According to the Records of Villages and Towns in Song Dynasty, a couple came to Shandong Village, Song Cun, Wendeng to beg during Hongzhi period in Ming Dynasty. They are Hou Jia, Hou Jia, and their surname is Li. The villagers felt pity, so they left them in the village and gave them three straw houses in the northwest corner of the village. Mr. and Mrs. Li have no children under their knees. When Li Laohan was 55 years old, his wife went to the river to wash clothes one day and saw a red carp in the water. Shortly after returning to China, she became pregnant. One year and three months later, she gave birth to a boy named Li Pizhao on the eighth day of the sixth lunar month. This child is different. It has a tail. The child is growing fast and will soon be able to walk. He went out alone and didn't come back until dark. Every night, when he comes home to nurse, his mother will faint. That night, old man Li was waiting with a gourd ladle and a sickle in his hand. When the first class came down, he saw that his wife had fainted, and immediately opened the ladle. He saw a dragon's tail hanging from the beam and its head stretched out in his mother's arms to eat. Li Laohan picked up a sickle and cut off the dragon's tail at once. The dragon seized old man Li painfully and threw him into the southeast sea. Since then, it has become Li's bald tail.
Li's juvenile story. Li, named Li Pizhao, went out to work at the age of 9. One day, the master asked him to water the garden. He fell asleep on the drilling platform. The host was very angry. Li Pizhao said, "It rained heavily at noon today, so there is no need to water it." The host said, "I'm going to play in such good weather." Li said, "Don't fight, it must rain." At noon, it really rained heavily. Later, the host often asked him about the weather, and the lark was very accurate. The master thought the boy was unusual, so he asked his son, who was an official in Beijing, to take him to Beijing and introduce him to Zhang Tianshi's palace as a handyman. One day, Wen Chengren, an official of Nanjing Ministry of Industry, went to Zhang Tianshi's house to chat. When Li Pizhao brought tea, Cong Shangshu asked him, "Where is your home? Who's at home? Do you want to go home? " Li Pizhao said: "There is an old mother in Songcun Village, Wendeng, Shandong Province. She hasn't been home for several years and misses it very much, but Shi Tian is not allowed to go home. " Cong Shangshu turned to Shi Tian and said, "Xiao Li is my hometown. For my sake, let him take a vacation and let him go home to see his mother. " Zhang Tianshi said, "You can rest for two days, one day to go and one day to come back." In this way, Xiaolizi returned to her hometown, Shandong Village, and visited her mother along the rivers, lakes and seas. After returning to Beijing, I am grateful to Cong Shangshu for asking for leave. One year, Cong Shangshu went home to worship his ancestors. When Xiao Li learned this, he said to Cong Shangshu, "Go home, I have no other gifts. I'll give you an umbrella to keep you cool. " Cong Shangshu got into the sedan chair and hurried on. As soon as he went out, a cloud covered the sedan chair. The sedan chair goes from the clouds to Wendeng City. Cong Shangshu got off the sedan chair and walked into the room. The clouds cleared, a bolt from the blue, and the rain poured down. Cong Shangshu suddenly realized that Xiangyun was an umbrella from Li Pizhao. (Song Cun Xu tells stories)
The origin of Huilong Mountain. Li Pizhao works as a handyman in Zhang Tianshi. A few years later, his mother was seriously ill and died. Li went back to his hometown and buried his mother in Changshan. After returning to his hometown for the second time, he moved and buried his mother in his hometown of Yang Zhe. In the fifty-third year of Emperor Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty (17 14), he went home to visit the grave again, missed his birthplace, and moved his mother's tomb from Yangzhe back to Changshan overnight, so Changshan was renamed Huilongshan. In the northwest corner of Shandong village where Li's parents live, there is a Longwang Temple, and there is a theater in front of it. In front of Huilong Mountain, there is a hall of Li Pizhao, the dragon king, and a plaque inscribed by Daoguang stands at the top of the hall. In front of the statue of the Dragon King stands the position of the Dragon King of Jiujiang Eight Rivers in all corners of the country. The jade sign in front of the Dragon Mother Tomb at the top of the mountain reads "Dragon Mother Tomb". In front of the tomb stands a Zheshu, like an umbrella covered with yellow. (Song Cun Xu tells stories)
