A magical "open sesame" in history embodies people's infinite yearning for wealth. In the era of insufficient capital circulation, some people will have such a subconscious picture: in a distant mountain, there is a deep cave with a huge amount of gold, silver and jewelry buried inside. Before he arrived, all these babies fell asleep. Only when he arrives will the cave open and the treasure wake up and give him a golden smile. All he has to do is say "open sesame". This dream exists in the west, such as the count of Monte Cristo; For example, there is Arabian Nights in the East; There are some in China in the East, and we won't talk about the others. Looking through the historical materials about Guangdong, we found that there are many legends similar to Alibaba caves in this land of 6.5438+0.8 million square kilometers. Strange legend: Shixing, Dongguan, Dianbai and other places have treasures. There is a book in Wang Shaozhi in the Liu, Song and Southern Dynasties, which records the strange legends of Lingnan. It is called "The Story of Fashion", which mainly records the mountains and rivers in northern Guangdong, both realistic and legendary. Among them, it is said that there is a place called Lin in Shixing, and it is said in Taiping Yu Lan that this place is called Lin Yuanshan. There is a cave here, and there is a hall in the cave. There is a rock in the hall, and these ten big urns are listed on the rock. The urn is full of silver cakes. "Ten urns were placed on the rock in front of the house, indicating that they were cake silver." This is a little strange. The silver cake is a finished product and owned. How did it get into the cave? The source is not stated in the article. It's no secret that the top ten jars of silver are there. People who chop wood and pick wild vegetables often encounter this large amount of wealth, but they just can't get it. It is said that anyone who eats it will be in a coma, as if there is ecstasy in the jar. In the first year of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, it was a magical year. Fishermen in Wuling area discovered the Peach Blossom Garden beyond time. In Guangdong, a servant named Feng sneaked into the cave and got back three silver cakes. When he opened the lid happily, a big snake jumped out and killed the thief. There must be an explanation for this mysterious theft and murder. So, at night, a fairy communicated with Feng Qu through a dream and explained: Your servant stole my money, and I have brought it to justice. These three silver cakes are your compensation. "Your slave is very bad and has been slaughtered. I want to prepare it with silver. " This sentence is very characteristic of the times. A few silver cakes can buy a servant's life, and he is not treated as a human being at all. It's not over yet. There has never been a successful treasure hunter. There is a local man named Xu Dao, who also longs for the wealth in the cave. This man is probably influential. He prepared a drink to worship the gods, hired a group of people to blow it, and blew it into the mountains. It seems that he wants to get wealth in a way that can be recognized by the gods. The immortal didn't give him face and sneezed. As a result, "Lei Zhen's falling rocks, trees fall down and trees break" effectively deterred the pace of those who were eyeing up, and Xu Dao was scared to leave immediately. The story is absurd, but it seems to tell a truth: you can't get wealth that you didn't earn by your own labor, even if you put it in the deserted deep Shan Ye forest. God is fair. However, it is not helpless. There is a cave next to the silver brick, and there is water in the cave. Anyone who wants to get a silver brick has to take a white chicken to worship the patron saint, "the natives taste the white chicken". After permission, they go into the water to dig, but they can only get a few taels of silver-buying your white chicken with a few taels of silver is expensive enough. No matter how greedy you are, it's not that the cave door has to be closed, but that a patron saint whips you. "But every time you are beaten by God." Dianbai also has a hidden treasure mountain called Shamao Mountain. It is said that there are tens of thousands of pieces of silver. During the Qianlong period, scholar Tan Cui wrote Chu Zhu Ting Lu, saying that someone took a lot of money, tied it up with rattan and dragged it down the mountain. As a result, all the vines were broken. Some people know that they have to pay the price if they want it, so they take out 320 taels of silver to sacrifice to God, which is an investment. As a result, they got 320 pieces of silver in return. If they want to share more than half, it's only to protect their capital. The "precious baby" in Chu Ting's "Pearl Story" also recorded these treasures. Strangely, they are all silver. Was there many silver mines in Guangdong at that time? For the time being, the arrangement is as follows: Chaozhou Xifeng Water: There is a hole with thousands of silver cakes in it, which is "not desirable". Luo Fu: There are countless big silver plates in the treasure cave. Someone took two. As a result, the fairy knocked on the door at night to collect the bill. This is also very terrible and I have to return. Chang Huajun Lingshan: In the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties, the "Bao Ling" on the mountain went straight into the sky, so treasure hunters set sail up the mountain to dig stones for treasure. As a result, a magical large-scale scene appeared: a big storm broke out in the middle of the night, and the treasure thief's boat was lifted into the air and then fell, and the boat hit the mountain peak, and the treasure thief and their greed were smashed. Yangchun: "There are caves and Yinshan." You can't take them. Some thieves lined up hand in hand and smuggled silver dollars by relay. The result is still can't hide from the sea. The smugglers immediately fell into a coma and had to send them back. Nanxiong: There is Chegong Temple on the mountain, which is also a lot of money. Mortals cannot move. This story is a little informative. The immortal eldest brother of Chegong Temple set up a gambling game, gambling and gambling, and the money inside will never be exported. "And its silver pawn is the same, so it won't be wasted." Besides, it can't break the contract. I have a stomachache if I break the contract. "Abdominal pain is when you come down." Boluo: This is more interesting. The treasure is not in the cave, but flying all over the sky. The scene at that time was: "It looks like a pigeon, but it can't be seen." It seems that thousands of white doves are flying in the air, making a faint sound, and a long white light stands in mid-air. "White light grows forever." Guangzhou: It's also flying silver in the air, but the time is more specific. It is the Gengzi year of Shunzhi in Qing Dynasty, namely1660; The object flying in the air is more specific, and it is a finished product: white cymbals, with tens of thousands of ingots. There are tens of thousands of white ingots flying in the air in Guangzhou. At that time, a general named Fang thought that God had made a fortune, so he immediately "burned incense and worshipped" and begged God to throw him a red envelope. As if God had heard it, sure enough, a mass of silver light slowly fell on the height of the eaves. When the ladder was put up to get it, the silver flew away. "Flying off the eaves, the children laughed, and they flew away." Sorry, I was just joking with you. The so-called "flying with splendor and wealth, the world chasing after it" is simply a scene of a magical blockbuster, which is even more exciting than "The Fantasy Journey of Pi". This film has been nominated for an Oscar 1 1. Why don't our directors and screenwriters study China's ancient notes and documents? There are many magical materials in it, just like a treasure cave, which is inexhaustible. Decryption: warning the world not to be insatiable is pure myth and unscientific. Summarize the pattern of the above story. The first is to set a huge temptation. Generally, there is a treasure cave in the deep mountains and forests, which seems to be within reach. Even this temptation is flying all over the sky, and you can catch it when you jump up. Then there is the depressing treasure hunt. Treasure hunters are either confused, or return in vain, or even pay the price of their lives. Even if they discuss with the gods, they can only get their share, and the return on investment is zero, just to protect the capital. We also read this story with great desire, and we feel very wronged as a result. We can't have a comedy ending as we wish: get our wealth back. Therefore, although these stories are unscientific and pure myths, they intentionally or unintentionally contain a philosophy: if you don't have your own labor and your own legal income, don't be greedy. If it's not yours, it's not yours. Wealth is not flattery and luck. According to Qu Dajun's "Guangdong Xinyu Gold" in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties, there are many people in Heyuan who make a living by panning gold and silver. This line has a high added value. In the gold and silver production workshop, a furnace of income can support thousands of people. Qu Dajun sighed gratefully: "It is getting poorer and poorer." This is God's magic weapon for the poor to get rich.