What does Mount Tai Shi Gandang mean?
In ancient times, there was a small village at the foot of Mount Tai. In the village, there was a young man named Shi Gandang. He was tall, strong and courageous, but his family was poor and his parents died young, so he was an orphan. He is a big man and has no wife.
On this day, he went to Mount Tai to chop wood. On the way, he met a Taoist priest. He was lying unconscious in the grass, and his mouth was full of blood. Shi Gandang hurriedly put the Taoist back to the Taoist temple. After careful nursing, the Taoist priest soon recovered.
It turned out that this Taoist priest was ambushed by monsters that day. If Shi Gandang hadn't found out in time, I'm afraid he would have died. In order to thank Shi Gandang, the Taoist priest handed him some magic tricks to catch monsters and told him to practice them often.
From then on, Shi Gandang practiced magic when he was not doing farm work, and soon learned all kinds of moves and formulas, but he never had a chance to display it, and he didn't know the actual effect of magic.
This year, a monster suddenly appeared in Mr. Wang's home in Wangzhuang, south of Tai 'an City. One night, Mr. Wang's family was sleeping in the house. A strong wind suddenly blew outside, accompanied by a dark cloud, and the moon in the sky was covered.
Miss was about to get up and close the window when the door of the house was blown open by the wind, and then a big cloud got into the room. The clouds dispersed and a monster appeared. The monster has a green face and fangs, two long horns on his head and long hair all over his body.
As soon as the monster entered the door, he spoke and wanted to marry a young lady. The young lady screamed with fear and fainted. The monster didn't stay after seeing the young lady faint, but turned into a dark cloud and disappeared again.
Wang Jiasong sighed and thought the monster spared them. Unexpectedly, the next day, the monster came again. This time, when the monster entered the young lady's house, he first became a human being, and then pestered to marry the young lady. Miss would rather die than follow, but after a long struggle, the monster had to leave again.
Mr. Wang panicked and hurriedly invited some Taoist priests outside, which was both a sign and a practice. As a result, the monster came at night and tore up the symbol. Just as the Taoist priest was about to arrest him, he was startled by a loud roar and fell to the ground dying. Repeatedly for several days, although the monster did not succeed, Miss was also tortured.
There is really no way, so Mr. Wang has to put up posters everywhere to find someone who can catch the monster, and promised that whoever can catch the monster will give him half of his property. If it's an unmarried young man, marry Miss Wang to him.
On this day, Shi Gandang went into town to sell firewood, just to see the notice. He thought to himself that he had practiced magic for so many years and never had a chance to perform it. Now that monsters are bothering the people, it's time to do it. If we can get rid of monsters, it's also a good thing.
After making up his mind, Shi Gandang took the notice and came to Mr. Wang's home. The monster catcher I met outside was a tall and handsome young man. At the moment, he was very happy and was warmly received.
Shi Gandang inquired in detail about the situation of catching demons several times before, and he was confident. He asked the foreign staff to prepare a sword, a set of tights, and drew a spell, which was pasted on the lady's door as before.
After dark, Shi Gandang changed her clothes and hid in the young lady's room with a sword in her hand. At 10 o'clock in the middle of the night, I saw a strong wind, and the monster came to the door of the young lady in the form of dark clouds.
Seeing the spell on the door, the monster sneered, thinking that some unscrupulous little Taoist priests were coming to scare people. He reached out and tore off the spell, pushed open the door and swaggered in.
As soon as I entered the room, I heard a loud cry from behind the door: "Where did the monster here dare to be presumptuous? Taishan Shi Gandang is here. " The monster was startled and turned sharply, only to see a white light stabbing at him. Although the white light hasn't touched his body yet, it already has a burning and stinging feeling in the body. It is not good for the devil to whisper to each other. This time I met a man who really knows magic. Then it becomes a dark cloud, floats out and disappears in an instant.
Since then, the monster has never been here again, and Mr. Wang's family has finally recovered calm. W was very happy to see her daughter saved. He fulfilled his original promise, gave half of his property to Shi Gandang, and arranged a wedding for his daughter and Shi Gandang. From then on, Shi Gandang lived in Mr. Wang's house, and the young couple lived with Mei Mei.
Besides, the monster has been afraid to go down the mountain for more than a month after fleeing back to the cave. However, he is vicious and difficult to change. After a while, he couldn't help it. He didn't dare to go to Wangzhuang, so he changed to another village to continue to harm people. I heard that there was a monster, and people in the nearby village were so frightened that they dared not make any noise at home at night.
