Cai Jiabao's Story Prose
First, honor your parents and seek medical advice.
The village has been built for 800 years, and Cai Gang in Longxi has its roots. Caijiabao is located in Qin Long Village, Shan Ge Town, Pinghe County. According to genealogical records, in the first year of Shaoding in the Southern Song Dynasty (1228), Qin Long Village moved from Cai Qiyuan to Cai Bu in Longxi. Cai Qiyuan (AD 1208- 1276). This "Longxi Cai Gang" is now the Xitou Society in Pingning Village, Bangshan Town, Longhai City, Zhangzhou. Eight hundred years ago, Cai Qiyuan came to Qin Long Village from Cai Gang in Longxi to open up a base area. Qin Long Village and Longxi Cai Gang have very important historical origins.
The mother was ill and sought medical treatment, and the dutiful son went up the mountain to collect medicine. One year, Cai Qiyuan's mother was seriously ill and stayed in bed for several months. At this time, Cai Jiyuan's father is doing business in other places and has not come back for several years. When his father was not at home, the young Cai Qiyuan, as the eldest son of the family, took up the heavy responsibility of taking care of his mother. Cai Qiyuan is a famous dutiful son in the village. Now that his mother is ill, he is extremely anxious. Cai Qiyuan sought medical treatment everywhere, but his condition did not improve and he was worried. One day, a Taoist came to the village. I heard that this Taoist priest is a famous Taoist doctor. So Cai Qiyuan went to ask a Taoist priest to treat his mother. Seeing that Cai Qiyuan was so enthusiastic and filial to his mother, the Taoist priest was very moved, so he agreed to his request and went to his home with Cai Qiyuan to treat his mother. The Taoist priest asks the doctor first, and then knows the details. Finally, he said: "This disease needs a special herbal treatment, but this herb grows in the mountains and it is far from easy to collect." Cai Qiyuan said: "In order to treat my mother, no matter how high the mountain is and how far the road is, I am not afraid!" Seeing that he was so filial, the Taoist priest told him the route of collecting herbs and gave Cai Qiyuan his only herbal specimen for comparison. He also told him that the fresher the herbs, the better the frying effect.
The next day, Cai Qiyuan bowed three times in front of his mother's bed, wishing her peace! Then, pack your bags and set foot on a journey of collecting medicine in the mountains alone.
Second, the cave sheltered from the rain, and the fairy dream.
People picking herbs in the mountains were tired, so they took shelter from the rain and walked around Qimxy. Cai Qiyuan walked in the mountains for three days according to the direction of the Taoist priest. However, this herb was not found. At this point, he had finished the prepared dry food and was too hungry to lift his feet. Just as he was sleepy and hungry, suddenly the mountain wind roared. He looked up and saw dark clouds rolling on the top of the mountain. After a while, the rain sounded in the mountains. He saw a cave on the hillside ahead, and immediately walked quickly towards the cave and entered the cave to shelter from the rain.
Although the cave is not bright, the shape of the cave can still be vaguely distinguished by the light from the cracks in the stone. A stone is flat and you can squat. At this time, outside the cave, it rained cats and dogs; In the cave, people are sleepy. Unconsciously, Cai Qiyuan fell asleep in the dark cave. When he was sleeping, he saw an old man in a daze and smiled and said to him, "You are really a dutiful son. You went to the mountains to collect medicine for your mother. Now you are sleepy and hungry, and you have touched God! " Cai Qiyuan asked him in surprise: "Who are you? How do you know me? " The old man said, "Just call me' Father Wang'." "Dad wang! Hello! Where can I find herbs to treat my mother? " Cai Qiyuan asked Dad Wang eagerly. Old Wang Man's father slowly combed his long beard and smiled and said to Cai Qiyuan, "I'll give you three sentences. You should remember these three sentences. This is your future wealth. First, only when you can't escape from the goat will you find the herbs you want; Second, only when the weather turns, your luck will turn; Third, when you see a pole take root and sprout, you will settle down here, and future generations will prosper. " Cai Qiyuan just wanted to find out, but he didn't see the old man's father, Wang ... He was suddenly startled and woke up from sleep!
