The life and background information of the chicken woman and Niu Geng's author.

commonly known as "chicken lady". It shows a young peasant woman opening a chicken coop, and two chickens are fighting to peck an earthworm. The statue is full of poetic rural customs.

Background information:

In ancient times, there was a girl named Xi Chengfeng who could raise chickens in Baoding Mountain. The chickens she raises are yellow as gold and white as silver; Male chickens grow tender and fast, and hens are fat and lay eggs frequently. Xi Chengfeng's mother and daughter live not far in front of the ancient Buddha temple in Baoding Mountain. In addition to raising chickens, there is also a white wooden table selling vegetarian wine and noodles. There are many masons in the Moyan Statue of the Giant Buddha Bay, and farmers also do a small business to find some pocket money. Because Xi Chengfeng's mother and daughter are kind to others and fair in business, Liu Sijiu, the head mason, always likes to drink a bowl of white wine and eat two plates of salted peanuts after work. One day, on the Dragon Boat Festival, Xi Chengfeng specially put a plate of yellow rice dumplings and a plate of spiced vegetarian chicken for Liu Sijiu. While drinking, Liu Sijiu jokingly said, "Vegetarian chicken is not easy to understand. You can't bear to kill a rooster to wait for me!" " Xi Chengfeng smiled and said, "Master Zhao in your temple has warned us many times that killing chickens hurts life and eating meat is guilty!" Liu Sijiu disagreed and said, "What's the crime? I am a craftsman, not a monk. " Xi Chengfeng thinks that Liu Masons are right. I remember when I was a child, I heard adults put on a dragon's gate array, saying that in those days, the Tang King allowed martial arts monks in Shaolin Temple to eat meat. You think, it was hard enough for craftsmen to cut mountains and split stones and drill statues all year round. Eat three plain vegetarian meals in the temple a day, and you can support yourself! One night, Liu Sijiu worked overtime and came to Xi Chengfeng's shop. Xi Chengfeng smiled and waved to Liu Masons and introduced him into the inner room. There was a plate of fried chicken offal, a plate of fried poached eggs and a big bowl of steaming fat hen soup on the dining table. Liu Sijiu hasn't finished eating meat for a long time. He eats glibly and is very satisfied. After drinking, he took out a silver ingot and said to Xi Chengfeng, "Please take care of me, elder sister, and I'll call sumptuous food every day. I'll take it when the silver is used up. " Xi Chengfeng looked at Liu Masons with satisfaction, and he was also very happy. One day, Xi Chengfeng raised chickens and caused disaster. In ancient times, chickens were kept in the open rather than closed. Those chickens have two legs, and sometimes they inevitably run to the temple when they look for food everywhere. Especially after the monk finished fasting, some rice grains were sprinkled on the ground, and some chickens had to go to "catch the fast". If you don't talk about it, you will inevitably have to dump some shit on the ground and pollute the dam. Master Zhao and the monk in charge were very unhappy when they saw this, so they ordered the monks to drive them out. Sometimes, a monk accidentally breaks a chicken's foot with a mord, which leads to an argument. For these reasons, Master Zhao has always been very uncomfortable. Recently, it was said that Liu Sijiu, the foreman of craftsmen, often sneaked into Xi Chengfeng's shop to eat eggs and drink chicken soup, and his heart was even more unclear. One day, he pointed to the oil and soup marks on Liu Sijiu's white sweat jacket and said, "Amitabha, what a sin!" " Liu masons almost quarreled with him. Cut the gossip. On this day, after the morning fasting in the temple, a group of chickens from Xi Chengfeng broke into the main hall of the ancient Buddhist temple. The monks were meditating and chanting when they heard the cock crow and the hen cackle. Some chickens even flew to the incense table to peck and eat the fruit, making a scene in the Buddhist temple. When the monk in charge found out, his anger rose from his heart, and he quickly called several young monks to beat them with mords and shout with bamboo poles. The young monk felt very interesting, chasing and beating, and the rooster and hen fluttered and flew around, knocking over the lamp and polluting the shrine. After some chasing, the hall was filthy; Six or seven chickens of Xi Chengfeng were killed by accident. Liu Sijiu arrived at the sound of the news, knowing that things were broken, and quickly sent a little disciple to inform