Later, when they heard that Shi Gandang would catch ghosts, they came to Shi Gandang for help. Shi Gandang immediately said goodbye to his wife and went to catch a demon with the villagers. When the monster heard that Shi Gandang was coming, he didn't dare to show up, so he had to look for his next target.
When the villagers saw the arrival of Shi Gandang, the monster never appeared again. Everyone is very happy. They warmly treated Skandan, hoping that he would stay a few more days. Unexpectedly, a few days later, monsters appeared in other villages, and Shi Gandang hurried to catch them.
In this way, the monster kept moving, and Shi Gandang kept chasing, chasing and stopping. A few months passed in a blink of an eye, but the monster was still not caught. Seeing that the Chinese New Year is coming, Shi Gandang just needs to go home first, fearing that his wife will miss him.
My wife asked about catching demons in recent months, and Shi Gandang came together. The wife thinks that this monster is too cunning to slip away early every time. At this rate, when will it be over? Shi Gandang catches demons all the year round, and living alone is not a problem.
She thought about it and suddenly had an idea. Since the monster heard Shi Gandang's name, he had already run away in fright, so he carved Shi Gandang's name on a stone or a wall. The monster dared not make a move when he saw the name.
Shi Gandang listened to his wife's words and felt very reasonable, so he told everyone. The local people carved the words "Taishan Shi Gandang" on the stone tablet and stood at the head of the village. Sure enough, the monster never came again.
As a result, the news spread, people followed suit and set up the stone tablet of "Mount Tai Shi Gandang", and the monster disappeared from the world.
This is the origin of folk use of "Taishan Shi Gandang" to ward off evil spirits. Although there are no monsters now, it still exists widely as a cultural custom and becomes a symbol of avoiding evil spirits and praying for blessings. In June 2006, it was also listed as the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage. Tai 'an, the hometown of Shi Gandang, has also held the "Taishan Shi Gandang Cultural Festival" for many times to spread and popularize Shi Gandang culture to the outside world.
Twenty years ago, there was a family in our village, whose door faced the road. A fortune teller passed by and said it was called rushing, and something would happen at home. Not long after, the man in that family suddenly had a stomachache. At that time, he had never heard of the disease.
Later, there was a stone in front of his house, which read Mount Tai and Shi Gandang. Later, I found that many houses facing the intersection had these words: Mount Tai, Shi Gandang. At that time, I wondered, shouldn't Taigong be here? After all, the legend is well known.
Later I learned that there are many legends about Mount Tai and Shi Gandang:
First, it is said that Mount Tai is known as the commander-in-chief of all ghosts, that is, Mount Tai is in charge of invisibility. Shi Gan Dang, a subordinate of Mount Tai, is famous for his bravery and is good at descending ghosts. People often ask him for help. He is too busy. Later, he carved his name on the Taishan stone, and asked him to take a stone if necessary, which also had the same effect of dispelling evil spirits.
Secondly, some people say that Shi Gandang was a heroic general of five generations and died to protect the emperor. People carved his name on the stone tablet in memory of his hero protector. It gives the meaning of good luck.
In June 2006, Shi Gandang was listed as the first intangible cultural heritage by the State Council. It can be seen that its influence is great.
There are many versions of Mount Tai Shi Gandang. It is said that in ancient times, there was a strong woodcutter named Shi Gandang on Mount Tai. He is very courageous. He goes to the big forest to cut wood before dawn every day. There are wolves and tigers in the forest. He is never afraid.
On this day, when he came back from selling firewood, he passed by the door of a member's house and only heard a cry in the yard. Shi Gandang thought, what difficulties will an open member's home have? He wanted to go in and ask, but he felt uncomfortable. He looked around and saw a notice saying that my daughter Yu Lian was possessed by a demon and many wizards were invited to leave. If anyone can surrender to the devil, he is willing to marry her. Shi Gandang got it.
So he took off the notice, patted the door outside the member and opened it. An old servant asked Shi Gandang, "Little brother, can you exorcise demons?" Shi Gandang said, "You try!" The old servant took him to the living room and sat down. Shi Gandang asked some questions about Miss's being haunted by a demon. After hearing this, he patted his chest and said, I will definitely help you catch the monster.
At night, all the doors of Mr. W's house were bolted. Around the second watch, a gust of wind blew out the light in the young lady's room. At this moment, a monster came, tall and with big furry hands, trying to catch the young lady. Just then, Shi dared to block his head, put on his hat, took out a wooden stick, stopped the door and shouted, "Look at that monster!" " I heard the general fall with a whoosh. The monster couldn't dodge, got a stick and ran away, clutching his injured head.
