What are the stories about cows, classic stories about cows

Two people quarreled, and one said to the other, "I really played the harp to the cow." "The other party is not a cow, and he doesn't play the piano himself, why do you say that? It turns out that the idiom "playing the harp to the cow" is used to ridicule the obedient person for not understanding what the other party says, and its origin has a wonderful story.

During the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a very famous ** family called Gongmingyi in the Lu State. Gong Mingyi is very good at playing the piano, and the beautiful sound of the piano flows from under his hands, and the audience will be fascinated.

One spring, Gong Mingyi took the piano for a walk in the fields. The spring breeze was soft, sending bursts of fragrant grass, and Gongmingyi was relaxed and happy, and couldn't help but look around. He spotted a cow grazing in the distance and ignored his arrival.

He suddenly had a wonderful idea. In the past, he played the piano and received a lot of praise, if he played a song for this cow, would it listen to it? With this in mind, he set up the harp, plucked the strings, and began to play in the field.

The piece he played was very elegant, called "The Drill of the Clear Horn".

Such a beautiful sound, if it is heard, it will definitely be immersed in it, and it will be difficult to extricate yourself. However, the cow in the field still bowed his head to graze, and flicked his tail from time to time, ignoring Gong Mingyi's personal ** meeting, let alone comprehending the wonderful artistic conception in the song.

Gongmingyi did his best, and after the song was played, he was helpless to see the cow in front of him so indifferent. He thought about it and had a new idea. So he plucked the strings again, and made strange jumble noises, one moment like flies buzzing, the next like the cries of a lost calf.

This attracted the attention of the cow, and it actually stopped grazing, raised its head, pricked up its ears, and listened attentively.

Later, people used the metaphor of "playing the harp to the cow" to tell a profound truth to a stupid person, or to speak insider words to a layman, wasting time in vain. Of course, if someone comments that the speaker is "playing the harp to the cow", then the point of the statement is not to say that the obedient person is stupid or a layman, but to ridicule the speaker for not looking at the object.

About the story of the cow, there is the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, and the old cow helps the Cowherd. There is a story of Jigong and cows. There is also ancient Greek mythology in which Zeus turned into a white bull and approached Europa. And so on and so forth.

The legend of the birthday of the Yao cow.

There is a legend in the Yao family:"Pangu opens the sky.

Luban built a wall, the king of He sent the grass, and the king of cattle ploughed the field. "The ancient books of the Yao nationality "Pantian Song" and "Mountain List".

said:"In the second year of Yinmao, there was a big flood, and everything in the world was flooded, leaving only Fuxi.

The brother and sister hid in the gourd floating water. Only then was able to continue the human race, and later the king of Pan ascended the palace and gave the Yao people the mountains of the world, let them cut seeds, and live and work in peace and contentment. However, the Yaoshan area, with its poor mountains and bad waters, is still precarious despite people's hard work.

One year, Tai Bai Xing went down to inspect the people's situation, and saw that the Yao family had lived in the mountains and mountains for generations, slash and burn, and life was difficult, so he told the heavenly court. The Jade Emperor sent King He to send He to the world, and the King of Cattle came down to plough the fields. Since the king of the ox came to the world, the Yao family began to plough the fields and plant crops, and the wind and rain were smooth every year, and the grains were abundant.

In order to thank the King of the Ox, the Yao family took the day of the King of the Ox (the eighth day of the fourth month of the lunar calendar) as a traditional festival.

Cow's birthday. The Yao family has a ballad"April 8, throwing the rake, July and a half.

The barn was full of grain, and 10,000 loads of grain were recovered, all with the help of oxen. "On the eighth day of the fourth month, the Yao family loves the cattle the most, and worships the cattle as gods, so that the cattle can drop the rake and rest for a whole day. On this day, no one is allowed to whip an ox, fight a bull, kill a bull, or even scold a bull.

On the first day, every household should take a hot bath for the cow, comb the whole body cleanly, and make the cowpen neat and tidy, pave a new grass, draw it on red paper or cut it into a Buddhist charm and stick it on the cowpen to drive away evil spirits and send the plague god to bless the health of the cow. On this day, the cow eats something even more chic and wonderful, early in the morning, people compete to let the cow out to eat dew grass, the sooner the better"Grab the head"。In the morning, boiled eggs with glutinous rice sake lees are given to the cow to eat, and in the Yao family, children have the habit of eating eggs on their birthdays, which shows the worship of the cow.

There is a saying in the house:"People live and eat ginseng; Cattle live and eat bitter ginseng.

In the afternoon, the cows are fed with bitter ginseng loaches to make the cattle healthy and long-lived. In the evening, the Yao family also chooses the best and strongest cattle to gather, and the Yao family wears festive costumes and surrounds a roaring bonfire.

Beat the long drum and sing cheerful songs and dance.

Chinese Folk Tales: The Story of Lao Niu.