Road idiot tour guide

Chapter 386 Dragon Country

"The Kingdom of Ailao, the Kingdom of Dragons."

"Wow!" Everyone looked at Bailongqi.

Receiving the stem kingly: "I feel that our business is inseparable from dragons!"

The carload of people laughed.

He Huan nodded with a smile, "Yes! According to legend, a long time ago, there was a girl at the foot of Ailao Mountain who went fishing in the river and accidentally fell into the water.

When I touched a piece of sunken wood in the water, I suddenly felt a strange feeling, I think it was like an electric shock.Then the girl climbed ashore by climbing the heavy log, but she missed any fish, but when she returned home she was pregnant. "

The tourists stared in amazement.

"It's not surprising!" He Huan said, "The Holy Mother in our myths and legends will never marry and have children with ordinary humans."

Everyone laughed.

"Even a virgin conceived. This is the same in both Eastern and Western mythology, and it also keeps her holy and noble." He Huan continued, "Later, this girl gave birth to ten sons.

One day, she took ten sons to the river to fish.The agarwood in the water suddenly turned into a huge dragon, drilled out of the water, and asked in a thunderous voice: "Where is the son you gave birth to me now?" "

"what!"

"When the nine sons heard the thundering sound, they turned and ran away when they saw the giant dragon. Only the youngest son, when he saw the huge monster, ran to hug his mother and sat with his back to the dragon to protect his mother.

Now we should give the heroine a name, and the girl's name is Sha Yi.This Sha Yi is the sand pot that Xiao Bi mentioned, their Holy Mother. "

"Ah!" The tourists were amazed.

"Why are you called Sha Yi and Shahu two different names? Think about it for yourself."

"The two words are very similar!" said a tourist.

"That's right!" He Huan said, "It is precisely Chinese characters that record this story in words. The earliest written records appeared in the Han Dynasty. The character for pot in the Han Dynasty is basically the word Yi.

And the word 一 itself originated from the pot, which means that the pot can store water without leaking. Its ancient character is exactly the word for pot.It was later used by us as an uppercase one. "

"Wow!" Everyone looked at Xiao Bailong and thought he was very knowledgeable!

"So Hu and Yi are twin characters, so we don't have to worry about whether it is Sha Hu or Sha Yi. In short, this is one person. Although it is not clear, the Yi, Bai, and Dai people all call Sha Yi the Holy Mother. "

Tourists are in great interest and cannot help imagining this Virgin.

"Speaking of which, a dragon jumped out of the water at that time. At that time, there were many rare birds and animals, so it was not surprising to speak human words. According to the records of Han Dynasty, Sha Yi could speak birds.

Anyway, Sha Yi was able to communicate with dragons at that time, and he also understood that the Chen Xiang he met was a dragon, so he looked at the youngest son in his arms and said: Well, isn't this the one sitting with his back to you?This is your son!
When Long heard this, he was very happy and kind, so he licked his son's back.When this person gets close to animals, he always uses licking, that's why he licks dogs! "

The carload of people laughed.

Master Zhou also couldn't help laughing.

"This dragon doesn't eat people, but licks people! Hey! The younger son immediately turned around and started chatting with the dragon. The dragon said how it was at that time, so I had you, so you are my son."

The tourists laughed and said, "How is it?"

"I'm afraid you know better than me!
"Hahaha……"

He Huan looked at them speechlessly, "It's just a touch. The Shenlong doesn't need to do anything at all, just touch the internal force and get in."

Tourists covered their faces with smiles.

A female tourist said, "Will you get pregnant if you touch the little white dragon?"

The whole car was laughing like crazy, and Master Zhou also grinned.

He Huan was speechless, suppressed a smile, and continued: "Anyway, my youngest son was very happy and proud when he heard that the dragon was his father. So he rode on his back and started playing.

Because at that time the dragon asked me where my son was?Sha Yi said that the one sitting with his back is.It should be that their bird language or dragon language, sitting with their backs on their backs, sounded like Jiulong.So the dragon called his son Jiulong.This is the ancestor of Ailao Kingdom. "

"what!"

"Simply Jesus and the Virgin Mary!"

"That's right." He Huan said with a smile, "Now Yi, Dai, including Lahu, can have some relationship with Jiulong, but it's hard to tell what kind of language it is.

Language is also constantly formed and changed in the process of human development.Therefore, it is biased to deduce which clan Jiulong belongs to from the current language.But Jiulong may be the ancestor of many ethnic groups, including Southeast Asian ethnic groups. "

"Oh!" Everyone nodded.

"Let's talk about why there are legends about the Virgin Mary. In fact, through these legends, we can roughly infer what era they were in.

