Folk feng shui stories and legends

Feng Shui legends of the tombs of emperors of the Song Dynasty

Song Mausoleum is distributed in Shaoxing, Zhejiang and Gongyi, Henan, the mausoleum area located in Gongyi, Henan Province is the "Eight Tombs" of the Northern Song Dynasty and a large number of queen's tombs, royal relatives and lords' tombs, the mausoleum area located in Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province is the tomb of the six emperors and several queens of the Southern Song Dynasty, called the "Six Tombs of the Southern Song Dynasty".

The Northern Song Dynasty built the capital of Kaifeng, Henan, but the mausoleum area is located in Gongxian County, far away from Bianliang, the main reason is that the mountains and rivers here are beautiful, the soil quality is excellent, and the water level is low, which is suitable for digging tombs and burials. There is Songyue in the south of the mausoleum area, and there is the Yellow River in the north, which can be described as "the head rests on the Yellow River, and the foot pedals on Songyue", which is regarded as an auspicious place by Feng Shui family as "the mountain is high and the water comes". Zhao Yanwei once described it like this in "Yunlu Money":

Seven (eight) mausoleums are all in the north of Songshan, the south of Luoshui, although there is Gangfu is not very high, each other is the situation. From the west slope of Yong'an County, look at (Yong) An, (Yong) Chang, (Yong) Xi three tombs in Pingchuan, Berlin such as weaving, Wan'an Mountain to the dynasty, far away Song Shao, three tombs Berlin is close to each other, the ground is flat like a palm, counting one hundred and thirteen hectares, twelve miles square.

The above-mentioned Yong'an Mausoleum, Yongchang Mausoleum, Yongxi Mausoleum three tombs have good feng shui, but Yongding Mausoleum, that is, the tomb of Song Zhenzong Zhao Heng's feng shui is not good, about the reason for the fall of the Northern Song Dynasty, there is a saying that it is due to the poor feng shui of Song Zhenzong's mausoleum. According to the Song Dynasty He Xuan's "Chunzhu Chronicles", Xu Renwang, a native of Baiyun Mountain in Xinzhou (now northwest of Shangrao County, Jiangxi Province), once made a statement and discussed with the prime minister Ding Jingong (Ding Wei) about moving the Yongding Mausoleum (that is, the mausoleum of Song Zhenzong). In the first year of Ganxing (1022 AD), Ding Jingong, who was in charge of the mountain tomb (the tomb of the emperor used to refer to the tomb) did not listen to the feng shui master Xu Renwang, and he stubbornly determined the tomb of Zhenzong to be located behind Niutou Mountain. Xu Renwang advocated using the land in front of Niutou Mountain, while Ding Jingong insisted on using the land behind Niutou Mountain and was not allowed to replace it.

Xu Renwang once asked to be placed under house arrest in Dali Temple (Dali Temple is the place of justice, and Dali Temple Qing is the official of the three grades), and after three years, he can verify who is right and who is wrong, but he still cannot change Ding Jingong's wrong practice. At that time, Xu Renwang once stated on the table the harm of the "mountain queen": "Kunshui flows for a long time, and the disaster is in the Bingwu year; Ding Feng shoots directly, and when the disaster is at the end of the year, the fire in Mobuzhou Prefecture breaks out, and the county steals prosperity." Later, as expected, the Jin army broke through the capital Kaifeng in the first year of Bingwu Jingkang (that is, 1126 AD). In the year of Ding Wei (that is, the first year of Jianyan, 1127 AD), Huizong of Song and Qinzong of Song were captured by Jin soldiers, and the Northern Song Dynasty perished. Due to the war, the counties were constantly burning, and about half of the country became an area where bandits were rampant. Xu Renwang's prophecy was fulfilled.

The story of the Seven Cranes Golden Basin

In Lin Yuan, there was a poor family surnamed Liao, who went to Lin Banxian to find a piece of land with the mentality of making a fortune.

Lin Banxian looked at his appearance, it can be said that he is not a kind person, but he is very sympathetic to his experience, so he agreed to him.

