The Legend of the Dragon - Oolong:
The Longtan Fort at the foot of Shaohua Mountain originally had only a dozen households. Living in the village: a father and daughter named Liu, who make a living by selling tofu. The daughter's name is Zhufeng, and she is pretty and handsome. One day Zhufeng went to fetch water, and a small black snake hung up on the hook. She caught the little black snake and put it on the well platform, saying, "It's so pitiful, let it go!" The little black snake nodded to her, turned around and ran into the well.
Zhufeng had just entered the house carrying water when she heard someone calling her from behind. When I turned around, I saw a handsome young man in his twenties. The young man took Zhufeng's hand, placed a round bead in her palm, and said, "I am the fifth prince of the Dragon King of Weihe River. I was playing in the dragon pool just now and accidentally bumped into your hook to break free." No, thank you eldest sister for saving your life. This is a dragon ball. If you put it in the water tank, you won't have to carry water every day. If you have any trouble in the future, just say it." After that, he disappeared. Shadow. Zhufeng chased him out the door, only to see a cloud of white mist at the mouth of the well, and heard several splashing sounds from the well water. She felt as if she was in a dream, and when she looked at her hand, it was clearly a jewel. After entering the house, she threw the dragon ball into the water jar. The water splashed, and a jar full of clear water came up. She took a sip and found it was sweeter than the well water. Zhu Feng knew it was a treasure and told no one. , even her father-in-law kept it secret. I just often think of Oolong. Every day I go to the well platform to pick up a load of water and peek into the well secretly.
In Sunjiabao, four or five miles away from Longtan Fort, there lived a wealthy family named Yin Lizian. When Zhufeng's mother died, Old Man Liu had no money to bury her, so he borrowed ten taels of silver from Yin Caidong. He was poor and couldn't afford to pay back the money, but he often sent some tofu to the Yin family as payment of interest. Yin Caidong didn't press for these ten taels of silver. He was happy to eat tofu all year round without spending money to buy them.
Girl Zhufeng became more and more mature as she grew older. Yin Lixian suddenly turned his head and came up with Zhufeng's evil idea. First, a eloquent matchmaker was hired to persuade Zhufeng to give her a betrothal gift. Old man Liu refused, but Zhufeng was stubborn and picked up the gift box and threw it out the door. The matchmaker was disappointed.
When Yin Caidong found out, he rolled his eyes angrily and cursed: "You old man, you are so shameless. I haven't paid back ten taels of silver for more than ten years. Huh! You can't even pay back the principal and profits." If you don't say anything about it within two or three days, if you can't pay the money, huh!" He narrowed his eyes and sneered: "Ask Miss Zhufeng to pay the bill!" When the words reached Old Man Liu's ears, he had no idea. Zhufeng just crawled on the edge of the kang and cried, thinking about nothing." When she fell asleep in the middle of the night, she ran to the well platform, gritted her teeth, and screamed: "Mom, I'm coming with you!" "As soon as she closed her eyes, she jumped into the well.
Zhufeng felt dizzy, as if she were flying in the clouds. Suddenly she heard someone shouting next to her ear: "Zhufeng, sister Zhufeng! "Slowly he opened his eyes and saw that he had not fallen into the water, but was lying on Wulong's arm. "Brother Wulong! "She fell into Wulong's arms and burst into tears as if she were seeing a relative. Wulong advised her, "Zhufeng, I know everything about you, don't be sad. Dog Caidong is rich and unkind, and God cannot tolerate it. Let me take care of this old dog. "...I will send you back!" Zhufeng refused, and he whispered in her ear for a while, which made Zhufeng tearfully smile and nod her head repeatedly. .
Hearing Zhufeng throwing herself into the well, the villagers went down to the well with torches to save people. When Wulong saw someone coming down, he whispered to Zhufeng: "Good sister, I won't send you off." He held up Zhufeng with both hands. The man who went down the well touched Zhufeng, quickly tied a rope and rescued her.
