In this way, it caused some controversy. It turns out that the artist's statue is different from the mythical five sheep: the five sheep are different in size and far apart. A huge goat stood at the top, with angular, round eyes and a beard, full of expectations for life. Several other sheep surrounded it, and a lamb was still nursing under the ewe.
In the face of this group of statues, some people were full of praise and said, "Great, it's really ingenious, highlighting one sheep and making the whole flock live." Some people questioned: "How can this work? Only highlight one sheep, don't those sheep seem irrelevant? Besides, how can a fairy ride that suckling lamb? " Due to the dispute between the two sides, the public exhibition of Wuyang stone carving had to be postponed. But then the artist's ingenious idea was accepted by people.
Guangzhou, known as Wuyang City, was actually called Wuyang Xiancheng at the earliest time.
In fact, many people are very confused. Why is it called Wuyang City? Why not cows or monkeys or something?
It started a long time ago. There was a great famine in ancient Guangzhou, and the people almost ate up all the rice.
But those uncles who are officials are no different from robbers, and they still ask the people for food.
At that time, there was a father and son who lived at the foot of the slope in the city because they could not deliver food. The father was taken away and asked his son to hand over the food within two days, or he was waiting to collect the old father's body.
There is nothing he can do about this young man. He was so sad that he burst into tears. After crying for a day or two, he moved five immortals in the sky.
Five immortals rode five sheep of different colors to the world, holding ears of wheat in their hands, and came to the boy's home. They gave the young man the ears of grain and told him to plant them in the soil quickly, so that he could harvest a lot of rice at dawn tomorrow. They also told the teenagers that if they encountered difficulties in the future, they would go to the foot of the slope and find them, and then the fairy disappeared.
The boy did as the fairy said, and the rice really grew the next day, and the grain was handed over to the government as scheduled.
But at this time, the official was very confused and felt that there was something wrong with it. I pressed the teenager, but he is still a child after all, and the teenager answered truthfully.
After listening to this, the official thought: wouldn't it be rich to catch the five immortals? So he released the boy and his father, and immediately ordered officials to go to the foot of the mountain to catch the immortal.
Feeling that something was wrong, the boy hurried to the foot of the mountain and told the immortals to leave quickly. The immortals nodded, thanked the boy for his concern, and then told the boy to scatter the remaining grain in the field quickly, so that the government could not take it away and the people could have food.
While speaking, the officers arrived and the Five Immortals left. There is nothing the officers can do. Five sheep brought by the gods were left on the grass, and the officers were about to catch them. They gathered together and became a big stone.
The legend of Wuyang is a "prehistoric colonial story" in Guangzhou, which expresses the yearning of ancient Guangzhou ancestors for a better life.
Guangzhou, also known as Guangzhou and Flower City, is the capital of Guangdong Province.
It is said that Guangzhou was a vast and barren place in Zhou Yiwang more than 2,000 years ago. People worked hard all day to get enough food and clothes. One day, the sky was filled with Yue Xian. Five immortals wore colorful clothes, rode five sheep, and flew to Guangzhou with six ears of grain in their mouths. They left the ears of grain to the people of Guangzhou, wishing there would be no famine every year, and then drove Yunfei away, turning the sheep into stones.
Since then, Guangzhou has become a land of wealth. This touching legend has been passed down from generation to generation, hence the names "Yangcheng" and "Guangzhou City".
Guangzhou famous sculptors Yin Jichang, Kong and Chen Benzong carved the Wuyang stone statue in 1960 according to this beautiful Wuyang myth. Five stone sheep have different looks: the old sheep standing on a high place is strong, with ears of wheat in its mouth and its head held high forward; At the foot of the old sheep is a pair of dense lambs; Another pair of mother and son sheep, the ewe turned around and looked around at the little sheep that was quietly sucking milk. The deep maternal love was beyond words.
Wuyang stone statue has also become one of the symbols of Guangzhou city. In 2007, the emblem of 16 Asian Games was released, and the flame pattern was similar to the sculpture symbol of Wuyang.
Guangzhou is called "Yangcheng", which actually comes from a myth and legend that "five sheep embrace the valley and take it from Chuting".
