How did the title “Yuelao” come from? About the story of Yuelao leading the red line! The following is a detailed introduction by the Xiaobian of China story network. Let’s read on~
Yuelao is the fairy in charge of marriage in Chinese folk myths and legends. This fairy image first appeared in the collection of novels by Li Fuyan, a novelist of the Tang Dynasty. There is such a record in xuxuanguailu: there was a man named Wei Gu in the Tang Dynasty. Once he passed by the song city and stayed in an inn in the song city. He had a good conversation with a traveler named Zhang who lived in the inn. The traveler heard that he had not married yet, and promised to introduce the daughter of Pan Fang, the former governor of Qinghe. The two sides agreed to meet in front of Longxing Temple the next morning. The traveler told him the reply from the woman.
On the fourth watch of the next day, Wei Gu got up in a hurry and rushed to Longxing Temple. As a result, the traveler surnamed Zhang had not arrived. In front of Longmen temple, there was only an old man with silver hair sitting on the steps, leaning on a cloth bag to turn a book to the moon. Beside him was a large cloth bag filled with red rope. Wei Gu asked him curiously, “uncle, what book are you reading?” The old man replied, “this is a book that records the marriages of men and women in the world.” After hearing this, Wei Gu asked more curiously, “what is the red rope in your bag for?” The old man replied with a smile: “these red ropes are used to tie the feet of couples. This red thread was tied when a man and a woman were born. In the future, even if there are enemy families, the gap between the rich and the poor, the ugly and the beautiful, and the distance is thousands of miles, they will become husband and wife.”
Wei Gu would not believe it, but asked jokingly, “who is Xiaosheng’s wife?” The old man flipped through the book and said, “the daughter of Mrs. Chen, who sells vegetables in the north of the South store in Songcheng, is only three years old this year. When she was 16, she married you.” Wei Gu thought to himself, I’m only three years old this year. When she turns 16, I’m over thirty. How can there be so much difference between husband and wife? He expressed disbelief on the spot. The old man was not angry either. He just led him into a vegetable market and pointed to the little girl in the arms of a blind woman and said, “this is your mother.” Wei Gu was very angry when he heard this. He thought that the old man was deliberately making fun of him, so he asked his servant to kill the little girl to see if he would become his wife in the future. The old man did not stop when he saw it, but laughed and said, “it’s already tied with a red rope. How can it be reversed?” The servant was timid. He pulled out his sword and pierced the little girl’s eyebrows. Then he fled back to his life. After that, year after year, although some people have been matchmaking for Wei Gu, more than ten years have passed, and Wei Gu has not yet married. At that time, Wang Tai, the governor of Xiangzhou, saw that he had only learned to be a man, but had never married, so he betrothed his daughter to him.
The Pearl of Xiangzhou governor Wang Tai’s eye is as beautiful as a fairy in yaochi, but there is a scar on his eyebrow that makes people sigh! Wei Gu couldn’t help but ask the reason. His wife told him her life story. In her early years, her parents died, and she lived a hard life with Chen’s nanny, who lived by selling vegetables. Later, Chen’s mother heard that her uncle Wang Tai had become an assassin, so she sent her to Wang Tai for adoption. Wang Tai also treated her as her own daughter. When she was raised to 16, she married Wei Gu. After listening to his wife’s account, Wei Gu was greatly surprised. He recalled the past 14 years ago and decided that this old man was the matchmaker in charge of human marriage. Everyone would talk about this adventure with such relish that it was known far and wide.
This story is widely spread, which makes people believe that the marriage of men and women is made by the old man under the moon who tied a red rope. Therefore, later generations called the matchmaker the old man under the moon, for short. May everyone have a love that begins with Yuelao and ends with Mengpo! Disclaimer: the above content originates from the Internet, and the copyright belongs to the original author. If your original copyright is infringed, please inform us, and we will delete the relevant content as soon as possible.