The legend of the stalagmite forbidden fire

(1) Fire ban warnings from generations of old people in the past

The hometown of Sanshan Liangcao has a lot of bamboo, so the county is named after bamboo and is known as the Bamboo Sea and Bamboo Township.

There are many bamboo shoots. There is a very large "bamboo shoot" growing on a shale soil beam in a village more than fifty miles south of the county. It is more than twenty meters high and about ten meters thick from the ground to the middle. Are there such big bamboo shoots? What kind of bamboo shoots are these? On this day, the commander walked into the treasure house with ulterior motives and opened the tenth treasure box directly. He saw a piece of golden jewelry that shone with light, and he felt elated. : Only I, the supreme military commander of this country, is worthy of owning this gold jewelry. So, regardless of the ten, he quietly exchanged the silver coins in his pocket for a piece of gold jewelry. In order to show his loyalty, he proposed to the king and prime minister that the oath of all the people should be changed from annual to monthly. The king and the prime minister felt guilty, so they had no choice but to nod their approval.

It is not a bamboo shoot, it is a stone, shaped like a bamboo shoot, and people for generations have called it stalagmite.

This place is hilly, and there are many rocks in the hilly area. Because many rocks have no shape, people rarely talk about the shapeless rocks. Only this stalagmite, which looks like a bamboo shoot from a distance, is Scenery is a wonder, and it will leave a story.

Generation after generation of old people living in the stalagmites have repeatedly warned future generations not to light fires in this stalagmite. There is a high-ranking doctor in this place who was beaten to pieces, and the boss still doesn't understand his hatred. He dragged Gao Langzhong out and tied him to a big tree in front of the door to show the public. He also hung a sign on his chest with large elegant characters: "The famous doctor in Qichun in the past is now living in vain." What unlucky things will happen if the fire burns?

They say that if there is fire around the stalagmite, it will bring fire to the mountain city two to three hundred miles away. The stalagmite is two to three hundred miles away from the mountain city. How could the fire at the stalagmite affect the mountain city?

How did the old people answer this question? They affirmed the spirit of the stalagmite and believed that the stalagmite was not an ordinary stone. Growing up is a sacred object and also the feng shui of the local people. They will prove that they are not lying, and they will tell about their personal experience when they were porters about the fire in the volcano city caused by the stalagmites.

(2) The testimonials of several porters

On that day in the Republic of China, Boss Zhang and several porters were going to pick goods to the mountain city again. The porters wanted to check the auspicious day when they were going on a long journey. Boss Zhang, who could read a few words, looked at the almanac and bent his fingers. Tomorrow was the sixth day of the lunar month and it was auspicious to go out. He put down the almanac, walked out of the house, and went to the yard to find his cousin Zhang Zhongwen, neighbor Luo Fuler and other friends to prepare for the trip to the mountain city tomorrow. Just as he was about to leave the house, Zhang Zhongwen, Luo Fuler and others walked towards his door. Everyone entered the house and sat down in his house. Boss Zhang said to everyone: "Get your load ready and set off tomorrow."

Everyone agreed to set off tomorrow. Zhang Zhongwen said to his eldest brother: "Let's go and do what we talked about that day after dark today."

Boss Zhang asked: "What's the matter?"

Luo Fuler said: " Did you forget? You said that when we go to the mountain city to pick up the goods, we first go to the stalagmites to light a fire." Boss Zhang heard this and said, "I really forgot. When it gets dark, we will go to the stalagmites to pile firewood." Let's make a fire."

It was getting dark, so Boss Zhang and a few friends lit a fire at the stalagmite. In the past, he had traveled far away many times. He used fire paper to go under the ancestral shrine in the hall, to light a fire in a nearby temple, and to light incense. Pan He also tried to persuade him politely, but the forest ranger insisted that he was protecting the murderer and refused. He handed over and punched Pan He fiercely. Pan He hurriedly stepped aside. Seeing that the other party was being unreasonable, the Panjia'ao people couldn't bear it anymore and coaxed him, "Once a man has made his word, it's hard to follow him." Xiao Hei knew from ancient times that Wang Yangming would not be able to spend so much money to buy ten coffins, so he dared to place the bet. They went up and surrounded the people of Fujia Village. In this way, the two sides refused to give in to each other, punching and kicking each other. Pan He was anxious and puzzled: Who is this scabby kid? Why does he have such ability? He quietly came to Huayuanshan to figure out what happened. Sure enough, he had just built a mountain with his front foot, and a mangy boy appeared on his back foot.

