阿诗玛的传说.doc

The Legend of AshymoRespecting Ashymo in Yunnan, nobody would feel strange to her. In Yunan Stone Forest, there is small stone of Ashymo. She is waiting and it seems that she is waiting for the arrival of brother Ahei.According to the legend, long long ago, in a place where was called Azhedi, a poor family called Georgia Road Yat Ming gave birth to a beautiful girl. Father and mother wanted their daughter to gleam like gold, so they gave her a name Ashymo. As Ashymo growing up, she became more and more beautiful, always with his head wearing embroidered Baotou, shiny embroidery around the waist aprons. Due to these, she captured the hearts of many young men in her town. Furthermore, she could sing and dance, the crisp sound of singing often attract many young men to approach her.Ahei is a brave and intelligent young man of Sani ethnic, his parents were murdered by the chieftain when he was only 12 yeas old. After his parents death, he was taken to work as a labor for the man of means. Once Ahei went to the mountain to pick up wild fruits for his host. However, he was lost in the forest, being so cold and starving, but he dared not go home because he was afraid of being published by his host. It was happpened that Ashymo shepherded to the mountain and fell across starved Ahei and she take Ahei to her family for commiserating him. Her father and mother take him to be their adoptive son. Therefore, Ashymo and Ahei lived together from that time. They were innocent playmates and loving each other. As Ahei growing up gradually, he became forthright and upright and be the model of all the young Sani men in Azhedi. Everybody commended him.Because Ahei was hard-working and kind-hearted, he was appreciated so much by Ashymos father. He did more than others, and better than others. Moreover, he loved riding to hunt when he was very young and shoot with great accuracy. Therefore, his father passed his own infinite arrow to Ahei. Ahei was good at singing, fluting and playing Sanxian so that his singing and fluting attracted so many girls in his town. On one years Torch Festival, Ashymo and Ahei poured their love out to each other and Ashymo swore that she must marry Ahei. So they engaged in that year.However, the son of the rich Hot Bubala, Azhi fell in love with Ashymo and he wanted to marry Ashymo. So he asked his father to propose marriage for himself. Hot Bubala loved his son very much so he promise to propose marriage for Azhi. He asked a authoritative person to went to Ashymos home to propose marriage. They used money status to beguile Ashymo, but refused by Ashymo. When autumn came, the grass of Azhedi withered and Ahei had to shepherd in southern Yunnan for the sheep could eat enough food and grass.After Ahei left, Hot Bubala sent some people to rob Ashymo in her family and ntimidated Ashymo by money and ascendence. Ashymo refused to marry with Azhi so Hot Bubala thrashed Ashymo blacksnake. After Ahei hearing this, he rided crushing to Azhedi to rescue Ashymo. He came to Hot Bubalas and agonized and circumvented by Bubala and his son. He finally rescued Ashymo from a black room.Beholding that Ashymo was rescued by Ahei, Hot Bubala dared not to stop but he but refused to let go. So Hot Bubala collusion Cliff God, he wanted to drown Ashymo and Ahei by altering the stream they must passby into geat river. For Ashymo and Ahei wanted to go home as soon as possble, they hurry on with their journey day and night. The night they went to the stream, a sudden strong wind blowing and it began to rain. Ashymo was waged into the whirlpool and swept away by the flood. Ahei struggled to swim ashore, but he could not see the sign of Ashymo.In the process of trying to find Ashymo, Ahei was told by a little bee that if he wanted to find out Ashymo,he must go to sacrifice the Cliff God with a white pig and a white cock. Hearing this,Ahei was sad and anxious. He wiped away tears, climbed over 49 mountains, waded through 81 river, only to find white cock. He traveled throughout the nine villages and eighteen camps, but did not find white pig. In desperation, he found a black pig coated it with white mud to instead the white pig. Ahei prepared to offer a timely return and pay homage to God happily, but he was so tired that he fell asleep in the way to sacrifice. Then it began to rain heavily, Ahei was awakened by large rain-fed, and the white mud on the black pig was cleaned up by the rain. Therefore, he could not sacrifice Cliff God, cutting a long story short, he did not rescue Ashymo successfully.Where was Ashymo at this time? Originally, Ashymo was swept away by the flood. The daughter of the Cliff God saw her and jumped into the whirlpool and rescued Ashymo. She made Ashymo live on the cliff and the Cliff God promised that he would set Ashymo free as long as Ahei come to sacrifice himself with a white pig and a white cock. Unfortunately, Ahei failed and Cliff God did not let her go. Therefore, Ashymo became a pinnacle and the echo of God here and she would echo whatever you have spoken to her.After lossing Aahymo, Ahei missed her so much every day. He carried a bowl full of rice at every meal time and standed out of the door shouting to the gliff: “Ashymo, Ashymo.” He would hear the sound of : “Ashymo, Ashymo.” And this was the echo of the gliff. When working on the farm, Aahymos father and mother would also shout to the gliff: “Daddy