At the end of the Western Zhou Dynasty, Chu, a vassal state, built a city called Chuting in what is now Guangzhou. One year, there was a great famine in Chuting, and there were no crops in the field, and the roadside victims were everywhere. One day, melodious music suddenly came from the sky in the South China Sea, and five colorful auspicious clouds appeared. Five immortals dressed in colorful clothes came to Guangzhou on fairy sheep with different colors and different ears of rice. The immortal gave the good ears of rice to the people of Guangzhou and wished that there would never be a famine in this area. Then the five immortals flew away, and the fairy sheep became a stone sheep and stayed on the hillside of Guangzhou.
Since then, the wheat harvest in Guangzhou has been bumper every year, and Guangzhou has become the richest place in Lingnan. Later, people called Guangzhou "Five Yangcheng", "Guangzhou City" or "Yangcheng".
Guangzhou is not rich in sheep. The so-called Yangcheng is related to an old legend that five sheep are blessed. Guangzhou Yuexiu Park has a statue of Wuyang, which also describes this legend.
In the 9th century BC, the State of Chu in the Zhou Dynasty built a city called Chuting in what is now Guangzhou. One year, due to successive years of disasters, Chuting farmland was barren, agriculture failed, and the people were hungry and cold.
One day, five auspicious clouds appeared in the sky of the South China Sea. There are five immortals in the sky, dressed in red, orange, yellow, green and purple, riding five fairy sheep respectively, with a rice with six ears in its mouth, and slowly landing in this city. The immortal gave the ears of rice to the people, leaving five sheep, hoping that there would never be a famine here, and then flew away.
Since then, Guangzhou has become the richest place in Lingnan. Also began to be called "Yangcheng", "Five Yangcheng" and "Guangzhou City". Guangzhou people also built a "Five Immortals View" on Huifu West Road to commemorate the five immortals who benefited. If you don't believe me, you can go to the east side of Wuxian Temple, where there is a huge cave in the shape of red sandstone footprints, which is the "immortal thumb print".
The legend of Wuyang is a "prehistoric colonial story" in Guangzhou. Through "Five sheep holding grain titles, collected from Chuting", it reflects that in the late Western Zhou Dynasty, due to the rise of princes, the people of the Central Plains moved south with livestock and crops, expressing the yearning of ancient Guangzhou ancestors for a better life. Guangzhou, which has a solid history, was formed in this way.
Facing the South China Sea and located in the hinterland of the Pearl River Delta, Guangzhou enjoys a mild climate, long sunshine hours and abundant rainfall. As early as the Neolithic Age, that is, about 5,000 years ago, our ancestors carried out fishing and hunting and primitive agricultural activities here. A large number of production tools, such as stone axes, chisels, stone mills and pottery, have been unearthed in the ancient cultural sites discovered in Longyan Cave and Fei 'eling, Guangzhou, indicating that floating fishing and hunting tribes in the Pearl River Delta settled in Guangzhou and gradually developed into primitive settlements in Guangzhou.
For the title of Yangcheng, there is a well-known beautiful myth, that is, the legend of "five sheep holding the valley and pulling it out of the Chu Pavilion".
According to legend, during the Zhou Dynasty, Guangzhou suffered from famine for years, with barren fields and no crops, making it difficult for people to eat and wear warm clothes. Suddenly one day, melodious piano sounds came from the sky in the South China Sea. Following the prestige of Qin dynasty, five immortals, dressed in colorful clothes, rode five fairy sheep with different colors, with six ears of rice in their mouths and colorful auspicious clouds, came to the "Chuting". And send the ears of rice to the local people, wishing them no famine and the people live and work in peace and contentment. After that, the immortal stepped on Xiangyun and disappeared in the distance.
And five goats turned into stone sheep and stayed on the hillside of Guangzhou, which is the five-sheep stone statue under Yuexiu Mountain today. Since then, thanks to the wishes of the gods, the ears of rice have been fragrant and harvested every year, making it the richest place in Lingnan.
Since then, it has been called "Yangcheng", "Wuyangcheng" and "Guangzhou City". The people of Guangzhou also built the Wudang Five Immortals Temple on Huifu West Road to commemorate these five immortals who benefited the people.
