Bagan Xianjiu Lady

 

Bagan Xianjiu Lady

 

When Agu Demba and the coachman A Zhuo chatted about the legends of Toad Moon Guanghan Palace in Myanmar, they actually saw Chinese osmanthus wine in a tavern called Guanghan.

Agudengba and Azhuo began to taste the sweet-scented osmanthus wine.

Agudenba said:

Because in Guanghan Palace, in addition to Chang'e and the Jade Rabbit, there is also Wu Gang who can only chop down trees, one is an animal, and the other is Wu Gang who can only chop down trees silently. Chang'e never has anyone to talk to, so the horror of Guanghan Palace is The problem is that there is someone who is unwilling to communicate with oneself. This kind of loneliness is more terrifying than not being alone.

At that time, Wu Gang kept cutting down trees every day. Thousands of years have passed, and the magical osmanthus tree is still as old and full of vitality. Every Mid-Autumn Festival, its fragrance overflows. Wu Gang knew that there was no osmanthus tree in the world, so he spread the seeds of the osmanthus tree to the world.

In ancient times, there were human settlements in villages along the Irrawaddy River in Myanmar. According to legend, the Pyu people entered the upper reaches of the Irrawaddy River in 200 BC and controlled the trade route between China and India. Two centuries later, the Mon came to the Xitang River Basin, and in 849 the Burmese took over the Piao River Basin and established the city of Bagan. In the city of Bagan lived a widow who sold wine. She was generous and kind-hearted, and the wine she brewed was mellow and sweet. People respected her and called her the Fairy Wine Lady.

One winter, it was freezing and snowy. In the early morning, Lady Xianjiu had just opened the door. Suddenly she saw a skinny, half-clothed middle-aged man lying outside the door. He looked like a beggar. Lady Xianjiu touched the man's nose and mouth, and when he still had some breath, she became very compassionate. Regardless of what others said about her, she carried him back home, first filled him with hot soup, and then fed him half a glass of wine.

The man slowly regained consciousness and said excitedly: Thank you, madam, for saving my life. I am a paralyzed person. If I go out, I will either freeze to death or starve to death. Please be kind and take me in for a few more days.

Lady Xianjiu was in a dilemma, because as the saying goes, a widow has a lot of things to do at home. If a man like this lives at home, others will gossip about her. But thinking about it again, I couldn't watch him freeze to death or starve to death! Finally, he nodded and agreed to let him stay temporarily.

As expected, gossip about the Lady of Fairy Wine spread quickly, and everyone became alienated from her, with fewer and fewer people coming to the hotel to buy wine day by day. But Lady Xianjiu endured the pain and tried her best to take care of the man. Later, when no one came to buy wine, she really couldn't maintain it, so the man left without saying goodbye, without knowing where he was going.

Lady Xianjiu was worried and searched everywhere. She met an old man with white hair on the hillside, walking hard with a load of dry firewood. Lady Xianjiu was about to help when the old man suddenly fell down and the dry wood was scattered all over the ground. The old man closed his eyes, his lips trembled, and shouted weakly: Water, water... Where can the water come from on the barren hillside? Lady Xianjiu bit her middle finger, and blood immediately flowed. She put her finger to the old man's mouth, and the old man suddenly Gone.

With a breeze, a yellow cloth bag flew from the sky. The bag was filled with many small yellow paper bags, and there was also a yellow note that read:

 

The moon palace gives cinnamon seeds to reward good people.

The trees are full of green laurels, and the trees are full of flowers.

Pick flowers to make osmanthus wine and send it to mom and dad first.

Wu Gang helps those who do good, and brings disasters to those who are treacherous and slippery.

 

Only then did Madam Xianjiu understand that it turned out that the paralyzed man and the old man carrying firewood were both transformed by Wu Gang. The story of Wu Gang conquering osmanthus is also very popular on the China-Myanmar border. Burmese people have also heard the legend about Wu Gang and Chang'e. The legendary Wu Gang also brewed wine in Guanghan Palace. The wine he brewed is the famous osmanthus wine. . Osmanthus wine is a delicious drink for all the gods in heaven.

As soon as the news spread, people from far and near Burma came to ask Lady Xianjiu for the cinnamon seeds given by Wu Gang. After a kind-hearted person planted the osmanthus seeds, osmanthus trees soon grew and osmanthus blossoms filled the courtyard with sweet fragrance and infinite scenery. However, the cinnamon seeds planted by those with evil intentions never took root and sprouted, which made them feel embarrassed and changed their minds to good deeds.

Lady Xianjiu also renamed her tavern "Guanghan Tavern" and specialized in osmanthus wine. Everyone is very grateful to Lady Xianjiu. It was her good deeds that moved the great immortal Wu Gang who managed the osmanthus tree in the Moon Palace, and introduced osmanthus wine to the world. From then on, there were osmanthus flowers and osmanthus wine in the world.

Agudengba sang a well-known local song "Osmanthus Wine":

 

My feelings are in the cup

My mood is in the wine

When I raised my glass

All worries will fade away

 

Memories are like gorgeous fireworks

Accompanied by joy, anger, sorrow and joy

All the past will be scattered

What else is there to be reluctant to part with?

 

Passion is slowly settling

Feelings go away with time

Can't escape the ebb and flow

When the waves disappear, my heart becomes peaceful

 

Have a glass of osmanthus sake

A touch of love brewed by oneself

Feel the gentle fragrance of osmanthus

Give up persistence and there will be no loss

 

Dreams are like osmanthus, love is like wine

Love in life should be tasted slowly

Wine brewed with true love

No matter how long the years go by, it will never fade.