In the dead of night, Zhufeng taught her father everything about her and Oolong. The old man was secretly surprised, but he was also dubious. Zhufeng picked up the dragon ball from the urn, and when the old man saw that it was indeed not a worldly thing, he believed Zhufeng's words.
The news that Zhufeng jumped into the well and was saved reached Yin Lixian's ears. The old thief twirled his beard and laughed evilly: "Hey, it's obviously God's favor. I, Yin, have a lot of wealth and a box full of gold and silver. How can I have such a beautiful woman?" , It’s really...ah, hey..." The thief rolled his eyes and ordered his servants to separate and prepare to go. Early the next morning, the old thief led a group of servants and ran towards Zhufeng's house. Halfway through, a gust of wind blew up the sand and rocks, making the sky and the ground dark. The wealth and gifts they brought had long since been blown away, and the Yin thief and his horse fell to the ground. After the strong wind passed, the old thief saw that although the gifts were empty and the people and horses were there, he rubbed his crooked nose, led a group of family members, waved sticks, and went straight to Old Man Liu's house to snatch the pearl and phoenix.
Oolong saw that the old thief had done what he had done three times and still did not change. When the old thief rushed to the edge of the well, he showed his true form, holding a dragon ball in his mouth and spurting out a stream of clear water. Suddenly there was lightning and thunder, and the waves were surging into the sky. The Yin thieves cried like wolves and howled like ghosts. They rolled with the waves and were washed into the Weishui River, where they fed the fish and turtles. After a while, the clouds disappeared and the sky was filled with glow. A huge black dragon danced in the clouds, with the Pearl and Phoenix girl sitting on the dragon's back. After flying to the top of the mountain, Wulong lay down to rest, and Zhufeng waved goodbye to his father and fellow villagers.
From then on, people called the village Longquan Village, and later changed it to Longtan Fort. The hilltop where the dragon rested was also named Wulong Mountain. Over time, it was also called Wulong Mountain.
The legend of the dragon - Baiyelong:
A long time ago, on the bank of Tiao River in northern Zhejiang, there lived a hard-working and kind-hearted young couple. The wife was pregnant for a year and gave birth to a monster, which looked like a human but not a human, and looked like a snake but not a snake.
When the old patriarch found out, he was furious and insisted that this was an ominous thing, forcing the couple to kill the baby immediately. The couple couldn't bear it, so they gritted their teeth and asked the man to pick up the footbath and pour the baby into the lotus pond in front of the door.
A few days later, the wife got out of bed and went to wash rice in the lotus pond. Suddenly she saw her son swimming from the lotus bushes to the stone pier, begging for milk from his mother. My mother always loved her son, so she picked him up and fed him milk. In this way, she washed rice three times a day and fed her son milk three times a day. One day, two days, and three hundred and sixty days passed. The son gradually grew up, but he appeared like a dragon.
This news reached the ears of the old patriarch. He knew that instead of being stuck, the freak had grown up. He was very angry, so he came up with a vicious plan to kill it.
One day at noon, the old man hid a woodcutter beside him and secretly hid in the bushes by the pond. When the woman was washing rice, she saw a little dragon swimming ashore and begging for milk from her.
When the old man saw this, he raised his knife and chopped, and the little dragon quickly jumped into the lotus pond. But it was too late, this knife cut off Xiaolong's tail, and blood dripped from it instantly. There happened to be a beautiful big butterfly parked in the pond. When the butterfly saw that the little dragon was injured for no reason and lost its tail, it felt very sympathetic, so it immediately flew over and connected its tail with its own body, so it turned into a beautiful butterfly. Dragon tail.
At this moment, a strong wind blew, dark clouds rolled, and the petals of the lotus flowers in the pond were flying. The dragon suddenly grew to more than ten feet long, and suddenly jumped up from the pond, with its body covered with dragons. The petals of the lotus fly straight into the sky.
When the old man saw this momentum, he was so frightened that he fainted and died. When Xiaolong's mother saw her son flying into the clouds, she called Xiaolong three times with tears in her eyes, but Xiaolong had already flown away without a trace.