If you are lucky enough to come to Guangzhou, you can visit the east side of Wuxian Temple, where there is also a huge cave shaped like red sandstone footprints, which people call immortal thumb prints. At the foot of Yuexiu Mountain, there is an ancient "Chuting" stone tablet, which tells us that before the arrival of the immortals, it was called "Chuting".
Guangzhou, also known as Guangzhou and Flower City, is the capital of Guangdong Province.
It is said that Guangzhou was a vast and barren place in Zhou Yiwang more than 2,000 years ago. People worked hard all day to get enough food and clothes. One day, the sky was filled with Yue Xian. Five immortals wore colorful clothes, rode five sheep, and flew to Guangzhou with six ears of grain in their mouths. They left the ears of grain to the people of Guangzhou, wishing there would be no famine every year, and then drove Yunfei away, turning the sheep into stones.
Since then, Guangzhou has become a land of wealth. This touching legend has been passed down from generation to generation, hence the names "Yangcheng" and "Guangzhou City".
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Guangzhou famous sculptors Yin Jichang, Kong and Chen Benzong carved the Wuyang stone statue in 1960 according to this beautiful Wuyang myth. Five stone sheep have different looks: the old sheep standing on a high place is strong, with ears of wheat in its mouth and its head held high forward; At the foot of the old sheep is a pair of dense lambs; Another pair of mother and son sheep, the ewe turned around and looked around at the little sheep that was quietly sucking milk. The deep maternal love was beyond words.
Wuyang stone statue has also become one of the symbols of Guangzhou city. In 2007, the emblem of 16 Asian Games was released, and the flame pattern was similar to the sculpture symbol of Wuyang.
Guangzhou is called Yangcheng, which is a fairy tale handed down through the ages. About 3000 years ago, Guangzhou suffered disasters for several years in a row, all farmland was destroyed, and countless people starved to death. Seeing that this place was about to be forgotten and abandoned, suddenly the five immortals descended to earth. Each of them rode a sheep, and then the immortals took out the magical ears of rice and gave them to people for farming. They also hope that this area of Guangzhou will never suffer from disaster. The fairy is ready to go back after finishing her work. So, five sheep stayed in the world and turned into stones to stay, wishing Guangzhou good weather forever. This is why Guangzhou is nicknamed Yangcheng. But it is self-evident whether there really is a fairy coming down to earth.
In fact, this is mainly because of cultural differences, leading to the differentiation of nicknames. In those days, all the people living in Guangzhou were indigenous tribes, and so were most areas in the south. Together, these tribes are called "Baiyue", which is different from the concept of Zhongyuan people, who like the dragon and beast inside Kirin; But in Baiyue tribe, a gentle and lovely sheep is a symbol of good luck. It is precisely because they can't talk to the Central Plains people that Guangzhou in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period is still regarded as a wild land in the eyes of the Central Plains people.
Later, Qin Shihuang sent troops to destroy the Baiyue tribe in the south, and called many Central Plains people to open up wasteland here, and the two cultures began to merge slowly. Later, Guangzhou became familiar with it. Later, Guangzhou's economic culture, trade center and banking business were established. Later, frequent trade with foreigners abroad further promoted the economic development of Guangzhou. Since the reform and opening up, Guangzhou's economic development has been among the best, which typically embodies the implication of Yangcheng.
Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, also known as Guangzhou and Flower City, is the capital of Guangdong Province.
It is said that Guangzhou was a vast and barren place in Zhou Yiwang more than 2,000 years ago. People worked hard all day to get enough food and clothes. One day, the sky was filled with Yue Xian. Five immortals wore colorful clothes, rode five sheep, and flew to Guangzhou with six ears of grain in their mouths. They left the ears of grain to the people of Guangzhou, wishing there would be no famine every year, and then drove Yunfei away, turning the sheep into stones.
Since then, Guangzhou has become a land of wealth. This touching legend has been passed down from generation to generation, hence the names "Yangcheng" and "Guangzhou City".
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The legend of Wuyang is a myth about the ancient city of Guangzhou, and it is the source of some place names and many local brand names in Guangzhou, such as Wuyang City, Yangcheng, Guangzhou City and so on. Five sheep are used to address Guangzhou in Tang poetry, and the legendary story can be traced back to the records of the Jin Dynasty. There are several slightly different versions, which have been basically finalized since the Ming Dynasty. Nowadays, "Wuyang" and "Yangcheng" have become synonymous with Guangzhou. It is generally believed that the legend of Wuyang shows the history of China people's colonization of Lingnan. In 2007, the legend of Wuyang was selected into the first batch of representative works of intangible cultural heritage in Guangzhou.
