“十四节,送蛴蟆,蛴蟆公,蛴蟆婆,我把蛴蟆送下河”。每年在农历正月十四这天晚上,在南充西北部的许多农村,都能见到举着“蛴蟆灯”的大人小孩,在一同唱着这首古老而有趣的民谣。当地相传,在很久以前,一过农历正月十四这一天,就会爆发大规模的瘟疫。瘟疫来势凶猛,使许多孩子夭折。当地老百姓痛苦不堪。有人说是人们得罪了蛙神,于是,便兴起了 “Fourteen, send toad, frog male, frog Po, I sent the frog to the river.” Every year on the fourteenth day of the first lunar month, in many rural areas of northwestern Nanchong, adults and children holding “frog lights” can sing and sing this ancient and interesting ballad. According to local reports, a long time ago, a large plague broke out on the 14th day of the first lunar month. The plague came so fierce that many children died prematurely. Local people are miserable. Some people say that people have offended the frog God, so it was raised