He wiped his eyes with his hand and recalled three things in his dream just now. The more he thought about it, the more strange he felt.
Third, the prophecy is fulfilled, and the luck turns.
Goats lead the way? Herbs, mother recovered as before. At this time, the rain stopped outside the hole, and Cai Qiyuan walked out of the hole naked. Looking around, the weather is sunny and the mountains are new after the rain.
There is a big pine tree not far from the cave. When Cai Qiyuan approached the big pine tree, he suddenly saw a goat, grazing quietly there. This goat is not big, but it is cute. Its head is low and its tail is wagging. Maybe people's footsteps alarmed the goat. The goat ran away, and Cai Qiyuan ran after it.
The mountain road is curved and the trees cover the sky. The goat ran in front, Cai Qi chased after it, climbed over one hill after another, and finally reached a steep place. The goat stopped and cocked his head to see Cai Qiyuan following. Cai Qiyuan gasped and soon climbed the cliff where the goat stopped.
But when he arrived here, he found that the goat was gone. This cliff is more than 100 feet long, with flowing water and pleasant birds, so call it. On the edge of this cliff, there are indeed several herbs that Cai Qiyuan is looking for. At this time, Cai Qiyuan picked herbs, and he was infinitely grateful to Dad Wang for his prediction in his dream, thanking Dad Wang for saving his mother.
He went home along the rugged mountain road and picked wild fruits from the mountain to satisfy his hunger. However, my sick mother has been waiting in bed for four days, and Cai Qiyuan has not come back. The sad cloud is full of my heart. The neighbor comforted her and said, "You are a kind woman. Usually, when villagers encounter difficulties, they often give help. Your son is a dutiful son, and the immediate difficulties are only temporary. God will help him ... "Just as the voice fell, I saw a child fly in and shouted," Brother Qiyuan is back! Brother Yuan is back! " The people in the room were ecstatic when they heard the shouts. Lying in the hospital bed, my mother shouted happily, "Ah Yuan, you are back!" " ! Ah Yuan, you're back ... Cai Qiyuan walked to the door with herbs on his back, heard the cry of his sick mother and shouted, "Mom ... Mom, I picked herbs!" " The mother took her son's hand and showed a smile that she hadn't seen for many days. She asked Yuanyuan softly, "How did you pick this herb? Where did you find it? ..... "At this time, the villagers gathered around and wanted to hear the process of collecting medicine.
Sitting in front of his mother's bed, Cai Qiyuan told her and the villagers in detail how he took shelter from the rain in the village, fell asleep with hunger, and dreamed of seeing an old man who claimed to be Wang's father. Everyone said after listening, it's amazing! It's amazing! After listening to Qimxy's story, several elders in the village said that Cai Qiyuan's filial piety not only touched everyone, but also touched heaven. In the dream, the old man who claimed to be Wang Dad was actually a god. In the future, with the blessing of the gods, mother's illness will recover soon.
Immediately, I will go far away to cook medicine for my mother. After three or five days, her mother's condition improved greatly. Three months later, Yuanyuan's mother fully recovered. Later, as before, the round mother can go to the fields to do farm work.
I stay away from my mother, work at sunrise and return at sunset. Busy farming days are as usual, and family members are talking and laughing, leading a quiet life.
It's good to step on a stone. One day, Cai Qiyuan went to the river to carry water to irrigate the land. He stepped on a stone and it turned over. Cai Qiyuan almost fell. When he stood firm, he turned around and looked at the stone carefully, when his eyes suddenly lit up. I saw the word "Tian" on the back of the stone. At this moment, he suddenly remembered that when he was doing Qimxy in the cave that day, old Wang Man's father predicted that your luck would only turn if the sky turned over. Now that the stone has been turned over, I see a sacred word. Is that why? He put down his baggage and squatted down to pick up the "Tian Zishi". The word "day" is clearly visible. "Tianzi Stone"-a natural texture of stone, cleverly forms the word "Tian Zi".
