Folklore of Shougongsha

Modern folk customs and the legend of how to try to break the virginity.

Shaoxing once had such a legend-once upon a time, a royal family, because there were too many concubines, how could he cope with three palaces and six hospitals! Therefore, it is inevitable that Chun Qing will be spared in the cold palace, so the so-called "preservation" sometimes happens without opening it. Although the emperor lived in seclusion, this forbidden riot was soon known to him. He thinks that not only eunuchs who come to power can't rely on him, but also people who go in and out of the palace gate can't rely on him. He should always be vigilant. Therefore, paying special attention to testing his taboo as a sign can make ladies-in-waiting afraid from the existence and absence of the sign. It is said that the medicine used in his mark test is also used to protect the palace-to protect the palace during sexual intercourse; The medicine added is also cinnabar; As for how the medicine is made and how it is used, although it is not said, the reaction of this medicine can also make women have tricks, and the interaction with people naturally disappears.

It is said that there are two kinds of palace sand: one is the same as that in natural history; There is also a natural red sand under the fingernails of the four paws of the palace guard, which is as red as cinnabar and the same shape and size as the fine sand. Some people think that this is Zhengong sand, which can be used to test virginity and treat acute convulsions in children.

Keeping the palace sand is a way for ancient people to ask women to keep their bodies clean! In the Middle Ages outside China, men invented the method of metal lock to close the vulva.

There is also a record in the Bible of the test of suspecting a wife's adultery: sending her to a priest. Offer barley flour as an offering, and do not pour oil and frankincense as a grain offering; Later, women were asked to swear, followed by priests, and women were asked to drink bitter water. It is said that unfaithful women have swollen stomachs and thin thighs after drinking (see Chapter 5 of Numbers in the Old Testament). The difference is that the Bible requires men to keep their bodies clean.

Pharmaceutically, Western medicine is afraid that it is unnecessary to keep the palace, but in Chinese medicine, it is mainly used for infantile umbilical wind, prolonged epilepsy, infantile mouth pinching, guilty epilepsy, paralysis pain, wind pain, traumatic injury, furuncle and furuncle, infantile malnutrition, scorpion injury and so on. Li Shizhen's Compendium of Materia Medica has an endorsement under the explanation of "guarding the palace", and there are also words about guarding the palace and testing chastity. Tao Hongjing, a famous doctor in the Liang Dynasty, said, "When I was guarding the palace, I fed it with Zhu, which was three catties. Kill it to discredit a woman's body. Take off if there is a handover. " No, it looks like a red ambition, so it's named Shougong. People who don't know how to do things think that "guarding the palace" is to keep the beauty of the sacred side. In fact, "Shougong" is a lizard with a slightly flat body, gray spine, millet-shaped protrusions, a white and yellow abdomen, a big mouth, a thick tongue, five toes on each foot and many wrinkles on the toes. This is an ordinary "gecko" ... According to ancient legends, geckos are raised with crocodiles and the like. But it can only be used on unmarried women, and married women are absolutely invalid. This method became popular with the rise of Neo-Confucianism in Song Dynasty. According to the Natural History of Jin Dynasty, if you feed the gecko with cinnabar, the gecko will turn red all over. Eat seven pounds of cinnabar, mash the gecko, and then use it to point the woman's limbs, the color will not fade. Only after sexual intercourse, its color will fade, so in legend, this wonderful and simple way to express women's "chastity" is called "palace sand". No matter whether it is true or not, some dynasties put women elected to the palace on the "palace sand" as a sign of adultery or breaking the precepts.

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In the Song Dynasty, due to lack of experience, many jokes were made, which caused a lot of right and wrong, among which there was a famous unjust case in Sichuan. Things have to start with the demise of Shu after Song Taizu. Wang Quanbin led the army into Sichuan, and Song Taizu earnestly warned: "Wherever you go, you don't have to burn houses, expel officials, develop graves and cut down Santo." However, Song Jun is arrogant and illegal, killing thousands of innocent people. The people's sentiments are passionate, and people's uprisings break out one after another. While severely punishing the relevant personnel, the Song regime sent Mao's younger brother to Shuzhong to comfort him, while promising to reduce taxes and promote talents to be officials. The so-called promoted talents, since they are appeasing, are naturally dominated by rich and powerful people or prominent people, while real talents and practical learning are in a secondary position.