According to legend, in ancient Guangzhou, due to years of drought, the harvest was not good and people's lives were difficult. One day, Yue Xian suddenly rose, and five colorful clouds floated in the South China Sea. Five immortals, dressed in colorful clothes, rode fairy sheep of different colors and came to Chuting with six ears of rice in their hands. The fairy gave the ears of rice to the people here; He left five fairy sheep, and then Yun Teng left. People scattered the ears of rice on the earth, and since then, the weather in Guangzhou has been favorable and the crops have been bumper; Five fairy sheep turned into stone sheep and stayed on the hillside. It is the origin of the names of Wuyang City, Yangcheng City and Sui City.
The written records about the legend of Wuyang can be traced back to Peiyuan's "Guangzhou Ji" in Jin Dynasty (when it comes to Gu Wei in Jin Dynasty, both their works are lost, but many of his books are quoted). Taiping Yulan, written in the eighth year of Taiping Xingguo in the Northern Song Dynasty, quoted the description in "Guangzhou Ji": "The statue of five sheep is painted on the state hall beam, which is also used as a grain bag. It hangs like an elephant, the clouds are high and solid, and the five sheep hold the stems of Chuting grain, so they draw their elephants. Guangzhou is divided into Chu and Chu, so its image is brilliant. " At the same time, he also quoted the Records of Counties and Countries in the Tang Dynasty: "Guangzhou, Wu Yiteng Zuo Wei secretariat, did not arrive in Guangzhou, Five Immortals rode five-color sheep to carry grain to meet them. It is auspicious to draw five immortals riding five-colored sheep on the beam of this national government office. " The Taiping Universe, written in 1984, quoted the Chronicle of Nanyue in the Tang Dynasty: "It is said that five immortals rode five-colored sheep and came from liu er." It should be noted that there was no immortal image in the earliest version of the Jin Dynasty, but it began to appear in subsequent versions and replaced Wuyang as the legendary main image. This is related to the prosperity of Taoism in the Southern and Northern Dynasties.
Since the Tang Dynasty, "Wuyang" and "Yangcheng" have gradually become the names of Guangzhou in ancient times, which shows the influence of legends at that time. According to the legend of the Tang Dynasty, in the Tang Dynasty, Guangzhou City God Temple once offered sacrifices to Wuyang. It is possible that during the Southern Han Dynasty, Wudang Five Immortals Temple was built in the legendary land where the Five Immortals came to worship the Five Immortals. Zhang Li, the political envoy of the Northern Song Dynasty for three years, wrote The Story of Rebuilding Wuxian Temple in Guangzhou, which completely recorded the legend of Wuxian Temple, and explained that Wuxian Temple was built by Guangzhou people on the land where they came to worship Wuxian. Rebuilding the Five Immortals Ancestral Temple quotes the records in Travel Notes of Nanyue Ridge and Tujing, and the story version is more detailed: "At the beginning, there were five immortals, all of whom were sheep, holding ears of grain in their hands. Fairy clothes and sheep are different colors, such as five squares. Since the ear is left to the people, the fairy suddenly rises, and the sheep is like a stone. Ren Guang is a temple because of its location. "
When did the legend of Five Immortals coming to Guangzhou happen? Different versions have different descriptions. There are two versions of Taiping Yu Lan, namely, the Chu period and the Three Kingdoms period, when Teng Zuo of Wu took office in Guangzhou. There are three versions of the time recorded in Rebuilding Wuxian Temple: when Zhao Tuo was in Han Dynasty, when Tengbian was in Wu State, and when Jin and Guo Pu moved to the city. Qu Dajun's "Yue Xin Yu" in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties thinks that this happened in Zhou Yiwang. One of them, Wuyang Stone, wrote: In Zhou Yiwang, there are five immortals in Nanhai, all wearing the same color, and all the sheep they ride are of the same color. Each sheep has a straw and six ears of wheat, which are left to all people. They wish, "May there never be famine here." This version is similar to the modern version, with all the elements.