[Related cultural relics]: Beachhead New Year painting "Qin Shubao", "Wei (yù) Chi Gong".
* Length 57 cm, width 36 cm.
The New Year's paintings are mainly orange, purple, green and yellow, and are printed with wooden engraving. In the New Year painting, Qin Shubao holds a sword in his left hand, a standing axe in his right, a double flag behind his back, and a statue of five sons under the waist in front of himWei Chigong holds a mace in his right hand, a standing axe in his right hand, a double flag behind his back, and a statue of five sons under his waist in front of him. The name of the workshop on the left side of the New Year's painting "Qin Shubao" indicates that the New Year's painting was produced by the workshop.
Myths and legends are the precious spiritual wealth of a nation and a country. Today we are going to tell you a legend about the god of the door.
According to legend, during the reign of Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, there was a fortune teller named Yuan Shoucheng in Chang'an City, who could know the past and the future, and was good at judging good luck and evil, and knowing the things of ghosts and gods. When the king of the Jing (jīng) River heard about it, he made a bet with Yuan Shoucheng on the time and number of rains. After the Dragon King returned home, he received the Holy Decree of the Jade Emperor, which ordered the Dragon King to rain at the same time and the number as Yuan Shoucheng guessed. For the sake of face, the dragon king took advantage of his power to deliberately delay for an hour and lose points, and as a result, he violated the rules of heaven and faced the fear of his life.
In an emergency, the Dragon King could only turn to Yuan Shoucheng for help, and according to Yuan Shoucheng's instructions, he entrusted his dream to Tang Taizong Li Shimin and asked him for help. Tang Taizong agreed to the Dragon King, and on the day of the execution, he dragged Wei Zheng in the name of playing chess with the monarch and ministers, trying to prevent his execution. Unexpectedly, Wei Zheng took a nap while playing chess, and actually killed the dragon king of the Jing (jīng) River in a dream.
The soul of the dragon king came to Taizong to ask for his life, Taizong couldn't sleep at night, he couldn't bear to be disturbed, and immediately ordered Qin Shubao and Wei (yù) Chi Gong to guard in front of the door, and the dragon king really didn't dare to come again, and Taizong was able to rest in peace. Tang Taizong saw that the two generals were standing guard too hard every night, so he summoned a painter to paint the portraits of the two generals, and then pasted the portraits on the door, which also worked.
Since then, sticking to the door god and keeping peace has become a folk Xi, and it has been popular to this day. Every Lunar New Year, every household will put a door god on the door of their courtyard, expressing a good wish for peace and auspiciousness.