What is the moral behind the legend of Chen Jinggu, a goddess who has been circulating in southern Fujian for thousands of years? Zhou Xiaodong human beings are naturally afraid of darkness in their long years of growth, and darkness means loneliness and helplessness! Fear of monsters, tigers, snakes and leopards means that life may be taken away in helplessness! Fear of the wrath of the gods, fear of the wrath of the land gods, fear of thunder and lightning, fear of the deep sea floor, fear of dark canyons ...-Of course, I am also afraid of the backbiting of my companions. In short, fear accompanies everyone's life, and fear and affection are everywhere! When will the earthquake come and where will it appear? When will a small boat sailing in the sea encounter big waves? Tourists in the vast mountains and forests are lost in the dark. When can they expect a savior? When and where will a lonely person encounter a car accident when walking in the street? People who are busy with meetings may face the collapse of their houses at some point? When the dark cloud of "fear" hangs over people's minds, they are faced with uncertainty about when and where it will happen, which intensifies people's anxiety and anxiety. It is said that husbands and mothers waiting outside the delivery room also have this kind of "fear" plus "uncertainty" anxiety and anxiety. The deep-rooted patriarchal clan system in China culture seems to imply that passers-by whistle for courage. The myth and legend of the goddess Chen Jinggu with a thousand years' history. According to several biographies in Du Min's A Bie Ji, Chen Jinggu is described as a goddess. The author of Blade even regards the popularity of this legend as a local religious belief in southern Fujian. This legend must have its historical, humanistic and spiritual value! It is said that Chen Jinggu (also known as Mrs. Linshui) was born in Xiadu, Fuzhou. She studied magic at the age of 65,438+05 and married Gutian at the age of 65,438+08. At the age of 24, regardless of her pregnancy, she resolutely cast spells to exorcise demons for the people and prayed for rain and drought resistance, so she died suddenly in Gutian Town and became a god. Because she died of helping others, the cause of death was dystocia. The local people felt morally guilty and gave her good wishes, and regarded her as the god of "protecting childbirth and helping children". The incense offered for thousands of years continues. In recent years, related cultural systems have also been included in the national intangible cultural heritage list. The legend about Chen Jinggu recorded by Professor Zhuang Kongshao in Comprehensive Notes can be traced back to the fifteenth day of the first month of the Tang Dynasty (AD 766), when Chen Jinggu was born. He was born with spirituality and emotion, which influenced a dumb boy in his neighbor's house to speak since he was a child. This "dumb boy" later became Jinggu's husband. At the age of 65,438+05, Chen Jinggu went to Lushan Mountain to study Buddhism, and studied Taoism. He mastered the techniques of "calling the wind and calling the rain", "shrinking the land and vacating", "eliminating the epidemic" and "cutting off the snake essence", but he just didn't learn to "help the fetus to save life" (which laid the foundation for his later dystocia). Her Taoist teacher asked her, "Why don't you study?" She replied, "I'm not married, and the delivery room is a filthy place, so I don't study" (I can imagine the result myself). According to local legend, women get married before or after 18 years old, and the death date of marriage is 18 years old, because Jinggu's marriage road is bumpy and she is too busy serving the people to get married at 18 years old. It is also said that it is also a taboo year for pregnant women to give birth at the age of 24, or that the reason why they need to be highly cautious is that they die of dystocia at this age. Of course, people's spiritual sustenance needs rebirth to be blessed. After all, the living still have to continue to struggle, continue to grow and continue to live. After the rebirth, Jinggu deeply felt the importance of the technology of "labor-saving and fetal safety", which came from her own personal experience. She went to Lushan again to learn this craft and returned to Gutian to benefit the people. Because of her exquisite skills and boundless magic, she gradually became famous and became famous in Wan Li. People's ability to understand and transform nature is limited by the times and technological development. When getting along with and competing with nature, people's own strength is insignificant, and almost everyone feels that "life is as thin as paper." It is everyone's helpless move to help them achieve eternal life with external help. Manufacturing, rendering and deification have created the myth and legend of "Chen Jinggu", and the language of praise can fill the lonely, fearful and empty soul. The marks attached to Jinggu, such as "saving the country and protecting the people", "sowing rain to eliminate drought", "getting rid of diseases and strengthening the body", "exorcising demons" and even "saving the fetus" and "caring for children and supporting the elderly", are the foundation and soil of this psychological demand. Professor Zhuang believes that because people need to rely on the great power of the outside world at any time (with its help, they can cope with the helpless external environment), especially when they are helpless. So the myth was born. It is said that in order to convince people, the success of one thing or several things can make people admire and convince more at the same time. One spread ten, ten spread a hundred, one spread a broadcast, or substitute flowers, or mixed with fantasy, or a bizarre story, and so on. Anyway, this not only has the function of pinning people's good expectations, but also relieves fear, fear and inexplicable anxiety. From the point of view of group psychology, it just proves that groups are irrational, with only emotions and conformity behavior patterns. A person, a family, a nation, a region and even a country are all in fear and anxiety in the process of cultural inheritance. Legends, religions and beliefs, as long as they can help people get rid of emptiness, loneliness and helplessness, get rid of the behavioral problems brought about by civilization, and comfort themselves that there is not much harm! So, what is the moral behind the legend of Chen Jinggu, the goddess who has been circulating in southern Fujian for thousands of years? The answer is above. Tens of millions of people believe in a person's "achievements" and "experiences", which is incredible! It can be explained by Jung's theory of collective unconsciousness. We need to consider the influence of social, cultural and religious factors on the human subconscious. Some of them go beyond personal acquired experience and have psychological activities beyond the universality and collectivity of human beings. This is similar to the deep-rooted sexual experience in human mind, such as how human beings deal with life and death instinct and how to treat their mothers and heroes. Every individual is condensed with the original image of "collective unconsciousness", although for most people, it is still a vague experience, such as innate fear, fear and anxiety. Of course, some people hold different views. If there is an opportunity, we should go deep into Fujian, do some field trips and experience the psychological impact of The Legend of Chen Jinggu! ? Zhou Xiaodong (202 1 1 1 3)