Phoenix allusions

The story of Phoenix Phoenix, also known as "Phoenix Emperor", is the king of birds in ancient legend. The male is called "Phoenix", and the female is called "Phoenix". It has always been called Phoenix, also called Danniao, stork, hawksbill and so on. It is usually used to symbolize auspiciousness, phoenix and Qi Fei, and it is a symbol of auspiciousness and harmony. It has been an important part of China culture since ancient times. The story of Phoenix is based on the legend of Phoenix and the story left by the ancients.

1. Wu Tong Qifeng

Wu Tong is the king of trees. It is said that it is a spiritual tree. It can know when to build it. "Lu Wenjian": "A hundred birds in the phoenix tree dare not perch, but only avoid the phoenix". Phoenix, as the king of birds, breeds the universe. It is not a phoenix tree. "Shu Wei Wang Xie Chuan" "Phoenix is not a phoenix tree", the phoenix chooses wood to live in, and later it is compared to the sage choosing the Lord and leaning; Phoenix's gentlemanly demeanor can also be found in Jiang Ziya and Zhuge Liang. Before meeting the "buttonwood tree", they would rather be ordinary fishermen and cultivators.

2. Get the image of Phoenix

Legend has it that the Phoenix can know the rise and fall of chaos in the world, which is the best embodiment of Wang Dao's benevolent policy in the history of our country, a barometer of the rise and fall of chaos, and an "image ambassador" of theological politics. The ancients used to be divided into five grades and used the five movements of Phoenix to mark the degree of political clarity. Therefore, emperors of all previous dynasties regarded "Chaoyang in Feng Ming" and "A hundred birds flying towards the phoenix" as symbols of prosperity and peace. Southern Qi Xie Zhao's Ten Poems of Yongming Music: "Colorful Feng Ming Chaoyang, Yuanhe Dance Shang Qing; Rui Yongming has been the emperor for thousands of years. "

3. Feng Qiuhuang

When Sima Xiangru, a lyricist in the Western Han Dynasty, was down and out, he went to Lin Qiong, Sichuan to visit his friend Wang Ji, the county magistrate. Sometimes, Zhuo Wenjun, the daughter of the local richest man, Zhuo Wangsun, becomes a widow. Sima played the piano music "Phoenix Begging for Phoenix" in public at the banquet of Zhuo Wang Sun, in order to provoke Wen Jun. Zhuo Wenjun peeped out from the window of the banquet hall and saw that he was handsome and talented, so he eloped with him that night. Later, it refers to the love between men and women, and men pursue women, which also symbolizes the yearning and praise for a happy marriage.

4. Feng Haichao

In Feng Haichao, Cheng Pu, assistant minister of the Ministry of War, retired in his later years and returned to his hometown. Xueyan, Mrs Yuan Pei's daughter, is very ugly. My concubine gave birth to a daughter named Xue E, who is beautiful and smart. Cheng Pu fell in love with the handsome young Mu Juyi and wanted to marry Xue E, but his wife had to marry her daughter Xue Yan. On Cheng Shousheng's birthday, Mu Juyi came to offer condolences and was locked up in the library. In the middle of the night, Xueyan went to the library in the name of Ye Xue. Mu Juyi saw that she was ugly and misbehaved. She mistakenly thought that she had been cheated and left angrily overnight.

Cheng Pu was employed by the imperial court and left home for his post. The royal family coveted Xue E for a long time and took the opportunity to come to the Cheng family to marry him in the name of Muju. His wife secretly married Xueyan with a switch. The truth came out in the bridal chamber night, and they were like dumb people eating coptis chinensis-life was hard. Cheng Puping decided to be a thief and take Xue E to join the army, and Mu Juyi joined the army here. Cheng Pu brought up marriage again. Mu remembered the past and resolutely refused to marry, but was forced to marry by the marshal and the prison army. In the bridal chamber, Mu was amazed at Xue E's beauty, made amends again and again, and cleared up the misunderstanding. The play is a comedy with a series of interesting plots due to misunderstanding and "mistakes in the middle". In the plot structure, the techniques of "keeping the buckle" and "shaking the bag" are quite successful. In the scene of "study", Xueyan braved the name of Xue E to pester Mu Juyi late at night, and Mu decided that Xue E was an ugly girl, which laid the groundwork for "leaving a button". In the "bridal chamber" scene, the bride is obviously a beautiful snow moth, but Mu Juyi stubbornly thinks that she is an ugly girl, refuses to get married, and is disgusted and upset; Married father-in-law Hong and others are somehow suspicious. This disharmony between subjective and objective leads to comedy and arouses the laughter of the audience. In the laughter, Mu Juyi was "moving bricks and hitting feet". When the "baggage" was uncovered, the curtain was opened, the misunderstanding was eliminated, and the unexpected discovery made the plot turn sharply. Mu Juyi, ecstatic, hurried to make amends to Xue E, who had been wronged, and also attracted laughter from the audience. It is the "button" that stays well and the "baggage" shakes well that the suspense of comics can firmly grasp the audience. Phoenix is also suppressed, formerly known as Tree of Yin and Yang, also known as Ugly Match, was first written and performed by Mei Lanfang.