Five years from the historical origin (490 BC), Gou Jian, the king of Yue, presented China beauties such as Shi and others to Fu Cha, the king of Wu, hoping to confuse him with beauty and make him indulge in debauchery and ignore the state affairs. With a national mission, history bears the burden of humiliation and plays the dual role of emissary and spy. In the 22nd year of Lu Aigong (473 BC), the army of the State of Yue attacked Gusu, the capital of the State of Wu, and the State of Wu perished. Therefore, to some extent, the successful restoration of Yue State is inseparable from the self-sacrifice and dedication of history. Therefore, the life of history is full of sadness, twists and turns and heaviness. The folklore about the surname is beautiful and magical, and what remains in people's hearts is the sacrifice made by the surname to revitalize Yue, which is also the reason why later generations praise and commemorate the surname. The legend about stone came into being at the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, originally from folk oral narration, and the earliest related written records appeared in books such as Mozi and Mencius. After the story of generations, it spread and the content was more colorful. There are many versions of stories about historical legends, which can be roughly divided into the following categories: the first category is character legends. This legend is the main content of Historical Legends. It is mainly based on many legends of Shi's life, as well as a series of legends of characters, such as "Dong Shi Xiao" and "The Beauty of Sinking Fish". Most of these legends revolve around Shi's life and destiny, including the roots of national hatred and the love between men and women, and the content is very extensive. Second, the legend of place names. The representative of this legend is the well-known "white fish pond", from which the idiom "the beauty of sinking fish" was born. Third, customs and legends. This kind of legend is based on local customs, such as "Lights in Sanjiangkou", which tells that when the stone entered Wu, the ship passed through Sanjiangkou at night, and the local villagers lit firewood and threw it into the river to light the way for this "dedicated beauty". Later, in order to commemorate the stone, water lanterns were put on every year. Until modern times, every year on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, people still put water lanterns in the Sanjiangkou area of Zhuji. The fourth product legend, such as the famous "torreya eye", comes from this legend.

Although there are many legends about stone, they all have one thing in common, that is, they praise the beauty, kindness and dedication of stone from all angles, and also express people's reverence for her spirit. The legend of stone has a long history, with a history of nearly 2500 years. And spread widely, not only in Zhuji, but also in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, even as far away as South Korea, Japan, Singapore and other Southeast Asian countries and regions, as well as Chinese areas around the world. At the same time, the content of historical legends is also very rich. The characters, place names, products and customs involved have covered almost all aspects of folk literature. In addition to the mutual communication between the people, it is also passed down and spread through various ways such as drama and film and television programs.

The main contents of the legends of the history of cultural characteristics classification are:

Legends of people: This category is the main content of historical legends. On the basis of a large number of legends about Shi's life, a series of legends about characters, such as, Dong Shi, Gou Jian, Fu Cha, Wu Zixu and so on, have emerged. Among them, the most widely circulated is Zhu Meitai, which tells the story of Shi's birth, and Wu's three-year work of giving Shi.

Legend of place names: the most popular is the white fish pond, from which the beauty of sinking fish evolved. Such legends include Huansha Stone, Qianchi, Siyanjing and Shiguping. There are many titles such as Shaoxing Tushan, Suzhou Yuetang, Xiangsao Gallery and Yijianjing.

Legend of products: Many specialties in Zhuji have legends related to stones, such as pearls, torreya grandis, ramie and wheat straw fans. There is also a story of peace in Jiaxing.

Folklore: Taking "Sanjiang Kou Shui Deng" as the representative, it tells the legend that Wu Zixu led the tide soldiers to Zhuji for revenge, and Zhuji people put water lanterns in the Sanjiangkou to scare off the ebb tide sea gods. So far, seven. Half a month's talk about water lanterns in Sanjiangkou, Zhuji, diankou town, and folk proverbs are still circulating. These legends include "Look at the straw fan" and "Xi Shi Cake".

Historical legends with artistic characteristics have the characteristics of excellent folk literature, but the following four characteristics are more obvious:

It has a long history, with a history of more than 2,500 years, which has been passed down from the Spring and Autumn Period to today.

The extensiveness of the region originated in Zhuji, radiating Jiangsu, Zhejiang and even the whole country, and even affecting as far as overseas;

Rich in content, involving almost all categories of folk literature, containing strong regional cultural characteristics;

The diversity of forms extends from word of mouth to rap, opera and other forms of performance.

The legend of stone was passed down orally from generation to generation, and the involvement of some artists produced the form of singing communication. Before the 1960s, there were stories of folk artists spreading stones in the countryside, often a person, an erhu with gongs and cymbals tied to it, sang by himself. The historical legends they sing are generally processed by themselves and relatively complete.

Like general oral literature, historical legends are expressed in a casual way and place, and are generally spread by telling stories in their leisure time.

"Stone Legend" is a random expression of spontaneous folk narration and word of mouth. Generally speaking with the mouth, no props are needed, and the gestures, movements and tones are slightly different.

The value of inheritance, protection and inheritance, stone legends have other important values besides the academic significance of folk literature and art:

Literary value: Legend, as a popular literary reading, is suitable for all ages in Xian Yi and has always been the creative source of various literary styles. There are various literary works with historical legends as their themes; At the same time, through the spread of literary forms, the influence of historical legends has been expanded and the contents of legends have been enriched. Studying their complementary relationship is of great significance to the prosperity of literature and art.

Aesthetic value: Stone, as an aesthetic symbol, occupies a unique position in the aesthetic history of the Chinese nation, which deserves in-depth study from the aesthetic point of view.

Cognitive value and historical value: The historical legend originated from the wuyue War is a folk interpretation of the history and culture of ancient wuyue, which has important reference value for studying the history of the Spring and Autumn Period.

Humanistic value: Legend praises truth, goodness and beauty, and advocates heroism and dedication, which is of positive significance for carrying forward excellent humanistic spirit.

Protection measures 198 1 year, China Folk Literature and Art Publishing House published the series Shan Hai Jing, The Story of Xi History, and the stories and legends of history became an important part of folk literature.

In 2003, CPPCC Zhuji Municipal Committee of Literature and History edited and published "Chasing History" to further publicize history and culture.

Since the 20th century, Zhuji City has attached great importance to popularizing Xi stone culture among ordinary citizens, especially teenagers, and carried out many activities to spread Xi stone culture. First of all, send history to the campus and sow the seeds of culture in the hearts of young people. Teenagers are the hope of Zhuji's future and the inheritors of Zhuji culture. Their knowledge and understanding of Xi stone culture is directly related to the future development of Xi stone culture. In order to popularize history and culture among students, the municipal cultural department has re-compiled the Popular Reader of Xi History and Legends, which is suitable for students to read, and introduced the essence of history and legends with pictures and texts. In cooperation with the education department, the local teaching materials of Zhuji were compiled, and the history and culture of Zhuji were introduced in great length. Set up interest classes for young people to tell history stories, hold story-telling competitions, and train inheritors.

In May 2020, it was selected as the first batch of "Zhejiang Cultural Imprint".

Important activities with social impact

20 17 In May, Shaoxing Master Storytelling Competition was held in Bowen Campus of Binjiang Primary School. In the competition, adults and children from all over the city took the representative items of intangible cultural heritage as the main theme, and combined with the characters in folk stories in Shaoxing and various districts and counties, created and told stories such as Xu Wenchang Selling Bridges, Legend of Wang Xizhi and Legend of Butterfly Lovers.