Chapter 384: The Tiger Comes Down the Mountain to the Hometown of the Yi Ancestors
Chapter 384 The tiger descends the mountain, the hometown of the Yi ancestors
A girl in bright national costume stood at the door of the car, looking at them with a smile on her face.
He Huan got out of the car first and shook hands with her. After all the tourists came down, he introduced: "This is Xiao Bi. Come on, can you guess what tribe she is from?"
Xiao Bi was smiling brightly, and the tourists were looking at her clothes, which were more colorful than those worn by Nanjian Yi girls.
"The Yi people like black, and more or less all are black." A tourist said, "But her clothes are too bright and there are many decorations. Doesn't it feel more like the Miao people?"
Xiao Bixiao looked at them and explained: "I am from the Yi ethnic group, living in Bijia Village in Weishan Mountain, and a descendant of Nanzhao."
"Wow!" Everyone looked at her with curiosity, as if they had seen an ancient person.
"This is our palace costume. After Nanzhao destroyed the country, we fled to the mountains. When the pursuers came, our ancestors hid in the cave, and soon spiders formed a web at the entrance of the cave.
When the pursuers came over and took a look, they felt that the cave was covered with spider webs and it must have been unoccupied for a long time. So they left. Our ancestors escaped and settled down in the mountains, isolated from the world.
It was not until our younger generation started to go to school and have contact with the outside world. I also went to school and came back. I am ready to be a tour guide like the little white dragon!"
Xiao Bi looked at the famous director in front of him with admiration!
"Oh!" The tourists looked at this living descendant of Nanzhao in wonder.
He Huan said: "Bijia Village is the most closed village and is also known as the last tribe in Nanzhao. Some old people still call Bijia Village Mengshe."
Xiao Bi also generously showed visitors the totem on her back - a spider.
"Wow!" Everyone felt very curious, "The embroidery work is so exquisite! The spider is so cute!"
"Yes! We have a daughter in our family. My mother has been making wedding dresses since she was a child, stitch by stitch. By the time her daughter gets married, a set of clothes costs tens of thousands."
"oh!"
After admiring Xiao Bi's clothes for a while, Xiao Bi took them inside.
When I walked to the mountain gate, I saw a huge Tai Chi and Bagua diagram.
He Huan said: "Weibao Mountain is a famous Taoist mountain, which is different from Dali where Buddhism is the state religion. In addition to worshiping Taoist gods, the most worth visiting here is the Tuzhu Temple, which is the ancestral spirit that Xiao Bi and the others worship!"
Xiao Bi nodded seriously, "Yeah."
Heading straight to the Tuzhu Temple, in the towering green mountains, when you walk to the temple gate, you feel an overwhelming momentum.
When you enter the door, you will see the simple and magnificent hall. The plaque on the front reads: Nanzhao Yi King Hall. The other two plaques have two lines in Yi and Chinese. One is: Xiongguan Nanjiang, and the other is: Dehua Waifang.
There is a tiger running towards each side of the stone staircase, menacing and shocking.
Surrounded by mountains and deep ancient courtyards, such an ancient place really gives off a sense of time and space oppression.
Everyone could not help but be solemn.
Xiao Bi went to the incense altar at the entrance of the palace to burn incense and worshiped their ancestors seriously.
He Huan said: "The mountain gate in front is full of lions, but here is a tiger. It comes from the meaning of shelong, big tiger, and fierce tiger coming down the mountain."
"oh!"
The tourists looked up at this quaint hall. Under the leadership of Xiao Bi, they walked up the ancient stone slabs covered with moss and slender grass.
The moss marks are green on the steps, and step by step, we get closer to the founding king of the ancient Mongolian country.
Entering the main hall, He Huan explained: "Weibaoshan Tuzhu Temple was built in the Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty to worship Xinuluo and the successive Nanzhao kings. This is how ethnic minorities identify with their leaders.
The Central Plains has experienced so many dynasties, with emperors and courtiers in each dynasty, and few people worshiped any emperor. However, in the Yunzhou minority area, their leaders, especially the founding emperor, are still worshiped until now.
Xinuluo has become a mythical figure and a mountain patrol god. This is the earliest and largest Yi native temple, so Weibaoshan is also a place for the Yi people in the southwest to worship their ancestors. Every year in the second month of the lunar calendar, many Yi people come here to worship their ancestors."
Everyone nodded.
After paying homage to Xinuluo, he went to other halls to pay homage to the thirteen generations of kings of Nanzhao. In front of the name of each king was Meng.
