The Classic of Mountains and Seas has been called a wonderful book since ancient times, and its content is mainly based on legends and exaggerated imagination, so it was dismissed as a strange city by the ancients. Therefore, if we stick to the eccentricity of individual words, we will find it difficult to understand. In fact, it covers China's ancient geography, history, myths, nationalities, animals and plants and many other aspects. The old book title was written by Yu Xia and Boyi, but it was actually the work of many people from the Eastern Zhou Dynasty to the early Han Dynasty. Therefore, it is called "Quanyang" in Volume 10 of Nan Jing Chinese and Foreign. The Sea Classic, volume 18, is called "Jiangxi Giant". According to Yuan Ke's textual research, Hainan Nanjing was written in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, while Hainan Nanjing was written in the early Han Dynasty. Attending and Jiangxi ancient county name, also is indeed Quanyang county, in today's Duyang Lake District, duchang county City, Jiangxi Province, from this point of view, seems to be named after place names, such as giant in Jiangxi Province, which was named after the establishment of Ganxian County in Han Dynasty. Brushing your teeth referred to in the notes obviously does not conform to the habit of brushing your teeth in the animal sense. It is worth noting that at the end of the article, there is a sentence "The local custom is called the mountain capital", which provides us with an important clue. In addition to being called "Mountain Capital", Jiangxi giants are also known as "Mountain Cao, Mountain Miscellaneous, Mountain Charm and Mountain Kui", and the most common one is Mountain Capital, which is actually a derivative nickname of Mountain Capital. For example, "Ganzhou Prefecture Records" is described in Junshan, Duxian County as "... after every storm, listen to advocacy, and horseradish and Muke sing and dance for it." Moreover, Zu Chongzhi, a famous scientist in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, also wrote: "There is a god named Sun Shandu in Nankang, and this god can become invisible, and it is rare to see his appearance, make wooden guests and mix mountains." 0
In ancient literature, mountains are often compared to wooden guests. For example, "Taiping Universe" contains: "Tingzhou ... is full of diseases, in which mountains and woodcutters gather." 0 and the previously quoted content. So, what exactly is a "mountain capital"? According to the records of "Taiping Magnolia", it is said that there are immortals in Nankang, famous mountains and cities, shaped like people, more than two feet long, with black eyes and yellow eyes, and nesting in deep mountain trees. ..... Fifteen miles northwest of Ganxian, there is a gutang called Shegongchi, on which there are big catalpa trees, which can surround twenty trees. It is old and hollow, and the mountains are full of holes. In the first year of Song Yuanjia, Yuan Daoxun and the county magistrate Daoling cut down trees to take their nests and returned to China. The mountains saw the shape and said,' What does the wilderness have to do with me? Can giant trees be used for counting? The tree had my nest, so it was cut down. Now, you should burn down your house to pay for your ignorance. The whole house shook when there was a fire in the middle of the night. " ,⑩
This document shows that people are also human (that is, short, yellow and black), have language (called yuan brothers to cut down trees to get a nest) and have revenge (set fire to Yuan Jia in the middle of the night); A place to live is a nest. This is obviously human behavior. According to "Nankang Ji", "The mountains are all like Kunlun people, and they are covered with hair. When you see someone, you need to close your eyes and open your mouth, just like smiling. Fortunately, you can look for crabs in deep streams. , attending "Kunlun people" is black. Participating in this document can be used as a footnote for the "black hair, laughing at people" of Jiangxi giants.
According to "Moon Hee in Central Jiangsu", there are more than a thousand trees in Changting, which was first established in the state. All of them were forced by Zhang Yu to build a new state capital, so all the trees were cut down. All trees are cut down, and their trees are all maple pines, with a big diameter of 23 feet and a height of 300 feet, all of which live in mountains. The tallest one is called "everyone" ... everyone is human and humble, and men and women are their spouses. ..... it's a ghost even if it's best said, but you can't see its shape when you hear its voice. " Attending "The Record of Foreign Objects" also said: "Between the mountains of Luling, there are mountains that look like naked people. They leave when they meet people. They have their own men and women. They can be four or five feet long and can bark. They often live in seclusion, like ghosts. " Attending it is worth noting that the mountain here is "four or five feet long". Pacific Universe, when quoting this article, said: "Between mountains and valleys, there are mountains and people." Attending to find out who he is.
Based on the above and related materials, we can see that "Jiangxi Giant" (Mountain Capital) and "Wood Carving" are mainly active in mountainous areas in southern Jiangxi. In the early days, it can go north to Anhui, Zhejiang and other mountainous areas. After the Song Dynasty, some articles were lost in the city, but there were still wooden guests in Fujian in the Song Dynasty, and there were still wooden guests in Guangxi in the Ming Dynasty, which gradually disappeared to the southwest. Related features are summarized as follows:
1) human physique. D is shorter than the average person Mountains are "human and humble", two to five feet high. The wooden guest "looks like a child" only Guo notes that the Jiangxi giant is called Zhang Xu, which is obviously in conflict with his note that the Jiangxi giant is a mountain. Second, it is even more unreasonable. Doubt is misunderstanding or hope is meaningful. (2) dark skin. The giant in Jiangxi is "black and hairy", and the mountain is also shaped like Kunlun people, covered in hair and with black eyes. He also called Du Shan and Mu Ke "ghosts". This kind of ghost really means black people. For example, "Zhou Pingke talks" says: "Guangzhou rich people sigh ... dark as ink, red lips and white teeth, curly hair and yellow hair, and ... they are called" Kunlun people " (3) Have human language and can speak Chinese. (4) wearing hair, "hands and feet are like hooks."
2) Material and cultural aspects. (1) You can do business by labor. For example, a woodcutter can cut a Chinese fir, hang an axe and sell a sperm maker. All mountains are good at turning stones to find crabs. (2) There is a primitive way of life, that is, living in a cliff stone house or building a nest. (3) Have clothes. (4) Know how to use fire.
3) Spiritual and cultural aspects. (l) There are funerals and special burial customs, such as "mourning, eating and drinking for people" and being buried in "the case of trees or hidden stones on the high shore". (2) Can drink and write poems. (3) There are songs and dances for entertainment. "A festival for which the mountain capital and the wooden guests sing and dance". (4) When getting married, both men and women are their spouses (primitive), and wooden guests are not swayed by marriage. (5) Unwilling to get in touch with outsiders, that is, "seeing clearly from a distance, hiding behind" and so on.