Chapter 49 What is Ding?
Flood universe, throughout the ages, the tripod has been the most common and mysterious ritual vessel, generally speaking, the tripod has three legs of the round tripod and the four-legged square tripod two categories, and can be divided into two kinds of covered and uncovered. There is a group of tripods, which are shaped from large to small, and become a column, called the tripods, which are usually singular. The tripod was originally an ancient cooking vessel, "there are three-legged round tripods, and there are also four-legged square tripods." The oldest tripod is a clay-fired pottery tripod, and later there are copper tripods cast in bronze. Legend has it that Xia Yu once collected the gold of Jiumu and cast Jiuding under Jing Mountain to symbolize Kyushu, and engraved the image of the charm on it to make people vigilant and prevent being harmed. Since there is the legend of Yu casting nine tripods, the tripod has developed from an ordinary cooking vessel to a national heavy weapon. When the country was destroyed, Ding moved, the Xia Dynasty was destroyed, the Shang Dynasty was prospered, and Jiuding moved to Bojing, the capital of Shang; From the Shang to the Zhou, the Dingdu or the establishment of a dynasty was called "Dingding".
The tripod is regarded as a symbol of the country, the state and power, and the word "tripod" is also given the meaning of "prominent", "noble" and "grand", and it is also a ritual vessel for meritorious achievements.
In the era of the flood and famine, after the establishment of the Xia Dynasty, Kyushu was stable, the four seas were leveled, taxes were established, all countries complied, the people had nine years of reserves, the country had thirty years of savings, and the court and the people were getting richer and richer. When Xia Yu was four years old, Shi Di asked: 'Now that the gold paid by Kyushu is accumulating every year, what is the use of it?'. So Xia Yu remembered that in the past, the Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan's family had succeeded in casting Ding, and Ding became an immortal, planning to cast Jiuding.
Xia Yu remembered that in the past, the Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan's clan had succeeded in casting the tripod, and the tripod had become an immortal, so why not cast the tripod with so much gold now? Later, I thought: 'The ancient can be workaround, why do you have to learn from the predecessors?' So he decided to make up his mind and said, 'The meaning of the widow, let's use it to cast nine tripods.' The gold paid by any state will be used to cast the tripod of that state, and the mountains and rivers in which state will be cast on it. There are also all kinds of strange birds and beasts, gods and monsters that the widow encountered when he was controlling the water in the past, and he also carved out one by one. As for the image, both the widow and Boyi have sketches of it, and now they cast it together on the tripod. In the future, after Dingcheng, I will try to expand the image and show it to the people of Kyushu, so that they will know which animal is beneficial and which animal is harmful. lest they go to the mountains and forests and rivers to work, and when they encounter bad things, they don't know that they are harmed by the ghosts and ghosts, and they don't know what's going on, and they are ignorant and don't know the benefits. Isn't that also a good thing done for the people?'
Shi Di said: "Then, these nine tripods are extraordinary. ‘
Xia Yu said: "It is to make it important, and the more important it is, the more it cannot be moved, so that it can be retained for a long time." ‘
Shi Di said: 'Where is such a big project being built, is it inside the capital, or is it outside the capital?'
Xia Yu said: "Outside the capital, choose the place where the mountains and rivers are beautiful and Li Min has casting technology." Where, you choose the right place for yourself. ‘
Two years later, I suddenly discovered a strange phenomenon: for nine consecutive days, I could see the Taibai Star shining in the sky in broad daylight. The ministers of the Manchu Dynasty discussed one after another, but they couldn't guess whether it was a blessing or a curse, and suddenly Shi Di came to report: 'Jiuding has been successfully cast. Xia Yu was overjoyed, knowing that it was for this reason, so he ordered the nine tripods to be moved to Xiayi. Only then did people understand that it was too daylight, which turned out to be a sign of Jiuding's casting. These nine tripods are Jizhou Ding, Yanzhou Ding, Qingzhou Ding, Xuzhou Ding, Yangzhou Ding, Jingzhou Ding, Yuzhou Ding, Liangzhou Ding, Yongzhou Ding. On the tripod are cast the famous objects of mountains and rivers of various states, birds and beasts. Jiuding symbolizes Kyushu, of which Yuzhou Ding is the central tripod, and Yuzhou is the central hub. Jiuding concentrated in Yangcheng, the capital of the Xia Dynasty, to show that Dayu, the king of Xia, became the lord of Kyushu, and the world was unified from then on. Jiuding then became the place of the 'Mandate of Heaven', which is a symbol of the supremacy of royal power and the unity and prosperity of the country. Dayu called Jiuding the treasure of the town, and when the princes of all parties came to see him, they had to bow to Jiuding. Since then, Jiuding has become the most important ritual instrument of the country in the flood era.
Yu Xing digs mountains and walks a hundred valleys, and the dragon hides and hides the charm.
The heart of the demon is high, and the gold is cast in the sky.
The red sky of Yeyun rose to black, and the wind blew the mountains and pulled the wood.
Dingcheng gathers and becomes strange, and people sing at night and cry during the day.
After the merit of Yuan Yuan, there is no extreme, and the three surnames are passed down from generation to generation.
Weak and solid, no one has merit, and the nine secluded earth axes are sinking.
The first emperor couldn't ask for it, and he ordered the gods to peep into the house.
Ding is a ritual vessel, a national vessel, and a noble vessel.