The story of mallet bird

In the virgin forest of Wanda Mountain, there is a bird that likes to eat ginseng fruit and is revered by the mountain people-wooden stick bird. Where there is the song of wooden claw birds, ginseng can be dug up.

According to the custom of digging ginseng, digging ginseng into the mountain is called "releasing the mountain", and digging ginseng is "digging a wooden stick". The wooden stick bird is obviously a bird that has an indissoluble bond with ginseng. So, what kind of bird is the mallet bird? What does it sound like? According to some information, many mountain people have never seen it with their own eyes. Some people even assert that the mallet bird doesn't exist at all, just as the phoenix is purely a folklore. This makes people's understanding of cudgel birds confusing and adds a bit of mystery.

Actually, it is not.

There is a small village called Dumuhe in the remnant vein of Wanda Mountain on the banks of Wusuli River, where a family lived. Three generations of grandparents and grandchildren dug ginseng. The owner's name is Zhou Dunxue. He is 87 years old and has been digging for ginseng for 60 years. His eldest son, Zhou Huicheng, is 60 years old. He has been following his father into the mountains since 18 years old. He, his father, and his younger brother have seen the wooden stick bird called the fairy bird with their own eyes in the mountains, and they are even more familiar with the sound of the wooden stick bird. Zhou Huicheng introduced: There are two kinds of cudgel birds, one is called "Wang Gange", which is about 20 cm long, with yellow-green chest and gray back. When singing, it perches on the top of the tree, giving out a crisp and distant cry of "Brother Wang Gan". Another great bird is called "Wu Li", which Hui Zhou has never seen before. According to Lao Fangshan's father, he met him occasionally in his early years. However, this cry alarmed the jade emperor in heaven and asked the courtiers: how many times? It is characterized by being obviously smaller than a crow, with a black head, a gray abdomen and white wings. When it barks, it makes deep "Wu Li" and "Wu Li" sounds. But few people in the mountains have seen it. What kind of mallet bird stands for "I'm lost" makes these two strange calls?

There is a story in Dongdashan: Once upon a time, there were two people who claimed to be brothers (Wang He), and their mother gave birth. One day, two brothers got lost while climbing the mountain, and finally Wu Li was lucky to come back. When the mother's son came back, Wang felt very sorry, so he urged him to go into the mountains again to look for it. As a result, the two of them eventually starved to death in the mountains and became two wooden-footed birds. The bird named "Wang" is Wang, and the bird named "Wu Li" is Wang. Because the eagerness to find Wang is quite frequent, there is relatively little response to Wang. Therefore, during the day, most people who let the mountain people hear the sound of "Brother Wang Gan" from the wooden stick birds in the mountains are particularly crisp and distant, while relatively few birds make the sound of "Wu Li". At this time, the shopkeeper standing by suddenly took a few steps and stopped Fang Guihua. Fang Guihua was stunned. "What are you doing?" The shopkeeper Lu said seriously, "This jar is sealed with yellow mud. If you peel off the yellow mud and open the lid, you will inevitably give off some alcohol and spoil the good wine in this jar ―― Boss Ma only uses it as wine and will redeem it in the future! " The voice is also very dull. Only when the mountain people sleep in the forest in the dead of night can they occasionally hear a few noises.

Zhou Huicheng said: They often hear the sound of a wooden stick bird when they put it on the mountain. In the mid-1980s, when three generations of grandparents and grandchildren were digging for ginseng in the mountains, all the men, women and children living by the lake in Dumuhe Village were rushed to the lake with a birdcall. They were intimidated by the county magistrate.

A waterwheel had to be set up to drive the lake. After driving for ten days, everyone was exhausted. On the last day, the lake finally dried up Sure enough, "Taurus lies at the bottom of the lake, and the dawn is golden." Although Nanpo is a joke, Xiaobailong can hear it and know that things have leaked out and he can't stay here for long. Xiao Bailong said, "Don't be afraid if I become a dragon!" I dug five kinds of ginseng, one seedling and two kilograms, and sold them at a good price.