Many ethnic minorities in Yunzhou worship goddesses and the Virgin Mary, which itself originates from the matrilineal clan society where only the mother is known but the father is not. "

The tourists suddenly realized.

"Moreover, the matrilineal society of ethnic minorities in Yunzhou has existed for a long time, and today's Mosuo people still retain such a social system.

Then in 300 BC, it is not surprising that Ailao people knew that their mother was Sha Yi, and passed it down from generation to generation, but his father was a dragon! "

Everyone laughed.

"So, when a girl is pregnant suddenly, the people around her are not surprised and don't ask. Because everyone doesn't know who the father is, so there is no need to ask.

Humans were originally like lions, nurtured and maintained by their mothers, and became a group.But since the father is not an ordinary person, but a dragon, it also shows that he has come to the stage of transition from matrilineal to patrilineal. "

The tourists nodded, not expecting that social systems could be deduced from myths and legends.

"Since it is a dragon son, it must be different. At that time in this matriarchal tribe, Sha Yi gave birth to a dragon son, and the news spread that the dragon came to recognize the son, and everyone thought it was amazing.

The other nine elder brothers ran away, and only the younger brother stayed behind to talk and play with Father Long.The older brothers all admired the younger brother's bravery, so they centered on the younger brother and listened to the younger brother in everything.

At this time, a girl at the foot of the mountain gave birth to ten more daughters.There is no record of who their father was.In short, ten sons married ten daughters of this family after they grew up. This is official marriage! "

"Hahaha……"

"Then, they each gave birth to more than ten sons. Oh! Ten times ten is one hundred!"

The tourists laughed.

"Jiulong led nine brothers and more than 100 nephews to hunt, fish, and cultivate land. These sons and grandsons of dragons were born with supernatural powers, smart and brave, and the family became stronger and stronger.

Then the nephews married wives and had children, and the family population increased, gradually forming a powerful tribe.

At this time, foreign enemies invaded, and they formed alliances with surrounding tribes to resist foreign enemies.Because Jiulong is the son of a dragon and a prestigious elder, everyone elected him to be the leader of the tribal alliance.

Although he is already a grandparent, in that era, he had children in his teens and died at the age of 30.Although Jiulong is a grandfather, he is only in his 30s, and he was blessed by Father Long. "

The tourists couldn't help laughing.

"Different from ordinary people, in the prime of life, leading the tribe to win many battles, more and more tribes took the initiative to form alliances and join, forming a large tribe alliance.

These tribes respected Jiulong as their leader and called him Zhaolong, the Great King.Completed the process of transformation from matrilineal to paternal.Becoming the ancestor of the paternal line, this is the founding king of Ailao Kingdom, Jiulong. "

"Wow!"

"The leaders of all tribes are called kings, and the kings of each tribe call the king Yanlong, the rock of the rock, but the ai here is probably derived from the Dai language. Up to now, Yan is still one of the four surnames of the Dai people. Yan is a boy. , means the eldest son. Yanlong means big brother, boss.”

Everyone nodded.

"You can imagine those tribal leaders at that time, ah! This is our boss! This is our elder brother! The ethnic minorities in Yunzhou are used to using their leaders as place names, so they called the place under Yanlong Yanlong, which we translate as Ailao .”

"Ah!" The tourists suddenly realized.

"This is the origin of Ailao Country and Ailao Mountain."

Tourists nod.

"Many people ask why such an unlucky name as Ailao is chosen? In fact, this is a transliteration, and like Yi and Man, it is also a contemptuous transliteration.

The Central Plains Dynasty collectively referred to the southwestern minorities as the Southwestern Yi. This Yi is also the source of our current Yi nationality.That's why people who can't tell what ethnicity they belong to belong to the Yi nationality. "

"Oh."

"It really needs to be subdivided. I don't know how many clans need to be divided into Yunzhou. There are many mountains and rivers in Yunzhou, and the language and customs are not the same. According to records, Nanzhao had to talk to other clans in the process of conquering Yunzhou. At the same time, you need to find several translators. So, the biodiversity in Yunzhou also includes humans.”

The tourists laughed.

"Really, each mountain in Yunzhou has different unique flora and fauna, which evolved according to different microclimates. The same is true for people in Yunzhou. They live in different mountains and rivers, forming different cultures. nation.

The Central Plains area is given different names according to their different clothing characteristics.For example, Baiman is a nation that likes to wear white clothes.Wuman, a nation that likes to wear black clothes.Bending man is a very polite nation who bends when meeting people. "

"Hahaha……"

"But that doesn't stop them from continuing to call it barbaric."

Everyone covered their faces, "It's too impolite!"

"There are also gold-toothed barbarians, that is, the people who like to inlay gold on their teeth. As for the people who like to inlay gold on their teeth, the Ailao people must have a share.

