The Legend of Liang Zhu at Mount Huashan

Jiangsu
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The legend of Liang Zhu on Mount Hua is a folk literature project in the third batch of representative projects of municipal intangible cultural heritage. Hu Shi identified the "Huashan" in "Huashan Ji" as the "Huashan" in Gaochun in "History of Chinese Vernacular Literature". The local myth and legend of Gaochun "Huashan Liang Zhu" has a thousand twists and turns in the story and the characters are emotionally lingering. Based on the research of predecessors, many cultural celebrities in Gaochun have traced the origin of the Wu song "Huashan Ji", the prototype of Liang Zhu. Ancient Chinese research has confirmed that "Hua" and "Hua" are a pair of "ancient and modern characters". "Ji" refers to the place near the capital. The only "Huashan (Huashan)" near "Ji" is Gucheng at the foot of Huashan in Gaochun, which was once the location of the capital of the Wu State. Therefore, it is concluded that the "Huashan" in "Huashan Ji" is the "Huashan" in Gaochun. The folk songs collected and recorded in "Huashan Liang Zhu" further illustrate that Gaochun is the birthplace of the Wu song "Huashan Ji". After years of research, Gu Jiegang, a student of Hu Shi at Peking University, determined that "Huashan Ji" was the prototype of Liang Zhu. The lyrics of "Huashan Ji" are "Open the door and pillow the water", "Tears fall on the pillow and leave, the body sinks and the quilt flows away." "Morning Cowherd talks to Weaver Girl, tears overflow the Milky Way." "Send you off to the water, the Yangtze River should not be full." It is completely in line with the hydrological landscape of Gaochun. The ancient place name of Gaochun is "Lesezhu", and rivers, lakes and ditches crisscross. There are also Gaochun versions of the four great love tragedies in ancient China: "Fangshan Cowherd and Weaver Girl", "Shijiu Lake Meng Jiangnu", "Huashan Liang Zhu" and "Lingzhi Mountain White Snake Legend". The legend of Huashan Liang Zhu shows that only the wind, rain and love of Jiangnan can produce a love tragedy like "Seven Generations of Unreunion". The Liang Zhu folk song of Huashan originated from folk oral tradition, especially the Liang Zhu duet. Zhu sang: "One foot deep and one foot shallow, just flooded to the mouth." Liang sang: "It was clearly flooded to the thighs, why do you say it was flooded to the mouth?" Liang sang: "A pair of big white geese swam over, I asked the white geese how shallow or deep the water was?" Zhu sang: The female goose behind is calling me brother, and the male goose in front is you, the silly goose." These lyrics seem simple and unadorned. Information source: Jiangsu Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Center (no pictures yet, welcome to provide.) Information source: Jiangsu Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Center (no pictures yet, welcome to provide.)

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