The tradition of the nine-headed bird

When it comes to Hubei people, people always say that there are nine birds in the sky and Hubei people on the ground. So why is Hubei associated with the nine-headed bird in people's minds? So what kind of bird is the nine-headed bird? This kind of bird once appeared in Shan Hai Jing. In today's Great Northern Wilderness, there is a mountain named Tian Huan in the North Pole, and seawater lives in the north. The bird with nine faces is called Jiu Feng. So this bird is a legendary god bird.

The totem of the ancient Chu people who lived in Hubei during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period was the Nine-headed Phoenix. In fact, Chu people originally lived in the north of China, but with the change of geographical environment, they gradually moved south to Hubei. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Chu was once the overlord of that period and had the opportunity to become a vassal before Chu Weiwang. However, Jingchu was still a barbarian land in the Spring and Autumn Period. Because most people in the territory were savage, they were not loved by the Emperor of Zhou, and were once called barbarians. Hubei province is located in the middle of China's territory and is called Hubei because of Dongting Lake. As we all know, Wuhan is known as the city of thousands of lakes, so there are many lakes in Hubei Province. Because land transportation and water transportation are convenient, Chu developed rapidly, and Hubei was the only place where China's ancient population changed.

Hubei developed faster when there was no war. First of all, Hubei is rich in water. Under the natural economy dominated by small-scale peasant economy in ancient times, the annual agricultural output in Hubei Province is considerable. Moreover, because there are many waterways in Hubei province, water transportation is also very developed, which is conducive to the development of business. Therefore, people in Hubei province have been smart since ancient times, because they need to deal with people from different industries every day in many fields of this industry, so they are much smarter than people in other fields when dealing with the world.

According to experts' research, the origin of Hubei people's nine-headed bird names was actually in the middle and late Ming Dynasty. In the middle and late Ming Dynasty, this statement was basically confirmed, and in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, a famous record was produced. He is Zhang, known as Zhang Jianglin. However, in the Ming Dynasty, it was not easy to become a position under one person and above ten thousand people just by virtue of extraordinary talent. Zhang relied on his own efforts to replace the former Prime Minister Gao Gong, and Zhang alone assisted the young Emperor Wanli until he became a real emperor. During the ten years when Zhang became the records of the Ming Dynasty, he launched a massive imperial power self-help movement. He used Li, Qi Jiguang and other generals in the military, and he also had his own unique views on quelling domestic rebellion. He also created a new examination method about the system of selecting officials in the imperial examination, that is, the number of corrupt officials who followed for decades in the Ming Dynasty decreased a lot. In terms of economic policy, the flogging law has also been implemented, which is conducive to ensuring the normal operation of the state finances.

However, Zhang did harm the interests of some feudal conservative nobles at that time, but because of Zhang's influence, they dared to speak out. At that time, Zhang also appointed nine upright and upright officials to supervise the suggestion. Although they are Zhang's officials, their power is not big, so they become the targets of those corrupt officials to vent their anger.

In fact, Zhang was able to gain a firm foothold in the ruling and opposition, which was due to the great eunuch, but this eunuch was not a politician. He is greedy, selfish and cunning. At that time, in order to realize his political ideal, Zhang could only keep close contact with. But after Zhang's death, he assisted the emperor to judge the former teacher from a historical perspective.

So the phrase "nine-headed birds in the sky, Hubei guys on the ground" came out. The Hubei guy on the ground naturally refers to Zhang, and the nine-headed bird is Zhang's nine officials, but it is said that this sentence actually has a certain derogatory meaning. I'm afraid it's not appropriate to use chapters and sentences that contributed a lot to the Ming Dynasty.

Most people's impressions of modern Hubei people may come from Hanzheng Street or other film and television dramas, but in general, Hubei has many advantages.