Brief introduction of rain master

Rain master is considered to be the fifth competition among the seven nights of the Western White Tiger. * * * has eight stars and belongs to Taurus. After the rain, the teacher is Shang Yang or Pinus densiflora. "Three religions sing for God" is also learning from God and trading sheep. Shang Yang Shen Bird, with one foot, can be big or small, and it will dry up with a breath of the sea. It is also the god of the rain teacher. Red pine nuts are also called red pine nuts. Legend of the immortals called them rain teachers in Shennong era. They are crazy savages who can turn into a red dragon and come with the wind and rain. Later, they were named rain teachers by the gods of the Yuan Dynasty, and they mainly engaged in frost and rain. The typical image of the rain master circulating among the people is a bearded man with a bowl in his left hand and a dragon in it. If his right hand can spray water, his name is Chen Tianjun. At the same time, Pei Xiao, the heroine of Meng Sansheng's novel Laughing at the Three Kingdoms, was once the world of mortals (also known as Yu Zuo) and fell in love with Mozi, the fengshen (that is, Cao Cao who was demoted to the world). Rain God, also known as Rain Master, has the same belief as Fengshen, and its origin is very old. "Shan Hai Jing Huang Da Bei Jing" "Chiyou fought as a soldier, attacked the Yellow Emperor, and invited Fengbo Rain Master to create a big storm." Thomas lee Dazong Bo: "Sacrifice the South Liao to the middle school, the life, the wind teacher and the rain teacher. "

Han people regard Ji's surname as Fengbo, while Bi's surname is Rain Master. Cai Yong's "Arbitrary" said: "The rain teacher is a god, and Bi Xing is also. Its image is in the sky and it can make rain. " The poem says, "When the moon rises, it pours." Rebuild the integrated book of Weft Book Volume 6 "Dragon Fish River Map": "White star is the main soldier, and its essence is the god of rain master." Yi Shi Gua says, "There are many teachers." "Yi Tong Custom Sacrifice Code" says: People are like water in the earth, lightning is thousands of miles away, and so is the wind. As for Mount Tai, it doesn't rain in the sky. Unlike Lei Feng, whose virtue is scattered, rain is called a teacher alone. The ugly god is a rain teacher, so it is also a fire to worship the rain teacher in the northeast with ugly days. It can be seen that the rain god had been included in the national sacrifice code at that time.

Later, Rain Master was deified by Taoism, or the cloud was a dragon, or a sheep, or a red pine nut. "Bao Puzi Deng She": "In the mountains, there are people who call themselves Teacher Yu and Long Ye." "The Three Religions Seek the Source of God" Volume 7: "The rain teacher is a god, and the sheep is also respected. Shang Yang's divine bird, with one foot, can be big or small, and it can be sucked dry. It is also the god of the rain teacher. " "Searching for God" Volume 1: "A pine nut is a rain teacher in Shennong. Take Kethleen to teach Shennong. Can enter the fire without burning. To Kunlun Mountain, I often enter the stone room of the Queen Mother of the West, and it is stormy. Yan Di's maiden pursued it, but she also won immortality, and they all went. When I was at the highest level, I became a rain teacher again and traveled around the world. Today's rain teacher is a little embarrassed. " Another book, The Mirror of the Immortal Succession, was published in Shennong. When the mountain collapsed, it became moraine. Even when it doesn't rain, there is a savage. He looks strange and talks crazy. He wore a grass collar on top and a leather skirt on the bottom. His nails are as long as claws and covered with yellow hair. Real people often turn the red dragon into a red dragon, ask questions to it, give it a red scorpion and chase after it. Since the Yuan Dynasty, all saints have been appointed as rain masters, because they can go up and down with the wind and rain. "The people also have their own views on the rain teacher, and the Han people regard Xuan Ming as a rain teacher." Custom Yi Tong Sacrifice Canon and Chunqiu Zuoshi Biography say: * * A worker's son is Xuanming's teacher. Master Zheng was born in the next year. The rain is the Lord. Because Xuanming was a water official in the ancient five elements, water and rain were interlinked, so he was called the Rain Master.

