Riding the wind of rebirth

Chapter 1719 Changes

"A phoenix tree fell from the sky. After rotting for three years, three mists arose and rose to the sky, falling as three red snows. The snow fell to the ground and melted from nine days to night, and from nine nights to dawn. It melted for the formation of human beings and for the formation of ancestors. Nine kinds of black and white offerings were performed, and the ice became bones, the snow became muscles, the wind became air, the rain became blood, and the stars became eyeballs. They became the twelve branches of snow, six with blood and six without blood..."

"The black-headed grass is a snow child, living on the grass..."

"The broad-leaved tree is Xuezi, and its descendant is Baiyang..."

"The conifer tree Yukiko lives in the fir forest..."

"The water grass is a snow child, living in the pond..."

"The iron lantern grass is Xuezi, who lives by the swamp..."

"The vines are Xuezi, living by the roots of the trees and the rock walls..."

"The first species is the blood frog, which lives by the pond. It has three families: the toad, the red chicken, and the green frog..."

"Snakes are the second type. Dragons are the first family of the chieftain, living under the steep rocks. The second family of the second son of the long snake lives in the damp valley. The youngest son of the red-mouthed snake lives by the swamp pool..."

"The eagle is the third type..."

"Bears are the fourth..."

"The monkey is the fifth..."

"The sixth kind of man lives in the world..."

While Lao Chi Ri was mixing the medicinal tea in the pot, he was singing softly in the smoke. The camera was on a tripod not far away, quietly recording everything.

Zhou Zhi and Gillie Abi are cooking pig food. Postpartum sows need careful care. In later generations, there was such an undergraduate major in the Agricultural University. When people found out, they were surprised and amused. Little did they know that for pig farms, "Postpartum Care of Sows" is simply the jewel of pig farming technology.

Fortunately, the Yanan black pig is a wild boar, which is easier to care for than the delicate foreign large white pigs, or the cross between foreign large white pigs and local pigs.

Although he was busy, Zhou Zhi's eyes and hands were here, but his ears were always on Lao Chi Ri's side.

"Leo Teyi", the creation epic of the Yi people.

"Leo" means "heard" or "legend"; "Tei" means "book". So the translation of this book should be "Book of Words of Mouth".

This book has become longer and longer as the history of the Yi people has changed. There are more than a dozen handwritten copies left, some long, some short, and all different.

Because it was passed down orally, it had to be suitable for chanting, so "Leotei" is basically composed of five-syllable verses, interspersed with three-, seven-syllable or more verses.

Although it is not set to music, that is, it cannot be sung as a song, it still has a distinct rhythm and is full of musicality when recited, making it very suitable for recitation at festivals and religious occasions such as weddings and funerals.

There are two ways of reciting: reciting alone or reciting in pairs with questions. This is somewhat similar to the format of "The Analects of Confucius" or the "debate" model of Tibetan Buddhism. It seems that all liberal arts in the world cannot escape a similar stereotype.

There is also a Chinese translation of this epic, but like all poetry translations, after the language conversion, the poem's unique rhymes, puns, idioms, colloquialisms and other advanced uses are difficult to convey in the translation, resulting in a large loss of special information.

"Poetry" has become "literature", which is different from the recitation of Lao Chiri now. Although Zhou Zhi still does not understand Yi language, it does not prevent him from experiencing this distant and sacred language atmosphere.

"Leo Te Yi" can be regarded as the most important classic of the Yi nationality. Its status among the Yi nationality is almost equivalent to "Gesar" of the Tibetan nationality and "Jangar" of the Mongolian nationality.

The content starts with "Creation of the World", followed by more than a dozen parts including "Creation of Living Things", "Genealogy of Zhige and Along", "Shooting the Sun and the Moon", "Floods and Tides", and "Choosing a Place to Live".

The first part creates artistic images of gods such as Enteguz and Zhige'along, and describes their miraculous achievements in creating the heavens and the earth, with unique imagination.

The latter part contains less fantasy and is closer to real life. It narrates the migration route of the Yi ancestors into Liangshan and the disputes between family branches.

Some manuscripts even directly connected their own family tree to the end, turning it from a "Complete History" into a "Local Family History", thus evolving into multiple versions.

It reflects the exploration and understanding of nature and its changing laws by the ancestors of the Yi people in a tortuous and vivid way. It also records a wealth of Yi society and history, which is very valuable.

"The chaos manifests into water, which is one. The muddy water is overflowing, which is two. The water changes to golden yellow, which is three. The stars sparkle, which is four. The light occasionally makes a sound, which is five. The sound lasts for a while, which is six. After a pause, it changes again, which is seven. The change is fierce, which is eight. The whole world below is destroyed, which is nine. All things perish, which is ten. This is the history of the changes of heaven and earth."

It is similar to the Han Chinese creation theory and contains simple philosophical concepts. With the development of the nation, these concepts gradually penetrated into all aspects of social life and finally constituted the national cultural characteristics.

Lao Chi Ri boiled the medicinal tea, poured it into a large bucket, and carried it to the large white drinking water bucket at the entrance of the grain station.

The drinking water barrel is also a newly added equipment, and it was also Jike Azi’s suggestion to provide clean drinking water to villagers passing by so that they no longer have to drink raw water.

After doing this, Lao Chi Ri put on his orchid pipe, put his hands behind his back, took Hei Long and walked towards the chicken farm on the mountain, inspecting the canal at the same time.

Today's mountain villages have become much cleaner and more sanitary. Cherries and pomegranates are planted in front of and behind every household, especially pomegranates, which are growing particularly well, so well that they have exceeded the expectations of experts at the base of the Academy of Agricultural Sciences at the foot of the mountain.

After checking the canal, Lao Chi Ri’s favorite thing to do is to go to the highest point of the mountain dragon, cover his body with a charwa, squat down and look at the entire Lianhe Township below the mountain.

The road foundation from Lianhe Township to Jiukou Township has been under construction for two months, and the road is now wide enough for trucks to pass.

Although the road has not been completely repaired, electric poles have been erected along the road and electric wires have been pulled over. Although it is not very stable like in Jiukou Township, the oil lamps and pine torches are being used less and less.

For Lianhe Township, which is at the "end of a dead end", his son went to the county for a meeting and came back to convey that this is called "special handling of special matters" and that no other township has such treatment.

This is to ask the villagers to be obedient and respectful to the experts of the Academy of Agricultural Sciences, because these benefits are brought by them.

Lianhe Township has changed tremendously in the past six months.

The biggest change is that the whole village has become much greener.

There are a lot more grasses on the open space on the river bank, on the potato fields that are in crop rotation and fallow, and even in the gaps between the tall corn fields.

Cattle and sheep particularly like to eat those grasses, one is ryegrass and the other is sweet potato.

Although Elbow said that sweet potato is a forage grass, everyone soon discovered that the tender tips of sweet potato grass are very fragrant and delicious whether they are boiled in soup or stir-fried. Therefore, this dish, which was originally a forage grass for feeding poultry and livestock, has now become a green vegetable on the tables of every household in Lianhe Township.