He Huan said: "The Yi people originally did not have a surname, it was the joint name of father and son. Later, Piroge was named the king of Yunzhou, and the king of Tang gave him the surname Meng Guiyi. So now every generation of kings has the tribal name - Meng, which is the surname.
"
Everyone looked at Xiao Bi and asked, "Why is your last name Bi?"
"In order to avoid being hunted, our ancestors settled in the mountains and changed their names!"
"oh."
"But our ancestors have passed down from generation to generation that we are descendants of Nanzhao who escaped from the disaster." Xiao Bi said solemnly because she was afraid that everyone would not believe her identity.
He Huan further explained: "Bimo is an intellectual, wizard, and spokesperson of the gods and ghosts of the Yi ethnic group in the world. The Yi language, Yi script, and epic poems were all created by Bimo."
"oh."
"The Yi people had a hierarchical system in the past. It is very reasonable for the descendants of Nanzhao to change their names and take the first letter of another aristocratic class as their surname."
Everyone nodded, and Xiao Bi also nodded happily, thinking that Xiao Bailong explained it very well.
They paid homage to King Nanzhao one by one, and the one they were most interested in was Ge Luofeng.
Walking to the statue of Ge Luofeng, He Huan said: "In the car we talked about how Zhang Taishou blackmailed Ge Luofeng.
Then the governor of Zhang was the first to complain. He probably knew that Ge Luofeng had gone to the court, so while he sent people to Taihe City to insult Ge Luofeng, he also went to the court to say that Ge Luofeng was going to rebel.
Who can bear this anger? If you want to rebel, we will rebel. Geluofeng led his troops to the prefect's mansion to kill Zhang Qiantuo and seize the thirty-two states. Xianyu Zhongtong, the envoy of Jiannan Festival, hurriedly went to the court to protest against Geluo.
Feng rebelled."
"Where is Jiannan?" a tourist asked.
"Does Jian Nanchun know?"
Everyone laughed.
"The Han Dynasty established Yizhou County, which is today's Sichuan, Chongqing, Yunnan and Guizhou areas. In the first year of Zhenguan, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, the state and county system was abolished and Yizhou County was changed to Jiannan Road. The southwest and northwest areas all belong to the Jiannan Jiedushi system.
The administrative seat is Chengdu.
During the Nanzhao period, the scope of Jiannan Road in Yunzhou was also bounded by Ailao Mountain. The eastern Yunnan Plateau belonged to Jiannan Road, and the west of Ailao Mountain was Nanzhao. So you know that the official of Jiannan Jiedushi
How old are you?"
"Oh." Everyone nodded, thinking that Xiaobailong's geography was good!
Xiao Bi also looked at him. He didn't ask her to lead the way because he was lost, right? It must be because she is a descendant of Nanzhao! It must be!
He looked at He Huan with admiration.
He Huan continued to explain: "As the governor of this area, Xianyu Zhongtong certainly knows the virtue of Governor Zhang. But he is very happy with his achievements.
In addition, in order to appear useful, Yang Guozhong, his inward-facing figure, not only relied on his sister to get to the position, but also urgently needed to do something to prove his talents.
In that era, the quickest reputation was for military exploits. So Yang Guozhong recommended Xianyu Zhongtong to be the general to attack Nanzhao.
A small border country actually killed the frontier officials and seized the city. Xuanzong was also very angry, so he ordered Xianyu Zhongtong to lead an army of 60,000 to attack Nanzhao.
When Xianyu Zhongtong arrived in Qujing, Ge Luofeng had already sent an envoy to arrive first to welcome Xianyu Zhongtong and presented him with a letter of peace. I once again said that I did not want to rebel, but was forced by Prefect Zhang. I can return the city and the people and continue to work for Xianyu Zhongtong.
A vassal state of the Tang Dynasty.
Xianyu Zhongtong took a look and realized that he was a small border country. Since he was begging for mercy, he was afraid, right? He was not allowed to sue for peace, imprisoned the envoy, and continued to lead the army south.
When they arrived at Xiaguan, Geluofeng sent an envoy to plead guilty again. Xianyu Zhongtong still refused to sue for peace and only promised to massacre.
For Xianyu Zhongtong, Nanzhao was too weak and frightened, so he repeatedly sought peace.
For Ge Luofeng, he represented the imperial court on the one hand and the Jiedushi envoy on the other. The third time he came to the door of his house, he asked for forgiveness. The Dehua stele said that he should not do it again and again!