At this time, Cai Jiyuan thought, does the second thing that Dad Wang predicted have the same meaning as today's "Tianfan"? Is it because of luck that something good is coming?
The yellow dog barked at the silver in the oil tank, and the windfall was kept quiet. Cai Qiyuan has a yellow dog at home. He usually goes to work in the fields with his mother, and the yellow dog follows him leisurely. One day, Cai Qiyuan went to Zhangzhou to do something, and Huang Gou had to follow. He chased the yellow dog back several times and walked a long way, but the yellow dog followed him. After going back and forth several times, I gave up and let the yellow dog go with me.
When he walked for a long time and reached a mountain in Zhangzhou, the yellow dog barked at the dense forest. The owner called the yellow dog again and again, but the yellow dog changed its normal state and refused to listen to his master. Cai Qiyuan had to go to the place where the yellow dog barked to see what was going on. When Cai Qiyuan walked into a dense forest road, he found that several oil tanks appeared on a hill a few days ago because of heavy rain. Out of curiosity, Cai Jiyuan opened one of the oil tanks. He couldn't believe his eyes. The oil tank is full of silver. Later, he opened several oil drums, all filled with silver.
At this time, Cai Qiyuan was so excited that he picked up the yellow dog and combed it gently from beginning to end ... His joy was indescribable.
He took out a small amount of silver from the oil tank, put it in a bag and put the rest away. Then he buried the oil tank with soil, marked it, shouldered the burden and went home.
When I got home, I didn't dare to make public this matter, only told my mother. Mother said, "This is God's will! According to the elders, there has long been a' thief village' on the mountain, which robbed a lot of money and buried it underground for collection. The imperial court sent troops to wipe out the thieves, but no money was found. Unexpectedly, you accidentally discovered it today. " Although Cai Qiyuan made a windfall, he kept it a secret. In the following days, he moved the silver back and hid it like an ant. Life is still as frugal as before, working in the fields every day.
When the flood is difficult, the straw shed is built and the pole is long. In order to increase his knowledge, Cai Qiyuan is going to make a career with the money in his hand, and decided to start with a small business of selling bean skin and bean branches, which are native products of his hometown. He took the burden and went to the village near the Jiulong River to sell it. He went from village to village, sold the specialties of his hometown and bought other specialties from other places to sell. Although the business on the shoulder is not big, it is doing a little better. Wherever he goes, he goes further and further.
Once, he came to an open place surrounded by water to rest. Unexpectedly, it rained heavily that day, and a few hours later, the river surged. Roll up your trouser legs when you come. You used to cross the river, but now the flood is rolling and you can't go back to the river. Cai Qiyuan had to look at the river and sigh. Because no one lives there, we have to camp on the higher mountain, that is, build a temporary straw shed to shelter from the rain. Don't go home until the river recedes.
When using local materials to build straw houses, in the end, a pile was missing. No suitable piles could be found at that time. Just two days ago, a bamboo pole temporarily replaced the broken wooden pole, so I used it to stand the pile. In this way, although the hut was low and surrounded by floods for three days, fortunately, there were things that were not sold, as well as bean skins and branches left to eat, and the hunger problem could still be solved.
Three days later, the flood subsided. He is going to go home and tear down the hut. When the pile was demolished, Cai Qiyuan suddenly found that the bamboo pole took root and sprouted. At this time, Cai Qiyuan jumped up happily. The third thing that Dad Wang predicted in the grotesque cave dream finally happened here!
The phenomenon of "bamboo poles breaking through the soil" in this place shows that this land is very fertile and conducive to farming. This is a land of feng shui, and Cai Qiyuan decided to move here to live.
That day, Cai Qiyuan happily looked around the terrain and found that the terrain here was uplifted and surrounded by water, like a hoof print. To celebrate the appearance of Wang's father's three predictions, Cai Qiyuan decided to name this place "Qin Long".
Fourth, under the guidance of the master, father Wang appeared.
