[Special thanks to alBee for the 100,000 yuan reward, which is the book friend who built the building and the new alliance leader. Thank you for the third update tomorrow. I will sing a little tune for you in the author's speech]
When the village chief said this, he put two peanuts in his mouth, then tapped the table with chopsticks, and said to Chen Zhi and the other three in an extremely mysterious manner,
"Speaking of this fierce god, he should actually be regarded as a god of the Manchu people. Han people don't know much about it, but when it comes to his Manchu name, it is very noble. You may have heard of it, that is, he was named by the Qing Dynasty.
Chaoha Zhanye, the old god of Mount Zhen in Changbai Mountain, has been canonized several times by the emperors."
"Chaoha Zhanye...",
Mentioning that this Chaoha Zhanye was famous, Chen Zhi immediately searched for this familiar name in his mind.
Legend has it that this god named Chaoha Zhanye is the oldest and mysterious god of the Manchu people. It is said that he made great achievements in ancient times. He defeated many demons and evil gods and protected the peace of the Changbai Mountain area. Therefore, he was named by the Emperor of Heaven and became this god.
The mountain god of Changbai Mountain is called Taishan Ye by the Manchus.
I don’t know why, the Manchu royal family respected this god very much, even to the point of obsession. Several generations of emperors of the Qing Dynasty personally named this god the god of the mountain in Changbai Mountain. Emperor Kangxi even visited Changbai Mountain to worship.
Promote the glory and greatness of this god.
But in fact, the records of this god in Chinese history before the Qing Dynasty were quite vague. There are very few legends about this god in the records of Chinese civilization.
Some modern scholars even believe that this god has an unknown origin and was promoted by the Qing Dynasty in folklore. They believe that the characteristics of this god are very different from the Han culture in the Central Plains. Some scholars believe that this god is probably an ancient god.
The primitive gods worshiped by shamanism can be traced back as far as prehistoric civilization and are the prototype of the religion of the grassland peoples.
Shamanism is an ancient and mysterious religion that believes that people can communicate with divine souls, and that the spirits have the ability to predict the future and guide their people through difficulties in the dark. These spirits can maintain the growth order of nature and are good at predicting the future.
, using divine dance to arouse the spirituality of all things, so shamans from ancient times to the present wear masks and use dance to communicate with the gods.
"I've also heard of this Chaoha Zhanye...",
Da Guo nodded thoughtfully and said,
"People who have lived in Changbai Mountain for a generation all know this god. They say that this old god is a kind-hearted old man who blesses the area with abundant products and allows the people to live and work in peace and contentment. It is said that the reason why there are so many treasures in Changbai Mountain is that it is rich in ginseng, venison and
Ganoderma lucidum is all brought about by this old god's cultivation, so people here have worshiped him for generations. How can you say that such a kind old god is a fierce god?"
After Da Guo finished speaking, he looked at the old village chief with some confusion.
"Oh! This is a long story...",
The old village chief sighed heavily, with a look of fear on his face. After pouring himself a glass of wine, he coughed twice and said,
"Our village was originally a Manchu village, and most of the people living in the village were Manchus. Later, during the Cultural Revolution, everyone was afraid of being implicated and changed their surnames randomly. In the end, it was not clear whether the village was full of Han people.
But I heard my grandfather say that our Lu family was not originally named Lu, but Luhan Baali. We are pure Manchus who have lived here for generations. Moreover, since the founding of the Qing Dynasty, the imperial court has sent people regularly every year.
Come to our house to study the matter of worshiping the mountain god."
After the village chief finished speaking, he stopped drinking. He took out the old pipe on the kang, knocked it on the edge of the kang, then lit the cigarette and said in a very low voice,
"That was all sixty years ago, I was still young at that time...
Because our Bingliu Valley is in a deep mountain ravine, we never come into contact with outsiders. Visiting a villager from outside the village all year round is a new thing.
When I was four or five years old, I saw several strange strangers come to our village. They mysteriously discussed with my grandfather about worshiping the mountain god.
I was too young at the time, and the adults didn’t shy away from talking to me. I remember what the man said to my grandfather about paying tribute to boys and girls. He also said that after the founding of the country, this kind of sacrifice could no longer be done. They finally thought of the temple on the mountain.
I went there to have a look and kowtow to the mountain god. I still remember that these foreigners talked well and seemed unusual.
Later, my grandfather went with them. I was curious and followed them secretly. Unexpectedly, my grandfather caught me on the way and beat me up.
My grandfather told me at that time that the old mountain god Chaoha Zhanye was enshrined in this temple, the ancestor god of our Manchu people. He told me not to tell anyone about this after I came down from the mountain, otherwise I would be beheaded.
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Later, when I grew up, I never took this matter to heart. Later, the Cultural Revolution happened. It was the year when I had just become the village chief. The brigade secretary of the town came to talk to me.
If I take the lead in destroying the four olds and making meritorious deeds, this is what a young village cadre should look like.
I thought at that time, where can I find the Four Olds? Then I suddenly remembered the mountain temple on the mountain that my grandfather had mentioned.
I still vaguely remembered the mountain road, so I actually took a few people up the mountain to look for it. We walked all day long, searching all over the mountains and fields! Finally, we really found the old temple, but the place was too big.
It's so remote. If I hadn't heard my grandfather talk about it, I would never have been able to find it in my life.
I still remember the appearance of that temple. It was so magnificent! Just like the Jinluan Palace, the entrance was covered with golden curtains. The golden light was shining, and it was all royal style!
A few of us wanted to destroy the Four Olds at that time, and we didn't care about anything else. We rushed in armed with swords, guns and sticks. I still remember the scene I saw when I entered the temple.
Oh my god~~~~~~~~, that mountain god looks so scary. It is a gold-plated statue of the mountain god. His teeth are grinning with anger, and he is holding up two big paws. It's almost alive.
The pair of big glazed eyes stared at us, as if they were about to jump over and eat us alive.
We were young and courageous at that time. Who cares about the mountain god! The leadership of the party is the most important. A few iron pickaxes will smash that mountain god into pieces.
Only then did we see an altar under the mountain god, which looked like a big plate. When we used the pickaxe, we smashed the altar into pieces, leaving a big crack. There seemed to be something shadowy inside.
I lit a torch, leaned over the gap and looked inside.
Oh my god~~~~~~~~, it almost scared the living daylights out of me.
The altar is full of people, and the piles of them are all the skeletons of children."