The Origin and Legend of Mango Seeds _ Simple Origin of Mango Seeds

The Origin and Legend of Mango Seeds _ Simple Origin of Mango Seeds

The origin of mans solar terms

"awn" means that crops with awns such as wheat are mature, that is to say, the seeds of crops with awns such as barley and wheat are mature, and it is very urgent to grab the harvest.

"There is a kind of awn in Mayday, and grains can be planted." It means that the seeds of crops with awns, such as barley and wheat, are ripe and it is very urgent to grab the harvest. Summer sowing crops such as late rice, millet and millet are also the busiest season for sowing, so they are also called "awn seeds"

Mango is the ninth solar term in the twenty-four solar terms of the lunar calendar, which indicates the official start of the midsummer season. At this time, the sun reached 75 degrees. The word "awn" of awn seed refers to the harvest of awned plants such as wheat, and the word "species" of awn seed refers to the season of sowing millet crops.

The homonym of "awn seed" means that all crops are "busy sowing". Therefore, "awn seed" is also called "busy planting" and "busy planting", which is the spread and sowing of farmers' friends. The arrival of "Mangzi" indicates that farmers have started their busy field life.

The legend of mangzi

Legend has it that a long time ago, at the foot of Guayun Mountain in Taihang Mountain, there was a village with more than a dozen families. There are two thatched houses in the northwest corner, where a family lives. Mother and son live together. The son's name is Mangzhong. At the age of 20, he was not married, and his mother was old and her hair was white. Mother can't shake the spinning wheel, wash the pot or hold the firewood. She works in and out alone, farming and cooking, and chopping wood up the mountain. Once, his mother wanted to eat fresh fish. It was in the twelfth month of October, when I was busy breaking the ice and then salvaging fresh fish for her to eat. There lived a smart and handsome buckwheat girl under the mountain temple not far from Mangzhong's home. Her hometown is in the back mountain hundreds of miles away, and her parents died in her early years. Because of her outstanding appearance and intelligence, several rich people tried to steal her as a wife. Buckwheat girl lodged with her aunt to avoid disaster. She often goes to the pond to wash clothes and carry water, and is moved by her filial piety to her mother. She often makes excuses to contact Mangzhong. Over time, the scenery and the mountain fell in love, and menstruation saw the signs and fulfilled this marriage. After marriage, husband and wife love and respect each other, men plow and women weave, and respect their mothers. Although life is a bit difficult, they live happily. Mom is also very happy to have this wishful daughter-in-law.

The mountains here are steep, the land is barren, the sunshine is short, and it doesn't rain every year, so it is difficult to have a good harvest when sowing food. There was a drought one year, and the fields were clean after autumn, and only some vegetables were collected at home. How can we get through the long winter? Busy, I decided to take my family's beloved foal to the market town for sale in exchange for some winter food. My wife changed into new clothes and shoes, made a whole play, and told her to return home early when she left. When the horse pulled the reins, the pony shook the bronze bell, its hooves and feet bounced, its tail wagged, its eyes glared, it hissed and tears rolled out of its eyes. Mangzhong knows that it is difficult to give up poor families, but what can he do to make a living? He also shed tears.

I didn't come back from the market until I was busy lighting the lamp. His wife smiled and brought him hot food. His mother hurriedly asked how much the pony sold. The honest and straightforward Mangzhong said: "The boss who bought the pony left me a name and place name, and I will pay in a few days." Then he described the address and name of the boss: "My name is Northeast Wind, and I come from Lingbing Palace. I live in Ding Cun, Hua Mu, and my brother lives in Beijing. " Mother frowned and said anxiously, "You silly child, there is no such name as this village. You can be cheated." One leng in the busy, rubbing hands and stamping feet. Well, what can we do? Regret, worry, honest farmers, will not go to the market to go to the store, mother and son burst into tears. Smart and virtuous wife, the chef touched the headscarf embroidered with pink and purple flowers on her head. Her purplish lips trembled slightly, and her eyes were vivid. She kissed her husband on the shoulder and smiled. The mother and son wept with joy and stared at the buckwheat girl: "Do you have any good ideas?" Buckwheat girl said. There was a gust of cold from the northeast wind, which was a Korean word. The ice palace is the source, and it is the dew. The person who bought this pony is Lu Han. There are no flowers in the village where flowers and trees are dying. This village is called Luohua Village. "Mom said happily," OK, OK, Luohua Village is in the back hill, with a hundred miles of land. There is a Han nationality in Luohua Village. Ask him for an account quickly. "

I walked hundreds of miles day and night, climbed mountains and mountains, and everyone asked, so I found Luohua Village and the boss who bought horses. Lu Han is an old man with stubble in his fifties. He put down the fenugreek, surprised and happy, and whispered to the busy, "Young man, who told you my name and the name of the village where my family lives?" . "Ears out. When Lu Han knew that this was the wife of Mangzhong, he was secretly surprised: "She can't escape from my palm. "Young lady, dream of a beautiful woman found! He narrowed his eyes like a knife, grabbed chamber pot's bald head with his hand, and got carried away. As if he had won something precious, Lu Han sweetly said to Mango, "Wife, if you can take me to meet you, I will give you the horse price ... Mango is helpless and has to follow him and take Lu Han home.

