Dancing is very common in the northern region. I remember that when I was a child at a temple fair, there were two places that were the most lively. One was the stage, where a grand opera would be sung for several days during the temple fair; the other was in front of the temple, because there would be seven To a dozen old ladies dressed in fancy clothes, holding tambourines, bells and the like, danced in a circle in front of the temple.
Among these dancing gods, there is often a "master god", others dance around her, and she sings the most.
In my impression, there is such a person in our village, and this person is Granny Hong Rong, but when I returned home a few times, I heard that Granny Hong Rong had passed away.
There are also two types of dance gods in the north. One is the two-person dance performed by the shaman and witch doctor in the Northeast region. They only have two people: the main god and the god of luck; the other is the single dance and the crowd dance in North China. The great god is either the main god dances alone, or a group of people dance around the main god, but no matter which kind there is, there is only one main god, and the others are not gods, but people who help the dance.
However, most people think that these two acts are yard shamanism, that is, the Manchu or Mongolian side of the Northeast.
I also asked Xu Xuanhang this question, and he said with a smile: "To be precise, the dance of the Great God comes from the lineage of the shaman school. Witchcraft is a signature technique of Chiyou in ancient times, and the Dance of the Great God also comes from witchcraft. It evolved, and was mainly used to exorcise evil spirits and disasters, so I think Dancing God originated in the south, prospered in the northeast, and existed in the north. As for why the south is rare, the reason is very simple, the Taoism in the south is stronger than that in the north. "
I asked Xu Xuanhang why the Taoism in the south was stronger than in the north, Xu Xuanhang smiled and said, "It's a long story, if you don't mind, let's sit down, I started telling you thousands of years ago, and I will give you listen."
I shook my head and said forget it. By the time he finished speaking, I guess five years would have passed, and I didn't want to listen to the story and kill myself.
Speaking of the great god of dancing, in the eyes of today's people, most of them are said to be feudal superstition, or a form of artistic performance. As for the legendary effect of curing diseases and exorcising evil spirits, no one has mentioned it anymore.
But sometimes, the great dance can indeed have some effects in curing diseases, which even science can't explain, but there are fewer and fewer people who can really dance, so the real existence of this part has been hidden.
This time, Xu Xuanhang took us to a small village in the deep mountains at the southern end of the Taihang Mountains. The Taihang Mountains belonged to the area I was in charge of before. I have also dealt with a lot of cases here, so I came back here with Xu Xuanhang, although it was not my previous trip. The place, but I still feel very kind in my heart.
Ah Wu drove, I sat in the co-pilot, Xu Xuanhang, Baihu and Zixue sat in the back.
We started from Xi'an, and we were not in a hurry along the way. Basically, it was a tour of the mountains and waters, stop and go. When we arrived at the Taihang Mountains, it was already half a month later.
In the past two weeks, I have done very simple things every day. I practiced the various basic Dao methods in the book Xu Xuanhang gave me, and then when I had free time, I drew a few talismans and taught them to my son when I was free. Snow some people's living habits now.
For example, when brushing her teeth, she is more accustomed to using her fingers and salt water, not a toothbrush and toothpaste. I taught her for a long time, and she slowly changed it. However, when she is alone, she is still used to dipping her fingers in salt water and rubbing it on her teeth. .
The destination we are going to this time is called Xia Zhuang, and there is another called Heigou Zhuang. It is said that this is the place where the roaring dog was cleaned after Erlang was enthroned. There is also a roaring dog temple on the mountain behind the summer clothes. .
On this day, we entered the mountainous area of Taihang Mountain, and A Wu began to relish: "Before we go to Black Dog Xia Zhuang, we must go to a village called Liu Zhuang, which also has an alias called Bai Mao Zhuang. , or the white cat Liu Zhuang, it is said that a cat fairy once came out here to fight against the roaring dog."
I asked Ah Wu how he knew about it, and Ah Wu said, "It's not the first time I've come here. The last time I came here with Master Xu, I heard from the people here. There's a little story in it, do you want to listen to it? ."
It's still a while before I can get to Xia Zhuang, so it's good to hear the story, so I smiled and said, "If my master doesn't think we're annoying, you can briefly tell me about it."
Xu Xuanhang did not speak, that is, acquiesced.
A Wu then continued: "It is said that the white cat was originally from a wild cat in this area. This white cat has a quirky temperament and never hurts people. It even drove away many nearby beasts and protected the people in this area. It is safe, so the people of this generation built a white cat fairy temple in Liuzhuang where the white cat lived, named it and enshrined it."
"But for some unknown reason, Erlangshen's roaring dog also came to practice nearby, and he just chose the place for summer clothes. The roaring dog is more famous than the white cat fairy, so soon the people of Xiazhuang changed their beliefs and changed their minds. The roaring dog was worshipped by Erlang God, and a temple was also built for it, and the people in summer clothes called it the roaring dog temple."
