals ate a lot of delicious food, and each of them tasted the peaches. After the peaches finally split, only one remained. The Queen of Heaven thought that the three stars were very popular in the world, so she gave the remaining peach to the three stars. The three immortals happily returned to the Three Immortals Mountain in the East Sea with the peach, but with three immortals but only one peach, the three immortals could not be separated at all. So the longevity star suggested planting this peach in the soil to see if it could grow again.
The three immortals found the peach and planted it on an uninhabited island. After the peach was planted, Sanxian didn't pay much attention to it, but went back to his practice in Immortalism and gradually forgot about it. What Sanshin didn't know was that the land on this island was very fertile and the climate was very good. The specific island of the Three Immortals was not far away, and there were some halos on the island. Soon, the peaches took root and grew into huge trees.
There are many fishermen living on the beach. These fishermen have been fishing for generations. Because of the changeable weather in the sea and the many evil spirits, the fishermen's harvest was not good. Therefore, when the fishermen went out to sea, they always brought some sacrifices, such as pig's head and rooster. Whenever the imp was making waves, the fishermen would kill the meat or rooster and throw it to the imp in exchange for some stability. One day, a pair of brothers of opposite sexes on the beach went fishing with a rooster in their boat. The two brothers, one named Shen Tu and the other Lei Yu, were very young. These two brothers were very young and inexperienced. When they reached the sea, they met a big storm. The little wooden boat was blown and blown by the storm at sea. It didn't know how long it would take, and eventually it would get lost...
I don't know how long it took for the boat to drift, but it finally came ashore. Upon landing, the two brothers realized that this was an island they had never been to before. There was a huge peach tree with red fruits all over it. The whole island was full of birds and flowers. This was the island where the three immortals grew peaches. At this time, the two brothers were tired, sleepy and hungry. No matter 3721, picking fruits is a big meal, they ate a dozen of them. After eating, they fell asleep.
The two brothers were woken up by a rooster crowing in their sleep. When they woke up, they wondered where it came from. Looking up, ah, I saw a big rooster standing on the crown of a big peach tree, facing the sun in the southeast. This large rooster had been brought to the ship by two brothers, initially intended as a siren's sacrifice. It drifted with them to the island, but the rooster was now more than twice as big as it had been before, and the brothers felt that every time the rooster screamed into the sun, the rooster's
The brothers also noticed that not only did the rooster change, but he himself became refreshed, and his whole being gained a bit of strength. They were so delighted by this discovery that they lived a carefree life on the island with a chicken. When they were hungry, they went fishing in the sea. When they were thirsty, they ate some peaches. Every day, they sat under the peach tree and played with the chickens. As time went on, the two brothers realized that their bodies were getting stronger and stronger, that they could not be hurt by fire or water, that they could not be hurt by bullets, and that they were as light as swallows.
In this way, the two brothers stayed on the island for decades. After a few decades, the two brothers were no longer ordinary people, but became magicians with high magic power, became like a rooster, and could fly in the sky. Since then, the two brothers have been flying around in the sea, escorting fishermen to catch fish in the sea, killing many sea monsters, protecting the coastal residents, and becoming the guardian gods of the fishermen. On this day, the two brothers went out to the sea to help the fishermen to solve many sea monsters. When they returned to the island, they found the whole island in chaos, the branches of the peach tree were intact, but the ripe peaches on the tree were seldom picked, and the big rooster that accompanied them was killed.
The rooster told the two brothers that a great evil in the sea had discovered the island and coveted its peaches, so when the two brothers went out to sea, they stole the peaches with their little fairy, because the peach tree had absorbed the essence of the sun and the moon and was so hard that the great evil couldn't destroy the branches of the peach tree. The two brothers were very angry and decided to kill the Demon King to prevent him from obtaining the great peach mana.
The Big Rooster told the two brothers that the Great Demon was elusive and impossible to find. It is better to wait for him. When the peaches were ripe again, he ambushed and seized the opportunity to kill the demon. The brothers had to give up. Decades later, a batch of peaches finally ripened. In the meantime, the brothers intercepted two peach trees and polished them into weapons. They prepared an ambush on the island and waited for a chance to kill the devil. However, the devil who ate the peaches is not the same as before.
Seeing that the lives of the two brothers were at stake, I saw the rooster peck off the peach branch growing in the southeast with his own beak, threw the pecked off peach branch to the two brothers, and told the two brothers that the Devil King had been transformed by the Yin Devil, and that he was most afraid of anything that went from the sun to freshness, and the strongest yang on this peach tree was the branch growing in the southeast. Only with this branch can he have a chance to defeat the Witch Demon King. After listening to the rooster's call, the two brothers picked up the peach.
With the magic weapon, the devil was defeated, which was dangerous. However, the devil resisted desperately, and the two brothers were exhausted. The two brothers looked at their hearts and prepared to die with the devil. The rooster flew over the peach branch of the two brothers and hit the branch head-on, coloring the branch red with his blood. When the branches saw the rooster's blood, they glistened, and the devil saw it immediately. The devil fled from the sea to the land, from the forest to the countryside, everywhere, while the two brothers chased him everywhere. In order to survive, the devil tried his best to divide his body into countless little demons and hide them anywhere in the world. Moreover, in order to revitalize him, these imps destroyed the people of the world and turned into evil spirits that often ran into people's homes. These two brothers suffered because they couldn't be separated, so they had to chase each other.
Then the two brothers came up with a plan to cut the peach branches on the island into small pieces and distribute them to people so they could hang them on their doorsteps. Some imps saw the peach symbols on people's doorsteps, and the sun was very strong, so they were afraid to run away. Later, some of the imps ate more people and their magic power was so strong that they were not afraid of the peach symbols. The brothers taught people to kill the rooster at home and dye the mahogany wood red with chicken blood, because the rooster greets the sun every morning and absorbs the essence of the sun's energy. Chicken's blood also has the power to drive away evil spirits. So these two brothers depicted themselves on the peach amulet, so they were as strong as the sun. From then on, these little devils never appeared in people's homes again ~ the brothers went back to the island to live in seclusion.
Later, the land became more and more populated, and mankind had a leader, the Yellow Emperor. On important days, the Yellow Emperor led the people to take out the peach symbols they had collected at home to make offerings. Later, the ancient people realized that vermillion has a heavy sun, and it was too wasteful to use the blood of a big rooster, so people used vermillion to paint the peach symbols. Later, it was too troublesome to carve peach talisman and there was no carving machine in ancient times, so some people carved this sacred tea into a template and printed it on the vermilion sand. After the Tang Dynasty, the door god evolved into Qin and Yuchigong.
This is the first reason why the ancients believed that the peach tree protects against evil.
The second reason is that nowadays, with the development of social television networks, RTHK movies publicize the efficacy of peach tree swords and peach tree in warding off evil spirits, so the whole Chinese circle recognizes peach tree.
The third reason is that, according to the story, the Eastern Barbarians boasted more and more about their father, who was holding a sacred wood in his hand. Later, when the father was exhausted, the walking stick in his hand was transformed into a grove of peach trees. In this peach grove, the birds and flowers were so fragrant that all evil things dared not come near. Therefore, people believe that peach tree can avoid evil spirits. Please select the content you want to save and paste it into this text box