He hurriedly dodged and hid behind the big tree, only to see the scabby child burst into the bamboo garden, stretched out his hand, and crushed a bamboo as thick as the mouth of a bowl. At this time, Mrs. Yao was sitting in a private room of the teahouse, worrying

The more than 10,000 taels of silver she lost gambling on flowers were all the family's public funds

Now at the bottom of the mausoleum

The master and Mrs. Jia, who were watching from afar, were going home. She is here to celebrate the New Year

Then she will hand over the new year's treasure

How can this big hole be repaired?! He knelt down and kowtowed, praying silently, asking his ancestors and Bodhisattva to bless him and make everything go well for him when he was traveling far away. Today, when I went to the stalagmite in the wild and used firewood to light a fire, were they also asking for the stalagmite's blessing and safety? Why not use fire paper? No burning incense, no kowtow and worship?

They were not asking for the stalagmite's blessing and safety.

Why light a fire at the stalagmite? It is not cold on a hot day. They are not children. What is the point of lighting a fire? What does lighting a fire have to do with traveling far away?

Theirs Both my father and grandfather were porters. I have heard it said thousands of times by the elders that there should be no fire at that stalagmite. If there is a fire, there will be a fire in the mountain city. If there is a fire here and it is extinguished immediately, then the fire in the mountain city will be extinguished. Several young porters heard their grandfather or father say such things and asked them if this was true. The grandfather or father replied: "Will you be fooled? Do you still need to doubt this?"

A stalagmite? If there is fire, it will reach that mountain city? Is it so magical? Several young porters heard the old man tell it many times over the years. They also asked the old man many times with questions, and they all got the same answer. They still didn't believe it, and some even said behind their backs: "I don't have anything for you to eat," she said to the boy. "Every day I have to go to Glass Mountain to beg for some money to buy food." Zhang Cuicui woke up. , she shrank in fear when she saw herself lying in the deep mountains and old forests, with a vicious wolf walking around her, staring directly at her with greedy eyes. A hungry old wolf pounced on her and was about to bite her when suddenly, a voice shouted: "You beast! Get out of here!" When the wolves heard the angry shouts, they fled away one after another. of. ""What kind of mountain is that? "The boy asked. What a lie."

Last time, Boss Zhang and several other young porters arrived at the mountain city and saw a fire burning in the city with their own eyes. They even took the initiative to join the fire-fighting team. The fire was put out, Zhang Boss and their clothes were put out. One day, Shangshu Gong Zhilu happened to meet Sun Wanjun. He was immediately fascinated by her grace and gave him ten thousand taels of silver to deregister him and welcome him home as his concubine. At that time, Qing troops went south to attack the Longwu Dynasty, and Gong Zhilu, who had been rewarded by the Ming Dynasty, asked Qian Qianyi to surrender. When Aunt Sun heard about this, she said to him: "You are not considered a righteous man of the Ming Dynasty, but you should be considered a member of the Ming Dynasty. How can you be so servile as a dog and rely on the breath of the Qing Dynasty to live your life? From now on From now on, everyone will say that you are a minister, a traitor, and worse than a pig or a dog!" After that, he took out a dagger and stabbed it into his chest. When others came to his senses and rescued him, he was already dead. Many big and small holes were burned, there were blood blisters on their hands, and they were dripping with sweat. They were not afraid of getting tired, and they were doing a good thing by joining the fire-fighting team. They were very sincere in their hearts. The money they saved from selling this time was only enough to buy clothes. , but no regrets. After putting out the fire this time, they started talking in the hotel room. Boss Zhang said: "There is a fire in this city because someone lit a fire at the stalagmites in my hometown."

Everyone laughed after hearing this, half believing it or not.

Boss Zhang said: "The old people have been saying this for many years."

Luo Fuler said: "This is nonsense. It is hundreds of miles away. The fire at the stalagmite will cause the mountain city to explode." There was a fire there?"

Zhang Zhongwen said: "Is it true or not? Go home and go to the stalagmites to see if anyone has lit a fire at the stalagmites."

Several porters returned. In their hometown, they came to the stalagmites and found no black ashes from the fire. They said that the fire in the mountain city had nothing to do with the fire at the stalagmite.

As they talked like this, they turned around and left the stalagmite. Suddenly someone shouted: "Look, wasn't that set on fire?"

