Mountain Legend - Fairy Ridge There is a famous high mountain in Dieping Township called Fairy Ridge.
Legend has it that during the prosperous Tang Dynasty, there lived a diligent and intelligent cattle watcher at the foot of the mountain. His father died early, and mother and son made a living by helping the rich man herd cattle. One day he said to his mother: "I want to go to school, and I will be able to get the top prize in the future. You can also live a relaxed life." His mother sighed sadly and said to Yaozi, "Son, we can't even make ends meet, where can we have money?" Money to study." He had no money to go to school, so he took a tattered poetry book with him and read hard while herding cattle. He often just focused on reading and forgot about the cattle around him, and was whipped by his boss almost every day. fist. The mother felt sorry for her son, so she secretly hid his books.
One day, I saw Niu Yazi driving an ox, carrying a load of bacteria on his back. Unknowingly, he reached the middle of the mountain. He tied the ox under a big tree and slept on a stone slab with his eyes closed and he carried it on his back. The book comes. The sun slowly set, and the sparrows returned to their nests. He suddenly remembered the cow tied to the tree, and hurriedly came to the tree, only to see a piece of rope left on the tree, but the cow tripped and broke the rope and did not know how to run away. Where did it go. Seeing Niu Yazi getting confused, what's going on?
It was dark, but there was no sign of the cow. His body was scratched by thorns, and he could hear jackals howling everywhere. He forgot all about this and only searched desperately for the cow. Unconsciously, he reached the top of the mountain. Suddenly a strong wind blew, and he felt that the sky was dark and the earth was dark, so he fell under a tree and passed out.
After a long time, I felt like my head was foggy when I looked at Niu Yazi. The sky was as blue as crystal, the flowers on the ground were like stars falling from the sky, and under the tree stood a girl in a white skirt, as beautiful as a fairy. The girl smiled and said, "The shepherd boy looks at you, and you seem to have something troubled in his heart." Looking at the cow, Yaozi said, "My cow is gone, and if my boss finds out, I will not survive. I won't survive, and neither will I." No way!" He started crying.
The girl said: "The shepherd boy does not need to worry." She pointed to the side of the mountain col and said: "I have tied that cow for you, and there are bundles of firewood there. You go back quickly, lest you My mother is so anxious." Then the girl took out three more books from her arms and said, "I know you are hardworking and eager to learn. I will give you a few books. Remember, as long as you study hard, you will definitely be good at it in three years. If you have any trouble in the future, just come to me." As soon as he finished speaking, the girl's skirt fluttered up, and she disappeared without a trace in the blink of an eye. Watch Niu Yazi holding a few books, leading the cow and carrying firewood back home happily. When my mother saw her son coming back so late, she asked him why. He told her the truth about his encounter with the fairy. When the old lady heard this, she quickly bowed and said, "Thank you, Goddess, for your great kindness."
From then on, Kanniu Yazi led the cows to Luzuo Mountain to graze them every day. Oddly enough, the naughty cowboy went home on his own after he was full. What's even more strange is that he no longer feels hard studying.
Three years later, I saw Niu Yaozi going to Beijing to take the exam. Sure enough, he was named the top scholar on the gold medal list. He was grateful to the fairy and donated money to build a fairy temple on the mountain. So people from all over the country came to the fairy temple to burn incense to seek the blessing of the fairy. From then on, Fairy Ridge became lively and the temple was full of incense.
Seeing that Niu Yazi became an official, he inevitably had to go to the temple to worship every year. He also wrote a poem on the wall of the temple with his own hand: "Re-climb the Fairy Ridge and watch the fairy return from a distance. I don't know when the fairy will return to the world." After he became an official, he did many good things for the people. So, next to the Fairy Temple, the people donated money to build a Wenchang Pavilion, which still remains on Fairy Ridge.