The story of Boya's unique strings

A thousand-year dream, a bright night, Boya and the little chef hippo met, crossed and knew each other on the shore of the mountain. Boya's piano sound is ethereal and high-pitched, and it was understood in the early stage: it is intended to be high in the mountains; Boya's piano is deep and clear, and God will say: This is intentional running water. The mountains are rugged and the waters are vast. They all mean ambitious and bright future. This pair of eternal bosom friends, so hand in hand out of the ancient times, and mountains and rivers * * * farewell. After his death, Boya waded through mountains and rivers, fell in the grave in pain ~ ~ ~ ~, played a song for a long time, sighed, broke the piano, thanked his friends and vowed never to play again. The only way is: without a confidant, who knows the meaning of the piano? From then on, the piano was broken and the voice was broken.

Now we often use "mountains and rivers" or "flowing mountains and rivers" to compare intimate friends or intimate friends, which means a symbol of profound friendship. In fact, this idiom is summed up from the story recorded in Liezi Tang Wen. This story happened in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period more than two thousand years ago. At that time, there was a scholar in the state of Chu, whose surname was Yu, whose name was Rui and whose character was Zi. He also likes playing the piano. He learned it from a gentleman named Liancheng when he was a child. Boya is brilliant and has made great progress in piano, but it is difficult to capture the charm of music.

One day, the teacher said to Boya, "Do you want me to take you to a fairy teacher to enlighten you?" Happily agreed and took Qin to Penglai Mountain in the East China Sea by boat. The teacher told him to sit down and rest and go to the teacher himself. Boya is in this tall and lush Shan Ye, but she hasn't seen her teacher come back for a long time, so she looks along a mountain road. Bypassing a hill, I don't want to see a strange sight hanging in front of me: it's really a waterfall in the clouds, a clear spring in the fog, a splash like pearls, and a sound echoing like Yue Xian. Boyaton felt that his eyes were wide open and his inspiration surged, so he sat on the floor and played the piano, which became a wonderful piece of music. Suddenly, the teacher's voice came from behind: "Ha ha, ha ha ... you found an immortal teacher." Boya suddenly realized that the teacher was talking about nature.

According to legend, two guqin songs, Shuixiancao and Mountain Flowing Water, were written by Boya at that time. Since then, his piano skills have reached a state of perfection, but he has never found a bosom friend. Later, Yu Boya became a doctor in the State of Jin. One day, he was ordered to go to Chu. Because of the strong wind, we had to stop at the mouth of Hanyang River. After a calm, a Mid-Autumn Moon wandered out of the clouds. Boya stood at the bow, looked up at the bright moon, looked down at the water waves on the river, and the piano sounded one after another, so he played.

At the end of the song, a woodcutter suddenly jumped out of the grass. He was surprised at Boya's piano skills. Bo Ya was surprised and asked, "You can play the piano. Can you know the pros and cons of the piano? " The woodcutter looked at the piano and replied, "This piano is called a lyre. It's made in Fu, and it's made from the middle part of a good mulberry tree. Its tree must be three feet high and cut into three sections. The sound in the upper section is too clear, and the sound in the lower section is too turbid, only in the middle section, with both clarity and turbidity. After that, the wood was soaked in water for 72 days. On a good day, it was carved into a musical instrument. At first, this piano had five strings, the outside was gold, wood, water, fire and earth, and the inside was palace, business, horn, sign and feather. Later, Zhou Wenwang added a string called Wen Xian, and Zhou Wuwang added a string called Wu Xian. Therefore, this piano is also known as the Wu Wen lyre. " Hearing this, Boya was completely convinced, and then he tuned his strings and played the piano again, sometimes majestic and sometimes comfortable and smooth. From time to time, the woodcutter said, "Well, I am as tall as Mount Tai." Sometimes he said, "Good! The ocean is like a river. " Boya was overjoyed. He gave the piano a push and saluted. He asked, "Wise man of the world, what's your name?" The woodcutter returned the gift and said, "My surname is Zhong, which is a mean word." Boya sighed. "We all know each other all over the world, but how many people can know each other?" That is, the boy was ordered to burn incense and light candles and become brothers with the child. And meet again next Mid-Autumn Festival.

In the Mid-Autumn Festival of the following year, Boya arrived as scheduled. Who had expected that at this time, he was separated from his good friend Yin and Yang, and his son had left him. Boya played a song "Mountain Stream and Running Water" in front of the tomb of the little chef of Hippo, and cried at the touch of the piano. At the end of the song, the string was broken with a knife. Looking up at the sky again, he sighed, "Who am I playing for when my bosom friend is away?" After that, the piano hit the altar and the string was broken. Later generations felt it, and built a piano platform at Guishanwei and Yuehu Lake in Hanyang as a souvenir.

According to records, Boyatai was built in the Northern Song Dynasty, rebuilt in the Qing Dynasty, and restored after liberation. There is the word "Qintai" on the front of the stele gallery, which is said to have been written by calligraphers in the Northern Song Dynasty. Nowadays, Boya terraces, which have experienced wind and rain, have become an important scenic spot in Hanyang. The hall is resplendent and magnificent. In front of the hall is a piano platform made of white marble, which is said to be Boya's violin. When you stand quietly in the distance, among the lakes, mountains and flowers, you will see four words written on the forehead of the gate of the stele gallery: high mountains and flowing water.