From then on, whenever there was a drought on both sides of Tiao River, the little dragon would fly to bring down clouds and sow rain, so that the villagers could have a good harvest. In order to thank it, people in Changxing area used colorful cloth to make lotus petals, dragon scales and butterfly dragon tails, making Changxing's famous "hundred-leaf dragon". Every Spring Festival, people dance the dragon to commemorate and celebrate.
The legend of the dragon - Erlang chasing the dragon:
Twenty miles away (Guangyuan County) is the Shenxuan Station, which is the ancient Choubi Station. According to legend, Wuhou sent troops to station here. ... Shenxuan Station is named after the legend that Erlang Shen passed by here holding a sword and chasing a dragon. (Ming Dynasty, Cao Xue*'s "Records of Scenic Spots in Sichuan" Volume 24)
Erlang, Li Bingzi. Volume 3 of "Zhu Zi Yu Lei": "The temple of Erlang in Guankou in Sichuan must have been established because of Li Bing's contribution to the construction of Lidui. Now many ghosts and monsters have appeared, and he is his second son..." (according to Li Bing's name of "Erlang") The name has already appeared in this book.
The myth of Erlang is not recorded in ancient books and can only be found in recent accounts. ) "The Short Biography of Dujiangyan Irrigation" says: "The second man is Li Bingzhongzi. He likes to hunt, and kills dragons with seven of his friends. He also pretends to be a beautiful woman, gets married and goes to the temple to persuade people to drink." "Guan Zhi Wenzheng" Volume 5 "Li It is also recorded in "The Records of Flood Control by Gong, Father and Son". There are many modern myths about Erlang among the people, and I will briefly describe one of them: Qin destroyed Shu, and the King of Qin ordered Li Bing to be the governor of Shu. Erlang also went to Shu with his father. At that time, there were many floods in Shu. Erlang was ordered by his father to find the source of the floods and think of ways to cure them. Erlang traveled through mountains and rivers, from autumn to winter, from winter to spring, but there was no news. One day when he entered the forest, he encountered a fierce tiger. Erlang shot the tiger to death and then cut off the tiger's head. Seven hunters came out, Erlang raised the tiger's head to show it, and the seven were shocked. He asked the police to go detect the flood, and Erlang agreed. Then we went to a small river by the town of Guan County. We heard cries in the hut and looked at them. It was an old woman mourning her young grandson who was going to sacrifice the water monster and the evil dragon. She knew that the cause of the flood was in Si'er. Then he and the seven people went to Baifu, where Li Bing taught him how to capture the dragon, and everyone followed the plan. On the day of the sacrifice, Erlang, holding a three-pointed two-edged sword, entered the Jiang Temple with his seven friends and fell behind the God's throne. After a while, the evil dragon followed the wind and rain into the temple and snatched the sacrifices. Erlang and his seven friends suddenly came out and fought against the evil dragon. The dragon failed and fled out of the temple. The gongs and drums in the four mountains are noisy, and the sound of people is like a tide. The dragon was afraid of entering the water, so Erlang and his seven friends also entered the water. When the dragon came ashore, they all came ashore and captured the evil dragon. Erlang and his seven friends were tired from fighting, so they temporarily rested under Wangpo Rock and placed the dragon in the river. There is a dragon cave in the river, which leads to the Chongtang River. The evil dragon is waiting for an opportunity to escape. Erlang placed a three-pointed two-edged sword on the river, tilted his ear to the handle and listened, and exclaimed: "The dragon has escaped!" So he and his seven friends rushed to find the dragon, and finally captured it in Tongziyan, Xinjin County. When we returned to Wangpoyan, we met the old woman who was crying in the thatched house the day before yesterday. She came to thank her for the gift with an iron chain. Erlang used this chain to tie the evil dragon and tied it to the deep pool under the stone pillar of Fulongguan, so there was no water trouble. ("Dictionary of Chinese Myths and Legends")
The legend of the dragon - the evil dragon and the sick dragon:
The Year of the Dragon in the lunar calendar and the year 2000 in AD collide. It happens once in 3,000 years, so this "dragon" became a particularly rare "Millennium Dragon". Entrepreneurs and cultural figures are all making fuss around the "dragon". Generally speaking, dragons are of course good, but not good. How can we compare our nation, country, descendants of Yan and Huang, and Chinese people to dragons? To be more specific, the members of the Dragon Clan cannot be treated as good or bad. Here we have to talk about dialectics. Just like there are good people and bad people in the world, the Dragon Clan also has evil dragons, evil dragons, evil dragons, and dragons that cause harm to one party. Even a good dragon, a good dragon, an auspicious dragon, and a dragon who is loyal to his duties cannot guarantee that he will not get sores or get sick in every life.