Some people regard Pingming as a rain teacher. It's raining in Tian Wen of Chu Ci, Chiang Kai-shek. Wang Yi pointed out, "Jiang is also known as the Rain Master." The rain teacher in Guangya Shi Tian is called Jiang Yun. Pingyi is also called Pingyi. Sima Xiangru's "Adult Fu" is called "Painting Screen", which punishes Fengbo and teacher Yu. The screen of Cao Zhi's "Ode to the Goddess of Luo" follows the wind, and the back waves remain the same.

In the Tang Dynasty, Li Jing was also a rain teacher. Shanxi Tongzhi Fengyu Temple is located in Wang Si Village, Yicheng County. Its god Tang Jing. This probably stems from the story of Li Jing begging for rain in the history of Tang Xizong. According to legend, Li Jing once traveled in the mountains and lived in the homes of civilian workers at night. In the middle of the night, a woman handed him a water bottle and said, "rain is fate, so please do it for me." A servant led a green horse to Li Jing and said, "You should put some water under the mane. Three drops is enough. Be careful not to drop it again. ".Li Jing got on the horse and was about to drop water. Unexpectedly, the horse was frightened and roared, and the water in the bottle fell several times. The next day, a local heavy rain solved the drought, and people were grateful and built a temple to worship it.

In addition, the list of different things also says that teacher Yu is Feng Xiu, whose name is Shu De, also known as Chen Huafu. His image is also described in Tales and Interpretation of Truth: a bearded Han with a bowl in his left hand and a dragon in his hand. If his right hand sprinkles water, he is called Chen Tianjun, the rain master of the day. It often appears in Han myths and legends with Fengbo. He used to be a courtier of the Yellow Emperor. In "Everything is done by Han Feizi", he said: "In the past, the Yellow Emperor combined ghosts and gods with Mount Tai." ... Chiyou was in front, Fengbo swept in, and the rain teacher spilled the road. "But then he fought against the Yellow Emperor with Chiyou. In Shan Hai Jing Huang Da Bei Jing, Chiyou fought the Yellow Emperor, who ordered Ying Long to attack the wild land of Jizhou. Ying Long stores water. Chiyou invited Fengbo and Rain Master to come from the storm. "After the retreat of Chiyou, the rain master was the rain god, but he couldn't confirm who it was. In Chu Ci, the names of rain teachers are Xuanming, Pingyi and Pingyi, while in Baopuzi, it is said that there are people who call themselves rain teachers in the mountains, and there are dragons. "Sou Shen Ji" said that "Red pine nuts were also rain teachers in Shennong." ... when they are at the highest level, they become rain teachers again and travel around the world. Teacher Yu is a little embarrassed today. "There are many sayings circulating in the world, and some people even call Gong Wei Li Jing Teacher Yu. Although it seems ridiculous, it is enough to show that as a big agricultural country, people pay attention to the precipitation that is essential in the process of crop growth. It is worth mentioning that the "ugly" god in the underground branch is the rain teacher, so people often sacrifice to the rain teacher on ugly days.

1983 In April, the rain master unearthed a portrait of the coping (Han Tomb), Wind and Rain Map, which was 50× 170 cm. At the top of the painting, three gods are carved to pull a five-star car, one of which controls it, and Fengbo holds the reins with both hands. Fengbo drummed with thunder, moistened with wind and rain, cultivated everything and contributed to others; The four gods in the lower half, with their hair hanging down to one side, each holding a jar and leaning down. The water in the jar pours down like a waterfall, symbolizing rain. On the right is a cloud god, naked, kneeling on the ground, boasting with his mouth open, breathing clouds, which filled the whole space. There are four stars in the upper left corner of the picture. The star in the middle of the lower edge should be old, and the blank is decorated with clouds. Storm is a natural phenomenon, but because it is directly related to human life, people endow it with various mythological images. This "Wind and Rain Map" is a successful mythological image work. The personified Shen Feng and Shen Yu benefit the world with full enthusiasm. They try their best to cooperate closely for the benefit of mankind.

