| Cornucopia, is a treasure Chinese in the folk stories. The rich legend Shen Wansan is due to a cornucopia. The story from Zhou Renlong's "different"set: "the Ming Shen Wansan micro, see fisherman holding frog 100, thething to buy file Ji, elderly, vertical in the pool. Subsequent Xuan Ming Titan,ear can't sleep, morning to drive, see frog are occupying the ring,differences, will be that you hand. Manzo wife I left a silver hairpin in the basin, silver hairpin empty, can not count the money, to try is the same, thefinancial world is male." Shen Wansan's story, is a folk legend onlyrepresentative works. It can spread among several hundred years, andmake known to every family, not without reason. In China, especially folkHan nationality only in the south of the Yangtze River, the cornucopia is a great treasure, is a symbol of wealth. The state-owned national treasure,family Jiabao. Until now, when people have money, want to buy a thing of value (such as ornaments), as a great treasure. "Treasure" that is good atmoney, often thrifty or thrift together, only in this way can the wealth of life and growth in nature. Symbol of "cornucopia" is this character.
Legend.
Shen Wansan was originally named Shen Fu, Zhejiang Nanxun people. Hewent to school, read "four books", "Five Classics", actually quite clever. His father Shen Yu by pinch powder toys for a living, pick a small bear headchuanjiezouxiang, usually save money on food and expenses, have some money, in Nanxun to buy several houses and a few acres of land, farmingand business. Short of hands at home, Shen Wansan for helping his fatherwatch shop, play abacus bookkeeping, an early age debut, became a verycapable of financial business. Have a year of new cocoon listed, Shen You bought dozens of new cocoon to bear, he sent Shen Wansan a man went to Shengze transfer guide buy, want to earn money. Shengze is famous for silk production, there are a lot of people, market prosperity. There are severalbrothel Town, four in the evening will open a decorate the boats andbarges, for those who buy cocoon customers to provide convenient nightenjoyment, to eat, listen to music on the top, dice, or hug gorgeously dressed prostitutes, interior chamber 花眠 Liu su. Babe Shen Wansan, was a turtle 奴拉 to color boat drinking gambling, overnight, selling cocoon tomoney lost his shirt. Shen Wansan broke back to Nanxun. Man saw Shen You, will relate in detail about the reason. Shen You gas Hu 子发 vertical,the Shen Wansan tied up, out of the house. Shen Wansan was distressed,wandering begging. Near the end of the year, he came to KunshanQiandeng Town, when each and every family all slaughter chickensslaughtered sheep busy have the Spring Festival. He approached thehouse, also didn't beg, suddenly the door opened, from the inside out a pile of feathers, it falls on the feet. Shen Wansan a look, can not eat, can not sell, mad. However, a lot of colorful cock feather attracted him, he suddenly remembered his father earlier technology business, with cock feather can make toys. So, he picked up a feather, and dirt to replace starch (jig glutenfiltered flour), have clever hands and good sense to create a few pieces ofclay bird chicken, was the children bought. Shen Wansan had a survivalway, in Qiandeng selling mud toys. Spring day, Shen Wansan a muddy puddle to the town outside the edge of dredging, found that there was afarmer in the catch frogs. He tried to dissuade said: "the frog is to protect crops fetish, do not kill, get out." The farmer glared at him and said: "Iunderstand! But the moment the lean, interrupted for lack of drink, but to kill frogs sold." Shen Wansan pulled a sell clay toy money, give the farmer says: "these frogs were sold to me!" The farmer took the money, put a froginto the hands of Shen Wansan, was his whole back into the pond. That night, Shen Wansan dreams of several Tsing Yi to his bow and said: "thank you for saving my life, and will repay the great kindness." After a few days,Shen Wansan to Tang JB sell mud toys, see an old man a Seine net,wrench to turn to, net in vain. Shen Wansan feel strange, to come forward to say: "old dad, let me have a try." His good luck, three times the pull, the fish again and again. However, the fourth is to pull a mud pots, pots and a few frogs, "Gua Gua" to call a non-stop. He will Seine net outward through the basin, even with the frog into the water. Fifth net pulling up, who HowNetor old: a mud earthen pot, bowl a few frogs, "Gua Gua" name. He waspulling a fishnet. The result is still a mud pots, and a few tweets non-stopfrog. The old man said: "the pot to stay, do a duck bowl." Shen Wansan put the mud made up, handed over to the old man, left. The old man lived in abroken boat, there is a eighteen year old granddaughter Zhang Xiuying life together. Granddaughter told old dad, grabbed some of the corn into themud the feed ducks.. Who knows the duck not to eat, bowl of millet becomefull, became more and more, was a stern. Xiuying panic have to hurriedly shout old dad check it out. The old man out of the mud from the grain, lookfor a long time, do not see the man Chou yinmao. This time Shen Wansan just sold the mud toys pass by here, old one eye recognized him, holding the mud the shore stopped said: "young man, strange strange, millet onhow basin change?" Shen Wansan asked: "is it true?" The old man put mudon the ground that the
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