The good dragon and the evil dragon appeared almost at the same time.
As early as the legendary Nuwa clan's era, a black dragon that did evil things once appeared in the Central Plains. This black dragon was beheaded by the Nuwa clan. When Emperor Shun arrived, nine evil dragons suddenly appeared in the Jiuyi Mountain area. Emperor Shun came to Hunan from the far north and helped the people get rid of these nine evil dragons. The Yellow River flows through Longmen. There is a Wolong ditch near Longmen. There used to be ten evil dragons entrenched in the ditch, crawling out from time to time to harm people and animals. Dayu, the flood control hero who was diligent and caring for the people, passed by here. When he saw the evil dragon looking fierce, he took a long bow and shot the ten evil creatures one by one. It was also this flood control hero who locked a Taihu evil dragon in the Dragon Cave at the bottom of the lake, and placed a large iron pot at the entrance of the cave.
It can be seen that the way mythical heroes deal with evil dragons is to kill them without mercy.
Why must it be cut off? The heroes understand that the judgment of evil is a crime against good; only by getting rid of the evil dragon can the team of dragons be pure and take on the important task of spreading rain, regulating water, and benefiting all living beings.
Wushan’s Cuokai Gorge and Zhanlong Terrace are very famous. It is said that Dayu led the flood to this place. A dragon wandered into the wrong waterway and was killed by Dayu with his sword. Neglecting one's duties is no different than being a naughty dragon.
Zhanlongtai, a warning platform.
Dujianglan in Sichuan is also very famous. There is a Fulong Temple in Dujiang, where a mythical real person named Zao Li Bing is worshiped. According to legend, during the Qin Dynasty, there were constant floods in Shu, and an evil dragon caused trouble and caused harm to one side, forcing the people to sacrifice animals and even children to each other.
After investigation and research, Li Bing, the governor of Shu County, and his son Erlang formulated a careful plan to capture the dragon. When the evil dragon followed the wind and rain into the temple to seize the sacrifices, Li Bingzi Erlang led all the warriors to suddenly attack and fight against the evil dragon. Nielong failed to fight and was finally captured. Li Bing tied him with an iron chain and locked him in the deep pool under the stone pillar of Fulongguan. There was no flood in Shu.
There are really not many prefects like Li Bing.
Ma Shihuang was a famous horse doctor in the Huangdi era. According to legend, a sick dragon came down from the sky with its ears drooped and its mouth wide open, begging Master Ma to heal him. Ma Shihuang pricked his lips with a copper needle and took decoction. After a few days, Long's condition improved, he nodded his thanks and left.
The most widely circulated story is the story of Sun Simiao, the king of medicine, who healed the dragon. It is said that one night when Sun Yaowang was fifty years old, he was studying medical books under the lamp with great concentration, when suddenly thunder and lightning flashed, and a heavy rain poured down. Someone knocked on the door, and King Yao opened the door and saw that it was a thin old man wearing a yellow robe who came to seek medical treatment. The old man's clothes did not get wet, and the thunder stopped and the rain stopped as soon as he entered the house. The King of Medicine took his pulse and said, "This pulse rises like soaring clouds and mist, and falls like a sea and a river. Are you a dragon?" The old man sighed and said, "What a divine pulse!" The King of Medicine said, "Your disease is After eating it, I'm very hungry now, but I can't eat anything, right?" Long nodded again. King Yao said, "Reveal your true form the day after tomorrow." On the third day, the dragon came and penetrated from the foot of the back mountain to King Yao's courtyard. The King of Medicine pricked a needle deeply into the dragon's head and poured a bucket of decoction into the dragon. The dragon suffered from vomiting and diarrhea for a while, and then kept it in the cave for a few days. After it was well, it flew away.
