What are the allusions about Yumenguan?

Yumenguan was first set up by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty when he opened the road to the Western Regions and set up four counties in Hexi, so it was named after the jade introduced from the Western Regions. Yumenguan has such a story. Please follow my footsteps and show you what allusions are about Yumenguan.

What are the allusions about Yumenguan?

In ancient times, in the west of Xiaofang City, Gansu Province, there was a post station called Ma Mi Rabbit, also called Ma Mi. Caravans have to pass through this place to transport jade from the border to the Central Plains. The terrain here is very complicated: swamps are everywhere, ravines are criss-crossing, forests cover the sun, and weeds are everywhere. Whenever caravans carrying jade catch up with the hot weather, they always like to travel in the cool at night in order to avoid heatstroke of people and animals during the day. So whenever cavalry comes here, it is always dark and can't tell the direction. Even the old horses who often travel back and forth on this road will be confused and difficult to find their way. This is the name of the lost horse.

There is a caravan selling jade and silk. It travels along this road all year round and often gets lost among horses. Once a caravan got lost as soon as it entered the horse maze. People were very anxious, and suddenly a lone goose landed not far away. A young man in the caravan quietly caught the wild goose. He was kind-hearted and held it in his arms, ready to lead the horse astray before letting it go. After a while, I saw the wild goose purring at the young man with tears, Gollum, give me something to eat, I'm going to get lost. After listening to this, the young man suddenly realized that he had left the goose because he was too hungry to fly, so he immediately took his own dry food and water to feed it. After eating, the geese flew into the sky and circled constantly, leading the caravan out of the maze of horses and reaching the destination Xiaofangcheng smoothly. After a while, the caravan lost its way immediately, and the geese flew in the air and cried, Gollum, the caravan is lost. Gollum, this square plate is inlaid with jade. Calling while flying, leading the caravan out of the way. Only the young man who saved the wild goose understood what the wild goose said and told the leader's boss that the wild goose told us to put a luminous dark green jade in the small square city, so that the caravan would never get lost again when it had a goal. After hearing this, the boss thought that a glowing dark green jade was worth several thousand taels of silver, and he could not bear to part with it, so he disagreed.

Unexpectedly, the next time the caravan lost its horse, it couldn't find water for several days. The camel was panting with thirst, and everyone was thirsty and life-threatening with thirst. At this moment, the geese flew up again and cried in the air: The caravan is lost, and the square plate is inlaid with jade. They will never lead the way until they give up jet. Hearing this, the young man hurried to tell the boss. The boss panicked and asked the young man what to do. The young man said: You should kneel down and swear to the goose that you must be inlaid with jade and never break your word. . The boss immediately swore to the kneeling geese as the young man said. After hearing this, the wild goose spun in the air for a while, which made the caravan out of the horse's way again and saved it. After arriving in Xiaofangcheng, the boss never dared to love money again. He immediately picked out the biggest and best glowing dark green jade and put it on the top of the building. Whenever night falls, this jade shines brightly and can be clearly seen dozens of miles away in Fiona Fang. Caravans used to have goals and won't get lost again. Since then, Xiaofangcheng has been renamed Yumenguan. In fact, Yumenguan was built by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, because it was an important traffic artery leading to the western regions in ancient China. Hetian jade stone was imported from the western regions and entered the customs from then on, hence the name.

The legend of camel disease in Yumenguan

Yumenguan Pass is one of the important passages from the ancient Central Plains to the Western Regions. It is also an important section of the Silk Road in China. Legend has it that in ancient times, people transported silk and jade articles from the Central Plains to the Western Regions. Jade and silk are carried by camels. They are very heavy, and the scorching sun in the desert makes people breathless. Camels often get sick as soon as the goods enter xiaofangcheng (yumenguan). This has caused many caravans a headache.

At this time, an old man who lived in the western regions for a long time claimed that he had the ability to rejuvenate. He looked at the camels and said that they got sick as soon as they entered the city, because they walked in the desert for a long time and were infected by evil spirits in the desert. Put a piece of jade on the gate of this pass, and all the evil spirits on the camel will be washed away, and your camel will be fine. ? So the merchant quickly chose a piece of jet with the best quality from the goods and set it on the gate. Sure enough, within half a day, all the camels in the caravan were healthy and could walk as before.

Therefore, this magical method has been passed down from generation to generation. In the past, all merchants put the best jade they transported on the pass, so that all their camels would not get sick. Over time, this closed door was covered with jade, which is also called? Yumenguan? .