The myth and legend of the Han nationality about the rain master originated from the natural worship of rain. "Arbitrary" says: "The rain is dominant, and its nature is like the sky, so it can make rain." There are always Bi Xing's stars in the astronomical map of Han Dynasty stone reliefs in Nanyang, which is related to the custom of praying for rain. The southern state of Chu took Fei Lian as Fengbo. The rain master in Han paintings is neither a star nor a bird or a beast, but a person's image, which shows that Er Shen has been personified in Han Dynasty. In addition, the sacrifices made to Fengbo and Shi Yu in the Han Dynasty have been included in national ceremonies, and there are also temples in Fengbo and Shi Yu among the people. It is said that before Dayu controlled the water, he drew a waterway on the ground with his tail to let Yu divert the river. It is said that Yu dredged rivers and excavated rocks while controlling water, dragging his tail in front and a mysterious turtle digging mud behind. When dredging to Wushan county, Long painted the wrong waterway and was executed by Yu. Wuxian now has two place names: Staggered Gorge and Duanlongtai. The traditional Ying Long is a winged dragon with a thin neck, a big belly and a scaly body. He has thorns on his spine, strong limbs and likes to be alone. The ancients once wrote a poem about Ying Long: "When Ying Long didn't get up, he hid at the bottom of the deep sea, and when Feiyun didn't step on it, he lifted it to the sky. Take the wild bluegrass as an example. Seclusion is always fragrant. When you see it spread widely, Wan Li looks very fragrant. You can live in seclusion and you can see yourself. " As a matter of fact, this poem refers to people through Ying Long, and it is also used as an excuse.

Rain master Ying Long is the younger brother of the Yellow Emperor. It is said that "Ying" is a strict voice. At that time, geese often flew low on the loess high slope, and the leading old goose sang in the air, and then the geese and birds responded one by one for fear that someone would fall behind. This is the origin of words such as promise, response, singing and response. Ying Long has the characteristics of a wild goose, its body is very light, it is easy to climb to the top of the mountain, and it does not move in the sun. Everyone looked up and saw a winged goose-shaped dragon-so it was called Ying Long, which is the wild goose dragon.

It is said that Ying Long can only control tap water on the ground. When the Yellow Emperor attacked Chiyou, he intercepted the Lingshan River and secretly accumulated the water level in an attempt to flood Chiyou's camp in one fell swoop. As a result, it was poured in a mess by teacher Yu's heavy rain, which harmed others and themselves.

As can be seen from the above legend, distributing rainwater is not Ying Long's unique function, because Chiyou also invited a fixed god-Rain Master. But there is no doubt that Ying Long has the ability to distribute rainwater. It is said that after the Yellow Emperor defeated Chiyou, because Ying Long could no longer go to heaven, the ancestors used it to create a "earth dragon" like Ying Long, and at the same time practiced witchcraft to make rain fall from the sky. Therefore, praying for rain with "earth dragons" has become an essential content of praying for rain. Moreover, although there were many names of rain teachers in ancient times, with the popularity of dragon worship, the images and even names of other rain teachers were weakened and blurred, and only the image of dragons distributing rain was strengthened day by day, so dragons became rain teachers.

Another version says that Ying Long will fly to the sky and spit water, which seems to be not rain, but a simple superposition of the two skills of "flying" and "spitting water". The worst thing is whether he can let it go. As a result, so much saliva was collected by Teacher Yu, which caused a counterattack and caused Huang Jun to be drowned by his mouth. When Dayu was controlling water, he could only use his tail to help others sweep the floor and draw lines. In The Myth of the Rain Master, the fairy in charge of the rain made a screen, also called the trumpet screen, also called Xuanming. They are actually red pine nuts, and they have red eulogies written on them. Legend has it that when Emperor Yan was in Shennong's family, it was the rain teacher who made the rain. Mr. Pinus densiflora has the ability to drift with the wind and rain. He used to be a rain teacher of Emperor Yan Shennong, and later he got something like an elixir from his western mother, so he could set himself on fire and go up and down with the wind and rain. She became a fairy, went to heaven, and abducted Yan Di's little daughter. It was not until the time of Gao Xin that Akamatsu remembered his duty and returned to earth to be a rainfall teacher. There are three generations between Emperor Yan and Gao Xin: Huangdi, Shao Hao and Levin. It hasn't rained for hundreds of years. According to legend, in ancient times, people lived by gathering, fishing and hunting. If they don't get anything for a day, they will have to starve and live a hard life. Later, Shennong used wood to make thunder and coffins, and taught everyone to plant valleys, harvest them in autumn and store them in winter, and their lives were improved. So Shennong was promoted to leader by everyone.

