Chapter 23 The second part of Xinjiang Qapqal Xibe folklore-13

Zhao Shuzhen also accompanied us to visit the patients she cured. He (surname Heyier) Chunqing, male, 27 years old, from Wuniulu.His mother introduced: The child fell ill last year and went to Yining Hospital to see that it was encephalitis. He was hospitalized there for 5 months, but he did not recover.Please read the same, no good.Later, I asked the shaman mother (referring to Zhao Shuzhen) to watch it, and it was quiet that day.After the shaman mother performed the ritual, the little one was the same as before. Zhao Shuzhen explained: From our point of view, it is the fairy family (fox fairy) who caused trouble with him, and it also has the effect of dead souls.His sister was at the forest management station, and he went to her house to help with work before she got sick.Hot and tired, he lay down beside the ditch to sleep, and woke up like this.

After the ceremony was held for Chunqing, it was said that it would take three years to watch, and if there was a shamanic disease, it had to be done again.He held the ceremony on the fifth day of May, and sacrificed whole goats. Bai (surnamed Bai Jia) Jin Lan, 23 years old, is another patient of Zhao Shuzhen. We went to her home.When I went, she was washing clothes under the window in the yard.Jin Lan's mother introduced some situations: This year's "March 8th Women's Day" went to watch the show. After returning, she was exhausted and had a fever. She lay on the kang without cooking.The next day I took her to the hospital and said she had a bad cold, and she was given penicillin injections, but she didn't recover for a week.Then I went to the Yili Military Region Hospital, where it was also said that I had a severe cold, and I stayed in the hospital for 15 days.The injections and medicines didn't work, and it got worse day by day, and then I paid the bill and went home.The child's second uncle lives next to the shaman's mother. When he came to my house, he asked if he could see the shaman's mother, so he took the child to the shaman's mother's house.Our family is relatively large, and we used to offer two or three kinds of gods, but they disappeared later.These protectors were not there, and the girl was followed by several dead souls.

On the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar, the mother shaman set up a shrine and made offerings to the whole sheep.I can work in the fields, cook, and wash clothes, and I have not been sick until now.The god protects children from being haunted by the spirits of the dead. After we have finished harvesting the crops, we will set up the throne of the fox fairy.Now the warehouse is not packed.In November of the lunar calendar, shaman mothers should be invited to do this.When the shaman mother came last time, she said that there was going to be an accident in our family, and now it really happened. My son was locked up, so I had to set up a god.It can be seen that Jin Lan's mother trusts Zhao Shuzhen quite a lot, and the relationship between the two is very harmonious.

Zhao Shuzhen said that every time I go to the house where I have held a shrine, I have to offer incense.Immortals are older than me, so I should respect them.A shaman mother would be disrespectful if she didn't do this.When we came from the northeast, we had a surname, a shaman god, and a fox fairy god.There are none now, and there are no sacrifices during the Chinese New Year.If this doesn't work, the higher ups will punish you.People, crops, and climate all have to be punished.It is out of this consideration that I give some gods who don't have shamans and fox gods.In the past, morality was relatively strong, respecting the old and loving the young.It's changed now, people don't respect their father, and people don't believe in heaven anymore.Therefore, we must be very cautious when recruiting apprentices. It is better not to train someone who is greedy for etiquette and money.If you are elected, you have to do good things for others.

Fu Hua from the county seat said: "My daughter is studying in a medical university. She is 21 years old. In March last year, she suddenly lost sight of her right eye. At first, the child didn't tell the family, but the school teacher arranged for treatment. Later, she couldn't be cured. The child just sent a telegram. At that time, I had a heart attack and was being rescued. My sister went to the child's place and took her to Xinjiang Medical College. The medical school diagnosed fundus hemorrhage and was hospitalized for a month. Later, the fundus hemorrhage was controlled. But the right eye is still invisible. The child arrived home at the end of June, and took the medicine brought from Urumqi for a month in July. On August 16, the expert doctor came for a reexamination. After seeing it, he fell ill again, and even the left eye was affected. The child It's a strange disease."

"I want to hold a ceremony, but the child does not agree. My mother-in-law's family used to enshrine a god, but after her death, the young people didn't take care of it. When my younger brother got sick, the Fuqing shaman came to see and said it was the Erqi god. Later, he said no. Erqi, it’s a shaman. My brother didn’t agree to make offerings to the gods.” "I decided to hold a ceremony for the child. I just heard about Zhao Shuzhen at that time, and she began to take over the god. We are her first patient. She is not familiar with many things. Everyone discussed and investigated. Yuxian was taken from Jinquan Village. Please come over and do it together. The first time, I did it with Xili’s mother. After doing it, the child felt that he could see a little light. The second time, he invited Deji’s mother again, and the child’s eyes could not see anything, so I did it. Returned. The third time, Yuxian asked Erqi to take the throne, my sister pushed Erqi aside, and offered the shaman god. At night, I dreamed that two red stars flew down from the sky. When I woke up , The heart is much better. Since then, it has been decided to be the shaman god. The shaman god was established on the 15th day of the lunar calendar. Since then, the child feels that he can gradually see the light, and later even the colors can be clearly distinguished. This year's spring (three month) went to school again. After the child went to school, his eyes recovered a lot, and my heart disease has never happened.”

Zhao Shuzhen said: "I just had a sign of shamanism at that time. My eldest sister came to me. I said I couldn't do it, so I introduced Fuqing to do it. Because the child's god position was wrongly established, the illness recurred." Zhao Shuzhen also introduced some people or families who invited her to hold several ceremonies.Obviously, she was very excited to speak today. "Recently, there was a young man in Qiniulu whose eyes were bulging. The hospital said it was hyperthyroidism. His symptoms were drinking, and he would quarrel with his parents after drinking. Him, he said he didn't know. I did it for him, and it's all right now."

"My brother-in-law Cheng Ming said that we were lying, and I was very angry. My husband said, don't be angry, he will come to see you in a short time. After 10 days, his child was sick. The medicine is not good. The child's mother brought the child to me. I saw the child's face was pale, so I burned incense on the god. I said, first cure the child's disease and go to his father. The child's mother begged me not to Do this, kneel down and beg me. I finished his ceremony and couldn’t get up by myself. My knee was swollen. Seeing that it was getting more and more swollen. Later, I invited the wine offered to the god to come and wash it, and it slowly disappeared Yes. I had a dream that night, saying that you had words on your knees. The next day I told my husband about it, and he memorized these 2 words. There were 18 words in total. I wrote them all down, one , disappeared one, and finally finished memorizing, my legs will be fine. After investigation, these words are telling me that I want to do good things."

Through the conversation between Zhao Shuzhen and her patients, it is not difficult to see that the shamanism tradition of the Xibo people is the basis for the emergence of new shamans.From the point of view of belief and ritual customs, there is no essential difference between old and new shamans.