Interesting story of cinnabar: The Seven Fairys and Cinnabar

According to legend, after returning to the Heavenly Palace, the seven fairies lost weight because they missed Yong Dong. The queen mother was moved by her infatuation and decided to let her go to earth privately. After the seven fairies came down to earth, they found that Yong Dong had passed away. They were heartbroken and decided never to return to Heaven. In order to avoid the pursuit of the gods, she hid in the mountains, divided the treasures she brought with her into seventy-two warehouses and thirty-two warehouses, and buried them in the mountains, including cinnabar. These cinnabar are considered to be the treasures left by the seven fairies and have magical effects.
Scholar and cinnabar

In ancient times, a scholar called an alchemist to treat his wife's madness. The alchemist wrote the paper with vermilion, and lit the paper to make the patient drink. However, the scholar grabbed the water and found that it was just ordinary water, and there was nothing wrong with the cinnabar on the paper. So, he guessed that cinnabar had the effect of treating madness. Later, he tried to use cinnabar to treat other people with madness, and he really succeeded. Since then, cinnabar has become a blind Chinese medicine, which is used to treat symptoms such as restlessness, insomnia and dreaminess.
Qian Pi and Cinnabar

According to legend, there was a young lady named Qian Pi in ancient times who always had nightmares when sleeping at night. One day, he met an official in Dengzhou. Hu Yongzhi told him that he used to have nightmares, but he never had nightmares again after wearing the cinnabar sent by a Taoist priest. Therefore, a red pocket in Hu Yong's bun was presented to Qian Pi. After wearing it, Qian Pi did not have nightmares that night.

These stories not only show the magic of cinnabar, but also give us a deeper understanding of China's traditional culture.