During the Dragon Boat Festival, there is a custom of drinking realgar wine. I believe everyone is familiar with the story of White Snake and Xu Xian, but do you know the scene where White Snake drinks realgar wine and reveals her true form during the Dragon Boat Festival? The following is the Dragon Boat Festival legend that I compiled for you. The White Snake drinks realgar wine and appears in her original form. I hope it will be helpful to everyone.
Dragon Boat Festival Legend? The White Snake drinks realgar wine and appears in her original form
Legend has it that there is a white snake After practicing for a thousand years, he finally transformed into a human form and transformed into a beautiful and dignified white lady. The other green snake practiced for five hundred years and also transformed into a young green girl full of youthful vitality. The two of them went to the West Lake to play together. When they came to the Broken Bridge, the White Snake saw a handsome white-faced scholar in the crowd, and she secretly fell in love with him. Xiaoqing then quietly did the trick and it rained heavily. Xu Xian, a white-faced scholar, came to the lake to take a boat with an umbrella.
He happened to see Bai Niangzi and Xiao Qing in a miserable state after being drenched by the heavy rain. Xu Xian hurriedly handed over his umbrella to let them take shelter from the rain, but he hid himself Far away, no matter how wet the rain is. When White Snake saw Xu Xian being so honest and shy, she liked her even more, and Xu Xian also developed an admiration for the beautiful White Snake. With Xiao Qing's help, Xu Xian married White Snake and opened a pharmacy near the West Lake to treat illnesses and save people. The villagers liked them very much.
But Fahai, the mage of Jinshan Temple, believes that White Snake is a goblin who will harm the people. He quietly told Xu Xian that the White Snake was the incarnation of a white snake, and taught Xu Xian how to identify a white snake. Xu Xian was doubtful. In a blink of an eye, the Dragon Boat Festival is here, and people all drink realgar wine to ward off evil spirits. Xu Xian follows the method of Fahai Sect and forces White Snake to drink realgar wine. Bai Niangzi was pregnant at this time, and she couldn't push Xu Xian away. After drinking, she immediately revealed her true form as a snake, and Xu Xian was immediately frightened to death. In order to save Xu Xian, White Snake went all the way to Kunlun Holy Mountain to steal the Ganoderma lucidum grass that brought Xu Xian back to life, regardless of her pregnancy. The White Snake fought fiercely with the guard guarding the Ganoderma lucidum grass. The guard was moved by the White Snake and gave her the Ganoderma lucidum. After Xu Xian was rescued, he knew that White Snake truly loved him, and the couple became even more affectionate.
However, Fahai still cannot tolerate the white snake living in the human world. He deceived Xu Xian into Jinshan Temple and forced him to become a monk. Bai Niangzi and Xiao Qing were very angry and led the Shui tribe soldiers to attack Jinshan Temple in an attempt to rescue Xu Xian. They continued to practice this method, causing floods, and Jinshan Temple was surrounded by floods. This is the famous "Water Flooding Jinshan" in the legend. Fa Hai also showed his magic power. Because Bai Niang was about to give birth, she couldn't defeat Fa Hai and had to escape under Xiao Qing's protection. When they escaped to Broken Bridge, they met Xu Xian who had escaped from Jinshan Temple. After Xu Xian and Bai Niangzi met each other for the first time on the broken bridge after a disaster, they had mixed feelings and couldn't help crying. As soon as White Snake gave birth to her son, Fa Hai arrived. He mercilessly suppressed White Snake under the Leifeng Pagoda by the West Lake, and cursed her that unless the West Lake dries up and Leifeng Pagoda collapses, Bai Snake will never be able to return. To the human world.
Many years later, Xiaoqing mastered the Tao and returned to the West Lake. She defeated Fa Hai, sucked up the water in the West Lake, knocked down the Leifeng Pagoda, and finally rescued the White Snake. The Legend of the White Snake
According to the "Jingshi Tongyan" in the late Ming Dynasty, it is said that during the Southern Song Dynasty, a snake demon who had practiced for a thousand years in Shaoxing transformed into a beautiful woman named Bai Suzhen, and her maid Qingqing (also known as Xiaoqing). , Herring, Green Snake) met Xu Xuan (or Xu Xian), the king of drugstores, in the West Lake of Hangzhou. They were in the same boat to shelter from the rain, and fell in love at first sight. White Snake wanted to be with the scholar, so she married him. Then they became husband and wife. After marriage, she experienced many ups and downs, and White Snake often behaved strangely, which made Xu feel embarrassed. The eminent monk Fahai of Jinshan Temple in Zhenjiang gave Xu an alms bowl to cover his wife. Behind the white and green quilts, the original forms are revealed, which are white snakes and herrings that have been enlightened for thousands of years. Fahai then took the alms bowl and placed it in front of the Lei Temple Peak, and ordered a seven-level pagoda to be built on top of it, which was named Lei Peak. The white and green pagodas were permanently restrained in the pagoda[4].