Cai's clan is a master of Feng Shui, and planning to build a castle has become a major event. Qin Long's "Niuhoof Land" is a treasure trove of geomantic omen, but it is surrounded by streams. After the heavy rain, the river rises and it is easy to flood. Therefore, to live here, it is necessary to build a house with a stone as the foundation, which is conducive to flood control. Stones used to build houses cost a lot of money, and the windfall of money a few days ago is not a problem. The biggest thing now is to find a feng shui master and plan a building plan.
In order to find a feng shui master, plan a building plan. Cai Qiyuan heard that in Jianyang County, Jianning Prefecture, Cai's family had a relative named Cai (1135-1198), who was a famous geomantic master and philosopher. Although Cai's son passed away, he was also a famous Feng Shui master and Neo-Confucianism. Why not visit him? Therefore, Cai Qiyuan went through all kinds of hardships and went to Jianyang County, Jianning Prefecture to visit three sons of Cai, a famous geomantic master and philosopher-Cai Yuan (1 156- 1236) and Cai Ling (1 158).
As blood relatives, Cai's three sons are willing to make suggestions for building houses in the "Niuhoof Land" and send Cai Shen to the field to survey the terrain and give feng shui guidance.
The geomantic master, the God of Wealth, thinks that this place is like a cow's hoofprint. If a castle is built, the city wall should be built according to the terrain, with a round front and a round back, which means "the land of heaven and round" in the Book of Changes, which means harmony between yin and yang. The stone fence at the front end of the castle is a semi-closed mouth, and the front end is at the lowest place, which is beneficial to drainage, preventing water accumulation and floods in rainy days and achieving the artistic conception of harmony between man and nature.
The construction of the castle was inherited by Cai, a famous geomantic master and neo-Confucian. The overall control of geomantic omen and architecture enabled the construction of the castle to proceed as scheduled.
The stone on the other side of the mountain came, and Wang's father appeared and left? . It takes many stones to build a castle. You can open it on the mountain opposite Qin Long Village, which is called "Swallow Mountain"? . The stones in the area of "Yanzai Mountain" belong to granite, which is commonly known as "bluestone" by local people (the stones in the foundation of Caijiabao today are this kind of granite, that is, bluestone).
However, from "Swallow Mountain" to Qin Long, there is a big river (now called Huashan River, about 200 meters wide) which is inconvenient to carry. Bluestone on the mountain? , with bamboo rafts and wooden boats, shipped to Qin Long to build a castle. Sometimes when it rains heavily, the river rises with great waves, and sometimes the boat capsizes, which brings certain difficulties to the construction of the castle. Faced with the danger of capsizing, we have to reduce the load and stop work in rainy days.
One year, the rainstorm lasted for three days, the river surged and the fortress building was blocked. Cai Qiyuan hurried to the river to observe the water situation. He found a wooden statue in a whirlpool on the shore, which kept spinning in the water. People who came with him to observe the water situation said that the statue had been around for three days and had not been washed away by the water. When Cai Qiyuan heard about it, he had the woodcarving statue salvaged ashore. At this time, he found that the shape of the idol was exactly the same as the old Wang Man father he dreamed of in the cave. Is this an epiphany of father Wang? He knows that we have difficulty in transporting stones to build castles in the river and wants to bless us. So Cai Qiyuan quickly took off his coat, wrapped up the statue of Wang's father, welcomed him to his residence happily, and arranged a room for everyone to burn incense and worship. Strange to say, since I worshipped the god of Wang's father, I have been transporting stones to build castles in the river, and there has never been a shipwreck. All the processes of building the castle can go smoothly.
In the spring of the following year, he took his family and migrant workers to hold the activity of "spinning in the water to grab the idol of Father Wang" for the first time, in order to wish the gods of Father Wang better wishes in the coming year.
After hundreds of years of evolution, this activity has become running with the statue Rainbow's father in the water and dancing with two lions in the water? Activities.
Fifth, the gods are prominent, protecting the fort and helping the people.
The temple ancestral hall is cleverly built to protect the fort and help the people. According to the genealogical records, the "Zhuiyuan Hall" of the village Cai family is the main ancestral hall, which was built by the third ancestor Cai in the late Yuan Dynasty (A.D. 1358). The main ancestral hall and other ancestral halls of the "family system" are a ancestral hall community composed of more than a dozen ancestral halls, located on the central axis of Caijiabao.