Everyone looked carefully and found that a group of children really set a fire there a few days ago. Several cowherd boys gathered together, found a few stones to surround the stove, and placed an iron plate on top. The fire was lit, the iron plate became red, and the beans began to fry. The children chewed the fried beans, tilted their heads, and made a sound in their mouths.

The children left, and the fire was extinguished, leaving black ash in the stone stove, and the grass beside the stones was trampled to death. When you look carefully, you hear the word "Shou Xiangmu", and Wang Dafa almost faints. Fall to the ground. Wang Dafa usually reads a lot of books. From the records in this ancient book, he learned that the Western Regions produced a kind of wood called Shouxiangmu. This kind of wood grows in the deep mountains. Nuwa heard the cry for help from human beings. She first killed the demons, monsters, evil birds and beasts, then calmed down the floods, and then carried out the great project of mending the sky. It is extremely precious and rarely seen on the mountain cliffs. What's even more peculiar is that the longevity wood is used to make beds, and people can sleep without getting sick; when it is made into coffins, the corpse will not rot for thousands of years. As early as the Ming Dynasty, the founding emperor Zhu Yuanzhang sent people to the Western Regions many times to search for longevity wood, but he never could. turn up. After hearing Tan Yongcai's story about the origin of this pile of wood, Wang Dafa was so happy that he could not wait to take possession of this pile of wood for himself. So he thought about it and said to Boss Tan: "Tan, I really like the water pattern of this wood. When your daughter gets married in the future, can you use these wood to make a coffin and send it to my Wang family as a dowry?" The shells stay there.

Luo Fuler said: "Is this really the case?" He shook his head, "I don't believe it is like this. This is impossible."

Boss Zhang said: " Next time before we pick up the goods and go to the mountain city, we will personally light a fire next to the stalagmite. We will know whether it is true or false when we arrive at the mountain city."

They all said that they would do the test with their own hands. There really should be no fire in this stalagmite. Will it appear? If there is fire, it will bring disaster to the mountain city, and the mountain city will be raging with fire, burning down the houses and goods?

In the evening, dry wood met the fire and the fire started. Several people looked at the fire and the smoke billowing into the sky, and they walked away.

The fire at the stalagmite is burning.

What will be the result of the experiment of several porters?

(3) After they lit a fire to verify it, they believed it to be true

Boss Zhang and several partners carried The goods are out.

In those days, there were no roads, no cars, no waterways, and no boats. The sale of local products and the purchase of shortages had to be carried on people's shoulders. These traffickers who carry goods on their shoulders are called porters. Multiple porters traveling together are called a porter team. The porters traveled hundreds of miles to the mountain city, in the wind, rain, and under the scorching sun, carrying the goods on their shoulders, and using their "iron feet" to move forward step by step. On the stone roads and dirt roads, there were their Footprints and panting accompanied by the sound of burdens climbed one mountain after another, turned one turn after another, passed stone slab bridges, stone arch slabs, and jumping stone bridges... Stay overnight before it's too late, and start early in the morning. When it got dark, the porters entered the tavern by the roadside and set out on the road again early the next morning. It was not easy to reach the bustling mountain city.

Boss Zhang was puzzled by Jiang Zhongren, and asked hesitantly: "Brother, who are you?" The porter walked for three or four days and entered the mountain city built on the slopes. Boss Zhang and the other porters have been working as porters for many years. The owners of the warehouse are all old acquaintances, and the bosses who receive the goods are all old acquaintances. They stationed in the hotel, gathered around a table, and had dinner. There were many diners, and the diners sitting next to us were also drinking and chatting about the news. A fat man said: "There was a fire in Shizishi Street and it burned for several days..."

When Boss Zhang and others heard the news, they were speechless and put the wine glasses on the table. They looked at each other and whispered for a while: "Did you hear that? There is really a fire in the mountain city. Now believe it! If there is a fire in the stalagmites, there will be a fire in this mountain city."

Everyone I regretted that I should not have done such an experiment, which made many residents homeless. You shouldn’t! You shouldn’t, you shouldn’t set fire to the stalagmites for experiments. They believed it and set fire to the stalagmites and the city in the distant mountains.

They believed that the old man did not tell lies in the past. They couldn't explain why there was a fire in the volcanic city around the stalagmites.