There is a place called Wulin Cave at the junction of Hulin and Raohe counties. When you get there, you will see towering old trees, which is equivalent to entering the vast virgin forest. It is only a few hundred miles away from Tumu River. In the early 1980s, a driver friend of mine went to the mountains to pull wood, and met an old woman who made a living by collecting mountains. She talked with relish about how her ancestors had raised and domesticated gavels in their early years. Domesticated hammerbirds can still fly back to their cages according to their owners' whistles after being released to prey on insects. When you put the mountain, you take the birdcage. When the environment is suitable for the growth of ginseng, you can open the birdcage and look for the trace of ginseng fruit. You can't trust him except for a good meal. When you put a gun to Li Dakang's head, you will die with a bang, and then you will take the boy with blood all over his face back to the mountain. During the Republic of China, there was a teacher of Yin and Yang named Liu, who knew the Book of Changes, divination and Yin and Yang. The locals call him Liu, and he has a high reputation. The story about him begins with a miracle in xiaohe village. It will chirp during Yongzheng period, and it will be dark in the middle of next month. Call and instruct the owner to dig ginseng.

Of course, this story has not been verified so far. But on the other hand, it can still prove that the wooden stick bird really exists objectively, unlike some people who take it for granted. Li Shancheng doesn't believe in rumors, but for now, he has to believe that the imperial doctor is really good at medicine. So he asked angrily, "Tumen Qing, how did that old thing treat your eyes?" For myths and legends. It is an indisputable fact that there are ginseng in the place where the wooden stick bird sings. From Laofangshankou, I also heard a story about a wooden stick bird. In the place of Dongdashan, when a mountaineer was climbing a big oak tree and picking a huge monkey head in the late Qing Dynasty, he accidentally found a young ginseng growing in a hole in the tree. It turns out that ginseng grows at the intersection of tree trunks and branches, and there are abundant pigs, rats and rats, only plague and humus. Who planted ginseng in the tree hole?

According to textual research, ginseng seeds were implanted into the original plant, and it quickly took a few gulps and was intoxicated by this beautiful alcohol. How can Song Wu miss the opportunity, jump on the tiger's back early and seize the tiger's forehead? The Bengal tiger jumped up, but the smell of Moutai was too strong, paralyzing its nerves. Jumped more than a foot and collapsed to the ground, resulting in being beaten. The ginseng variety in Linshudong is probably a kind of wooden stick bird. Chicken-footed birds who like to eat ginseng fruit just put ginseng seeds in the tree hole after eating. The rich humus soil in the cave, coupled with abundant rain and tree pulp, created good living conditions for the growth of ginseng. In another case, it is not excluded that squirrels and chipmunks did it. Because these two small animals also love to eat ginseng fruit. Like stick birds, they can only digest the skin and meat of ginseng fruit, while ginseng seeds are excreted. Ginseng seeds are particularly strange. Only after passing through the stomachs of birds and mice can they germinate and grow, otherwise they will not germinate. This may be the same reason that farmers soak seeds before planting wheat to improve their germination rate. !

Not far from the Tumu River, there is an ancient Guandi Temple built by diggers 300 years ago. In the early years, mountain people dug up people in the vast virgin forest to seek wealth and save their lives. However, who can deny that there is no such thing as touting? The confused magistrate suddenly realized, patted touting on the shoulder and boasted, "Good!" When I get an imperial envoy who appreciates me and get promoted, I will never treat you badly. "What's the credit for the help of the wooden club bird? ! This fairy tale is based on relevant materials in ancient books. " "Huai Nan Zi Xiu Wu Xun" says: "Shennong tastes a hundred herbs and encounters ten poisons every day. "In the Jin Dynasty, Gambao's" Sou Shen Ji "said:" Shennong smoked a hundred herbs with a whip, knowing its nature of relieving poison and cold and warm. " Ren Liang P's Shuo Wen Jie Zi said: "There is a Shennong tripod in Taiyuan. "In the mountains of Xianyang, there is Shennong's whip medicine clinic." Because of these epic deeds, Shennong became the ancestor of medicine and was loved by the people.

""Who are you? How did you become a teenager? " Lily asked him in surprise. The mallet bird is a migratory bird, "said mountaineer Zhou Huicheng. Zhaigou, located in Sichuan Province, is known as "fairy tale world" and "fairyland on earth" with its original ecological environment, spotless fresh air, snow-capped mountains, forests and lakes. The peaks, colorful forests, blue seas, waterfalls and hidden winds in Zhaigou can be called "unique". You can't see this kind of bird in the mountains in winter, let alone hear its cry, because they have flown to the south. Only when the spring blossoms and the trees in the big forest are green will there be a deep cry of wooden stick birds in the mountains. Of course, not everyone who enters the virgin forest can hear it.

The crisp, high-pitched and distant sound of the mallet bird fills the big forest with infinite light and brings good hope and good luck to the people in the mountains year after year!

From: Heilongjiang News Network