The two of them searched from the northeast of the mountain behind Qingshuiyan to the north, only to see that the mountain was clear, and Xiaoliuqiu stood on the sea.

Come to a place... Lin Banxian suddenly said: "This is really a good land, it must be rich and expensive!"

When the surname Liao heard it, he was very satisfied and said: "As long as you can get rich, it's good!"

Lin Banxian said: "It is certain to be rich and rich, this is called 'Golden Basin', and it can be rich and rich all over the world in the future!"

The surname Liao was very happy. Immediately pulled Lin Banxian to go back to move the ancestral grave, Lin Banxian said: "Wait! This extraordinary place, of course, is very beneficial to you, but after the burial in this place, it will inevitably hurt the teacher, you use this land, my eyes will become blind, and I will not be able to live in the second half of my life, as long as you have the sincerity to support me for half my life, I can move the burial for you according to the pulse." ”

"Then of course Luo! If you can really get rich and rich, I will definitely repay you and support you for life, and I will never dare to be ungrateful!" the surnamed Liao hurriedly replied.

Lin Banxian said: "It's okay! I'll promise you, if you break your promise in the future, then you can't blame me!"

Sure enough, not long after the ancestral tomb surnamed Liao was relocated, Lin Banxian's eyes gradually became blind.

And those surnamed Liao suddenly developed, and their gratitude to Lin Banxian was not a problem.

But as the saying goes, "It takes a long time to see people's hearts." The surname Liao feels like raising the elderly every day, a little impatient, especially Lin Banxian loves to eat suckling mutton, and often has to kill a suckling sheep to honor him.

One night, Lin Banxian had just eaten dinner, and was using a toothpick to pick the mutton residue between his teeth, and the lower daughter brought tea, and Lin Banxian said to the lower daughter with a satisfied face: "Today's suckling sheep is really tender and fragrant, and it is delicious!"

The lower girl couldn't help but squeak and laughed!

The woman said, "The sheep is just born from the belly of the sheep, and of course it is very tender. ”

Lin Banxian said: "No wonder it's so fragrant, but it's too pitiful!"

When the subordinate heard Gege, she laughed and said, "What is this pitiful, and it is not that man killed it." ”

When Lin Banxian heard this, he felt that something was wrong, so he asked, "Why didn't you kill it?"

The lower girl replied: "I was born and fell into a dung pit and died, I was originally going to take it and throw it away, but after thinking about it, I still brought it to you to eat." ”

Lin Banxian asked, "Whose idea was this?"

"That's what the master meant!" replied the lower daughter innocently.

Lin Banxian knew in his heart that it was the surnamed Liao who deceived him into not being able to see it, and he was tired of serving him, so he was very angry, but he was not moved.

The next morning, he said to the surnamed Liao: "The feng shui of the ancestors has changed, it is best to dig it up, and then choose a good day and auspicious day to re-bury, so that your family fortune can continue to develop." ”

The surname Liao was shocked and led Lin Banxian to the 'Golden Basin', and Lin Banxian told him to put his ear close to the tombstone...

"Did you hear the rattling?" Lin Banxian asked.

The surnamed Liao asked in surprise: "I heard it!" but for some reason, I was about to ask for an understanding. ”

Lin Banxian said: "That is a symbol of the movement of the veins, we must quickly renovate them, otherwise the dragon veins will be gone!"

"What should I do then?" the surnamed Liao panicked!

Lin Banxian said, "It doesn't matter, I'll just go and lock the dragon!"

The surnamed Liao did not doubt him, so he followed Lin Banxian's instructions to break ground and prepare for transformation on a certain day.

At noon that day, Lin Banxian came to the ground with the magic weapon, thrust the wooden sword into the ground, and then started digging in the ground.

When the tomb table was pried open, there was a basin of water under the table, and this basin of water was reserved for the burial of Lin Banxian.

Lin Banxian hurriedly picked up the water in the basin to wash his eyes, and his blind eyes suddenly regained his sight.

