1 and Laoshan Mountain have long been related to myths and legends.
Pu Songling wrote Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio because his inner ideal was difficult to realize, but he failed in repeated exams. After reading for most of my life, I still achieved nothing. He wrote all the grievances and thoughts in his heart through absurd folk stories. But these ghost stories need a big environment that can happen reasonably.
Obviously, Laoshan has this feature. Laoshan itself is a fairy mountain that appears repeatedly in myths and legends, so it is reasonable that most of the stories in Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio take place in Laoshan. Moreover, many stories in Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio were collected by Pu Songling and re-created after retouching, and Laoshan is related to myths and legends, so it is normal that most of the collected stories are related to Laoshan.
Laoshan enjoys a good reputation and dense forests.
Laoshan Mountain is also known as Laoshan Mountain, Aoshan Mountain and Auxiliary Tangshan. And there has always been a saying:? Mount Tai is not as high as the East China Sea. ? The old here, that is, Laoshan Mountain, has been famous since ancient times.
This legendary Laoshan Mountain has dangerous terrain, beautiful mountains and dense vegetation. Therefore, in the forest, it is also possible for some strange things to happen in places that people can't reach, so Pu Songling chose Laoshan as the background of the story.
Laoshan itself has a place in history.
Secondly, Laoshan Mountain also has a certain position in history. Donghai Lao, also known as the East China Sea Fairy Mountain Laoshan, is said to have gone to the East China Sea Fairy Mountain during the Qin Shihuang period to seek the elixir of life and the method of becoming immortal. At the same time, Laoshan Mountain is also a famous Taoist mountain. Since the Warring States Period, Laoshan Mountain has become a place where Taoist alchemists seek medicine.
Moreover, Laoshan Mountain is also called Aoshan Mountain because of a poem written by Qiu Chuji, a Buddhist believer of Genghis Khan, so Genghis Khan named Laoshan Mountain Aoshan. Therefore, Laoshan Mountain has a long mythological background and humanistic legends, and its geographical position is superior, so Pu Songling takes this as the background.