When did Changde's bangs chop firewood?

The adaptation of "Liu Hai Chopping Wood" participated in 1952 the first national opera performance and won the drama award and actor award. In 1950s, Liu Hai Chopped Wood spread all over the country. I live in Liujiamen in Wuling, Changde and Luffa well. These are two lyrics of Liu Hai in xiang opera's "Liu Hai Chops Wood". There is an "authentic version" of the legend of Liu Hai chopping wood among some old people in Wuling District of Changde City: In ancient times, Liu Hai and his son lived next to Loofah Well in Wuling District of Changde City. Liu's mother wept bitterly because she missed her dead husband. Liu Hai is very hardworking and filial. She goes up the mountain to chop wood every day to support her mother. In the mountain where bangs cut firewood, there lived a fox who had been practicing for many years. She was refined into a treasure, which can be transformed into a human form in her mouth. By this time, she has become a fortuneteller, and she will be immortal after hundreds of years of practice. She admired Liu Hai very much, so she became homesick, named Hu Xiuying, and decided to marry Liu Hai. However, for fear of bringing trouble to Hu Xiuying, Liu Hai refused several times. Seeing Hu Xiuying's sincerity, she agreed to marry Hu Xiuying. After returning home, Liu Hai told her mother that she also liked it and agreed to their marriage. Liu Hai then went to Chicken Goose Lane downtown to buy something for marriage. There is a small temple next to Ji 'e Lane. There are eighteen arhats in the temple. Among them, ten arhats and a group of disciples (golden toad) are also practicing in the dark. He got a string of money and became a fortune teller. If he can get Hu Xiuying's orb, he can live forever and ascend to heaven immediately. Ten arhats saw that Hu Xiuying and Liu Hai were married, so they had a bad heart. He led his disciples to take Hu Xiuying's orb. Hu Xiuying will show his true colors when he loses the ball, but in desperation, he has to tell Liu Hai the truth. When Liu Hai knew about it, he didn't blame Hu Xiuying. He took a stone axe for chopping wood at home to fight ten arhats. Finally, with the help of Axe God and Hu Xiuying sisters, Liu Hai defeated them and got the sphere. From then on, they lived a happy life.

The legend of Liu Hai chopping wood in Changde was formed in the Northern Song Dynasty, and by the middle of Qing Dynasty, the main version of the legend of Liu Hai chopping wood that has been circulated so far has been formed. Today, Changde can still find the legendary Loofah Well, but now the slate at the wellhead is weathered and peeled off, the Shi Zhuan of the borehole wall is broken and damaged, and there are many weeds around the wellhead. The legendary "Liu Hai Temple" where Liu Hai fought with the Ten Arhats has long been damaged.

The legend of Liu Hai chopping wood still has profound practical significance today. The virtues of diligence, integrity and filial piety embodied in Liu Hai and Fox Fairy, as well as the beautiful desire to pursue loyal love and a happy life, truly show the working people's desire for beauty. Legendary figures are plump and distinctive, which can be called the fine works of Hunan folk oral literature. The legend of cutting firewood with bangs preserves the living conditions and folk customs of Changde people in a certain historical stage, and its values will be passed down with the spread of the story.