The surname Liao didn't know what was wrong, and asked how to deal with it?

Lin Banxian pointed to him and opened the golden lid of the urn, and when he was about to open it, the sound of a white crane playing in the water suddenly came out.

Seeing seven white cranes flying away from the urn, the people of the Liao family were surprised, and they tried their best to catch one of them, and hurriedly put the lid back on in a panic, but broke one foot.

The onlookers were amazed when they saw Lin Banxian's wonderful technique, only the surnamed Liao saw that the situation was wrong, and hurriedly asked what was going on?

Lin Banxian said: "It's very bad! Because I can't see with my eyes, I unfortunately destroyed the dragon vein, and because your nature is too bad and the result of your ingratitude, this is nothing to do." ”

Lin Banxian was in the midst of the noise of the crowd, and quickly escaped into the forest.

The family surnamed Liao couldn't catch up, so they hurriedly re-covered the soil, rebuilt the tombstone, and had to settle accounts with Lin Banxian at any time.

After a few decades, the Liao family produced a jinshi, because he was born lame, everyone called him 'lame jinshi', and it was rumored that he was the reincarnation of the white crane with a broken foot.

The golden basin is one of the thirteen scenic spots in Fengshan.

'Golden basin' sits in the north to the south, its dragon is the seven stars turn and go down, the mound of the uplift is naturally formed around its tomb, the middle is slightly concave, it becomes a basin-shaped, the inner Ming Hall hides the wind and gathers qi, Luocheng is close, and its case is the small Liuqiu Island.

In the past, only the tombstone of the 'golden basin' in the whole forest garden was Qingdao stone, which was rebuilt after the tomb was stolen more than 20 years ago, and three people can be seen buried in the tombstone. Recommended reading: What are the folklore

The story of the folk feng shui dragon vein

The feng shui gentleman returned to Chang'an and reported to Tang Suzong that after his careful investigation, he finally discovered the location of the dragon vein, which was in the south of the desert, a small hill called Fushan. Tang Suzong was overjoyed and instructed the people who sent their relatives to find Fushan and move it back. Later, the family delivery team found Fukuyama, burned it with fire, poured it with vinegar, broke it into pieces, loaded it and transported it back. Later, Guli Pero died, the Uighurs went to a low ebb, and the frontier threat was lifted.

Whether this story is true or not, it can be written into a feng shui book as a case study. Because it proves that Feng Shui is divine, useful, and historical.

This kind of digging the story of the dragon vein, in the Huangmei four ancestors also staged once, the story occurred in which era has no test, the legend: Huangmei four ancestors temple to Longshan has been growing, if it grows to Taibai Lake Huangmei will be out of heaven. It happened that the emperor was dizzy in the Jinluan Palace, and ordered Qin Tian to monitor the celestial phenomena, and after Qin Tian supervised the celestial phenomena, he reported that there was a treasure land in Hubei, and the Son of Heaven would come out after it was formed, so His Majesty was dizzy in the palace. As for the exact location, it is indeed impossible to see clearly, so the emperor sent people to look everywhere in Hubei, when he found the vicinity of the Huangmei Four Ancestors Temple, he found that there was indeed an emperor's gas here, so he flew to the court, and quickly sent troops to dig up the mountain range, this mountain is now the dragon waist mountain, after being measured, it was unanimously decided to dig up the dragon waist mountain to destroy the feng shui of the emperor of Huangmei. When the soldiers dig up the dragon waist mountain during the day, the dug off place at night is automatically closed, so many times, the gods and ghosts are also tired, so they shouted in the sky, "you have thousands of people digging during the day, I have 10,000 people filling in the night, only afraid of the tung pile nail four edges", so the sergeant leader, cut the tung tree into a pile, when digging, nail the tung tree stump on the edge, at night the gods and ghosts saw the stump and did not dare to approach, so the dragon waist mountain was dug off, destroyed the feng shui of Huangmei out of the Son of Heaven, until today, the digging place still exists, the local people have been circulating this story. Recommended reading: A Complete Collection of Ancient Folk Tales