Roast toad meat with a coffin board to eat, to be honest, my heart is refusal, but I have no choice but to beat the drum in my belly, and the fragrance of this barbecue is really tempting, I had to convince myself that it was authentic Xinjiang mutton skewers, and I was full!

I have to mention that 1.75 meters is also an experienced wilderness survival expert, not only roasting a good skewer, but also solving the drinking water problem of the three of us. First, use the empty cans in your carry-on backpack to collect the stalactites that flow down the stalactite, then put a few slender coffin boards on the edge of the fire to form a triangular space, then put the raincoat on the leeward vent of the triangular stand, put an empty can at the end of the raincoat, and finally put the collected cans on the fire. After more than ten seconds, water vapor began to appear inside the raincoat, and then it gradually gathered along the raincoat to the empty can at the end, so that the fresh water was successfully distilled.

The three of us ate and drank while listening to the story of the beggar bird Niangniang.

It turns out that this begging bird is not a person, but a custom, begging, bird girl. According to legend, the bird Niangniang is the woman of the West Queen Mother tribe, and is also the protector of the Qin culture, every year from June 30 to July 7, it is the Qin people's "begging bird Niangniang Festival", people sing and dance to welcome the bird Niangniang God, there is a song: "Bird Niangniang, Yu Yide, I invite the Bird Niangniang to go down to earth!" "It means that the Bird Niangniang, the messenger of the Queen Mother of the West, the Qing Harrier, has already swept up against the wind, and we ask you to go down to the mortal world with it!

The green harrier here, also known as the blue bird, is the messenger of the bird lady and the Queen Mother of the West, not only can take care of the crops for the Qin people, but also has the divine power to protect the crops, therefore, it is also the protector of the Qin people. At that time, the Qin people lived in the Tianshui area, adjacent to the West Queen Mother tribe in the east, and most of the blue birds were trained and managed by the Qin people, so the relationship with the West Queen Mother tribe became increasingly close.

The earliest description of the image of the Queen Mother of the West is found in the Classic of Mountains and Seas, which reads: "The Queen Mother of the West is like a human, with a leopard tail and tiger teeth and a good roar, and a hoopoe with fluffy hair. This means that the Queen Mother of the West looks like a human, but with the tail of a leopard and the teeth of a tiger, is good at roaring like a wild beast, has loose hair, wears a headdress called "victory", and is a goddess sent by heaven to take charge of plagues and punishments.

It is also recorded in the first romantic novel of gods and demons in ancient China, "Journey to the West", people are more accustomed to calling her "Queen Mother", because she lives in Kunlun Mountain, located in the west of our country, so it is also called the Queen Mother of the West, the full name is "White Jade Turtle Tai Jiu Ling Tai Zhen Jin Mu Yuanjun or White Jade Turtle Tai Jiu Feng Tai Zhen West Queen Mother or Tai Ling Jiuguang Guitai Golden Mother Yuanjun", collectively known as "Shangsheng White Jade Turtle Tai Jiu Ling Tai Zhen Wuji Our Lady Yao Chi Great Sage West King Jin Mu Supreme Qing Ling Yuanjun Ruling the Immortals Datianzun".

According to legend, the Queen Mother of the West has a total of twenty-three daughters, five of whom have been clearly identified, namely the fourth daughter of the Antarctic King Lady, "Yongcheng Collection of Immortals" recorded: "The Antarctic King Lady, the fourth daughter of the Queen Mother, the name Lin Zi Rongzhen, the No. 1 Ziyuan Lady, or the Antarctic Yuanjun, Li Taidan Palace, was written as the Jinque Holy Monarch Shangbao Si. ”

The twelfth daughter Qing'e, "Yongcheng Jixian Lu Ziwei Wang Lady" recorded: "Mrs. Qing'e's name is Qing'e, the word is Yueyin, and the twentieth daughter of the queen mother is also." In the past, he gave Taishangbao Nerve and Pei Xuanren, Pei Xingzhi attained the Tao, and worshiped Qingling Zhenren. ”

The thirteenth daughter Mei Lan, the text volume 50 of the "Yongcheng Collection of Immortals" records: "Yunlin Youying Wang Lady, named Meilan, the word Shenlin, the thirteenth daughter of the Queen Mother, is also the right Ying Lady of Yunlin Palace, governing Canglang Palace." ”

