Suiren is also called "Suiren", and the ancients "ate like fur and drank like blood". He drilled wood for fire, taught people to cook, and was the inventor of artificial fire. The myth about him reflects the evolution of China from using natural fire to making artificial fire in primitive times. "Biography of Shangshu" said: "Sui people are emperors, Fuxi is the emperor of drama, and Shennong is the emperor of agriculture. Therefore, people learn from fire, fire and the sun. Yang Zun, so he asked the emperor to go to heaven. " In ancient times, clans that made fires with wood were also called "the country of the Ming Dynasty". "Peaceful Magnolia" Volume 869 quoted "Notes on the Chronicle of the Prince": "Shen Mi went to Wan Li. There is an embarrassing country, but I don't know four o'clock. If people don't die, they will ascend to heaven if they are tired of the world. State-owned wahoo, famous wood, twists and turns, clouds in the middle. The fire went out when the branch was broken and drilled. Later saints became smelly and swam beyond the sun and the moon, saving everything with food; Even the south. This tree shows that if a bird pecks at the tree with its mouth, it will burn. The sage felt embarrassed, because he took a twig and drilled a fire, so he named it Suiren. " In the same volume 78, "Gu Li Wen Jia" said: "Sui people began to drill wood for fire ... so they are Sui people." There is also the legend of "Suiren's summer taking fire from dates and apricots" (see Collection of Arts, Volume 87, On Kyushu). Today, there is a living myth circulating in Shangqiu, Henan Province, that "people beat stones to make a fire".
According to legend, ten thousand years ago, there was a country that knew nothing about four o'clock in the day and night. If people don't die, they will ascend to heaven if they are tired of the world. State-owned wood, also known as fire tree, bends around and clouds come out. If there is a bird, peck at the wood with its beak and make a fire. A saint, a saint, was inspired by it, so he broke off a flint branch and drilled wood for fire. People call this saint a saint.
Sui Renshi is a legendary inventor, which has been recorded in ancient books before Qin Dynasty. According to "Five Mistakes of Everything is done", "In ancient times, there were fewer people and more beasts, and the people were invincible; ..... People eat fruits, clams, clams, and the foul smell hurts the stomach and causes many diseases. There are saints who drill fire to make it stink, and the people call it (味味) to be the king of the world, which makes people embarrassed every day. " "quotations from corpses" said: "one looks up at the stars and overlooks five trees as fire." "Notes" said: "It can be seen that state-owned trees are famous all over the world. Later, saints swam to their country, birds pecked at trees, and they lit a big fire. The sage felt awkward because he used twigs to drill fire. " "Ancient History Examination" said: "At the beginning of ancient times, people sucked dew, ate grass and fruits, lived in mountains, ate birds and animals, ate clothes and feathers, and ate fish, turtles and clams near water without cremation, which was harmful to the stomach. In order to make (yes) saints come out, fire is king, drill to make a fire, teach people to cook, and cast gold as a blade to make people happy. " "Three Graves" says: "Sui people teach us to eat with guns, drill wood for fire, have a platform for preaching, and have a strategy for tying ropes." "Hanshu" also has a record of "teaching people to cook, nourishing people's interest, avoiding odor and removing poison". Mr. Shang He Bing, a famous scholar in the late Qing Dynasty, said: "Fire comes from scratch and its invention is difficult." The emperor felt that the forest burned himself, and he knew that wood hides fire. I don't know. After many attacks and tests, it's tricky to drill wood. His merits and deeds have entered the nest again, and he is the emperor. It can be seen that the shackles at that time were sacred and the interests were profound. "He also said," In other words, it is said that cremation and diet started in Xixi, so it is considered as a number. Do you know that since man invented fire, his wisdom has not known how to eat? "The gunner wrapped the meat and burned it, burning its hair to make it familiar. In cooked food, Suiren not only invented artificial lighting, but also created cooked food. Mr. Shang also said in the Examination of Social Customs and Things in Past Dynasties: "From now on, before there is a fire, all meat will be eaten raw, and it will die because it is harmful to people. I don't know its quantity and taste. Get cooked food, the smell of meat suddenly fragrant, the indifference of vegetation suddenly sweet and crisp, water ice can be drunk, cold can be warm. Burn firewood at night to protect tigers and leopards, and talk about it later. My husband preached on the stage that when using the radio, everyone's feelings are the most rude method. Fuxi is more beautiful when I go to Fuxi. There is no doubt that it was created by a monk. Mr. Shang believes that Dai's happiness is a great achievement. If there is fire, it can be used as a tool such as a blade in metallurgy. Before the fire, everything was made of stone. This is the so-called Stone Age. "
The famous historian Mr. Guo Moruo's "Historical Draft of China" said: "The invention of artificial fire undoubtedly played an extremely important role in ancient human life, which attracted great attention of future generations ... Such a legend, mixed with the life content of later generations, is covered with a mysterious coat, but still reflects the simple historical background of ancient human life." Mr. Zhao Puchu once wrote a poem: "It is important for one person to make a fire, and the world will be new." Engels said: "As far as the liberation of the world is concerned, the friction fire still exceeds the steam engine. Because the friction fire made people dominate a natural force for the first time, and finally left the animal kingdom. "
The invention of artificial fire ended the era of human eating hair and drinking blood and opened a new era of human civilization. Therefore, Suiren has always been respected and worshipped by people, and he is regarded as the head of Huang San and the "ancestor of fire".
