The first scholar in history who committed suicide because he was too ugly. Who is he? Where is his hometown?

Lingbi, a place with a unique cultural phenomenon, is a real historical node with inconsistent legends. In fact, Yu Ji's tomb does not have many local characteristics. A pile of loess and a few residual stones can't be regarded as a unique cultural phenomenon of Lingbi.

Zhong Kui

Lingbi's unique cultural phenomenon, natural species belong to Lingbi, and the creation of characters can only be Zhong Kui's paintings.

There is a Zhong Kui figure in history. Lingbi people are willing to believe that Zhong Kui is a folk legend of Lingbi people, but they turn a deaf ear to the records of "I am a scholar in Nanshan Zhong Kui" in Tang Yi's history and "Zhong Kui is a scholar in Nanshan" in Story of the Song Dynasty. Lingbi people insist on their own point of view: Zhong Kui can only belong to Lingbi. At the same time, Lingbi people firmly believe that only Zhong Kui painted by Lingbi people is the portrait of its original image! In addition, Zhong Kui is an imitation of Lingbi Zhong Kui, or a ghostly act of rebirthing.

There is an event that cannot be verified, which can further explain that Lingbi is the hometown of Zhong Kui. Lingbi people often ask skeptics: If Zhong Kui is not a Lingbi person, how can Lingbi's paintings of Zhong Kui produce a "living Zhong Kui" every year and come down from the painting to help people catch monsters!

Another visible practice is that Lingbi people show that Zhong Kui is a strong evidence of Lingbi people. The portrait of Zhong Kui painted by Lingbi people has a habit since ancient times, and it should be stamped with the seal of "Pin Zi" and "Lingbi County Seal". Only in this way can Zhong Kui's paintings have aura and can effectively eliminate disasters! This is the basis for Lingbi people to identify Zhong Kui as their hometown.

If these words come from the mouth of Lingbi people, we can't help but doubt Historical Records. Anyway, the hometown of celebrities in history is controversial, and it is not too much for Lingbi people to play this excitement.

Where did Zhong Kui come from? If he can't press the table, even if he did painstaking research, I'm afraid it's useless work. I have reason to believe that Zhong Kui's wish before his death was to be admitted to the martial arts jury, which is probably the last way for all students to try to make a fortune. As for why Zhong Kui didn't win the Wushu Award, there are many kinds of folklore, so ugly appearance should be the main reason for everyone to see.

Zhong Kui was deified after his death, which was related to an emperor. The emperor is Don Huang Ming. After Tang became ill, he dreamed that a child was caught and "vomited". Tang was very surprised and asked his name, "Zhong Kui", and said that I was determined to destroy the world. When Emperor Ming of the Tang Dynasty woke up, he asked Wu Daozi, the painter, to draw a portrait according to what he saw in his dream and hang it in his room to play the role of ghost to exorcise evil spirits. The myth of Zhong Kui was thus formed.

Wu Daozi painted Zhong Kui's paintings first for the needs of the emperor, and it seems that he did it on his orders. In fact, the reason why Zhong Kui's paintings can be circulated is the psychological needs of the broad masses of the people. Shen Kuo, the author of Meng Qian Biography, said that this painting should be hung on the Dragon Boat Festival. In the Five Dynasties, it was hung on New Year's Eve. Its purpose is obvious. Everyone hopes that Zhong Kui's paintings can bring people the effect of suppressing evil spirits, so as to comfort their young and easily frightened hearts.

Wu Daozi's paintings can connect with the gods, and the first condition is that Wu Daozi's paintings are recognized by Zhong Kui himself. Therefore, the gods of Zhong Kui are willing to attach to Wu Daozi's paintings, so Wu Daozi's paintings have the power of gods. However, even if Wu Daozi insists on painting every day, how many "Zhong Kui" can he draw?

Wu Daozi's paintings can't meet people's needs, so there is a phenomenon of "handed down from generation to generation and written". Imitation and writing for different destinations are naturally not as good as Wu Daozi's painters, and they can only "gradually lose their authenticity". Zhong Kui saw that his image was drifting away, and he didn't want to go to thousands of households to catch ghosts, and Zhong Kui's paintings lost their aura.

Zhong Kui in Xu Beihong's works.

Wu Daozi's painting of Zhong Kui won the recognition of Zhong Kui himself because of the unparalleled painter. Therefore, Lingbi's painting of Zhong Kui is related to Zhong Kui's own hometown plot. Zhong Kui is a soul mate with nostalgia, accent and looks. No matter from what angle, Zhong Kui will not ignore the affection of his fellow villagers. Of course, apart from being the most earnest and considerate when painting Zhong Kui, the portrait of a native painter seems to be the closest to the original appearance of Zhong Kui. In the Qing Dynasty, Qi's "A Book of Paintings Collected by Famous Mountains and a Portrait of Zhong Kui" said: "Only the paintings painted by Lingbi often do not break away from the original paintings of Wu Daozi, so they have been pushed by the past dynasties."

In my opinion, the ancients were only half right. It is not enough to know Ling Bi's Zhong Kui paintings only from painting techniques. We should also know Lingbi's paintings of Zhong Kui emotionally, so as to truly understand why Lingbi people love to paint Zhong Kui. Jin Zhi, a beginner in Qing Dynasty, had such an understanding. He said in "No Descent Belt": "Zhong Kui is a spiritual treasure, and his descendants are still here. Most of them painted their ancestors with cinnabar and borrowed money to eat them. Some people also printed them, especially Ling Ying. " Explain that Zhong Kui loves his hometown.

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Since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, there have been many painting shops in Lingbi City, and artists from all walks of life have come to Lingbi to buy Zhong Kui paintings. It is said that in its heyday, tens of thousands of paintings can be sold every day and distributed all over the country. 19 15 Lingbi Zhong Kui's paintings won the gold medal in the Panama World Expo, making them famous all over the world.

At one time, Zhong Kui's paintings were inevitably impacted by culture. Once buried in the countryside, no one dared to paint, let alone hang Zhong Kui's paintings. But time is fair, and Zhong Kui's paintings must be the crystallization of regional national culture. On this land, the new generation of painters boldly tried to draw Zhong Kui's paintings on the basis of inheritance, which was accepted by people, indicating that Zhong Kui's paintings have the spirit of keeping pace with the times. With this spirit, Zhong Kui's paintings will be handed down from generation to generation.

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