The youngest daughter Wanluo, "Yongcheng Jixian Lu Taizhen Lady" recorded: "Mrs., the youngest daughter of the queen mother, can be sixteen or seventeen years old, the name Wanluo, the word Bo Sui, the matter of the Xuandu Taizhen King, there is a son for three days Taishang Mansion is a lawsuit, the lord always corrects the violation of the heavens and Cao, and the secretary of the earth." Young and good commissioner You Yi, vain and wasteful affairs, there is a division to impeach not pro-bureau inspection, descend to the lord Dongyue, retire the editor of the true king, the division of ghosts and gods, and the five hundred years of his position. ”

The twenty-third daughter, Mrs. Yunhua, the text volume 30 of "Yongcheng Jixian Lu" contains: "Mrs. Yunhua, the twenty-third daughter of the queen mother, the sister of Mrs. Taizhen Wang, named Yaoji, is subject to the wandering wind mixed with the way of practicing the flying of the gods...... The former teacher Sanyuan Daojun, by the Shangqing Treasure Sutra, by the book under the Ziqing Que, for the Yunhua Shanggong lady, the presiding teacher of the innocent people, the reason in Wang Yingzhitai, hidden changes, cover its often. It is also made true by condensation, combined with the Tao, and is not the shape of the fetus, which is the qi of Xihua Shaoyin. ”

This "Yongcheng Collection of Immortals" was written by Du Guangting, a descendant of the Tang Dynasty, and mainly recorded the ancient women's ascension to immortals. This Du Guangting did not pass the Jinshi examination when Tang Yizong, so he went to Tiantai Mountain to enter the Tao, and wrote a lot of books in his life, including "Tao Te Ching Guangshengyi", "Guangcheng Collection", "Dongtian Blessed Land Yue Famous Mountain Record", "Qingcheng Mountain Record", "Wuyi Mountain Record", "West Lake Historic Site Facts" and so on.

According to legend, when he wrote this "Yongcheng Collection of Immortals", the initial germination of ideas was influenced by an ancient Taoist book "Taoism", the author of the book is now impossible to verify, only known to be a Taoist disciple, a lifelong study of Taoist thought, lobbying in all directions.

Once, when he passed by Qindi, it happened to catch up with the local beggar bird Niangniang Festival, people sang and danced for four days in a row, and on the fifth day, the Taoist disciple woke up and found that there was an inverted triangular bronze pillar in the middle of the original song and dance field, the pillar was full of 100 zhang, and people could not see the top at all when they stood below, as if they were already connected with the sky. Of course, a bronze pillar of this size was not solid, but was made of eight huge bronze chains hollowed out and twisted together, similar to the one we saw in the well, only thicker and larger.

The Taoist disciple had traveled north and south for so many years, and had never seen such a magnificent building, so he immediately decided to record it. But since you want to record it, you have to know what such a giant thing is for, right? So, he asked the fellow next to him, and the villager explained that this is a sacrifice to honor the Queen Mother of the West, thanks to the Queen Mother of the West for giving the guardian god Blue Bird and Bird Niangniang to God to bless the harvest and abundant crops, we will give her the daughter of the Queen Mother of the West, and the Queen Mother will be very happy, so that the Blue Bird will be sent to the Bird Niangniang Next, the platform on the top of the chain is the altar that serves the Bird Niangniang.

As he was talking, he saw eight big men carrying a coffin out, the coffin was low at both ends and high in the middle, and the outermost coffin was engraved with the pattern of a blue bird. The fellow said that the one lying in this coffin is the daughter of the Queen Mother of the West, and it is her blessing to be selected to be the daughter of the Queen Mother of the West, and not everyone has such a good blessing. As he spoke, the fellow knelt down with the others and began to salute, until the eight men put the coffin in the middle of the bronze chain, and everyone got up one after another.

Hearing this, the junior brother couldn't hold back any longer, pointed to the coffin in the middle of the bronze chain, and interjected: "Damn, so to speak, it's lying here...... Also the daughter of the Queen Mother of the West? ”