Is there a stone at the beginning of a dream of red mansions? What's the story

Stone is the incarnation of Jia Baoyu. By describing a stone that Nu Wa Niangniang missed when mending the sky at the beginning, the following story of "Stones are the best in the world" is introduced.

A Dream of Red Mansions begins with a fairy tale. It is said that there is a useless stone in "Goddess of Mending Heaven" under the absurd cliff, and it has become a waiter in Shen Ying. Every day, a crimson pearl fairy grass was watered by manna. Later, the fairy grass became a female body, and she was willing to return all her tears to him. So this incident led to the golden mourning for jade in A Dream of Red Mansions.

Although the story is absurd, any myth has its roots. There is no doubt that this fairy tale fabricated by Cao Xueqin has its realistic basis. The stone in A Dream of Red Mansions originated from "a barren mountain and a barren cliff", which is "ridiculous" in the words of Zhi Yanzhai and beyond reproach.

The author and approver are deliberately confusing, but they really have their own advantages. According to relevant information, it should be Changbai Mountain in the northeast. In ancient times, people called this "big barren hill". China's first geographical work "Shan Hai Jing" records: "There are mountains in the wild, and the name is not salty, but in Shen Guo."

Su Shen, located in the northeast of China; Not salty, Mongolian means immortality; It's either Xianshan or Xianshan. One day, by the Tianchi Lake in Changbai Mountain, there was a grotesque mountain peak. There are huge rocks here, the largest of which is called "mending the sky stone". ?

Cao Xueqin's ancestors moved to Shenyang as early as the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty and joined Zhengbai Banner, the flag army. They created a foundation for the Qing dynasty and made great achievements repeatedly. So Cao Xueqin started with such a fairy tale, which is directly related to his endless nostalgia.

Cao Xueqin was born in the last days. The children of the Eight Banners who entered the customs with the Qing Dynasty were all famous, while He Zao's family was poor in the desolate village in the western suburbs. How could he not sigh that "the emperor only used 36,500 yuan, and only one piece was useless"?

Cao Xueqin said in "Poetry in a Picture": "Love this fist stone, exquisite and natural. Tracing back to the source, in which year will it fall into the world? If you are willing to go back to the end and have nothing, you can make up for it. Don't ask for public rewards, be a stubborn fairy. "

The origin of this stubborn stone is clearly pointed out here. Its origin was originally noble. It goes back to the top of Taigu barren mountain (Changbai Mountain). Think back to what an honor it was. Until today, the dust was veiled and buried in Artemisia. Although I want to go back to the basics, I can't climb those rich and powerful people. I can only "feel sorry for myself and grieve day and night".

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Other myths and props in A Dream of Red Mansions

1, "Mesona crimson"

Cao Xian, Zhu Jiang, is a rare and special ginseng in Changbai Mountain.

Ginseng is often called "Shencao" or "Xiancao" and has opposite green leaves. A long style stands upright among the green leaves, and a string of ruby-like beads on the column are bright red in color and crystal clear as southern red beans.

2. "Shen Ying Waiter"

Shen Ying Walter seems to be the homonym of "Shen Ying".

A long time ago, there was a myth among Manchu people: three fairies bathed in the Tianchi Lake in Changbai Mountain, and a divine bird (also known as the Condor) picked up a crimson fairy fruit and put it on the clothes of the youngest fairy Buddha Cullen. The fairy swallowed the red fruit and gave birth to a boy, the ancestor of the Qing Dynasty, Bukuli Yongshun.

Therefore, the divine bird (or condor) and the crimson orchid have long been married off by Sanshengshi, and Cao Xueqin just skillfully changed it without showing any trace.

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