The monks bought a niche and burned it, and built a bone tower that would last for thousands of years. When he was about to die, he also wrote eight lines of poems as a warning to the world. The poem said:
The Patriarch saved me from the world of mortals. , the iron tree blooms and spring begins.
Transformation, reincarnation, reincarnation, transformation and rebirth.
If you want to know whether there is color or colorlessness, you must realize that there is form but there is form.
Color is emptiness, emptiness is color, and emptiness, color, and color must be distinct.
Later generations added some plots based on this legend, making the story more civilian and in line with the taste of the public. It has been circulated to this day. The content is roughly as follows: During the Song Dynasty. Bai Suzhen is a snake demon who has been practicing for thousands of years. In order to repay scholar Xu Xian for saving his life in his previous life, he turned into a human to repay his kindness. Later, he met Xiaoqing, a green snake spirit, and the two became friends. Bai Suzhen used her magic power and clever tricks to get acquainted with Xu Xian and marry him. After the marriage, monk Fahai of Jinshan Temple told Xu Xian that Bai Suzhen was a snake demon, but Xu Xian was doubtful. Later, Xu Xian followed Fahai's method and made Bai Suzhen drink wine with realgar on the Dragon Boat Festival. Bai Suzhen had to show her original shape, but frightened Xu Xian to death. Bai Suzhen went to heaven to steal the fairy grass Ganoderma lucidum and revive Xu Xian. Fahai deceived Xu Xian to Jinshan Temple and placed him under house arrest. Bai Suzhen and Xiaoqing fought with Fahai and flooded Jinshan Temple, but they harmed other living beings. Because Bai Suzhen violated the laws of nature, she was taken into an alms bowl by Fahai after giving birth to a child and suppressed under the Leifeng Pagoda. Hou Bai Suzhen's son Xu Shilin grew up and won the first prize. He went to the pagoda to sacrifice his mother, rescued her and reunited the whole family. And the lovely Xiao Qing also found her husband. The character of White Snake
The development of White Snake to "The New Legend of White Snake" has completely eliminated the monster image. Throughout the entire plot, it is impossible to connect such a gentle and beautiful white lady with monsters. Even the human form in the first episode and the appearance of Duanyang in the seventh episode are only taken for granted as necessary for the development of the plot. The White Snake is indeed a thousand-year-old snake monster. Although the play also promotes a view that monsters are not necessarily bad, and sometimes people are not as good as monsters, every audience will unknowingly forget that the White Snake is a monster when watching. It's a fairy.
The White Snake is like a living Bodhisattva, the most ideal wife and mother in the eyes of the Chinese people. Although the white lady's relationship with Xu Xian was due to the kindness of her previous life, her commitment to her was not about "repaying the favor". It can be said that from the moment the White Snake saw Xu Xian on the broken bridge in the pavilion, she had already violated the vow she made in front of the Bodhisattva that day to repay her kindness and seek to ascend to heaven. When the wife was completely unaware that Xu Xian was her benefactor in her previous life, she was deeply moved by Xu Xian's honesty, honesty and handsomeness, and she was interested in him. She was afraid that he was not a benefactor in her previous life, so she did not dare to speculate on his previous life. The kindness in the previous life was just an introduction, a thousand-year-old red thread. The love between the lady and Xu Xian after their marriage was even more enviable and admirable.
The white lady’s love for Xu Xian is great. She uses her eighteen hundred years of practice as the most abundant dowry. She truly loves Xu Xian and fully supports Xu Xian. White Snake helped Xu Xian start his business, and relied on various magical spells and scheming to make Bao'an Tang's business prosperous and became famous in one fell swoop, so much so that Xu Xian almost became the leader of the Three Emperors Patriarch Association. With a virtuous wife at home, Xu Xian is truly blessed and blessed. What more could a husband ask for if he has such a wife? With such a virtuous and loving wife, I am really worried that she will spoil her husband.
The White Lady protects the official wholeheartedly and cannot bear to let him suffer any injustice. When the Qiantang Kuyin Incident happened, on the way to Suzhou, my wife saw Xu Xian wearing shackles and chains, and she was already heartbroken. After the sudden change in Duanyang, she rushed to the Heavenly Palace and went to Lingshan Mountain without any hesitation, risking her life without hesitation. It was exactly what she sang before drinking three glasses of realgar wine: I am grateful to the officials for their kindness, and I am willing to be broken into pieces. For the sake of Xu Xian, White Snake has long forgotten about becoming an immortal. As long as the officials are happy and healthy, my sister would rather not become an immortal. This is more sincere than any oath of love.
