1. Reasons for using a crane to travel to the west:
1) Ancient China often used cranes as a symbol of longevity. At that time, it was greatly influenced by Buddhism. Buddhism believed that people would survive after death. The Western Paradise, so leaving this world is likened to "riding a crane back to the west".
2) As an auspicious spiritual bird, the crane is accompanied by gods. Therefore, there are euphemistic expressions for death such as riding a crane to the west, riding a crane to travel to the immortal, riding a crane to return to the west, riding a crane to become an immortal, etc.
3) Driving a crane to the west is a euphemistic way of saying the death of a very old man. Don't use it indiscriminately. In addition, there are also words such as "driving back to Yaochi" and "as early as possible to the fairyland".
4) The origin of "Journey on a Crane to the West": The term "Journey on a Crane to the West" comes from the legend of Wang Xizhi, a calligrapher of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. In his later years, Wang Xizhi closed his doors to thank guests and devoted himself to reading and writing. On the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, his son Wang Xianzhi came to the shore of Jianhu Lake in Kuaiji. He saw a monk coming towards him and handed a trust to Wang Xianzhi to Wang Xizhi.
Wang Xizhi opened it and read it, and wrote in the letter: "At noon on the Dragon Boat Festival, I rode a crane back to my home, put an end to my worries, and paid homage to the Queen Mother." After reading the letter, Wang Xizhi walked to Jianhu Lake. Sure enough, there was a white crane by the lake. Wang Xizhi then mounted the white crane and flew into the blue sky. Later, people only respected the death of a highly respected person as "Journey to the West by a Crane".
2. "Riding the Crane in Yaochi" describes the reason why a woman died: In Chinese myths and legends, Our Lady of Yaochi (Queen Mother) was originally a goddess in ancient Chinese mythology, and was later decorated and worshiped as a female fairy by Taoism. leader. In the hearts of Chinese people, the image of the Virgin is that of a graceful, noble and kind goddess with a transcendent status, who lives in the holy land of Yaochi in Kunlun Mountain. Yaochi is located in Kunlun, and Kunlun is a fairyland in myths and legends, so the term Jiahe Yaochi is used to describe the death of a woman.
1) Origin of "Riding the Crane Yaochi": In Chinese myths and legends, Our Lady of Yaochi is also known as the Golden Mother and the Queen Mother of the West. The Queen Mother of the West is referred to as the Queen Mother, also known as the Golden Mother, the Golden Mother Yuanjun, and is commonly known as the Queen Mother. . Legend has it that the sacred land of Yao Chi in Kunlun Mountain has the "Queen Mother's Flat Peach" that has bloomed for three thousand years and bears fruit for three thousand years. Food can lead to immortality. In the ancient Chinese book "Internal Biography of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty", it is said that the Queen Mother's stunning beauty once gave her flat peach. To Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.
In the "Biography of Emperor Mu", it is recorded that the Virgin Mary was elegant and gentle in words and deeds, and she once invited King Mu of Zhou to a banquet in Yaochi. However, it is recorded in the Classic of Mountains and Seas that the Holy Mother of Yaochi looks like a human, with a leopard tail and tiger teeth, a roar that shakes the sky, and long hair flying. She bears the destiny of heaven, is in charge of human punishment, and is responsible for spreading plague viruses and disasters.