There are not too many ulcers and lesions nowadays. How much we need the contemporary Ma Shihuang and the contemporary Sun Simiao with superb medical skills!
The legend of dragon - Snow Mountain Dragon:
There is a dragon pond on the top of the Snow Mountain. It is said that anyone who prays to it for sunshine or rain will always be able to fulfill their requests.
The old people said: In those days, there was an Arhat in Jiantuoluo Kingdom who often visited the Dragon King in Longchi. The Arhat had great supernatural powers. Sitting on the bed, he flew away in the clouds and mist. His disciple, the novice monk, hid under the bed, clung to the foot of the bed, and followed the master. It was not until they arrived at the Dragon Palace that the young novice monk came out.
When Arhat and his disciples arrived at the Dragon Palace, the Dragon King invited them to stay for a meal. The Dragon King entertained the Arhat with nectar rice from heaven, but what he gave to the little novice monk was ordinary food from the human world.
After finishing the nectar rice, the Arhat sat down to lecture the Dragon King. As for the young novice, he went to the kitchen to wash the master's rice bowl. In the rice bowl were rice grains left over from Master's meal, which were fragrant and fragrant. The little novice thought: Why didn’t the food I just ate taste good at all? Oh, it turns out that you, the Dragon King, look down on me. Okay, today I want you to know how powerful I am. I will kill you and become the Dragon King myself.
When the little novice monk thought this way, the Dragon King already felt a severe pain in his head. When Arhat finished his sermon, the Dragon King apologized again and again and asked for forgiveness. The novice monk still refused. After returning to the monastery, he vowed to fulfill his wish.
That night, the little novice monk died and turned into a dragon. He rose into the sky and flew to the dragon pond on the top of the snow mountain. He had a fierce fight with the dragon king and finally killed him. , lived in the Dragon Palace, issued orders, and brought all the Dragon King's former subordinates under his jurisdiction.
The novice monk is not satisfied yet. He thought, The Dragon King will not give me the nectar rice from heaven. Your master also knew it, why didn't he speak up? Therefore, he even blamed his master, so he blew up strong winds and uprooted the trees in an attempt to destroy his master's temple.
At this time, King Kanishaka knew about the matter and came to ask questions. Arhat told King Kanishka exactly what happened. King Kanishaka built a temple for the novice monk under the snow-capped mountains and built a pagoda about a hundred feet high. I want to be a peacemaker for them. But the novice monk refused and kept making troubles. The temple and pagoda were built seven times and destroyed six times by the novice dragon.
King Kanishaka also got angry, thinking that I am such a majestic king that I cannot even subdue a little novice monk. How ridiculous is that? So he mobilized a large number of soldiers and horses, went to the foot of the snow mountain, and had to fill up the dragon pond.
The novice dragon became frightened, transformed into an old Brahmin, and went to say to the king:
"You are a majestic king, invincible and supreme, why do you want to fight with him for no reason? A dragon fights. A dragon is just an animal. It is extremely powerful, can fly in the clouds, and go up to the sky. It is no match for us humans. It is not worth it for the king to mobilize his troops to fight a dragon today. ) You can't make a sound; if you lose the battle, you won't be able to stand down. I advise you to withdraw your troops as soon as possible."
King Kanishaka refused to listen to him and insisted on fighting.
The novice dragon returned to the dragon pond and showed his power. Suddenly thunder rumbled, lightning flashed, strong wind uprooted the big trees, and sand and rocks hit like raindrops. The sky was dark and the earth was dark, and the king's horses were beaten into chaos and fled in all directions.
The king had no choice but to ask Tathagata Buddha to protect him, saying:
"I, a national worker, have never been defeated in a battle, but today I lost at the hands of a dragon. My life It’s too bad. I pray to my ancestor, Tathagata, for his great mercy and help me defeat the evil dragon.”
