There are many stories about cows in ancient times, including fairy tales and some allusions from real stories of celebrities, but many people should be quite unfamiliar with these stories. Let me give you a brief introduction to the ancient stories about cattle.

The story of ancient times and cattle 1 1, the legend of Yao Niu's birthday

There is a legend in the Yao family: "Pangu opened the sky, Lu Ban built a wall, the king of grain delivered food, and the king of cattle plowed the fields." Yao's ancient books "Pan Tian Da Ge" and "Bang" said: "In the two years of the great flood, everything in the world was flooded, leaving only Fuxi brothers and sisters hiding in the gourd floating on the water.

Only in this way can mankind continue. Later, Pan Wang went to the temple and gave all the mountains in the world to the Yao people to cut seeds and live and work in peace. However, in Yaoshan area, entering the barren land is still in jeopardy despite people's hard work.

One year, Taibai Venus went down the mountain to visit the people's feelings, and saw that the Yao family lived in the mountains from generation to generation, slash and burn, and life was difficult, so he told heaven. The Jade Emperor sent the king of grain down to earth, and the king of cattle down to earth to plow the fields.

Since King Niu came to the world, the Yao family began to farm and grow crops, and the weather was favorable every year and the crops were bumper. In order to thank Niu Wang, the Yao family took the day when Niu Wang came down to earth (the eighth day of the fourth lunar month) as the traditional festival of Niu Wang's birthday.

Yao's family has a folk song, "On April 8th, we lost our plough. On July 30th, we went to Man Cang Valley to restore 10,000 tons of grain. With all the help, Niu." On the eighth day of April, Yao's family loved cows so much that they would leave their harrows and plows to rest all day.

On this day, no one is allowed to whip, beat, kill or even scold cattle. On the first day, every household should give the cow a hot bath, brush the whole body clean and fiddle with the cowshed neatly.

Sprinkle new grass once, draw it on red paper or cut it into Buddha symbols and stick it on the cowshed to ward off evil spirits, rob diseases and send plague to protect the health of cattle. On this day, the food eaten by cattle is even more unique and wonderful. In the early morning, people rushed to let the cows go out to eat bare water plants. The sooner the better, "scratch your head".

Boil eggs with glutinous rice distiller's grains for cows in the morning. In the Yao family, children have the habit of eating eggs on their birthdays, which shows the worship of cattle. There is a saying in worship: "People live and eat ginseng; Cattle live much more and eat Sophora flavescens. "

In the afternoon, use Sophora flavescens to cook loach and feed it to cattle, so that they can live a long and healthy life. In the evening, the Yao family will also choose the best and strongest cattle for the party. Yao families will wear festive costumes, dance around the blazing bonfire, beat long drums and sing cheerful songs.

2. The legend of the lying cow stone

There is a natural village in Kaoshan Township of Yinmahe River. According to legend, there used to be a big bluestone shaped like a lying cow here. Although the river was diverted and washed into the river, the legend of the lying cow stone was widely circulated among the people.

Once upon a time, there was a farmer who kept a gray donkey and a yellow cow. The ox works honestly every day, but the gray donkey is lazy and slippery everywhere. When pulling the cart, the gray donkey straightened the hood, but there was no strength at all.

All the weight falls on the cow. When the farmer saw that the bull was full of sweat, but the gray donkey didn't sweat at all, he thought that the gray donkey was stronger than the cow. When plowing the fields, the ox just lowered its head and silently pulled the pears.

The grey donkey's eyes are always fixed on the farmer. As soon as it saw the farmer approaching, it quickly stuck out its tongue to lick the farmer's hand, leaving a loyal impression on the farmer.

One day, bulls and gray donkeys were grazing on the grass, and farmers were sleeping on the soft grass. Suddenly, a hungry wolf jumped out of the grass and rushed at the farmer. The frightened grey donkey hid in the grass ditch and did not move. The bull was welcomed by him.

In front of the hungry wolf, he fought with the hungry wolf. Although bitten by two pieces of fur, the hungry wolf was also injured. He bravely stepped forward and drove the hungry wolf into the swamp deep in the grass.

Seeing that the hungry wolf had run away, the grey donkey stayed outside the ditch to wake the farmer and took him to the place where the fight had just taken place. The farmer saw wolf hair and blood on the grass and knew that he had been to the wolf when he slept. He thinks the grey donkey saved him.