King Li Long and Heilongjiang. After Li's buried mother returned to Beijing, Ming hongzhi emperor wanted to summon him. After Li was sealed by the emperor, he went out to inspect the rivers in the capital and saw a harmful white dumpling in a river in the northeast. Li gave people along the Yangtze River a dream: Now the Yangtze River is flooded with disasters, and all this is caused by White jiaozi. I want to kill someone and ask my parents for help. After the war, when I saw the black water, it was me. You throw me food. If it is white water, it means that white jiaozi has the upper hand, and you sprinkle dry lime. On the day of the war, all the people along the river went to the river to watch the war. When they saw the black water, they threw a treasure. When they saw white water, they sprinkled lime. They fought in Kuya for nine days, and Bai Jiao was defeated by Li Long. People named this river Heilongjiang to thank Li for his kindness. Up to now, all the northeast bosses who have crossed the river must first ask: "Are there any Shandong people?" The partner replied: "Yes!" This just started to discharge. This means that with the blessing of Shandong Li, we will be safe. (Song Cun Xu tells stories)
Huilongshan Club and Dragon Mother Birthday Party. According to the Records of Villages and Towns in Song Dynasty, Huilongshan, formerly known as Changshan, is located 2 kilometers north of Hanchang Yangcheng. Since the Han Dynasty, there has been a huge dragon temple on the mountain. In the Ming Dynasty, he wore the Dragon and moved to Yang Zhe. In the fifty-third year of Emperor Kangxi of Qing Dynasty (17 14), Sichuan Shenlong reappeared in Changshan, and Changshan was changed to Huilong Mountain. Since then, every year on the second day of the third lunar month, people from three northeastern provinces have come to celebrate the Dragon Mother's birthday in Fiona Fang. The villagers steamed wheat automatically, and sent representatives to Yang Zheshan, Huilongshan and other temples to offer sacrifices and hold grand temple fairs. Many villagers still offer sacrifices in their yards. On the day of going up the mountain, tens of thousands of people gathered from morning till night. The ceremonial team consists of flags, banners, umbrellas, plates and mules carrying gold ingots, followed by warriors riding bodyguards. Followed by sticks, nine-section Strafe, spears, short knives and halberds, followed by stilts, two lifts, lion dance, running a living horse, Longmen Autumn, driving dragons, followed by melons, axes and dragons and phoenixes. Firecrackers cleared the way, gongs and drums roared, and the drama was staged for three days in Taiwan. People who believe in dragons all wear scented paper, kowtow and bow, and incense keeps burning day and night. Until February 1940 18, when the Japanese invaded Song Cun, the mountain conference was terminated. 1941On August 20th, the Japanese army instructed Li Shutang to lead 120 puppet troops to set up a stronghold in Huilongshan. The temples and other buildings on Huilong Mountain were killed by soldiers, and the ancient temple that flourished for more than 270 years ended.
There is another version of the legend of bald-tailed plum.
In front of Yangzhe Mountain, 20km south of Wendeng County, there is a Yang Zhe Temple built in the late Zhou Dynasty. During the Hongzhi period of the Ming Dynasty, incense was flourishing, and good men and women who prayed for the safety of their children were bustling and endless. The Li family lives near the temple, and the daughter-in-law Li is hardworking and virtuous. Just after forty, there are no children, and the whole family is looking forward to it.
One year, the weather was dry and there was no harvest, and both Li's parents died. After burying their parents, they were in debt. The husband and wife had to sell their fields and houses, pay off their debts and embark on the road of escape. When I went to Shandong Village at the foot of Beishan Mountain in Song Cun, a good-hearted man in the village lent them some empty straw houses as temporary accommodation. The couple are hardworking and simple, and make a living by doing short-term jobs. Two years later, they built three straw houses.
One day, Li Guo came to Changyang River to wash clothes. Suddenly, he felt thirsty. He took the river in his hands and drank it at once. Suddenly, the black dragon surfaced and passed away. After January, Li Guo was pregnant and the couple were very excited. 10 months later, plum fruit showed no signs of delivery, and the fetus was beating in the abdomen. The couple are full of hope in doubt and fear. On the night of the eighth day of June in the third year of Li Guo's pregnancy, thunder was rolling and the wind and rain were blowing hard, and her stomach churned and she knew she was going to have a baby. Before her husband found the midwife, Li Guo gave birth in lightning and thunder, and then fell into a coma.
