According to legend, during the Warring States period, there was an ancient plank road in the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River, with strange mountains and rocks, which was desolate and dangerous. There were black shops and few pedestrians along the way. On this day, Qu Yuan, who was exiled by the King of Chu for more than ten years, walked on the hungry and tired ancient plank road accompanied by his sister. It turned out that my sister was entrusted by her family and neighbors to go out of the gorge to find Qu Yuan in exile. After Dongting, she finally found him in Xupu. After her efforts to persuade, Qu Yuan agreed to return to his hometown. This is the third day of entering the canyon. There is only half a buckwheat cake left in my sister's dry food bag, and there is no water in the gourd full of water. My sister and I haven't eaten or drunk for a day and a night. Although there is only one mountain in Leping, Zigui, my hometown, my brothers and sisters are weak and struggling because of excessive hunger and fatigue. They just want a spring to quench their thirst. Qu Yuan sat down by the roadside, panting, unbuttoning his hat and tassel, and his weak body could not move at all.
Suddenly, in the mountain stream in front of the path, a cool mountain wind blew, and the sound of running water came along this mountain wind. The sound of the water flickered and caught their hearts at once. They trudged in a hurry. Just turning a hill, I suddenly heard the sound of rushing springs, as if enthusiastic village girls were calling for distant relatives. Sister quickly untied the water hyacinth and went straight to the mountain stream. ...
When Qu Yuan came to the spring slowly, my sister was standing by the stream, full of gourd water and holding it to her mouth with both hands ... "You can't drink, this is Hunquan!" " "Suddenly a woman's cry came from the mountain. Brother and sister are strange. Where did this barren mountain come from? Isn't it that the proprietress of the black shop is short of stuffing and comes out to seduce pedestrians? At the same time, they looked up and saw a woman in a light blue skirt, with her hair tied high in her temples, galloping along Mao Mao Path. The spruce fog curtain on the mountainside floated around her, like a white fairy descending from the clouds.
At this time, my sister glanced at the spring water she held to her mouth. Alas, it's all a mixture of water and mud and sand. It is really "stone water fights sand"! They are surprised that the Three Gorges area is a "clear spring with water". Why is there a pool of muddy water in this place? When the woman arrived, she saluted, "The muddy water tastes terrible. Please come to my humble abode and have some light tea! " My sister has become more suspicious of women. Qu Yuan bowed to the woman and said, "Madam, may I ask the mountain springs in this gorge are cool and sweet, but why are they only turbid?" "Alas, passerby gentleman, you don't know the origin of this muddy spring!" The woman said with tears in her eyes, "Our land and water have raised a virtuous and loyal minister, and this is Qu Yuan, who is very famous in Chu. He was honest, smart, fearless of powerful people and well-governed, which helped the monarch revitalize and strengthen the State of Chu. But there was a traitor in the court who framed him and he was exiled. According to legend, on the day he left Kyoto, this Longquan suddenly became turbid. The people in the gorge spread all at once, saying that the monarch was fatuous, loyal and far-reaching, the villain was in power, the world was in chaos, and the water became turbid; Besides, Chi Bing is as brave as a tiger and as fierce as a wolf. Every year, when war breaks out, the country breaks and the people die, and the people are miserable, and the spring is chilly. Alas, this spring water can't be drunk, even washing clothes, it can only be used to wash feet! "
As soon as the warm-hearted woman finished speaking, she invited Qu Yuan's brother and sister to her house to have some light tea. After listening to this, Qu Yuan immediately admired her. He walked to the muddy spring and sighed alone: "The world is muddy, everyone is drunk and she wakes up alone!" " The woman blushed when she heard Qu Yuan's praise for herself. She remembered: this is the frustration of being away from home for more than forty years! She knelt down in front of Qu Yuan and said excitedly, "Dr. San Lv, you have been exiled. You are deeply saddened and worried about your country and people. Don't try to break your heart! Please stay with us, aren't we all your sisters? " As she spoke, she dragged Qu Yuan and his sister to her home. I didn't expect that with such a pull, she actually pulled Qu Yuan's "Cutting the Clouds and Raising the Crown" into the muddy spring water. Sister is busy to pick it up. The woman said with shame, "Bitch is guilty, and your' cutting the clouds and crowing the crown' is completely dust-free. How can you let it fall like a muddy spring? " ! ? "Qu Yuan comforted her and said," Now I just want to turn white! At Qu Yuan's voice, the sediment in the spring suddenly sank. In a short time, the turbid spring water with turbid waves turned into a bright white and blue spring water! "In vain, how can you tolerate a little dust? "The woman immediately took Qu Yuan's" Cutting Clouds and Holding the Crown High "from her sister, and carefully washed the hat tassels in the clear spring. ...
According to legend, this mountain spring has never been turbid since then. So people named it "Zhuo Yingquan"! This "Zhuoying Spring" is ten miles east of Qu Yuan's hometown. For thousands of years, this "Meng Ying Fountain" water has been flowing continuously, washing the filth of the world and symbolizing Qu Yuan's noble character.