Whether it is Jiang Taigong or Maori, they have to fish anyway

We mentioned earlier that the huge S-shaped Scorpio looks like a fishhook.

In fact, the large S-shaped Scorpio, even the position is very suitable as a hook! Because this huge S shape is located at the center of the Milky Way, it looks like a huge fishhook in the Milky Way, so there are two peoples in the world, and they all regard Scorpio as a fishhook, which is very interesting!

Of course, due to light pollution, it may not be easy for you to see the Milky Way now. However, if you have the opportunity to go to uninhabited seasides or mountains, such as Alishan, Kenting, Hehuan Mountain, East Coast and other places, especially on summer nights, Remember to look up at the sky. If the weather is good, you may find that there seem to be clouds and mists in some places in the sky, but it does not block the stars. It is likely to be the Milky Way!

In short, the big tail of Scorpio is like a big fish hook sticking into the Milky Way, I don't know what it is fishing.

In fact, there is an interesting story in ancient China, that is, the story of Jiang Taigong fishing.

This is a story about 3,200 years from now. Jiang Taigong was a native of the Shang Dynasty. He only became an official in the government when he was in his sixties, but he couldn't get along with the king at that time, so he resigned. Later, he heard that the king of Zhou, the enemy of the Shang state, was called King Wen of Zhou. He was a very good guy, so he wondered if he would go to his place to become an official, but he was afraid that King Wen would be as annoying as King Zhou of Shang. , so I thought of a way to test him.

The method he uses is like this, he ran to the land of Zhou State, and fished on the bank of a river called Weishui, but the hook he used was straight, and it was about one meter above the water surface, and even the bait No, of course you can't catch fish like this, right!

So he became a recognized eccentric. Until one day, King Wen of Zhou happened to go out hunting and passed by the bank of the Wei River. Of course, he had heard the legend of Jiang Taigong, but now he saw it with his own eyes and felt very strange, so he ran to chat with him. . So Jiang Taigong took the opportunity to use fishing as a metaphor and began to introduce his thoughts on governing the country.

After Zhou Wenwang heard Jiang Taigong's political opinions, he was very happy and felt that Jiang Taigong was really talented, so he invited Jiang Taigong to go back with him to help him rule the country, and finally. Jiang Taigong also helped Zhou Wenwang destroy his motherland.

There is another saying that Zhou Wenwang has been standing behind Jiang Taigong to observe, for three days in a row, and finally couldn't help but ask, so Jiang Taigong thought Zhou Wenwang was very polite and liked his appearance, but the king of a country stood It's a bit ridiculous to watch people fishing for three days behind them, but it also shows that these wise men in ancient times liked to test others' patience like this. For example, Zhuge Liang also deliberately shut Liu Bei's door, and he was willing to go down the mountain with him after three visits to the cottage.

So patience is really important!

This Jiang Taigong is Jiang Ziya. His story was written into the fantasy novel Fengshen Romance more than 2,000 years later. The book introduces the origin of many Taoist gods. It is a very interesting fairy tale! However, in the book, King Zhou of Shang has become a big bad guy.

What does this have to do with Scorpio sitting? That's what's funny, because in the story, Jiang Taigong used a straight hook for fishing and was one meter above the water, but folks imagine the big S of Scorpio as Jiang Taigong's fishing hook, which is really interesting!

And Jiang Taigong's story later became an idiom "wishers take the bait", and what Jiang Taigong really wanted to catch was not the fish in the water, but King Wen of Zhou, and he really caught it.

This sentence is used to describe the willingness of others to be fooled. It can only be said that curiosity is really attractive.

And the relationship between this story and the Shang Dynasty is not only this! Because the main star of Scorpio, the brightest red star in the sky, Antares, was called Shangxing in ancient times. Simply put, it is the most worshipped star by the people of Shang, and it is the most noble of all the stars in the sky! It is the star worshipped by the people of the Shang Dynasty, and the word "Shang", that is, the businessman, the businessman who does business, started from here, because the businessman is not the best at farming or hunting, but doing business. The second is the guardian star of business!

Of course, after the State of Shang was destroyed by the State of Zhou, the status of Shang Xing declined, and later even the name was changed to become Antares.

Coincidentally, just opposite Taiwan on the earth, there is New Zealand, and the aborigines Maori people of New Zealand, there is a story that the big S of Scorpio is regarded as a fish hook!

This story actually has something to do with Taiwan, because the ancestors of the Maori actually lived in Taiwan, called the Austronesian language family. Taiwan is the birthplace of the Austronesian language family. From Taiwan to the south to the Philippines and Indonesia, to the east to Hawaii, across From the equator to the southern hemisphere, until New Zealand, in fact, these island countries in the entire Pacific Ocean all started from the same language family, that is, the Austronesian language family, which is the largest language family in the world, and their ancestors all came from Taiwan, so Taiwan is really very interesting. Awesome! Between 8,000 and 3,000 years from today, Taiwan is the shipping center of the world! There are still many new archaeological sites being excavated in Taitung. You can pay more attention to the relevant news, and Beinan in Taitung also has a museum that you can visit. If you go to the east coast, don't miss it!

The Maori legend goes like this. It is said that there was a hero when he was fishing when he suddenly caught a big fish. The fish was so big that he was dragged along with his boat. In the end, the fish was finally exhausted and could not resist. The hero pulled the fishing rod and threw the fish to the surface. After the fish fell into the sea, it became the current island of New Zealand, and the hook Because the hero was too powerful, he was thrown into the sky and fell into the galaxy, which is the big S of Scorpio, so the huge fishhook in the galaxy.

Later, the hero took his family and moved to New Zealand to live together, which is now the Maori.

In fact, there are many ethnic groups in the Austronesian language family who have similar legends. Because they are marine ethnic groups, they often sail, but if they are affected by weather and currents, they may drift to unfamiliar places. If this place is livable, it becomes an option for immigrants. A few years ago, Disney's animated film Romance in the Sea actually told such an Austronesian story! Our ancestors were very adventurous! Do you want to go on an adventure at sea?

Our ancestors have been the tyrants in the Pacific Ocean for thousands of years!

In fact, there are quite a few stories about fishing and catching an island in the Austronesian legends, but it is actually a warning of the risk of going out to sea. Island-hopping migration of the whole nation is actually the accumulation of many lives. After all, the ancients were very afraid of sailing to a distance where they could not see the coastline. Europe did not dare to take such risks until the compass and latitude and longitude measurements were determined, but the Austronesian peoples used primitive observation technology. It is not an easy task to accomplish the great feat of colonizing the entire Oceania.

And the story of Jiang Taigong is also a bit interesting. In fact, there were only a few tribes in the Central Plains at that time, and it was really flattering to say that it was the country. And the businessman has become the hegemon in the logistics industry, which must be very uncomfortable in the eyes of Zhou Ren who is farming.

In fact, the Zhou people destroyed the merchants very thoroughly. The writing system used by the merchants is actually different from that of the Zhou people. Today, mainly the cultural relics of the Zhou people are left, and the relics of the merchants have not been excavated until modern times.