He touched it and tickled the gray donkey with his hand, but ignored the bull coming back from the swamp. When planting buckwheat, the farmer left a bag of buckwheat on the road. The bull searched all morning and finally found it in the grass by the road.

It carried the bag containing buckwheat back with two sharp corners. Back in the village, the grey donkey jumped out of the door and said affectionately, "Niu Ge, look at you. Let me help you. "

Then he put it in his pocket and sent it to the farmer's room. From then on, the farmer thought that the grey donkey was loyal and diligent, and the ox relied on it. He gave all the good forage to the grey donkey and the rest to the yellow cattle.

The following spring, the farmer wanted to go to the south bank of Yinma River to buy cotton. He thought the cow was useless, so he set off with a gray donkey. When he came back, he just caught up with the rising water of Yinma River. The farmer sat in the car and guided the gray donkey across the river from the shallows with a whip.

When we reached the middle of the river, the current was fast. Overflow the carriage. The gray donkey thought that cross-flow was not as labor-saving as pulling a cart along the river, so he didn't listen to the farmer's shouting and pulled the cart down. No matter how the farmer whipped and shouted, the gray donkey refused to listen, and even people and cars rushed into the Songhua River.

The lazy grey donkey was also drowned by Jiangshan. After ploughing, cows lie by the river every day, waiting for their owners to come back, day after day, year after year. I've been waiting for years. The bull didn't wait for the farmer, but lay there and became a lying cow stone.

3. Jinniu Lake

Once upon a time, the West Lake was called Jinniu Lake. At that time, the lake was still a vast expanse of white water, and the shore was black and oily fertile land. People around grow crops there and irrigate them with lake water. The ears of rice grow round, like strings of pearls.

In the off-season, everyone goes fishing and shrimping on the lake. People live in harmony and live a happy life. At the bottom of the lake, there lived a Taurus. As long as the weather is good for a long time and the lake becomes shallow, the Taurus in the lake appears.

From a distance, you can see its golden back, raised bull's head and upturned horns. It spits water into its mouth, and the lake immediately fills up again.

One summer, there was no rain in 998 1 day, the lake dried up, the surrounding fields were as hard as stones, the cracks were several inches wide, and the green seedlings were all yellow. People are so thirsty that their eyes are sunken and they are bored all over. They expect Taurus every day.

One morning, just as everyone was standing by the lake looking forward to Taurus, suddenly, with a "moo", Taurus came out from the bottom of the lake. It shook its head, wagged its tail, spat at its mouth, and suddenly the lake was full again.

People shed tears of joy and are grateful to Taurus. Taurus looked up, blinked, gave a cry "moo" and disappeared into the lake.

The story spread quickly. The local security guards sent it to the county magistrate, who reported it to the Qiantang county magistrate. Hearing this, the county magistrate smiled and said, "This is really a clown. If you give it to the emperor, you will definitely make a fortune in a lawsuit! "

At present, I order my men to catch Taurus at once. The courtiers and local officials rushed to the lake and looked up. In front of them is a vast white lake. Where is Taurus? Ask someone nearby. When they saw it, it belonged to the yamen.

Either I didn't see it or I quietly avoided it. The judges have no choice but to report to the county magistrate. The county magistrate was angry, wore a moustache, thought and thought, and came up with a bad idea.

He said to his men, "In that case, gather all the people and dry up the lake. Whoever doesn't come will be beheaded! " People living by the lake, men, women and children, have been driven here.

Under the threat of the county magistrate, they had to set up a waterwheel and sail the lake with tears in their eyes. After driving for 998 1 day, everyone was exhausted. On the last day, the lake car finally dried up.

Sure enough, Taurus lies at the bottom of the lake, and its golden light shines brightly on the sky and the earth. The magistrate was carried away by the golden light, but he still shouted at the officials and hurried down to the lake to grab the Taurus.

Strange to say, Taurus seems to have taken root and can't lift it. The people are secretly happy. Seeing that it was impossible to move, the county magistrate said to the people, "Who can lift the golden bull and reward it with three hundred and twenty pieces of silver!"

