82_82884 In addition, there is a shaman's assistant, which is often referred to as the two gods of the Northeast.

There are many gods worshipped by the Hezhe people, and there are as many gods as there are animals and reptiles that can be known. The supreme god of worship is the celestial god, who is the supreme lord of the universe and is often enshrined on the sacred tree. Anyone who encounters great danger and is safe, or who is cured of a serious illness, or who has a good harvest of fishing and hunting, is considered to be the blessing and gift of the god "Enduli", so he makes a wish to worship the god. The "three-star god" is also a highly revered god, this god is called "Ushka" in the Hezhe language, and it is believed to be the god of cleanliness. If a person has any disease, he has violated the three-star god, so he should petition and pray for the blessing of the disaster. If they are cured, they must kill animals and make offerings, and in addition to offering sacrifices to the heavens and making vows, they must hold a family sacrifice to thank the gods before or after hunting in each season.

The largest religious activity of the Hezhe people is the "Jumping Deity", which is held every spring or autumn. "The god of the road", known as "Uszhuye" in Hezhe language, means to ask the gods to bless the whole village with prosperity and happiness.

There are many folk customs about this ancient folk custom, because they live in the mountains and live fishing and hunting all year round, so their living habits are also very simple. Let's go through it here first, and then you can look at it while you talk about it.

The Sikht Mountains are actually not far away, the earliest Qing Dynasty was still under Jilin Province, and later the Qing government signed many unequal treaties with Tsarist Russia, dividing a large area on the east side of the Heilongjiang River and the north side of the Korean Peninsula to Russia, which is now called the Far East. The source of the Ussuri River is actually in the Sikht Mountains on the east side of Hulin City in Heilongjiang Province.

The more the car walked towards the east bank of the Heilongjiang River, the scenery outside also changed, and the road became bumpy. It was already the middle of the night when I waited for the car to drive into the mountains, and there were very few ethnic minorities here, unlike the Xing'an Mountains, which belonged to the key tourism development zone, which was the junction of China and Russia, and was close to the sensitive areas of the Far East. Of course, there are exceptions, such as the Hezhe people, who have lived here longer than the Chinese and Russians, who have lived by fishing along the Ussuri River for generations, and can be traced back to more than 500 years.

Wushuang drove the car to the foot of the mountain and stopped, and the rest of the road could only be measured by his feet, and he was not worried about anything else, but he was worried about how long Professor Bayara could last so long in his old age.

The old man got out of the car, his pale hair was floated by the warm spring breeze in the mountains, and his eyes flashed with a spirit of yearning for this land, once, in his dreams for several years, this beautiful and rich land would appear in his dreams. This is the hometown of their Bayara clan, which has been around for nearly a hundred years.

Looking at the Xihot Mountains, except for some areas where telephone poles have been erected artificially, every qiē here, including the grass and trees, has not changed, just like his father told it, and it is also the same as in the old photos in their family's collection.

"It's home!" the old professor sighed, wiping away tears from his eyes.

"Yes, you're home, a hundred years ago, this was your hometown, and the Ussuri River flowed slowly down the mountainside of Sihot. Professor, how do we get there?" asked Wushuang.

"Can you accompany me to the ancestral house to see it first? Maybe the Hezhe people won't tear it down. "The old man is very nostalgic.

"Okay, I'm afraid we'll have to find a place to sleep tonight, and I hope the Hezhe people will keep it for you, and I hope they will remember the Savior. Lan Caidie hugged Professor Bayara, and the three of them crossed the border step by step, and walked on the rugged mountain road leading to Mount Xihot.

"Look, this birch forest, my father said, where he used to hunt hares when he was a child. ”

"There, see, there should be a Flirlan totem over there, which I still keep in my family's photo album. ”

The more the old professor said, the more excited he became, and he almost left tears on the way, people, after getting older, not only nostalgic, but also very clear and flexible, just by virtue of his father's description and the images in the photo, he still clearly remembered the grass and trees in his hometown, which was commendable.

At this time, Lan Caidie suddenly stopped her steps, dragged Wushuang, and whispered, "We are being targeted, be careful." ”

Wushuang still remembers what happened to them during their expedition to Siberia in the last few months, and it was also similar to now, when suddenly there were local ethnic minorities behind them to shoot cold arrows, if it weren't for the vigilance of the blue butterfly, he might not have survived now.

"No, it's not someone following us, it's Frelan, it's Freeland who has spotted us, and it's warning us three intruders on behalf of the gods of the Hezhe. Professor Bayara said in a trembling voice. Here he is the best folklorist, and he has studied the Hezhe people too thoroughly.

"Don't scare me, what kind of god is not God? Belief in this thing is nothing more than fooling the ignorant people, and it is not good what kind of pheasant or hare or the like. ”

He said, "Little rabbit, don't underestimate the gods of the Hezhe people, I prefer to believe that they are real." Believe it or not, there are many things in the basin of the Ussuri River that you can't understand. Let me give you an analogy, you thieves worship the five immortals, so do you say that the five immortals have meridians?"

"This ...... Well, I can't help you. Wushuang thought that he was wrong, so he had to remain silent, but he was always skeptical of the beliefs of the Hezhe people in his heart.

After walking forward for a few minutes, there was a pile of stones made of stones among the trees in front of me, these stones looked like they were piled up with no pattern, in fact, if you look closely, these large and small stones seem to be piled up together in a pattern, like a man, and like a beast, right...... It's a beast, and it should most resemble the shape of a bobcat.

Look at the tree behind the Fleurland, it is said that the tree is thousands of years old, and it is the tree god of the nearby Hezhe people, and they usually kneel here when they pray. "Professor Bayara gave a comprehensive introduction, and he is a living textbook of the history of the Hezhe people.

The old tree is indeed very tall, although there are no green buds on the tree now, but these dense dry branches are already covering the sky and the sun, looking up, it is more than 30 meters high, what a majestic tree god!

"It was filled with children who had died young, and the Hezhe people believed that minor children died halfway because the reincarnated soul was gone and could not be buried. ”

"Oh my God, what a cruel custom. ”

As the three of them were talking, suddenly there was a bang in front of them, and the stone totem called Frilan collapsed