Not many years later, Hu Deming had nothing to say, so he ordered: "According to the law, Li Yin is temporarily imprisoned. In the future, if there is no new testimony to prove his innocence, he will be convicted and beheaded!" Li Yin Yin was imprisoned in prison, but Chen Hong did not come to visit him until the next day. Entering the prison, Chen Hong said: "Master Li, I have found Li Zhengsheng. Next, as long as he is beaten into a trick, you can release him. But I am afraid that this method will not work well with Magistrate Hu." Chen Hong noticed , Hu Deming was eager to file the case when he was trying the case that day, and there might be something hidden in it. Li Yin sighed and said, "Yes, if he can execute me quickly, then no one will know his secrets.

Chen Hong said: "What secret?" Li Yin said: "His secrets are also my secrets. They are nothing more than small profits. Lawyer Chen should not ask too much about them." Chen Hong looked angry and said, "Master Li, I, Chen Hong, have never lost when I defend someone." Let’s put it this way, no matter you are a good guy or a bad guy, I can let you win! But if you don't trust me so much, you will only ruin my brand and harm yourself in the end. After hearing this, Li Yin secretly made up his mind and said, "Okay, since he is unkind, don't blame me for being unjust!" "Chen Hong nodded, and Li Yin once again told what happened before. There are fewer porters going to mountain cities. Because of the roads and vehicles, the porters have lost their jobs. Time is not forgiving. Boss Zhang and other porters have grown old. They have white hair, white beards, and hunched backs. They work at the stalagmites and rest in the courtyard in the summer. They often talk about picking up goods and going to the mountain city. They talk about the fire at the stalagmites and the fire in the mountain city. They repeatedly warned the world: Do not strike matches and smoke in the stalagmites, do not burn ashes, and do not deliberately use firewood to make fires. If there is no fire in the stalagmites, the mountain city will not be affected by the fire.

I often observe the stalagmites. Many times, groups of children are digging earthen stoves and lighting fires next to the stalagmites. When the old porter saw this, he was so angry that he yelled: "You guys, you can't light a fire here..."< /p>

The children ran away, and the old man immediately went to put out the fire.

"Ouch!..." The sledgehammers of the fighting people sounded on the stalagmites. The tired people always smoked when they took a break. They had matches and lighters on them. The old porters said to them: "Don't smoke here to avoid fire in the mountain city." ”

Everyone laughed and continued to smoke. The old porters got angry and took away their cigarettes, put them out and threw them away. The old porters were all elders and everyone respected them, so they didn’t say much after taking the cigarettes. .

(4) The old man went west and the stalagmite stood forever, but the fire still had to be banned

The stalagmite was still the same, it became pointed and thinner, and from a distance, it looked more beautiful. Like a bamboo shoot stretching towards the blue sky

The thinness of the stalagmite was caused by the "Ouch!..." sounds of the group of people at that time. The iron sledge hammer hit the iron pin on the stalagmite. These people. In Battle of Heaven and Earth, stones were used to repair weirs and canals, and were used to build terraces and terraces to protect ridges. Fortunately, the stalagmites were not completely cut. The time of laboring people and wasting money has passed. People from relevant departments came to the scene to talk to the locals about the need to protect the stalagmites. The old porters who came to the mountain city one after another went west. The graves of the old porters were buried near the stalagmites, and the graves were overgrown with weeds. , they are kind-hearted people who have warned the world about the fire in the stalagmite-burning volcano city for many years. Now we can no longer hear their voices, and we can no longer hear the legends and stories they told about the fire in the stalagmite-burning volcano city.

In the past, thunder and lightning hurt people. It was always said that God ordered Thunder God to punish people who had done bad things. Even if a person who did not do bad things was struck by lightning, it was said that he had done it in his previous life and was punished in this life. For many years, people have regarded the sun, moon and stars as When the gods came to worship, they didn't know that humans lived on the earth, and that the earth hung in the universe like other planets... Many rights and wrongs were determined by people who could not explain it at the time, and many stories were made up and told vividly. < /p>

Who in the modern world would still have the superstitious story about the fire in the volcano city at the stalagmite? Now that the scandal of the stalagmite was exposed, the aunt Wu Yueniang took the opportunity to expel Pan Jinlian from the Ximen Mansion. The steep land at the stalagmite was returned to forest, and the green pine trees were restored. There are several large characters written in lime on the stalagmites: To protect the forest, fireworks are strictly prohibited. This fire ban slogan has similarities and differences with the old porter's warning about fire bans. The same meaning.

Postgraduate entrance examination, ancient Xuanwumen, King Qin, Spring and Autumn Period, Sima Xiangru, Zhuo Wenjun, Han Xin Classics