What does it mean to lift three cats?

Bobcats mean: Please God solve the case as soon as possible.

This is the custom of Deyang County.

According to legend, Qin Sanye was rigorous in solving crimes, enforcing the law impartially and being honest. Those who do evil, steal chickens and dogs, and kill people for money are all afraid of him and avoid him. Therefore, people compare him to a tiger. So after his death, when people built a temple for him, there was a woodcarving tiger parked inside, which was known as the embodiment of the third master of Qin. When people's homes are stolen, there is no trace of crime, or things are wronged, hurt or framed, people go to Qin Sangong Temple, burn incense and pray, and ask the gods of Qin Sangong to distinguish right from wrong, so that the case can be settled; Then, the wooden tiger incarnated by Qin Sanye was carried to the streets of the county. After the street was completed, it was carried home and parked. Deyang people used to call it a "pack cat". Strangely, after "lifting the cat", the case quickly got clues to help the family solve the case, and the truth came out. "Carrying a cat" can make the news that the case has come to the bottom spread quickly and become popular among Deyang people. People invited a "cat" to the Third Temple of Qin and took it home to solve the case.

Southeast of Cheng Chuan Weir, outside the south gate of Deyang County, there are Liangshan Street (formerly Caiquan Street), A Qin Temple and Deyang Building. There are only three bungalows in this temple, all of which are civil structures with tenons and mortises, covered with small blue tiles. The main entrance faces the moat that passes through the city weir. There is a bridge paved with trees on the river. There is an empty dam just north of the temple, which is about two or three acres in size. Not far from the east, there is a font tower surrounded by farmland. There is a bodhisattva named Qin De in the center of the temple. Because Qin De ranks third, the temple is called Qin San Temple. The statue of Qin De is burly, dignified, bright-eyed, vivid and daunting. In the corner of the end room, there is a wooden tiger. Legend has it that during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, there was a man named Qin De who worked in Deyang County to solve crimes. Qin De solved many unjust and misjudged cases in his life and cleared many grievances for the people. Usually, he has done a lot of good things for the people and is deeply loved by the masses. Deyang people respectfully call him the Third Master of Qin. After his death, people built a temple in memory of him.

Since Deyang popularized "lifting cats" to solve crimes, it gradually formed a local folk custom in Deyang County, which continued until the Republic of China and gradually stopped. According to the old people, in the past, the incense in the three temples of Qin Dynasty was very prosperous. Every year 1 month 15, a temple fair is held in the earth dam in front of the Third Temple of Qin Dynasty, and there are people everywhere who play lanterns, sing monologues, perform acrobatics, sing Sichuan Opera, run around the Jianghu to sell plasters, divination, snacks and set up stalls. , very lively.

Later, there were major cases, important cases and headless cases in Deyang County, and there were no clues, so things were difficult. When the county magistrate is at a loss, the touts will recommend the magical method of "lifting the cat" to solve the case in Deyang County. If the magistrate of a county wants to use this method, he should also go to the Third Temple of Qin to burn incense and pray in person, ask the Third Master of Qin to help him solve the case as soon as possible, and then ask the poor officer to carry the wooden "cat" to the county seat for a parade, and then to the county government. It is said to be very effective.