"The Yellow River repairs a bucket of gold and Qianjiang repairs a bucket of silver every day." The disaster that lakes bring to people can be thought of from this sentence.
At the end of the Tang Dynasty, there was a king of Wu Yue named Qian, who was very brave. At that time, people called him "the king of money".
When Qian Wang governed Hangzhou, he felt that everything was easy to handle, but this dike was difficult to repair. Every time the dike was about to be repaired, the spring tide washed away again. Qian Wang was angry and ordered his men to fix it within a time limit. Qian Wang's people were in a hurry, so they had to report the truth to Qian Wangdao:
"Big king, this consideration or not. Because there is a tide god in the river who is against us. When we repair the embankment, he will make waves, raise the tide and wash it away. "
After listening to the fire full of money, I was so angry that my beard stood on end and stared at him and rapped out:
"Hum! Why don't you useless guys drag the tide god up and kill him? "
The men quickly said, "He is the tide god and lives with the sea dragon king. How can we find him? " . And when he came, the tide was rolling, and he was in the tide, so we couldn't see him and couldn't catch him. Even if you take an iron boat to find it, you will be swallowed up by the tide as soon as you meet it. "
Hearing this, Qian Wang's eyes lit up and shouted, "Bah! Don't let this little tide god run amok? " He thought for a moment and said, "well, I'll hand him over myself." Send me ten thousand archers by the river on August 18th. I'm going to meet this tide god! "
Do you know why Qian Wang chose August 18? It turns out that August 18 is Shen Chao's birthday. On this day, the tide was the highest, and the water was unstoppable and fierce. Shen Chao always rides a white horse and runs in the tide.
August 18 arrived, and the king platform was set up by the river. Qian Wang went to the stage early in the morning to watch the movement, waiting for the arrival of the tide god. However, these 10,000 archers have been coming one after another and have not arrived yet. Qian Wang asked him why he hadn't arrived yet, and stood in line.
A general went forward and knelt down and said, "Your Majesty! Archers come to the river and pass a gem mountain. The mountain road in this place is narrow, and only one person can pass, let alone climb up and down, so it is slow. "
Hearing this, the king of money shouted, "Oh, bah, it won't delay the event! With that, he immediately jumped on a swift horse and flew to the front of Baoshi Mountain. At first glance, it looks like this. He hurried to the top of the mountain and looked around. He saw a crack in the southern half of the mountain. So he sat down, put his foot on the crack in the mountain and gave him a hard push. The mountain actually pushed him away, and a wide road appeared in the middle. The soldiers saw it and everyone cheered. Soon, all the archers crossed the road and gathered by the river. From then on, that place was called "Deng Kailing", and the footprints of Qian Wang are still deeply trapped on the stone wall.
Qian Wang rode his horse around quickly again. When he came to the stage by the river again, 10,000 archers had lined up. People along the river suffered the harm of tidal waves and built dikes to control water. Who is unhappy and who doesn't work hard? Now I hear that the king of money has hit the tide god, and everyone is rushing to see it and cheering. Dozens of miles of banks are crowded with people. Seeing this momentum, Qian Wang became more courageous. He asked someone to bring pen and ink and wrote two poems:
"In order to report the tide god, it is one with the Shuifu, and the dike pond is also borrowed from Qiancheng."
Immediately throw the poem into the river and shout, "Hey, Tide God, listen! You promise this, don't make waves! If you insist on being stubborn and rushing to the levee, don't blame me for being ruthless! "
Hearing this, the people on the shore and the archers all cheered, their voices thundering. Everyone is facing the river, watching with rapt attention.
However, the tide god ignored Qian Wang's words. After a while, he saw a white line in the distance, flying and rolling, faster and faster. It's close, just like an iceberg exploding, a snowdrift bursting, and heading straight for the king's platform. Goodbye, money king. Yelling at him: "Shoot the arrow!" As soon as he spoke, he shot out with a whoosh.
At this time, I saw thousands of arrows on the shore, pointing to the tide. People stamped their feet, clapped their hands, shouted and cheered loudly. Ten thousand arrows were shot, and another ten thousand arrows were shot; Ten thousand arrows have been shot, and then ten thousand arrows; "Swish, swish," instantly shot 30 thousand arrows, making the tide dare not attack the shore again. The king of money ordered again: "Chase, shoot!" The tide had to meander southwest and finally disappeared without a trace. Until today, when the tide reaches the edge of Pagoda of Six Harmonies, it is much smaller. In front of Pagoda of Six Harmonies, the river meanders forward in the shape of "Z", so people call it "Zhijiang".
Since then, embankment construction has begun. The people are very grateful to Qian Wang, saying that he has harmed the people, so he called the dam by the river "Qiantang".