Huang Sui Mausoleum, 2 kilometers southwest of Shangqiu City, is said to be the graveyard of Sui people. Its tomb is about 7 meters high and surrounded by four Zhou Songbai. In front of the tomb, there is an inscription by Mr. Yu, curator of the Chinese History Museum, and later generations carved stone statues to commemorate Sui Ren.
Another version of this myth goes like this:
There is a great god named Fuxi in the sky. He was sad to see that life on earth was so difficult. He wants people to know the purpose of fire. So Fuxi used his magical powers to bring down a thunderstorm in the mountains. With a crack, lightning struck the trees, and the trees burst into a raging fire, which soon became a raging fire. People were frightened by lightning and fire and fled everywhere. Soon, the thunderstorm stopped, night fell, and the land became colder and wetter after the rain. The scattered people got together again, and they looked at the burning trees in horror. At this time, a young man found that the howling of wild animals that often appeared around him was gone. He thought, "Are wild animals afraid of this shiny thing?" So he bravely walked to the fire, and he found himself so warm. He greeted everyone excitedly: "Come on, this fire is not terrible at all, it brings us light and warmth!" " "At this time, people found that wild animals that were burned to death not far away gave off bursts of fragrance. People gathered by the fire and shared the burnt meat of wild animals, feeling that they had never tasted such delicious food. People feel the value of fire. They pick branches, make fires and keep them. Every day, people take turns watching the fire to keep it from going out. But one day, the man on duty fell asleep, and the branches of the torch burned out and went out. People fall into darkness and cold again, which is very painful.
The great god Fuxi saw all this in the sky. He came to the dream of the first young man who discovered the use of fire and told him, "In the far west, there is a kingdom of Sui and Ming Dynasties, where there is fire. You can go there and get it back. " The young man woke up, remembered what the Great God said in his dream, and decided to go to Suiming to find a fire.
Young people crossed mountains and mountains, waded across rivers and forests, and went through hardships, and finally came to the Sui and Ming Dynasties. But there is no sunshine day and night here, it is dark everywhere, and there is no fire at all. The young man was very disappointed and sat under a big tree named Nianju to have a rest. Suddenly, a light flashed before the young man's eyes, shining brightly around him. The young man immediately stood up and looked around for a light source. At this time, he found several big birds pecking insects on the tree with short and hard beaks. As soon as they pecked, bright sparks shone on the trees. When the young man saw this scene, his mind flashed. He immediately broke some branches and drilled big branches with small branches. The branch was really ablaze, but it didn't catch fire. The young man is not discouraged. He found all kinds of branches and patiently rubbed them with different branches. Finally, smoke came out of the branches, and then it caught fire. The young man shed tears of joy.
When young people return to their hometown, they bring people a kind of fire that never goes out-the method of drilling wood for fire. From then on, people no longer have to live in cold and fear. People were impressed by the young man's courage and wisdom, elected him as the leader, and called him "the man who made the fire", which means "the man who made the fire".
The invention of fire made human beings have creative warmth, provided weapons and conditions for the gathering of ancient human beings, and provided the roots for the emergence of human social thoughts. The invention of fire created the incubation period of China culture.