Year after year, a rare drought came. For months, there hasn't been a drop of rain in the sky, and all the crops and millet in the field are going to wither. In the most drought-stricken areas, rivers are dried up, landslides are moraines, and even people and animals are dying of thirst, let alone pumping water to irrigate the land.

When Shennong's hair was about to turn white, an old savage with unkempt hair and strange appearance came from nowhere. He was wearing a grass collar, a leather skirt and a willow branch in his hand. The savage introduced himself and said: My name is Red Pine Son, and I have been practicing in the stone room of the Queen Mother of Kunlun for many years with my master Taoist. Equatorial people often become flying dragons and travel to Heng Yue in the south. I also became a red cricket, followed him and learned the skills of distributing rainwater.

Shennong was very happy, so he immediately showed it. However, I saw red pine nuts take out a powder called Kethleen powder and swallow it, making it a red dragon and flying into the sky. In an instant, the sky was overcast, a downpour poured down from the top of the head, and the dying crops came back to life. Shennong was overjoyed and appointed Pinus densiflora as the rain teacher, responsible for rain distribution and forest application.

After Shennong became immortal, the emperor succeeded to the throne, and Chiyou, the leader of Jiuli, refused to accept it and made an insurrection. Even red pine nuts have defected to the past. When the Yellow Emperor led a tribe to attack the land of Chiyou and Zhuolu, red pine turned into a dragon, while feilian turned into a deer, and they cast spells together. In an instant, the sky was dark, flying stones and sand, heavy rain and strong winds, and hurricanes rolled. The Yellow Emperor and his men were in chaos, and even the southeast and northwest could not be distinguished. Can they still fight? Chiyou took the opportunity to attack and killed the other side. That's it. Relying on the advantages of Fei Lian and Pinus densiflora, Chiyou defeated the Yellow Emperor nine times in a row, forcing him to retreat again and again until he retreated to Mount Tai.

After three days and nights of discussion, the Yellow Emperor summoned his ministers in Taishan, and finally designed two magic weapons to break the enemy-the South Locomotive and the Cowhide Drum. CSR has two floors, * * * 28 wheels, and there is a woodcut man pointing at it in front. When the wheel rolls, the cowhide bulges up to 80 sides, and the sound can resound through 3800 miles. So the Yellow Emperor fought against Chiyou again.

Chiyou still let Fei Lian and Chi Song give orders, pumping and spraying. This time, the Yellow Emperor never lost his way and insisted on fighting. Then, Minister Rongcheng and others led people to play cowhide drums. Suddenly, earth-shattering, rocks broke and clouds collapsed, scaring the daylights out of Fei Lian and Akamatsu. They quickly recovered their fierce nature and fled with Chiyou. The Yellow Emperor pursued all the way to Zhuolu and finally won. He also captured Pinus densiflora and Phileas alive. Because both of them surrendered, the Yellow Emperor still called Red Pine Son Rain Master and named it Feilian Fengbo, asking them to turn evil into goodness and make clothes for people from now on.

After the Five Emperors, no one in the world can control the rain god in Fengbo, so their worship is listed as a national sacrifice ceremony, and the purpose is still to pray for good weather, abundant crops and peace. The ugly faces of these two gods have also become a handsome boy accompanied by a bearded official, symbolizing that rain will come with the wind and the wind will stop it.