However, people stood still and ignored him angrily. When the county magistrate saw that the people ignored him, he shouted loudly, "If you don't raise the Taurus today, cut it all!"

As soon as the magistrate's words were finished, Taurus let out a cry, like a bolt from the blue. I saw flying sand and stones, and the earth shook. The county magistrate was pale with fear, and his legs were weak. He wanted to escape, but he couldn't move a step.

At this time, Taurus stood up with round eyes and let out a long cry. A glistening flood gushed from his mouth and rushed to the county magistrate and the chief, sweeping them all into the huge waves.

Soon, the lake was full again. Since then, the Taurus in the lake has never appeared again, and the lake has never dried up. People cannot forget Taurus. They built a tall tower on the wall by the lake and climbed it every day to look forward to Taurus.

4. Cowherd and Weaver Cow as Matchmaker

According to legend, the Weaver Girl is the granddaughter of the Queen Mother. She and six sisters weave colorful clothes for the field in the Heavenly Palace. There is a cowherd on the ground, and his brother and sister-in-law treat him badly. The cowherd parted ways and gave him only an old cow.

With the help of the old cow, the cowherd is getting better and better. One day, the old cow suddenly said that Seven Sisters was going to take a bath in the hot spring. Cowherd can take the opportunity to hide the clothes of Weaver Girl and make her promise to be his wife.

The cowherd did as the old cow said, and persuaded the Weaver Girl by the hot spring, and they got married. After the marriage, they plowed and wove, loved each other, lived happily, and gave birth to a son and a daughter. But the Emperor of Heaven returned to heaven with the Weaver Girl and confessed.

Cowherd couldn't catch up with Weaver Girl and cried with a pair of children. The old cow spoke again: "I'm going to die. After I die, peel off my skin and you can wear it to fly to the sky to see the Weaver Girl. " After the death of the old cow, the cowherd wore cowhide and carried his children, and went to heaven to find a wife.

Just when the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl were about to meet, the Queen Mother pulled out a golden hairpin and turned the Milky Way into a Tianhe, forcing the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl to face each other across the river. Later, the Emperor of Heaven and the Queen Mother were moved and allowed to meet on the seventh day of July every year.

On July 7, the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl met, and countless groups of magpies flew to bridge the gap for them. On the Magpie Bridge, Cowherd and Weaver Girl meet again! The Weaver Cowherd is affectionate, hugging the children, and has countless words to say and endless feelings to pour out!

Legend has it that on July 7th every year, if people listen quietly in the vines under the grape trellis, they can vaguely hear Yue Xian's performance, and the Weaver Girl and the Cowherd are talking affectionately. To put it bluntly, it's been a long time before I met her, but it's been longer since we broke up. They look forward to meeting again on July 7 of the next year every day.

5, green cattle to the world

According to legend, a long time ago, there were no cows on the ground. It is very difficult to plough and rake fields by manpower. One day, the old man came to the world and saw people naked and sweaty, pulling plows and rakes.

The old gentleman walked up to the plowmen and said, "Have a rest, old man!" " "People say," How can you rest when the season is over? "The old man listened, never answered, and went away silently.

On the way back to heaven, the old gentleman in Taishang kept thinking about the hardships of people's farming, but he never came up with a good solution when he arrived at the Heavenly Palace. At this time, several "whoa" cries suddenly came from before him.

The old man looked up and saw two big green cows, a male and a female, wandering not far away. The old man was moved. He went to two green cows and greeted them. "Niu Ge, you are so idle!"

Gong Qingniu said, "What can I do? I have nothing to do all day. Sleep when you are full, and play when you are full. " The old man said, "Niu Ge, are you bored to be so idle all day?" Qing Niu said, "Of course it's boring, but what can I do?"

Hearing this, the old gentleman in Taishang was very happy and said to Qingniu, "Well, I will invite you to a good place now, so that you will never be lonely." "Where are you going?" Hearing this, the two green cows are also very happy.

The old man said, "I order you to go to the world, do good for the people and ensure your happiness all your life." "Why go to the mortal world?" Green cow was very surprised.

The old man said seriously, "Yes, don't you want to?" There are 90 thousand mountains and 100 thousand fields under the ground. The 90,000 hills are covered with tender grass. I have tasted it myself, and it tastes much better than the sky.

