The legend of Fangfeng

Name of Chinese national intangible cultural heritage: Fangfeng legend

Applicant: Deqing County, Zhejiang Province

Project No.: 1036

Project No.: i-92

Time of publication: 2011 (the third batch)

Category: Folk Literature

Region: Zhejiang Province

Type: new item

Applicant: Deqing County, Zhejiang Province

Protection unit: Deqing County Cultural Center

Introduction to Fangfeng legend:

Applicant: Deqing County, Zhejiang Province

Fangfeng is a hero of flood control in ancient mythology. When the gods met in Kuaiji mountain, he was killed by Dayu because he was late. "It's three feet long, and it's a bone truck." (Fangfeng) the king of Wang Mang, who guards the mountain of Yu He was Wang Mang in Yu, Xia and Shang, Changdi in Zhou, and now he is an adult. " (the second part of Guoyu · Luyu) is called "Da Ren" and "giant" because of its "Guda" history. Shuyi Ji: "Yue custom, sacrifice Fangfeng God, play Fangfeng ancient music, cut bamboo three feet long, blow it like howl, three people were hair and dance."

The modern oral spread of Fangfeng myth was found in the compilation process of the census of "ten major integrated records of folk literature and art" in the 1980s and 1990s, which is a living continuation of the recorded Fangfeng myth. The central area of its spread is in Sanhe township of Deqing County, Zhejiang Province. There are three types of Fangfeng Legends: 1. The evolution of ancient myths: Yao fengfangguo, Dayu looking for Fangfeng, Fangfeng's death, Fangfeng Sanyan Dayu, etc. 2. It is integrated with local geographical features: windbreak tower and windbreak well. 3. The belief legends of local popular gods, such as the fourth brother Xianggong, King fan Xing, King Li, master Dai, etc.

Fangfeng myth has important value of folk oral literature and academic research, which has aroused great attention in the academic circles. In the early 1990s, two symposiums on Fangfeng were held successively, and academic works such as history and culture of Fangfeng family, research on Fangfeng myth and collection of Fangfeng family materials were published.

As the old artists are old or dead, the "living" inheritance group is shrinking. With the advocacy and research of the local government and scholars, we gradually carried out the census, held seminars and other work, and formulated a five-year rescue plan, so as to better protect and inherit the windbreak myth and legend.