Buckwheat girl is really outstanding, with crimson lips and handsome face. Lu Han saw the bones were crisp and disgusting, and he was bent on marrying buckwheat girl.

The Han family has a hundred hectares of land, a lot of money and lives a luxurious life. He relied on his brother Bailu to be an official in Beijing, so he ran amok and robbed women at will. On the sixth day of August, Lu Han shaved and dressed up in front of the mirror. He led a dozen servants and rode straight to the busy home to rob relatives.

Besides, Buckwheat Girl, who is so dedicated, hates this beast-faced Lu Han and is determined not to be insulted by him. She enjoined her husband to serve and respect his mother. She also told her husband that she would go to the depths of the forest in Shan Ye to avoid disaster. Don't worry. She will be back soon. When she leaves, she will take off her bracelet earrings so that her husband can sell some money in the future. Mango remembers his wife's teaching, talk less and speak slowly, and stay away from the cold wind. He was thinking that his wife would come back soon ... Lu Han came to rob the bride, learned that the buckwheat girl had escaped, and ordered his troops to search in the mountains. This morning, the mountains were covered with fog, and Miss Buckwheat was nowhere to be seen. Lu Han was impatient and flew into a rage, cursing God for causing this dazzling fog. He flew into a rage and whipped his horse. Soon, the horse fell on the slope of the pond and Lu Han was drowned. The fat body floated on the water, and flocks of crows flew around, devouring his body as they were happy.

The next day, the body of buckwheat girl was found under the garlic cliff. Although she jumped off the cliff and died, she didn't have any scars. She closed her eyes and smiled slightly. Her face is still so handsome and beautiful, with a suicide note in her hand: "Sui Zhu is a happy couple, loving and happy, living together, hateful and overbearing, forcing the husband and wife to separate." Meet again in the afterlife, and the ground will be as white as snow ... "

After reading the suicide note, the mother and son burst into tears for three days and nights, until the mountain spring sobbed and the stars closed their eyes. Mangzhong dressed his wife and girl in a coat and a purple-green skirt, tied pink flowers on her bun, and buried her under this ridge in Xiangyang Valley to build a high grave.

On the dog days of the next summer, suddenly a group of dolls shouted happily: "Buckwheat Girl is back! Mustard girl is back! " I hurried to the grave when I was busy, alas! Beautiful, green Ye Er, purple roots, pink flowers, gentle and elegant branches, a few days later, complete and solid triangular seeds. Mango seeds are happily collected. It will rain later next year and can be planted everywhere. Qiu Lai has had a bumper harvest! The cold dew festival came, and a cold wind blew. The children sang happily: "Oh, hey, the cold dew wind is so cool, so overbearing, so bastard, stop blowing!" Buckwheat harvest! Morning show! "

The custom of mango solar terms

Marrying a tree: awn seed is a busy season in agriculture. Shanxi melts and harvests wheat and barley, which is called "busy farming" by local people. There is a proverb that says: "Mai Huang is busy with farming, and the woman builds the house." Therefore, in this solar term, women also have to go down to the fields to help them spend their "busy farming". In Yanshan mountain area of Hebei province, there is a custom of "marrying a tree" on "busy" days, which is one of the solar terms customs of mango. Is to draw a few strokes on the jujube tree with a knife, indicating that more fruits can be produced.

Mud bucket: Young Dong men and women in southeastern Guizhou hold a Mud bucket festival every year before and after planting awns. On the same day, the newlyweds, accompanied by good young men and women, collectively planted rice seedlings, playing with each other while planting rice seedlings and throwing mud at each other. After the activity, the results show that the person with the most mud is the most popular person.

Boiling Plum: In the south, May and June are the ripe season for plums, and there is an allusion of "Plum Boiling Wine on Heroes" in the Three Kingdoms. Plum contains a variety of natural high-quality organic acids and rich minerals, and has unique nutritional and health-care functions such as purifying blood, regulating intestines, reducing blood fat, relieving fatigue, caring skin, regulating acid-base balance and enhancing human immunity. However, most fresh plums are sour and difficult to eat directly, and they need to be processed before they can be eaten. This process is to boil plums.

Flower-sending God: Flower-welcoming God is held at the flower show on the second day of the second lunar month. It's nearly May, and the flowers are beginning to fade. People often hold a ceremony of offering sacrifices to the flower god on Ear Seed Day to send the flower god back to his place, and at the same time express gratitude to the flower god, hoping to meet again next year. This custom no longer exists today, but it was mentioned by the famous novelist Cao Xueqin in A Dream of Red Mansions. Cao Xueqin wrote in the 27th chapter of A Dream of Red Mansions: "Those girls, either weaving sedan-chair horses with petals and willow branches, or folding them into dry buildings with brocade yarn, are all tied with colored threads. These things are tied to every tree and every flower. Embroidered ribbons are flying in the garden and flowers are in full bloom.

Anmiao: Anmiao is a folk farming activity in southern Anhui, which began in the early Ming Dynasty. It is one of the solar terms customs of mango. Every season when rice seeds cover the sun, in order to pray for a good harvest in autumn, all localities should hold an Anmiao sacrifice. Every household steamed bags with new wheat flour, kneaded the flour into the shape of five grains, six animals, fruits and vegetables, and then dyed it with vegetable juice as a sacrifice, praying for the bumper harvest of five grains and the safety of the villagers.