I won't lie to you. If you don't believe me, just look at the earth. ""really? "When Qingniu heard Taijun say that the grass on the ground was better than the grass in the sky, she was a little moved, but on second thought, she said to Taishang Laojun," How can we eat the grass on 90,000 mountains? "

We have to eat dozens of ridges to eat the fairy grass in the sky. Hearing this, the old gentleman knew that two green cows had moved their hearts and said, "Alas, I was wrong. That mortal world is 100,000 mountains and 90,000 fields, and even those 90,000 fields are covered with green grass.

Grass grows quickly. You just finished eating, and then your food grew back. The scenery of 100 thousand mountains is very good. Enjoy life while eating. Hearing this, the two green cows were filled with joy and said, "Well, we are willing to go to the mortal world."

Say that finish, jump out of the worse and go straight to the world. Qingniu is near the mortal world. As can be seen from the above, 100,000 hills are really a large green area, and the scenery is much better than the sky. I jumped down from the high clouds with joy.

Jumping to the ground, the green cow knelt on its front hoof, and the cow head suddenly hit the ground, knocking out all the teeth in the upper jaw. So until today, cows have no teeth. It turns out that the mortal world should belong to a hundred thousand fields and ninety thousand hills.

Because the old man changed the soil into a mountain instead of a field in order to take care of the green cattle. These two green cows came to the world, and were later caught, tamed, taught to pull plows and harrows, and cultivated for the world.

When Qingniu saw that people were kind to them, and that the tender grass covered with slopes and mountains was really much more delicious than the sky, she never wanted to return to the sky. She worked wholeheartedly and diligently for the underground people, and later, this matter was handed down from generation to generation.

The story of ancient times and cattle 2: selling cattle with high strings

During the Warring States Period, Zheng's son was engaged in selling cattle for a long distance. He was driving a cow on the road when he suddenly met a China army that was going to sneak attack on Zheng. He used his quick wits to say that he was ordered by Zheng to join the army and gave the stolen cattle to him. Coach Qin Jun thought it was exposed, so he withdrew his troops.

Huoniu town

At the end of the Warring States period, the Yan army led by Le Yi was invincible, and many cities were captured. In the end, only Juyi and Jimo were left. King Yan Hui replaced Lord Le Yi at a critical time and sent a general to attack the second city. Qijiang Tiandan immediately organized a counterattack. He collected more than 1000 cows and tied a sharp knife to the two corners of each cow. Cattle are painted with various designs of gods, cows and beasts, and their tails are covered with grass stalks and covered with oil. Open the city gate at night, light the straw soaked in oil on the cow's tail and drive the cow out of the city. /kloc-more than 0/000 cows were burned crazy and dashed in the direction of Yan Jun barracks. Tian Chan's 5,000 Qi troops followed the fire bull array. Yan Bing was too scared to fight. In this way, most of the soldiers of Yan were buried in this fire bull array.

to cast pearls before swine

In ancient times, there was a musician named Gong who was good at playing the piano. One day, he saw a very strong cow grazing, and he had a strange idea. Then he played an interesting and lyrical song "Fuck Clear Corner" to the cow on the spot, but Niu Yi continued to eat grass as if he didn't hear anything. After careful consideration, Gong realized that it was not that the cow couldn't hear the piano, but that the music was too elegant for it to listen to.

A willing helmsman

Qi Jinggong has an illegitimate child named Cha, and Qi Jinggong loves him very much. On one occasion, Qi Jinggong was playing with tea, and Qi Jinggong, as the king of a country, was holding a rope in his mouth and let the tea lead him. Unexpectedly, my son accidentally fell and broke Qi Jinggong's teeth. Before his death, Qi Jinggong regarded tea as an emperor. After Gong Jing's death, Chen Jue wanted to have a son, Yang Sheng. Qi Jinggong Minister Bao Mu said to Chen Nuo, "Have you forgotten? You are a willing cow, but you have broken your teeth. And the back is also! " So the original meaning of "Gan Niu" is that parents love their children too much. Later, Xun, a great modern writer, famously said, "Look at a thousand fingers coldly, bow your head and be a willing ox", which is the sublimation and development of the spirit of a willing ox. Later, people used the word "willing cow" to describe people who are willing to serve the people and contribute selflessly.