Among the Southwestern Yi, the Ailao people are also called Ailao Yi.It is actually multi-ethnic.

Because of the special geographical environment of Yunzhou, it is impossible for you to say that I am a tribe in the mountains and establish a country.So when the Ailao people came to Weishan, they established a tribal alliance.When the Ailao people arrived in Banna, they still established tribal alliances.

Such an alliance has the opportunity to build a country.

At that time, Ailao Kingdom was an alliance country established with Baoshan as the center. The Dai people called it the Daguang Kingdom in history, which means the eldest country, the central country.

In its heyday, the territory stretched from Ailao Mountain in the east to Minjin Mountain in northern Myanmar in the west, Tai, Lao, and Yuebei in the south, and southern Tibet in the north. "

"Wow!"

"It is said to be 138 miles from east to west, [-] miles from north to south, and a land of [-] million square miles."

"Wow! It's really big! It's bigger than our neighbors combined!"

He Huan nodded, "Well, it can be called a large country in the southwest region. It also has a large population. According to the records of Han history, there were 57 people in its heyday. In that era of sparse population, this was a lot of people. .

It is also very developed.It is not the savages who live in the forest and wear leaves as the people of the Central Plains imagined.At that time, the textile technology of Ailao Kingdom was very developed, and the brocade and cloth produced were sold to Southeast Asia and India.

This also led to Zhang Qian's big surprise when he arrived in Afghanistan when he was on a mission to the Western Regions: Why is there Shu cloth in such a far place?The Afghans said it was sold by Indian businessmen.

It is very possible that the so-called Shu cloth was actually produced in the capital of Ailao, but Zhang Qian took it as the cloth produced in Sichuan. "

Tourists nod.

"Mineral resources are also very rich. The gold, silver and jewelry that the Central Plains regard as treasures are daily necessities."

Everyone looked envious.

"Gold, emerald, amber, agate, crystal. There are many treasures in the Central Plains that are rare in Ailao. Therefore, there are many decorations on the costumes of the ethnic minorities in Yunzhou. Gold coins are used as transactions in life.

Peacocks, elephants, rhinos, and iron-eating beasts are also many rare animals that have never been seen in the Central Plains.Now Yunzhou is still a paradise for animals and plants.Before 2000, the ecology was not destroyed, and there must be many more rare animals and plants than now. "

"Is it really so developed?" asked a tourist.

"These are all from the historical records of the Central Plains."

He Huan continued: "When the passage between the Central Plains and the Western Regions was cut off by the Xiongnu, the trade between the Southwest and the Western Regions was frequent. Baoshan has been a trading center since ancient times, and Baoshan and Ailao are the center of Southeast Asia."

Everyone nodded, I didn't expect it to be so strong.

"When the Daguang Kingdom was prosperous and prosperous, doing business with Southeast Asia and South Asia, it also appeared in the Han Dynasty's vision because of Zhang Qian's mission to the Western Regions and because of a piece of cloth.

Ailao Kingdom and Ancient Dian Kingdom also appeared in the same period, that is, the Warring States Period.The Han Dynasty first conquered the ancient Dian Kingdom, and then entered the Ailao Kingdom.It first appeared in the history books: Dianyue Chengxiang Kingdom. "

Tourists watched him with interest.He Huan took a sip of water.

Jiejie Wang said: "Aren't you a dragon? You still drink water? Shouldn't you spray water?"

He Huan spit out a mouthful of water, and the whole car laughed.

The tourists sitting in the second row also smiled and wiped their faces, not angry.

Everyone smiled and looked at He Huan. After a while, He Huan calmed down, apologized to the tourists in the second row, and continued to speak: "In history, the communication between the Central Plains and the West has always been through the Hexi Corridor between the Mongolian Plateau and the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. conduct.

After the founding of the Han Dynasty, the Hexi Corridor was controlled by the Huns. After Emperor Wu of the Han ascended the throne, he sent Zhang Qian to the Western Regions and arrived in Daxia, which is now Afghanistan.

Zhang Qian discovered Shu cloth in the Western Regions. This major discovery made Zhang Qian very excited.After returning to Chang'an, he told Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty that there was probably a road leading to India in the south of Sichuan.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent envoys from Sichuan to the southwest to find this road.It is known as the Shushen Poison Road in history, also known as the Southern Silk Road, also known as the Ancient Tea Horse Road. "

Everyone nodded. The Ancient Tea Horse Road has a long history!
"It was also because of the visit of the envoys of the Han Dynasty that the two ancient countries in the history of Yunzhou became mysterious ancient countries and disappeared in the long river of history!"

(End of this chapter)