The reason why Chun Shen said for Di Qing is extremely complicated. Its prototype is Fuxi, the head of the legendary "Huang San", also known as Taihao Fuxi. According to legend, he was born in Ji Cheng, Weishui Valley. He listened to the wind from all directions, made a harp, painted "gossip", imitated spiders and made fishing nets. He was the pathfinder for the Chinese nation to enter the civilized era from the primitive state. Perhaps Fuxi has made outstanding contributions, perhaps because of his outstanding reputation, and he is regarded as the God of the East by people's myths. After the theory of Yin-Yang and Five Elements became popular, the Eastern Emperor was also called Di Qing, and Di Qing was also called the God in charge of spring.
With the passage of time, Di Qing's statement has evolved, and "Zhou Li? Celestial officer? There is a saying that "five emperors worship". The book "River Map" in the Western Han Dynasty records: "Oriental Di Qing is respected, and Moody is also; Chi Di in the south is furious, and the fire emperor is also; The central yellow emperor contains the hub, and the local emperor also; Xibaidi refused, and Di Chin also; Ye Guangji is in the north of Hei Di, and the water emperor is also ". At this point, our name is "Yang", which may be a title. After the appearance of Taoism, the Five Emperors of Shu Wei were slightly modified to form five parties and five elders. In the volume of Five Old Red Books and Jade Pieces in the Southern and Northern Dynasties and the Yuan Dynasty, it said: "Oriental Anbaohua Lin Qingling began to be old, with a first name and a surname of Yan, and she was afraid to understand. At this time, he not only had a surname, but also became famous. "Ling Weiyang" became his "word".
Spring God is called Ju Mang, and there are many records in ancient books. "History? Hong Fan recorded: "The pole of the East, from Keshikedong to the wild sunrise of Bomu, was led by Ju Mang, the God of Emperor Taiyi". Shan Hai Jing? " "East longitude overseas" records: "Ju Mang is in the east, with birds singing and masks, riding Ssangyong". The pre-Qin era was the image of half man and half bird, and the combination of man and bird. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, Ju Mang became more and more personified, such as a person's face and a bird's body, obeying the rules and riding two dragons. It can be seen that the God of the East is Ju Mang, and the East is in charge of spring, so it makes sense to call it the God of Spring.
According to legend, Ju Mang, also known as Gou Mang, Mu Zheng and Moody, is the god who manages agriculture. The history of offering sacrifices to the Mang God can be traced back to the Zhou Dynasty, when the East Hall was set up and the Spring Festival ceremony was held every year. This custom continued until the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China. "Yanjing years old? Beginning of spring: "On the first day in beginning of spring, officials from Shuntianfu greeted the Spring Festival in a spring field outside Dongzhimen. At the beginning of spring, the ceremony was presented to the throne of Chunshan, and Shuntianfu presented a picture of a spring cow. After the ceremony, return to the agency and attract the spring cattle to strike it, which is called spring. "During the Spring Festival, all civil and military officials will attend. Dressed up as the God of Ju Mang, wearing a mask and holding a cow, it is called "Bullwhip Spring".
In addition, there are also spring gods who combine Fuxi and Ju Mang. According to folklore, Fuxi became the emperor of the East, and his courtier Ju Mang became his god. Both of them * * * are gods of spring, and they are in charge of the 12,000-mile leaves of the oriental green soil tree. This statement is similar to the Book of History mentioned above? "Ju Mang, the God of Taidi, is in charge of it" recorded in Hong Fan may not be contradictory. There are no punctuation marks in ancient literature, which may be broken down into a sentence: "Emperor Taiping and the God of Ju Mang are in charge". In this way, it is not difficult to understand that Emperor Taiyi, that is, Fuxi and Ju Mang, are the same as the four spring gods. Fuxi is either the Lord God or Ju Mang is the god of his subordinates. This is also in line with the legend that Fuxi is in charge of the East and Ju Mang is the god of plants and life.
Spring is a prosperous season, when the east wind thaws, plants revive and everything recovers. Since ancient times, people worship the God of Spring, perhaps because of their expectation of warm spring, perhaps because of their attachment to primitive farming life, perhaps because of their nostalgia for the lost heroes, or perhaps because of a beautiful dream in people's hearts.