From then on, it was known that Shi Gandang could exorcise demons. If anyone has anything, please ask Shi Gandang for help.
These stories are all folk stories. In fact, in real life, the main fear is that the corners of the house are touched, which will affect the structural quality of the house. Therefore, the stone monument "Taishan Shi Gandang" is also a warning and eye-catching sign.
Speaking of Mount Tai and Shi Gandang, we have to start with a story.
Once upon a time, there lived a powerful fairy on Mount Tai. He is brave and strong, and bears the heavy responsibility of sweeping away demons for the residents at the foot of the mountain.
At that time, there were many monsters, and there were always monsters everywhere. He is busy all day and is willing to exorcise demons for the people.
Later, he became more and more famous. When the monsters heard that he was coming, they all ran away.
Later, the fairy had a brainwave. Busy as a bee, he found a broken stone head on Mount Tai and carved his name: Mount Tai Shi Gandang.
Whenever people ask him for help and he is too busy, let people take the stone with his name engraved on it and put it on the house.
The monsters looked at it and said, ah! Taishan Shi Gandang is here. Run! Afraid of running away [yeah]
People were ecstatic when they saw it. This method is good! Mount Tai and Shi Gandang are carved on the house, so the genie will not dare to come, and there will be no need to bother the immortals in Shi Gandang in the future.
Since then, this habit has been preserved and gradually became a custom. As long as houses are built, people will engrave the words Mount Tai and Shi Gandang to ward off evil spirits.
People all hope that their lives can turn around and live a happy life.
Taishan Shi Gandang is the traditional culture of China, and the State Council has listed Taishan Shi Gandang as the first intangible cultural heritage.
There used to be a man named Shi Gandang on Mount Tai who could catch evil spirits. Because he lives in Mount Tai, he is called (Mount Tai Shi Gandang). Actually, it's not the stone of Mount Tai that can work. Taishan Shi Gandang was strung together by later generations. ……
The following is my personal opinion, which may be different from most people's understanding and is for reference only.
First of all, talk about the location. As far as I know, Shi Gandang on Mount Tai usually appears on houses or fences facing the street. From the position, it belongs to the situation of T-junction. The road is blocked by a house or fence and must be separated on both sides. The concept of "rushing" that China people say should be like this, that is, houses or fences block the road here and there is a risk of being hit.
The collision here can be explained from the following three aspects:
First, physical influence. Such as carriages, riders, unicycles, etc. (Considering the life scenes of the ancients here), when the speed is fast, it is easy to stop at this T-junction and hit the house or fence.
Second, feng shui obstacles. The ancients in China paid attention to being smooth. When there are no obstacles such as building walls, the road should go straight ahead. With the wall of the house, the momentum of the road is blocked, which is contrary to natural justice.
Third, the collision of superstitions. According to the superstition of the ancients, not only people but also monsters walk on the road. These monsters walked along the road and couldn't stop at the T-junction, so they crashed into the yard.
Let's start with the explanation of "Mount Tai Shi Gandang". Personally, I think it should be Mount Tai Shi Gandang, or dare to block it. I don't know if this is a rumor, a lie or an immediate ban, but I can't tell. Let's just say. Why Taishan stone? Personally, Mount Tai has always existed as a sacred mountain. The ancient emperors all went to Mount Tai to worship Zen, and Mount Tai was honored as "the only one of the five mountains", with extraordinary status and divinity. Therefore, the stones on Mount Tai also have immortal spirit and special functions of exorcism.
Then the stone itself has the characteristics of strong impact resistance.
So when the ancients built a house at the T-junction, they found a Taishan stone to stand in the right place. It means that my yard is easily damaged by civil structures, but I found Taishan Stone to stand in front of it for protection, perhaps borrowing the saying that it is as stable as Mount Tai, which will block the way, so that horses and chariots will not be damaged, nor will Feng Shui be afraid, nor can ghosts enter, and all concerns will be reasonably explained and solved.
Finally, talk about circulation. At first, I might actually go to Mount Tai and put a stone there. Later, maybe it was because Taishan stone was really hard to get, or the demand was too great, or for other reasons, or just for convenience, I just found a stone or tablet or carved "Taishan Shi Gandang" directly on the wall to express my meaning.