the Xi family. Xi Chengfeng helped his old mother to come, looking at the chicken feathers and bloody dead chickens on the ground, and his heart ached like a knife. Zhao Zhifeng's mouth trembled with anger when exorcist saw the Buddhist temple in that way. Xi Chengfeng's mother and daughter were reprimanded sharply, and they were ordered to clean the Buddhist temple that afternoon and make amends to the Bodhisattva. Xi Chengfeng's mother is a kind mother-in-law, kneeling on the futon and kowtowing to the Bodhisattva. But Xi Chengfeng has a pungent nature, so he won't rely on it. As soon as I picked up my mother, I reasoned with Master Zhao. Zhao Zhifeng said: "The cause of the accident started with Xi Chengfeng raising chickens. If you don't raise chickens, there will be no chicken beating. Killing chickens and eating eggs are all deadly sins. Therefore, chicken farmers are guilty and will go to hell after death! " Xi Chengfeng refused to accept this and retorted, "The mage's reason is so profound that we ordinary people don't understand it. I only know that raising chickens, geese and ducks is a sideline of farmers. Ask exorcist to visit far and near. Is there a farmer who doesn't raise chickens? Raising chickens is guilty, killing chickens is justified, and there is no such book to sell in the world! ？” After that, she glanced at the villagers who came to watch and asked for support. The villagers heard what Xi Chengfeng said was right and roared together. When the monk in charge saw that something was not good, he quickly gathered in Zhao Zhifeng's ear and said, "Calm down, Elder, the law won't cure everyone!" Zhao Zhifeng is a clever man. Change his tone quickly and calm the public's anger. Finally, it was agreed fairly that Xi Chengfeng's mother and daughter would clean the Buddhist temple; The temple paid compensation for seven dead chickens. A storm finally subsided. But things didn't end there. Zhao Zhifeng always kept in mind the "sin" of Xi Chengfeng's chicken raising accident. Later, when engraving the "hell change" group sculpture, despite Liu Sijiu's repeated opposition, he insisted on engraving Xi Chengfeng's "sin" of "raising chickens and hurting people" to warn future generations. Liu Sijiu is a craftsman and Zhao Zhifeng is an elder. His arm can't twist his thigh, so he has to obey orders. That night, after Liu Sijiu went to Xi Chengfeng's house to drink chicken soup, he crustily skin of head told Xi Chengfeng about it, hoping to get her understanding. Who knows that Xi Chengfeng laughed and said, "It would be great to carve my image! Then I, a chicken woman, will not live forever like a bodhisattva! " A joke woke up Liu Sijiu, right! Counterplot, you exorcist don't want me to carve, I still dare not make a statue for this kind and amiable peasant woman. Later, Liu Sijiu really carved the chicken girl into a "hell change". But the image of her is very kind and beautiful. The picture shows that the chicken woman gently lifts the chicken cage, and two chickens scramble to get out of the cage, flapping their wings and vying for an earthworm. The chickens that are not out of the cage also craned their necks and scrambled to get out. The chicken-keeper looked on with a kind and quiet expression, as if immersed in the fantasy of happiness. It was completely the reproduction of the industrious and intelligent quality of ancient working women. Did it ever look like a crime? The craftsmen all said: Liu Sijiu cleverly built a monument for the chicken-raising woman Xi Chengfeng, and also fulfilled his own wish to thank Xi Chengfeng. In the animation circle, Isurugi Noe, one of the heroines in "true tears", is called a chicken-keeper because she manages the chicken shed in the school.

Ancient craftsmen

Stone relief in the tomb. Collection of China National Museum. In 195, Shuanggou, Suining County, Bad Twist County, Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province was unearthed. It is 8 cm high and 16 cm wide. The picture is divided into three layers. The upper layer is a picture of immortals and animals, the middle layer is a picture of people leaving, and the bottom layer is a picture of Niu Geng. In Niu Geng's picture, two cows are mainly carved, carrying a plow frame and pulling a plow, followed by a man in a small coat and hat, driving the cows to plow the field with a plow, followed by a child, carrying a basket and sowing seeds. In the distance, a person is carrying a burden, with a basket at one end and a kettle at the other; Another person is weeding or turning the ground. There is a double-shaft car in the corner of Tiantou, and there are three birds on the car.