Thereupon, blazing flames burst out from the king’s shoulders, the wind subsided, and the clouds dispersed. At that time, Sha Milong could no longer exert his power and had to escape back to Longchi.
The king ordered each sergeant to pick up a load of stones and vowed to fill up the Dragon Pond. The novice dragon turned into a Brahmin again and went to the king and said:
"I am the dragon king in the dragon pond in the snow mountain. I was defeated by you, so I have to ask for forgiveness. If you really kill me, I will hold a grudge." , I will look for opportunities to take revenge in my life, so you can do what you want."
King Kanishaka made peace with the Samilung and made an oath with it. If it does it again, it will not be forgiven. it.
The novice dragon said: "I am a dragon. When the dragon nature attacks, I cannot control myself. Please build the temple again, and I will not destroy it. You can always send a person Look at the top of the mountain. If you see black clouds rising on the mountain, you can quickly knock the cow bones. I can control myself when I hear the sound." So King Kanishka built a temple there. A pagoda was built. The custom of sending people to look at the clouds on the top of the mountain has been passed down to this day. (Xuan Zang's "Records of the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty" translated and written "The Legend of the Dragon")
The Legend of the Dragon - Qufu Dragon Picture:
Wherever the saint comes from, the tricycles are the same as those elsewhere. no the same. In other places, the rider is in front and the rider is behind; here, the rider is in front and the rider is behind: it feels like you are sitting on a forklift. As soon as we got off the bus, we were "shoveled" by such a forklift and drove along the "spiritual path" that the saint walked along the way to the lush green Konglin.
In such a car, there is no obstruction in front of you. You can see wherever you want. What's even better is that the rider also serves as a tour guide, with a string of explanations flowing smoothly from the back and top of his head. Our man said that his surname is also Kong, and he is the seventy-fifth generation grandson of the saint, from the "traditional" generation. “Have you never heard of it,” said a descendant of the saint after introducing the stone square, stele pavilion, etc. “That year, Singaporean President Lee Kuan Yew came to Qufu and discovered cinnabar stone in Nishan, where the saint was born, and said that this stone could be mined. Making seal materials. Later, we had a quarry processing factory here, and the custom of giving seals to young people was established. When young people get married, the men choose dragons, and the women choose phoenix. When the baby is over, the adults choose one for the child. Statues of Master: They all mean auspiciousness. You can also choose a few, which are good as souvenirs."
My years of paying attention to dragon culture have always left me sensitive to dragons. nerve. Before coming to Qufu, I wanted to investigate the relationship between dragons, saints and their families. The introduction of the bicycle rider made my interest even stronger. According to my investigation, as a mythical creature of the ancients that is a vague collection of animals such as fish, crocodiles, snakes, and celestial phenomena such as clouds, thunder, lightning, and rainbows, the dragon has always evolved according to the law of the interaction between gods and heroes. Confucius once compared Laozi to a dragon. Legend has it that he made a special trip to Luoyi to meet Lao Tzu. When he came back, he sighed with emotion to his disciples: "I actually saw a dragon! Dragons are not like birds that can be shot with arrows, nor fish that can be caught with hooks. Like animals, they can be caught with a net.
The inspector found that nine rooms were connected together on the roof of his main hall. This was of course illegal and they were ordered to be torn down immediately. Then he went to dig his ancestral grave and found a large dragon-like insect buried on the left and right sides of his parents' tomb, each missing a claw. The wizard explained that as soon as the dragon's claws were fully grown, Kong Jisu would usurp the throne and become the "True Dragon Emperor." As a result, Kong Jisu suddenly became a sinner, and the Kong family quickly expelled him from the clan. Kong Jishu later devoted himself to the study of calligraphy, and once had some famous calligraphy works. He died of illness in Beijing in his later years. After the death of this descendant of the saint, he was still carrying a mountain of crimes. When the coffin was transported to his hometown, it had to be chained with an iron chain, and then another iron chain, and another iron chain, and it was not allowed to be buried in Konglin. : Would you say pitiful or not?