At present, there are three ancient temples in Qin Long Village, two of which were built in A.D. 1229. One is a temple, dedicated to the king's father. Note: Shao Qingtang was built in the fifth year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty (A.D. 1372), and the other one is at the exit of the south gate of the castle, with "Fude Shenzhengshu Temple". In A.D. 1289, the "Fudema Temple" was built in the east gate of the castle, which was 60 years later than the "Bogong Temple" in the south gate. Why? There is a legend in it.
We now go to the "Bogong Temple" and "Boma Temple" to pay homage and find two unusual places:
First, my uncle and aunt didn't "worship together", but kept their own doors. This phenomenon is very rare in the "land bogong culture".
Second, the Bogong in the Bogong Temple in the south gate faces the south gate; The aunt in Dongmen Aunt Temple has no face facing the East Gate and her back facing the East Gate.
According to the ancestors of local villagers, Uncle Gong and Aunt Ma used to "worship in the same temple". Because uncle and uncle are generous, they are blessed to worshippers and blessed to others, but the "blessing" is reduced. Aunt thinks this is wrong and should be blessed according to the size of "merit" Because uncles and aunts disagree, there will be quarrels from time to time ... Later, my aunt had a dream for the then Caijiabao patriarch and asked for separation. But when the dream was first expressed, the patriarch disagreed, and then the dream was expressed three times in a row. The patriarch was frightened and never dared to make mistakes again. He immediately convened a clan meeting and decided to build another temple at the east gate of the castle to worship his aunt. Because the east gate of the castle faces the Daxi River (now called Huashan River), there are many ships passing by. For the safety of navigation, the land aunt faces the Huashan River to ensure the smooth sailing of passing ships and the safety of people entering and leaving Caijiabao.
Shao Qing Concert Hall is built near the "Ship Pier" in Qin Long. Since ancient times, Shao Qingtang's incense has been very prosperous. In addition to blessing the local people with good weather, Father Wang also blessed the people who came to worship to go out safely and successfully study, be an official, do business and seek jobs. Therefore, Pinghe people left a sentence-"When you leave the ferry, you will be a dragon", which also reflects the majesty and efficacy of Father Wang.
Six, the emperor's visit, beautiful sentences add color.
Cai Jiabao is a famous historical figure, and Master Cai worships the clan. Pinghe Cai's first ancestral hall has a history of 660 years. Since ancient times, there have been three stone flagpoles in front of the ancestral hall. The flagpole of this stone tablet is a symbol that Chua's descendants are court officials. According to the information such as the List of Scholars in Zhangzhou Prefecture, there was a Cai Wen tortoise in Wujin in the 16th year of Chongzhen in Ming Dynasty (1644) in Pinghe Qin Long. The other two officials only wrote in the genealogy ... because of their age, they did not conduct a detailed examination.
Cai Xin (1707- 1799) is the closest relative of Cai Jiabao, the highest-ranking official in Zhangzhou history, a bachelor of Wenhua Temple in Qing Dynasty, a minister of dragon five, and a teacher of Jiaqing. At that time, people called him Cai He.
Master Cai Xiang's visit to Caijiabao in Qin Long Village has been passed down from generation to generation among villagers in Qin Long. Because Qin Long Village is the earliest village where the Chua family prospered, Cai Xin, as a close relative of the Chua family, went to Caijiabao, Qin Long Village to "visit relatives" and worship the gods of the temple "Shao Qingtang".
At that time, Master Cai went to the mountain on the other side of Huashan River to inspect the river and water conservancy. When he climbed to the top of the mountain, he looked from a distance and was surprised to see the strange architectural shape of Caijiabao's "front circle and back circle" and the beautiful scenery of the whole village, and said, "When will the gods step on the water?" Yu's boots are on the earth ... "Because Yu's visit and beautiful sentences add a lot of color to Cai Jiabao.
Now, Caijiabao is being presented to the world with its unique charm. The above story also casts a mysterious veil on Cai Jiabao!