In Wanxian, Sichuan, forests and fields are even covered with buildings and horses, and naturally they are also promoted. So I packed my bags, went to Bianjing to appear before the emperor, received by Song Taizu, and waited for appointment. Besides his wife, Lin Mi has five concubines as beautiful as flowers and pure as jade. The youngest concubine is He Fangzi, only 18 years old. She was the daughter of He Jiong, the magistrate of Lantai in the post-Shu regime. After the destruction of Shu in Song Dynasty, He Jiong refused to surrender to Song Dynasty and was killed by Song Jun. The poor housekeeper He Fangzi became the fifth concubine of Lin Mi, a rich farmer in Wanxian County. Lin Mi is about to leave for Bianjing, and everything at home has been taken care of, except the beautiful young concubine. So he confided his heart to his good friend, the real person in the cool breeze view outside the city. For real people, this is a piece of cake. He quickly bought some palace sand from charlatans and explained the usage to Lin Mi in this way. Lin Mi, like a treasure, personally lit it in the arms of the concubines after returning home.

He Fangzi is a good girl, beautiful and reads a lot. In the life blueprint she painted for herself, she hoped to find a Mr Right to fly with me, but in the end she unexpectedly married a rich man in the countryside who was in his twenties, and she had to contend with a group of fat and vulgar powder every day. She didn't mean this boring fight, but because she is young and beautiful, sensible and noble, Lin Mi sticks to her every day and ignores those women, so those women form a United front and are embarrassed with her everywhere. Since Lin Mi left home, those women have carefully protected the moles on their arms, which are as big as red beans. They dare not wash or touch it. He Fangzi hated it as if it were a stain on her body. She didn't care, so she took a shower. Soon, the palace sand disappeared without a trace. As a result, those tacky women finally found an excuse to attack, satirize her, laugh at her, and even publicly scold her for cheating on her. What's more, they take pains to hide under He Fangzi's window and eavesdrop every night, ready to catch the adulterer and see how this little bitch seduces men. Half a year later, Lin Mi was sent to work in Bianjing, and sent someone to Shu to bring his wife and five concubines to Beijing. That night, Lin Mi couldn't wait to examine the sand moles of his wives and concubines one by one under the lamp. Her smug face stiffened when she saw He Fangzi. In a rage, she immediately slapped He Fangzi and asked her why. He Fangzi lowered her head, without any expression on her face, and her teeth bit her lips tightly. Lin Mi flew into a rage and ordered torture. He Fangzi knew that his behavior was not deviant and refused to admit that he had any lover. But Lin Mi's whip, one by one, broke He Fangzi's heart bit by bit. She was completely desperate, leaving a suicide note intertwined with blood and tears and hanging herself.

Lin Mi thought that He Fangzi died of shame, ignored He Fangzi's suicide note, and hastily buried He Fangzi. Lin Mi has a great fortune in Wanxian County. If he kills a slave or wrongfully kills his concubine, all he has to do is spend some money to settle his relatives and friends. However, at the foot of the son of heaven, Bianjing City is a serious matter. Fu died with a concubine, and it spread with great fanfare the next day. Kaifeng government heard the news and vigorously investigated the case. The first step was to open the coffin for autopsy and found that He Fangzi was raw and covered with whiplash. Then Tallinn was interrogated. Lin Mi couldn't conceal it and told the story in detail. So the judge put the cinnabar left on Lin Mi's body on the arms of three women, and then put a live gecko on one of them's arms, and the gecko licked the palace sand instantly. In fact, the rosary spot on a virgin's arm will not disappear if it is not washed for a few days, and it can also go deep under the skin, and it will not disappear if it is rubbed or washed, and it will become more and more vivid. Even if the legend says that the color will fade after sexual intercourse, it is useless to married women. He Fangzi undoubtedly suffered great injustice. Kaifeng Yin acquitted He Fangzi, Lin Mi abused lynching, forced his concubine to death, removed her official position and imposed heavy penalties.

Because the case involved Sichuan and appeased the people of the post-Shu regime, even Dali Temple, which was in charge of the central prison, moved out. Just as Dali Temple was preparing to severely punish Lin Mi, Lin Mi died mysteriously and Shangyi committed suicide by throwing himself into the lake. People are very sympathetic to what happened to He Fangzi. She came to Bianjing from Wanxian County, Sichuan Province, but she wandered in a foreign land with grievances. So someone initiated the construction of the "Notre Dame Temple". Since the Song Dynasty, this temple has been rebuilt in all dynasties. A thousand years later, it still stands in the south of Kaifeng, Henan Province, and some people call it "Shougong Temple".