Why can mahogany ward off evil spirits?

In China's 5,000-year history, China's folk culture is also the richest. So in the traditional folk culture of China, do you know why the ancients like to hang couplets made of mahogany at the door? Let me tell you about it. In the ancient mythology of China, it is said that there is a ghost world, in which there is a mountain, a big peach tree covering three thousand miles, and a golden rooster at the top of the tree. Whenever the golden rooster crows in the morning, the ghost who travels at night will rush back to the ghost domain. The Gate of Ghost Domain is located in the northeast of Peach Tree District. There are two gods standing by the door, named Shen Tu and Lei Yu. If the ghost does something unnatural at night, Shen Tu and Lei Yu will immediately find it, catch it, tie it up with a rope made of Miscanthus and give it to the tiger. So all the ghosts in the world are afraid of Shen Tu and Lei Yu. So people carved them into peach trees and put them at their doorsteps to ward off evil spirits and prevent harm. Later, people simply carved the names of Shen Tu and Lei Yu on the mahogany board, thinking that this could also eliminate disasters. This kind of red board was later called "Fu Tao". In the Song Dynasty, people began to write couplets on mahogany boards, one for killing evil spirits, the other for expressing good wishes, and the third for decorating the portal for beauty. They also write couplets on red paper symbolizing happiness and good luck, and stick them on both sides of doors and windows during the Spring Festival to express people's good wishes for good luck in the coming year. "Thousands of families trade new peaches for old ones every day." Peach trees have been used to ward off evil spirits for a long time. When did it originate and start? The legend of peach wood treating ghosts is rich and colorful. Huainanzi Yan Quan says, "Yi died in Taokou". Xu Shen's note in the Eastern Han Dynasty: "Mouth, big staff, kill it with peach wood, so ghosts are afraid of peaches." . Yi is famous for his excellent shooting. Feng Meng learns from his teacher. When he learned that, he turned around and killed him from behind the teacher. He raised a mahogany stick and slammed it on Yi's back. After Yi died, he became an official in charge of ghosts in the world. The ancients associated peach trees with evil spirits, which was related to this myth. Imagine that the mahogany stick can kill, let alone cure, the shackles that command all ghosts. In addition, in the fourth year of Zhao Gong (538 BC), Zuo Zhuan recorded a thing that peach wood could exert its mysterious power: "The ancients hid ice in the northern land every day, and ... it was also hidden in the dark to enjoy the cool; It also comes out, and the peach arc is a thorn to eliminate its disaster. " In winter, the ancients hid ice cubes in the ice bank of the deep mountain canyon. When storing ice, black male animals and black millet are used to sacrifice to the cold god, and when taking ice, a bow made of peach wood and an arrow made of thorns are used for disaster relief ceremony. Peach is the essence of five trees, so those who suppress evil spirits are also. Legend has it that the Antarctic immortal who dominates the calculation of human life always holds a huge peach in his palm, so peaches are also said to ward off evil spirits and prolong life. Xiantao in the hands of Antarctic fairy Weng is said to be a fat peach produced in ancient fat countries. The ancient fat country, today's Feicheng City, Shandong Province, was named after the fat people scattered here during the Western Zhou Dynasty. At that time, the fat man moved from the East China Sea. Peach blossom tree, the treasure of Dushuo Mountain in the East China Sea, has also been transplanted to the fat country by fat people. "History of Han Geography" contains: "Taishan County has Feicheng County, and Yingshao has the so-called' Fat Country'." According to the Preface to the Records of Feicheng County in the 17th year of Guangxu in Qing Dynasty (A.D. 189 1), "Feicheng is also the country of ancient fat children, and entered Lu in the Spring and Autumn Period, which is the land of Qi County. Han belongs to Taishan County. " Feicheng has a long history of planting peaches. According to Zuo Zhuan in the Spring and Autumn Period, in 17, Qi was at war with Lu, and the Qi army was divided into two ways, which surrounded the two wings of Lu: one was the mansion and the other was the peach, that is, the Qi people surrounded the northern wall of Lu. /kloc-In 0/3, Duke Xiang of Luxiang, the border between Lu and China reached Changqing area in Jinan, so the "peach" surrounded by Qi people should be Feicheng in the south of Changqing (as evidenced by the Great Wall of Qi in the north of Feicheng), which shows that a large number of peach trees were planted in this place at that time. Zuo Qiuming, the author of Zuo Zhuan, is from Feicheng, which further proves that Feicheng means "peach" and "peach" means Feicheng. This is why peach trees can ward off evil spirits, but the effect of peach trees in different places is different. Recommended reading: The placement of peach wooden swords can see if your home can ward off evil spirits?