Whose love story is it? Introduction to the allusions behind
"I would like to be a winged bird in the sky, and a twig on the ground" comes from Bai Juyi's "Song of Everlasting Sorrow". Maybe you have seen this sentence in other works or movies and TV dramas, but do you know what kind of love story is told behind it? In the sky, we are willing to be two birds flying together, and below the ground, we are willing to be together and grow together. This is What a beautiful vow, maybe for most people, love is so lingering. But I’m afraid this story is not perfect, and may even be a bit sad. I will tell you about this allusion below, so let’s take a look at it together.
"I would like to be a winged bird in the sky, and a twig on the ground" is people's beautiful expectation for love, and it is also a vow of loyalty. Almost everyone knows this sentence, but few people understand the story behind it.
Do you think that the branches are born to grow together? No, no, at least not according to legend.
During the Warring States Period, Dai Yan, King Kang of the Song Dynasty, drove to Fengqiu, Henan. When he saw a beautiful woman picking mulberry trees, he had evil thoughts in his heart. In order to see her often, King Kang ordered an earthen platform to be built in the east of Qingdui Village to look at her, named Qingling Terrace. Then he sent someone to investigate and found out that this woman was the wife of Han Ping, a native of Zhongshushe. So King Kang ordered Han Ping to dedicate his wife to him, but Han Ping and his wife refused. Ping committed suicide in the audience, and the Xi family also threw themselves to death.
King Kang of Song Dynasty buried the two of them separately on both sides of the road, and they were not allowed to share the tomb together. There is a catalpa tree in each of the last two tombs, with roots intertwined below and branches intertwined above. Mandarin ducks, one male and one male, live in the trees, and their voices are sad and touching. The people of the Song Dynasty mourned and named the tree "Acacia Tree". Literati and poets often wrote poems about this. When Bai Juyi, the great poet of the Tang Dynasty, passed by this place, he was deeply touched, so he came up with the famous poem "Song of Everlasting Sorrow" with the line "I wish to be a winged bird in the sky, and a twig on the ground." The eternal song.
There is also an older legend. It is said that at the beginning of chaos, a daughter of the Jade Emperor wandered into the world. Because her father was the Jade Emperor, people called her daughter the Jade Girl. She was born in a farm family at the confluence of the Yalong River and the Jinsha River, at the intersection of two rivers. The Jade Girl is very beautiful, not only intelligent, but also kind-hearted. She and her neighbor's young man named Tian played together since childhood, herded sheep together, and grew up together.
Later, the local leader kidnapped Jade Girl. After learning about it, the young man named Tian invited several friends from the village to go and ask for her, causing an uproar. This human struggle was learned by the Jade Emperor. The Jade Emperor sent heavenly soldiers and generals to ask the human world to hand over the Jade Girl. The young man took advantage of the chaos to rescue the beautiful girl, and the two fled to the Jinsha River. Heaven and earth acted as matchmakers and they got married. The Jade Emperor asked the Jade Girl to return to the world, but the Jade Girl refused. The Jade Emperor sent a flood in the Jinsha River and drowned the two of them. After the flood receded, twigs grew on the riverside.
Qian Huisun is a lady in the family, and her father loves her like the apple of his eye. When Huisun was thirteen or fourteen years old, she was outstandingly beautiful and famous for her literary talent. There was an endless stream of people coming to propose marriage, and my father always had to take the exam himself. But even if his father had seen it, he would have been rejected by Huisun, and the reason was very pertinent. This prompted her cousin Liang Xiacheng to say to her, "Your talent can really be said to be the rebirth of Shangguan Wan'er."
This young man named Liang Xiacheng was in the same relationship with Huisun Cousin, good at poetry. After Huisun's mother passed away, her stepmother was very strict with her. Huisun usually followed the rules, but she was very close to her cousin Xiacheng. The two read and consulted each other, and talked about poetry and essays in the hut all day long, without avoiding suspicion at all. The two fell in love with each other, but Liang Xiacheng's father did not agree with his son marrying his cousin. When Huisun found out, she cried all day long but did not tell her father what she was feeling.
Later, the Qian family returned to their hometown to retire, and Xiacheng also went to other places for business. Until one day, a young man named Qin arrived. He had a good family background, good looks, and talent. Qian's father agreed to the marriage without discussing it with his daughter. It was not until the two families agreed to exchange betrothal gifts that Huisun got some. information. My cousin also hurried back after hearing about it, but the deal was already done and the two looked at each other in silence. In the end, Huisun committed suicide, and her cousin left with her. The two families buried them together. Two trees grew in the garden, with their branches and leaves intertwined.