"The people of Xiazhuang will not come to Liuzhuang to burn incense for the white cat fairy, which makes the people of Liuzhuang very unhappy, and also complains about the white cat fairy, so the people of Liuzhuang call the roaring dog temple as The Black Dog Temple even calls Xia Zhuang the Black Dog Zhuang."
"Afterwards, the people from Xia Zhuang started to fight back, calling Liu Zhuang White Cat Zhuang, and people from the two villages started to scold him."
"People in the two villages are fighting, and the black dog and the white cat are also fighting in private. The white cat enjoys the worship of the people in this area, and suddenly half of the people are less, so naturally he is not feeling well, so he goes to the black dog Roaring the Heavenly Dog to fight. , whoever wins, whoever wins will be here exclusively."
"The roaring dog is the immortal pet of Erlang God, and naturally he doesn't take the white cat named by mortals in his eyes, so an earth-shattering fighting method started here. The black dog and the white cat fought for seven days and seven nights. The mountain has been blasted with several gaps, and now the jagged peak still exists, it is said that the black dog and the white cat fight left behind."
"The black dog and the white cat fought for seven days, and both sides were seriously injured, and there was no winner, so they had to truce and made an agreement that they would fight every hundred years..."
After hearing Ah Wu talk about this, I couldn't help but wonder, "Are you still fighting now?"
Ah Wu smiled and said: "I heard the old man here say that when I went to the end of the Qing Dynasty, there were people who saw a black dog and a white cat cheated in the sky, and then there was lightning and thunder, and the wind and rain were mixed. This is also the case of people here. Legend has it that the black dog and the white cat fought for the last time."
Before I could speak, Ah Wu continued: "Because the beliefs of black dogs and white cats are different in these two villages, the people of the two villages have also been hostile for hundreds of years. It is said that there is an unwritten rule here, that is, black dogs summer The two villages, Zhuang and the white cat Liuzhuang, marry each other, if not, they will be cursed by the black dog and the white cat, and they will never end well."
"And this custom continued for more than ten years after liberation. It was only in recent years that people from these two villages began to intermarry each other. Of course, there was no curse or anything. I think, even if there are black dogs and white dogs in these two villages. Cat, maybe they're all dead together."
At this point, the little legend that Ah Wu told me is finished. If the story he told is true, if the black dog and the white cat fight once in a hundred years, then it will be almost two years in the past few years. It's the day of the fight, will we just catch up this time
In my heart, I suddenly felt that Xu Xuanhang came here this time, not just to find that goddess Xiusen Luowugu. Maybe he came here for the legend of the black dog and the white cat.
Thinking of this, I looked back at Xu Xuanhang. He was closing his eyes and resting. He was not moved by the story A Wu told. It was not surprising that A Wu knew this story, so Xu Xuanhang would definitely know more than him.
Zixue was very fascinated by the listening, so she asked: "Who is Erlang God, and the roaring dog is a fairy pet, is it powerful, is there any white fox that is powerful."
When Zixue said this, the white fox immediately became energetic when he made a wish. He straightened his head and wanted to say something, but before he could open his mouth, Xu Xuanhang slapped him back: "Sleep for you."
The white fox made a wish to "woo woo" twice without saying a word.
Like most girls, Zixue likes a furry guy like Wishing, so she patted Wishing's head with some distress and said to Xu Xuanhang, "You really are, if you want to keep it and give it to me, why beat it? "
Xu Xuanhang looked at Zixue and said, "It's my eldest apprentice. I taught my apprentice to let you take care of it. If you think you are more capable than me, then you can make it come to your door."
When Xu Xuanhang said this, Zixue was so angry that she couldn't speak.
Zixue was angry for a long time and said to me: "Shi Yong, my mother asked you to protect me, this old man bullied me, why don't you come to help?"
I looked back and saw that Xu Xuanhang could only say helplessly: "Master is absolutely right!"
Xu Xuanhang nodded with satisfaction, and then Zi Xue rushed over from the seat and grabbed my neck to clean me up. Of course, she didn't really use any force, but just hit me twice to let out her anger, and she still didn't dare to hit Xu Xuanhang.
The car drove for a while, and it happened to be the evening of this day. We also arrived at the first village in the story that Ah Wu told, the white cat Liuzhuang. When we got here, Ah Wu did not forget to introduce me: "This is Liuzhuang. , the white cat fairy temple at the back of the village is still there, but no one has gone to burn incense these years, it's already tattered, and occasionally there is a passerby begging for food."
When I entered this village, I found that it was not as backward as I imagined. Many houses were red brick houses, and almost every household had a cauldron for watching satellite TV on the roof.
Moreover, at the entrance of the village, we also saw a few small cars. Although they are not famous cars, it also shows that the living standard of this village is not low.
When Ah Wu was driving the car and was about to take us directly to Xia Zhuang to find the goddess, Xu Xuanhang suddenly opened his eyes and said, "Let's go to the White Cat Fairy Temple first, there seems to be something unusual there."