What are some stories about mulberry trees? A legend about the mulberry tree

The origin and legend of the mulberry tree are as follows:

In the famous book "Classic of Mountains and Seas" in ancient China, there is such a sentence in the "Overseas East Longitude": "There is Fusang in the Tang Valley, bathed for ten days, in the north of the black tooth, in the water, there is a big tree, nine days in the lower branch, one day in the upper branch." ”

In this sentence, "ten days" is the son of Emperor Jun and Xihe in ancient Chinese sun myths and legends, incarnated as 10 suns; "Big wood" refers to the sacred tree, that is, the poplar tree and the Fuso tree; "Ri" is the sun, in the legend, the sun lives on the golden crow, some say that the sun is moved by the flying golden crow, the golden crow is synonymous with the sun.

In ancient China, the most important material production was silkworm raising and planting, and the most important factor in silkworm raising was mulberry leaves, and the most important factor in planting mulberry was the sun; Therefore, the mulberry tree has an important and indispensable place in the minds of the ancestors as much as the sun. Therefore, our ancestors combined mulberry worship and sun worship to produce the mythical product of "Fusang". From this, we can infer that Fuso is an ancient plant worship, and the ancestors created their own plant worship - the Fuso Sacred Tree.

Mulberry trees are sacred in the hearts of the ancients, and mulberry trees and catalpa trees are often planted next to residences, and later generations will take "mulberry" as a synonym for their hometown. To praise someone for the benefit of their hometown, they often use "merit in Sangzi". "Since taking over the service, I have seen the East China Sea three for the mulberry field" uses "vicissitudes of life" as a metaphor for the great changes in the world or the shortness of life.

The Juntian Decree promulgated during the Northern Wei Dynasty stipulates that men can grant 20 acres of mulberry fields, and the mulberry fields are worldly fields, and they do not need to return to the government, but they must plant the prescribed mulberry, elm, and jujube trees within three years. Where it is not suitable to plant mulberry, the man gives ten acres of hemp field (equivalent to mulberry field), and the woman gives five acres of hemp field. The original mulberry field in the family has the same ownership, but it should be used to offset the share of the beeda.

It can be seen that mulberry culture is not only an inseparable and important part of China's traditional culture, but also a way of livelihood that the vast number of working people in China have relied on since ancient times.

China is the country that invented silk, and the names of "silk" in Western European languages (such as English silk, Old French seie, German seide, Middle Latin seta) are basically believed to be derived from the Chinese character "silk" borrowed by the steppe peoples on the Silk Road, so the Chinese were called "silk people" (seres) by the ancient Romans.

If the silkworm is the cornerstone of silk, then the mulberry tree can be called a mine for producing stone, and excellent mulberry leaves are the prerequisite for the high yield of silkworm cocoons. In the hearts of ancient people, the mulberry tree was necessary for life, so a far-reaching mulberry worship culture was born.

Legend has it that Zhu Yuanzhang was chased by officers and soldiers for several days and nights, tired, thirsty, hungry and sleepy.

Suddenly, I saw a mulberry tree, full of ripe red and purple fruits.

So I picked some and ate them.

It quenches both thirst and hunger.

At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang said to his subordinates, "The mulberry tree saved us, and we will definitely crown the mulberry tree as the 'king of the tree' in the future."

The mulberry tree waited and waited, waited for a year and year, and still did not see the emperor to reward him, the mulberry tree was worried, angry, and hurt his liver, and the heart and liver of the mulberry tree were finally burned out and burned.

Therefore, no matter how big or small, tall or short, the heart of the mulberry tree is always empty, despite its beautiful appearance.

What does the story of the plum tree in the mulberry tell us? In fact, there is a plum tree growing in the mulberry tree, which was accidentally planted by a passerby, but later it became a sacred tree in everyone's minds.

Once upon a time there was a man who went out and brought some plums to eat on the way. He chewed the plums with relish all the way, and after a while he finished eating, only a few plum cores remained. What about throwing the plum kernel to the **?

The man turned his head and saw a mulberry tree a few paces away, and for some reason, there was a big hole in the trunk, and it was empty. So he threw the nucleus into the hollow of the tree. After thinking about it, he got some dirt and filled it into the hole of the tree to plant the plum kernels.