The White Snake is kind-hearted. She and Xu Xian hang the pot to help the world. Is it just because she helps the officials and makes peace between husband and wife? She also has a kind heart herself, and everyone calls her Living Bodhisattva is not an exaggeration. The white lady is gentle and kind, but she is not a delicate little woman at all. She is powerful in magic, smart and wise, and can fight unyieldingly for free love with officials. This is another aspect of the White Snake that is much loved.
In addition to Xu Xian, Bai Niangzi is also affectionate and loyal to Xiaoqing, and has always treated her as a sibling. As for Shi Lin'er, she was also a loving mother, reluctant to leave. Because of Shi Lin's cry, she fell into Fahai's trap, leaving behind twenty years of regret.
In short, the White Snake is the ideal of Chinese women, embodying all the advantages of Chinese women. The history of realgar wine
Legend has it that after Qu Yuan threw himself into the river, people in Qu Yuan’s hometown threw rice dumplings and salted eggs into the river one after another in order to prevent the dragon from eating Qu Yuan’s body. An old doctor took a jar of realgar wine and poured it into the river, saying it could stun the dragon and protect Qu Yuan. After a while, a dragon really floated on the water. So people pulled the dragon ashore, pulled its tendons, peeled its skin, and then wrapped the dragon's tendons around the children's wrists and necks, and then wiped its seven orifices with realgar wine, thinking that this would protect the children from insects and snakes. harm. It is said that this is the origin of drinking realgar wine during the Dragon Boat Festival. So far, many places in our country have the habit of drinking realgar wine.
On the Dragon Boat Festival, people pour realgar into wine and drink it, and apply the realgar wine on children’s ears, noses, foreheads, hands, feet, etc., hoping that this will protect children from snakes. Insect damage. Realgar wine is mentioned in Wang Zengqi's "Duck Eggs on Dragon Boat Festival", which says: "Drink realgar wine." Use realgar mixed with wine to draw a king character on the child's forehead, which is found in many places. ?
Hang proverb says: On May 5th, realgar liquor is celebrated during the Dragon Boat Festival. On this day, the people will cut the root into fine pieces, dry it in the sun, mix it with a little realgar, and soak it in white wine. There are also people who use realgar alone to soak it in wine, so it is called "realgar wine". Folks believe that realgar wine can ward off evil spirits, which has led to the custom of drinking realgar wine during the Dragon Boat Festival. At the same time, the child's cheeks, ears and nose should be smeared with realgar wine, or the word "王" should be written on the forehead to compare it to a tiger to intimidate evil spirits. Folks also spray leftover realgar wine in dark corners of houses, or store it. If there is redness or swelling due to insect bites every day, it can be applied to detoxify and reduce swelling. If there is a well, people will take a piece of realgar, wrap it in silk cotton, and put it into the well to remove the poison in the water.
There is a saying among Chinese people: "Early Dragon Boat Festival, late Mid-Autumn Festival". The ancients believed that Chen belongs to the dragon, and the time of Chen is when the dragons make rain, so a realgar wine banquet is held on the morning of the Dragon Boat Festival, hoping for good weather and good weather. A good year with abundant harvests.
During the Dragon Boat Festival and after the festival, the climate is hot, flies fly, poisonous gas rises, and diseases germinate. The ancients believed that people suffered from all kinds of diseases by eating whole grains, and diseases entered through the mouth, mostly caused by evil and miscellaneous gases, which were inhaled through the mouth and nose. In the process of long-term struggle against various diseases, people have found that drinking realgar wine and wearing sachets can exorcise evil spirits and detoxify, which has its own medical theory. Let’s talk about sachets first, let’s talk about realgar and realgar wine. Realgar is abundant in many places. People use realgar to make realgar wine in the process of continuous practice. "Qing Jia Lu" records: Grind realgar powder, shavings of Pu root, and drink it with wine, which is called realgar wine. ?That is, add realgar to the wine. Realgar, orange-red, can be used as medicine to treat viruses. Realgar wine is a delicious wine during the Dragon Boat Festival. In the old days, almost everyone in Jianning brewed realgar wine at home, but it was mostly drunk by men, and some women who knew how to drink also drank it. Children could not drink it, so adults would dip their hands in the wine and smear it on the children's faces, ears, noses, palms, and soles. Later, people added mugwort leaves, smoked grass and other raw materials to realgar to make sachets for women and children to wear.
The sachet has a medicinal flavor and is inhaled through the mouth and nose to clear the meridians, dispel evil and strengthen the body, so as to achieve the effect of curing diseases and strengthening the body. Realgar, mugwort leaves, and fumigation all emit a strange fragrance, and snakes and insects run away after smelling it, which not only reduces the source of infection, but also kills germs, eliminates sweat odor, and refreshes the mind.