This is the wisdom of the ancients to solve difficult problems. Although there are various hidden dangers in building and repairing houses at T-junction, the ancient working people discovered Taishan Stone, and these concerns were dispelled.
It's purely personal. If you want to scribble, you can laugh it off.
Legend has it that Shi Gandang on Mount Tai is a god on Mount Tai, who specializes in cleaning up monsters. A god is too busy to help everyone, so people carve a shrine of "Mount Tai Shi Gandang" on the house, and monsters dare not come to other people's homes to harm people.
This habit was preserved and gradually became a custom. As long as houses are built, people will engrave the words Mount Tai and Shi Gandang to ward off evil spirits.
Later, it was listed in the national intangible cultural heritage list, and this cultural custom has been protected and passed down.
Before answering this question, I looked at the answers of other netizens. I found that most of them are telling a folklore story. I also want to study this issue in depth, so I read many articles and studies written by scholars about Shi Gandang.
First, the appearance time of Shi Gandang in Mount Tai introduces the discovery time and influence scope of Shi Gandang in Several Issues on the Study of Shi Gandang in Mount Tai written by Ye Tao, president of the Chinese Folklore Society. The written record about Shi Gandang first appeared in the urgent article compiled by You Shi in the Western Han Dynasty: "Learn from the tiger, Shi Gandang, and the dragon will not invade." But it appeared as a surname at that time. The earliest physical object was Shi Gandang in Tang Dynasty unearthed in Song Dynasty. In fact, in this article, Ye Tao did not give the final answer to the earliest specific time when Shi Gandang appeared, because the research on this work is still controversial. If it is estimated to be early, it may appear in the Tang and Song Dynasties or the Song and Jin Dynasties.
There is a process from "Shi Gandang" to "Taishan Shi Gandang". Only the word Shi Gandang appeared in the early discovery, and there were no Taishan and Shi Gandang. As for the specific time when Mount Tai Shi Gandang appeared. No specific time is given in the article, so it can only be inferred that "Shi Gandang on Mount Tai appeared in Yanqing year of Yuan Dynasty at the latest."
Second, the influence scope of Mount Tai Shi Gandang
In fact, we ordinary people can feel the great influence of this cultural custom of Mount Tai and Shi Gandang, which is also deeply rooted in people's hearts. Every household should build a house with this kind of thing. Introduction of Ye Tao's article. Taishan Shi Gandang culture not only has far-reaching influence at home, but also spreads abroad. Myanmar, Vietnam, Japan and other countries have this kind of Shi Gandang cultural custom.
3. What does Mount Tai Shi Gandang do?
Mount Shi Gandang is a stone. When building a house, the Shi Gandang on Mount Tai is mainly used to ward off evil spirits, just as the squire is here, and there is no Amitabha, demon mirror and stone lion in the south, which has the same effect. It's just that people want to use divine power to bless peace.
As for Shi Gandang or Taishan Shi Gandang as heroes, it is only a story plot deduced from cultural development.
There is a legend, as we all know, Mount Tai is located in Tai 'an City, Shandong Province. In the past, when emperors ascended the throne and died, they all went to Mount Tai to offer sacrifices.
Shi Gandang is a human name. He went to see the doctor badly. Once, a little girl fell ill in the mountains, and her family immediately drove her to Shi Gandang's house. Shi Gandang looked at it and said that you prepared twelve children for me. 12 boys and girls, male drummers and female drummers beat gongs, and then the little girl was tossed by rice, flour, chicken, pig's head and other sacrifices.
So Shi Gandang's name became popular. Many local people go to his home to see a doctor, but it is also very difficult in Shi Gandang. If I see a doctor at home every day, I can't see the disease in other places, so I can't see a doctor. So he asked someone to step on many stones on Mount Tai and write his name on them. Whoever brings the stone home means that I, Shi Gandang, am here, so there is Mount Tai.
Taishan Shi Gandang is mainly used to avoid danger and ward off evil spirits at T-junction. The method of making Mount Tai Shi Gandang is to use the stones on Mount Tai as Shi Gandang. Use Lu Banchi to fix some length and width, and the size is exquisite. And on a specific day, that is, New Year's Eve, three slices of raw meat (pork) are used as a souvenir. Wait until next year's Year of the Tiger, that is, Wuyin Day, that is, Jia Yinbing Yin Wu Yin Geng Yin Ren Yin. There were no chickens and dogs barking in the morning, and there was no one there. Standing on the wall of the mosaic house, facing the T-junction. It can play the role of avoiding evil spirits, helping disasters and praying for blessings.