At this point, Ge Luofeng knew that this battle had to be fought. He set up an altar at Diancang Mountain and swore: If he accepts me, he will be my king. If he does not accept me now, it will be my enmity!
They united with Tibet to fight the Tang army. At that time, the Tang army came all the way to the mountains and jungles and was extremely exhausted. In addition, the climate in Yunzhou was humid and full of miasma, and they were half sick before they could fight. Geluofeng defeated the Tang army.
Xianyu Zhongtong abandoned his army and ran away. Yang Guozhong called the defeat a great victory, and Xianyu Zhongtong was promoted to Jingzhao Yin. Yang Guozhong continued to recruit troops to attack Nanzhao.
This time, Yang Guozhong told Xuanzong that Li Mi turned out to be the governor of Yunzhou and was a good brother with Ge Luofeng. He was familiar with the situation and sent him to fight and he would definitely win Nanzhao in one fell swoop!
Is it bad? It’s too bad!”
The tourists laughed.
"According to records, Li Mi did become good brothers with Ge Luofeng when he was the governor of Yunzhou. Li Mi felt that Ge Luofeng was a good person and sensible, and he did not believe that Nanzhao would rebel without reason.
But the emperor could not disobey his orders, so he had no choice but to lead an army to attack Nanzhao. Along the way, the army was also plagued by poisonous smoke and fog from the southwest. There were many casualties, including those who died from eating poisonous mushrooms."
The tourists couldn't help laughing.
"Really, there must have been more mushrooms at that time than now. When the army crossed mountains and rivers, food and grass could not always be guaranteed. Mushrooms had to be eaten, and it was impossible to tell whether they were poisonous or not, and it was impossible to cook them for twenty or thirty minutes!
Finally arriving at the Erhai Lake, the two armies faced each other, with blood flowing into the river, and corpses piled up in the water. At this point, it was difficult to maintain loyalty and righteousness. He could neither go back to see the emperor nor go to the city to see his brothers. After all, Li Mi was not Xian Yu Zhongtong, so he did not run away and drowned in the water.
"
"It was Li Mi who came here for the first time instead of Xianyu Zhongtong. Would the situation be different?" said a tourist.
He Huan nodded, "It's possible. When Li Mi came, Nanzhao had surrendered to Tubo and completely broke up with the Tang Dynasty. However, Ge Luofeng still felt uneasy and ordered to collect the bones of the Tang army for burial and build the Tang Tianbao Warriors
mound.
Li Mi was buried at the Xieyang Peak of Cangshan Mountain and General Li's shrine was built. Geluo Feng personally delivered a eulogy: If the king is not upright, the court will be in chaos, and traitors will rise up and harm the loyal and good. Life is the beginning of disaster, and death is the end of resentment. How sad! Tangshi died in battle
brother!"
The tourists couldn't help but be filled with emotion when they looked at the Nanzhao hero in this palace.
"Two hundred thousand soldiers of the Tang army were buried in Yunzhou. Yunzhou all belonged to Nanzhao, directly connected to Sichuan and Guizhou. It was a small satellite state that repeatedly defeated the Tang army. Poets of the Tang Dynasty wrote poems to ridicule them. Our great poet Li Bai also wrote:
In the middle of May in Yunnan, many troops crossing Lu were killed.
Poisonous weeds kill Han horses, Zhang Bing seizes the cloud flag.
To this day, the Xi'er River is bleeding and teeming with zombies.
Li Bai's good friend Du Fu's "Military Chariots" was also written under this background. It accused Tang Xuanzong of resorting to militarism and conscripting troops to attack Nanzhao.
Yang Guozhong recruited troops specifically to recruit soldiers from the north. As soon as the people in the north heard that the miasma was everywhere in the southwest and that the southern barbarians were tough and would never come back, a scene in the poem appeared: they held their clothes and stamped their feet to block the road and cry, and the cry went up to the sky.
The Tianbao War, which was ridiculed by two great poets of the Tang Dynasty, also directly led to the decline of the Kaiyuan Dynasty. On the surface, Nanzhao won the Tianbao War, but the actual losses were also heavy.
After the first battle against Xianyu Zhongtong, Feng Jiayi, the son of Geluofeng, was on his way back to the army. He sang a song to return to the army: After the victory, he drank the wine of return. The soldiers were ruthless and sad. How many people died on the battlefield, and 50,000 widows shed tears!"