He didn't do this to grow plums, it was just for fun, and he left after planting, and he didn't take it seriously. As the days went by, he slowly forgot about it.

In addition, the plum kernel that was planted was moistened by the rain when it rained, and the dung pulled by the birds perched on the tree became natural fertilizer, and after a long time, it really sprouted and grew into a plum tree. When someone saw a plum tree growing out of a mulberry tree, they thought it was amazing, and told the people around him about the strange thing. Accompany Hui.

When a man with an eye disease heard about it, he thought that this plum tree might be a sacred tree, so he explored under the plum tree with a cane, and made a wish to it, saying, "O plum tree, if you can bless me with the elimination of my eye disease, I will give you a little pig." As soon as he finished speaking, he felt that his eyes didn't hurt so much.

After a few more days, his eyes slowly improved. He was so overjoyed that he said, "The plum tree that grew out of the mulberry tree has cured my eyes, and it is indeed a sacred tree!"

In this way, the story of the "sacred tree" spread.

Ten or ten spread to hundreds, and soon people from far and near knew about it, and the more it spread, the more divine it became: "That plum tree can make the blind man see again!" "That plum tree can cure all diseases......People come with offerings to worship this "sacred tree" in the hope that it will bless them.

After more than a year, the person who planted the plum tree passed by here again, heard about the "sacred tree", and saw the grand occasion of everyone vying to worship it, so he went to the tree to see what was going on. It didn't matter what he saw, he couldn't help but laugh dumbly: "I planted this tree a year ago, what's so magical?" ”

The verses about the san are not finished:1, the Sang Zheying Slanting Spring Society is scattered, and the family is intoxicated. ——Wang Jia's "She Day".

2. The green mulberry is high and reflects the Pingchuan, and the god of the race is laughing and noisy. - Ouyang Xiu, "Tian Family".

3. Jujube flowers can be small and fruitful, and mulberry leaves are soft and silky. ——Wang Pu, "Song of Peony".

4. I have seen the pine and cypress destroyed for salary, and I have heard that the mulberry field has become the sea. ——Liu Xiyi, "Generations of Sorrowful Pulsatilla".

5. The mulberry field ploughs the father, and the hoe follows the shepherd boy. ——Meng Haoran, "Tianjia Yuanri".

6. Pheasant wheat seedlings show, silkworm sleeping mulberry leaves are scarce. ——Wang Wei, "Weichuan Tianjia".

7. Mo Dao Sang withered Heng Qin Yu late, for the sun is still full of sky. ——Liu Yuxi, "Reward for the Joy of the Elderly".

8. Open the noodle field and talk about the wine. ——Meng Haoran, "The Old Man's Village".

9. What merit do I have now, I have not been a farmer. ——Bai Juyi, "Watching the Mai".

10. The sound of afternoon chickens in the deep alleys of willow flowers, and the new green of mulberry leaves is not completed. ——Fan Chengda, "Spring Pastoral Miscellaneous".

11. In the night battle in Sangqianbei, the Qin soldiers did not return. ——Xu Hun's "Plugged Song".

12. Although the family moved with Guo, the wild path entered the mulberry hemp. ——Jiaoran, "Looking for Lu Hong, I Gradually Disappeared".

13, Luo Fu likes silkworms, the south corner of the city. - Anonymous "Mo Shang Sang".

14. The dry mulberry knows the wind, and the sea knows the cold. - Anonymous "Drinking Horses on the Great Wall Caves".

15. The swallow grass is like bisi, and the Qin mulberry has low green branches. - Li Bai, "Spring Thoughts".

16. The dog barks in the deep alley, and the rooster cries in the mulberry tree. ——Tao Yuanming, "Returning to the Garden and Living in the Garden".

17. There is no gossip when we meet, but the Tao is long. ——Tao Yuanming, "Returning to the Garden and Living in the Second Place".

18. The days of mulberry and hemp have been long, and my land has been extensive. ——Tao Yuanming, "Returning to the Garden and Living in the Second Place".

19. There are relics in the well stove, and the remnants of mulberry bamboo are loquat plants. ——Tao Yuanming, "Returning to the Garden and Living in the Fourth".

20, Qiaoxiao is a female companion in the east, and the mulberry picking path is greeted and blocked. ——Yan Shu, "Spring Scene of Breaking the Array".