Chapter 12: Watching the Northern Lights

General Yin took Xiao Wang and walked back satisfied. Since it is no longer possible to eat late as meat, not only can it not be eaten late, but it has never eaten less, so it has to be used as a car. Lao Wu's designated residence is not close, on the southwest edge of the village. It is just right for two people to talk while walking and digesting food.

General Yin asked a little jokingly: "Virtuous nephew, this river water stew river fish is still enjoyable, right?"

Xiao Wang hiccuped, rubbed his bulging belly, and was still a little unsatisfied: "Uncle, when are we going to eat again, it's really delicious." ”

General Yin laughed and said, "No problem." It's the old Wu who we put the plow in his house, he has great ability and can solve anything. ”

Xiao Wang asked curiously: "That Uncle Wu, he looks quite kind, and his ability is so great?

General Yin thought for a while and said, "Yes and no. Xiong Shanjun and I are considered to have gone through thousands of years of cultivation and have been reborn as human beings. Because man is the primate of all things, he is the closest to God, he has the most cultivation methods, and he has the highest achievements. Our relationship with the ontology is not easy to describe, and it is quite difficult to explain it, but it is a bit like some kind of out-of-body spirit. ”

Xiao Wang was surprised: "Uncle Na, what do you mean is that your physical body still exists?"

General Yin nodded: "That's probably what it means." ”

Xiao Wang didn't continue to ask: "Then Uncle Wu is like this?"

Admiral Yin: "No. He was human, and a shamanic shaman. ”

"Wizard, will he do it?" Xiao Wang was taken aback when he heard this, what kind of legend is this?

"I haven't seen it, I don't know what the mana is, and I feel that it's okay. However, I know that he is quite mobile, and he is a recognized and dependent person among the people who have escaped from the world. Yin Da will continue.

"What kind of shamanism is it?" Xiao Wang continued.

It was still early, and General Yin explained what he knew to Xiao Wang in detail.

Shamanism is a folk belief that developed on the basis of primitive beliefs, and has been spread among many ethnic groups in the northeastern and northwestern border regions of China. Shamans were once believed to have the ability to control the weather, prophecy, dream interpretation, astrology, and travel to heaven or hell. From the origin of the primitive fishing and hunting era to the introduction of various foreign religions one after another, shamanism almost monopolized the ancient altars of all ethnic groups in the north of our country. Its influence is deep-rooted among the ancient ethnic groups in the north of our country.

The religious form of shamanic rituals combined with Tibetan Buddhism was institutionalized as the state religion by China's Yuan and Qing dynasties. Although shamanism has all but disappeared in the century following the overthrow of the Qing Dynasty by the Republic of China, Kunning Palace, the temple where the royal family worshipped shamanism and performed ceremonies, can still be found in the Forbidden City in Beijing.

Seeing that the time was close to midnight, the two had come to a place where the lights were scarce, although it was the cold weather of Sanjiu, the two were still full of interest and did not care. Xiao Wang also pointed to the constellations he knew and said to General Yin, the stars are flat and wide, and in such a sky without any pollution, those constellations are so obvious.

"Uncle, look at the southeast sky, the brightest star is Jupiter, the three stars are the belt three stars of Orion, the bright blue star at the bottom left of Orion is Sirius, and the brightest star directly to the left of Sirius is Jupiter. There is also a South River Three just above the midline of Jupiter and Sirius. These three stars form an equilateral triangle and are easily recognizable. Look further west ......"

Suddenly, a light shone silently in the southwestern sky, in the cold dark night sky. Anyone who sees it will understand that it is difficult for any colored pen to paint that playful and unpredictable dazzling light.

These lights are the auroras, and the shape of the light is strange and eclectic. Some of them are of various colors and are endlessly changing; some are only silvery-white, like cotton wool and white clouds, solidified and unchanged; some are unusually bright, covering up the brilliance of the stars and moons; some are very light, like a bunch of green silk; some have a single structure, like a curved arc light, showing light green and reddish hues; some are like colored silk or ribbons thrown into the sky, flying up and down, flipping; some are as soft as a gauze scarf, fluttering with the wind, showing purple, Crimson colors; sometimes the aurora appears on the horizon, like the dawn of the morning; sometimes the aurora is like a camellia, a fiery red; sometimes the aurora gathers together like a curtain; sometimes it shoots out many beams of light, like a peacock opening its screen and flying with its wings. Some of the aurora appear for a very short time, like a festival of fireworks flashing in the sky and disappear without a trace, some can shine in the night sky for several hours, some are like a ribbon, some are like a fire, and some are like a colorful huge screen, as if a dome movie is being screened, giving people a visual aesthetic enjoyment.

It's definitely a feast for the eyes, better than any live show. There are always various wonderful experiences in life, and this may be the most unique experience of this trip.

The Northern Lights have been a mystery since the first time humans looked up at the sky and saw the Northern Lights for the first time. The Eskimos believed that the aurora was a torch for the spirits to guide the souls of the deceased to heaven, appearing for the gods, believing that the fast-moving aurora would make the sound of the gods walking in the air, and would take away people's souls and leave behind bad luck.

There is a record in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas: The Great Wilderness North Classic": "Beyond the Northwest Sea, in the north of Chishui, there is Zhangwei Mountain. There is a god, the face of the human snake is naked, the eyes are straight, the eyes are obscure, and the sight is clear. No food, no sleep, wind and rain are exhausted. It is the candle nine yin, and it is called the candle dragon. "The candle dragon is also called the candle nine yin, is the image of the human face and snake body, red, thousands of miles long, open the eyes for the day, close the eyes for the night, inhale for winter, exhale for summer, and can call the wind and rain, do not drink water or eat, do not sleep and do not rest. Candle Dragon, in fact, is the Aurora.

The aurora in Greek legend is closer to human understanding: the aurora is Ios, the embodiment of the "dawn" in Greek mythology, the daughter of the Greek god Titan, the sister of the sun god and the goddess of the moon, and the mother of many stars such as the north wind and the evening star. Aurora was also said to be the wife of Orion. As a young woman, she either walks with a young man in her hand or soars from the sea on a four-wheeled cart driven by a flying horse, and is sometimes depicted as a goddess holding a large jug of water, spreading her wings, and giving alms to the world, a bit like the Guanyin Bodhisattva in Chinese stories.

"I prefer to believe that the Northern Lights are a symbol of a happy life, and if one day all family and friends see the Northern Lights together, the society will be more peaceful and life will be happier. Xiao Wang said softly, and General Yin stroked the top of the child's head, and his heart was also moved.