Two folklore stories about sheep
Sheep is one of the 12 zodiac animals, ranking eighth. Do you know the folklore stories about sheep? Below are the folktales about sheep that I have carefully compiled for you. You are welcome to read them. For your reference.
The folklore story of sheep: Su Wu shepherding sheep
According to the "Hanshu Biography of Su Wu": Su Wu (140 BC ~ 60 BC), named Ziqing, because his father had two jobs For officials above Qianshi, he and his elder brother were recommended as Lang, and were later gradually promoted to the supervisor of Zizhong Stable. In the first year of the Tianhan Dynasty (100 BC), Su Wu sent an envoy to the Xiongnu (returning the envoy to the Xiongnu) as Zhonglang General, with the intention of promoting reconciliation between Han and Xiongnu. There was an accident in the water quality. The Xiongnu Chanyu and his minister Wei Lu threatened Su Wu to surrender, but Su Wu was unyielding.
When Wei Lu heard that Su Wu refused to surrender, he reported it to Shan Yu. Unexpectedly, the more this happened, the more Chanyu wanted Su Wu to surrender. They imprisoned Su Wu in a large cellar and deprived him of water and food. At that time, the weather was gloomy, with rain and snow falling one after another. Su Wu lay in the cellar, swallowing the snow and sticky hair together, and survived for several days. The Huns were very surprised and thought Su Wu was a god, so they asked him to move to an uninhabited place by the North Sea to herd rams. Shan Yu threatened to wait until the ram produced milk before letting Su Wu return home. Chang Hui and others, officials who followed Su Wu, were imprisoned elsewhere.
When Su Wu arrived at the North Sea, there was no one to provide food, so he dug wild rat holes and took the grass roots and wild fruits hidden in the holes to satisfy his hunger. He herds the sheep day and night. Five or six years later, Shan Yu's younger brother Yu Qian went to Beihai to hunt. Because Su Wu could weave silk to tie on arrows and correct deformed crossbows, King Yu Qian liked him very much and provided him with clothes and food. More than three years later, King Yu Qian fell ill and rewarded Su Wu with a group of livestock, some household utensils and a felt tent. After the death of King Yu Qian, his tribe moved to other places, leaving only Su Wu's lonely family by Beihai. That winter, people from the Dingling tribe stole Su Wu's cattle and sheep, and Su Wu was as poor as when he first came to Beihai.
A few years after Emperor Zhao of the Han Dynasty came to the throne, the Huns and the Han Dynasty restored peace. The Han Dynasty requested that Su Wu and others be released, but the Huns falsely claimed that Su Wu was dead. Later, when the Han envoy arrived at the Xiongnu, Chang Hui managed to meet with him secretly one night and tell the truth. Chang Hui planned a plan for the Han envoy and asked him to tell Shanyu that the emperor of the Han Dynasty shot a wild goose in Shanglinyuan, and a silk book was tied to the goose's foot. The book said that Su Wu and others were in a certain big swamp. The Han envoy was overjoyed and used Chang Hui's words to reproach Shan Yu. Shanyu was shocked, and then apologized to the Han envoy and said: "Su Wu and others are indeed still there."
In the spring of the sixth year of the First Yuan Dynasty, Su Wu returned to the capital Chang'an.
Sheep folklore: Cixi is tabooed with sheep
Cixi is a sheep, so she is tabooed with sheep. After she "attended politics behind the curtain" in 1861, she actually listed "sheep" as a taboo word in the palace, and no one was allowed to mention it. Even the mutton used in cooking in the imperial kitchen had to be renamed "Furou" or "Shourou".
It is a must to watch a play on Cixi Day, but when watching a play, avoid hearing the word "sheep" or the name of the play with "sheep", such as "Sheep Fence", "Sheep Transformation", "Hongyang Cave" ", "Sheep's Horns", "Su Wu Sheep", "Le Sheep Soup", etc. are also not allowed to be performed in the palace. When an actor enters the palace to serve in a play, if he does not ask questions in advance and brings out the word "sheep" in his singing, he will be in trouble.
During the Tongzhi period, when Hou Junshan, a famous clapper player, was performing "Yutangchun" in the palace, Su Sanlin came up with the following lyrics: "I am like a sheep that enters the tiger's mouth and never returns." When Cixi heard this, she was furious Furious, he immediately ordered the show to be stopped and severely punished the actors. After Li Lianying repeatedly explained and interceded, he was spared. From then on, when "Yu Tang Chun" was sung again in the palace, the lyrics were changed to "I am like a fish caught in a net, gone but never returned."
During the Guangxu period, the famous martial arts student Wang Fushou responded to the imperial edict and entered the hall to perform "Pick the Pulley" for Cixi. Although the singing was very good and Cixi was very satisfied after watching it, when the actors took off their makeup and went to receive the award as usual, Cixi said to Wang Fushou in a sinister way: "It is true that the singing is good, but I heard that you are outside with Renhe opened a mutton restaurant and stabbed me every day. I can't reward you for this. If I don't punish you, it will be an advantage to you." What made Cixi even more neurotic was that she also listed words with homophones as taboo words. Such as Yang, Yang, Yang, Yang, etc., even the antonyms should be taboo. There is a small village called Liulangzhuang on the west side of the Summer Palace in Beijing. One day, Cixi led her entourage to Wanshou Mountain to view the scenery. She pointed outside the garden and asked: "What is that village called?" The follower quickly answered: "It's called Liulangzhuang." Upon hearing this, he immediately got angry and said: "Okay, Six Wolf Village. Even the sheep can't resist a wolf these days. Now there are six wolves outside the garden. If you just look at them and don't care, you will get your salary in vain!" Everyone was dumbfounded, but no one dared to explain. Reluctantly, Liulangzhuang had to be renamed Taipingzhuang. Cixi also ordered the construction of a city-tower-style "Cai Cui Tower" (which still exists today) on the mountain to prevent the "six wolves" from entering the garden and eating the "sheep".