When Li Guo woke up, the wind and rain had stopped, and her husband and midwife broke into the house, only to see the broken afterbirth and no baby. A few days later, after the second watch at night, a long object jumped into Li Guo's arms to eat milk, and Li Guo immediately fainted. After listening to his wife's complaint, the husband was very scared. At night, he buckled the oil lamp with a water ladle and squatted in front of the kang with a sickle in his hand. A cool breeze blew, and he heard his wife's shortness of breath. The husband lifted the ladle and saw a black dragon with its tail wrapped around the beam and its head nestled in his wife's arms. In a panic, the husband flew a sickle and cut it on the dragon's tail. The black dragon flew away in unbearable pain. A strong whirlwind swept his father out of the hut and fell into the East China Sea. The tail cut off by the black dragon fell from the air and landed on the Duxiu Peak where cigarettes curled up, becoming a boulder on the peak.
Li Guo was heartbroken and stayed in Lacrimosa all day. A few days later, a dark little boy came in and called "Mom". Li Guo held the child tightly in her arms and felt great comfort, so she named her son "Taner". Tan er is naive and naughty. Every time he sees the water, he is very excited and often runs to the Changyang River to play. Once, he jumped into the river and rescued the boy who fell into the water, which was praised by his neighbors. Tan came of age at the age of 289, and her mother named her "Li Long". All his friends like to call him "Lao Li". Li Long is not only diligent, but also can predict the wind and rain, so his neighbors look at him with new eyes.
Later, Li Long worshiped Zhang Tianshi as a teacher in Longhu Mountain, practicing Sanjiu in winter and dog days in summer, and learned the changes of people, clouds and rain. One day, Li Long met his fellow countryman and great scholar Cong Lan in Zhang Tianshi Palace. A few years later, Cong Lan was promoted to the right capital of the Ming Dynasty, guarding the three passes. Sanguan is located in the Mongolian Plateau, where water resources are scarce. One day, Cong Lan was worried and vaguely felt that someone was holding his hand and leading him to a depression. Cong Lan ordered the soldiers to dig three feet, and soon they saw the fountain spewing out. Cong Lan named the spring "Longquan!"
At that time, a kind of white slug was planted in Sakha, Guandong River, which often flooded the river, washed away houses, flooded grains, livestock and wild animals, and the people along the river were miserable, calling this river "Bailong River". CongLan recommended Li Long to Zheng De and put him in charge of jiaozi. Li Long was ordered to go to Kanto and jumped into the river alone, looking for evil Bai Jiao. Bald at a young age and unfamiliar with water conditions, Li Long gradually lost ground and was driven out of the river by Bai Jiao. Li Long Lien Chan couldn't win for several days in a row. He was on the run. One day, with the help of fellow villagers in Shandong, the villagers secretly prepared lime blocks and steamed buns. When the fierce battle between the Black Dragon and Bai Jiao was in full swing, the Black Dragon surfaced and villagers threw steamed buns into the river. White jiaozi surfaced and the crowd threw baskets of lime blocks into the river.
After three days and three nights of war, the Black Dragon became more and more brave, and Bai Jiao left half blind. Since then, the Bailong River has been calm, with good weather on both sides and people living and working in peace and contentment. In order to commemorate the achievements of the Black Dragon, people spontaneously renamed the river Heilongjiang. After that, every boatman sailing in Heilongjiang must ask: "Are there any old customers in Shandong?" Hear "yes!" Just broke down. Because boatmen regard Shandong as the embodiment of the black dragon, which can protect the safety of navigation, a custom has gradually formed and continues to this day.
After Zheng De got the good news, he named Li Long as the "Total Dragon King of Jiujiang Eight Rivers, Five Lakes and Four Seas". In the fifty-third year of Kangxi in Qing Dynasty (17 14), Li was found on the top of the mountain in the west of Shandong Village. From then on, there was a grave on the top of the mountain, and there was an umbrella-shaped Zheshu beside it. People rushed to tell each other that the mountain was named "Huilong Mountain", the tombstone of the Dragon Mother was erected next to the tomb, and the Li Long Temple was built in front of the mountain, forming a grand temple fair.
In the 25th year of Daoguang (1845), on July 18th, the emperor inscribed a plaque for "Park Hui You Min" and listed Li Long in the national mourning ceremony. In Wendeng and its surrounding areas, there are hundreds of temples dedicated to King Li Long and Dragon Mother, and there are more than 65,438+00 large-scale temple fairs. Among them, the Huilongshan temple complex is 2.5 kilometers long, and the four gold-plated characters of "universal benefit for the people" are engraved on the Wang Longdian in the main temple area. Every year on the second day of March and the eighth day of June, pilgrims, believers and businessmen come to worship at the Huilongshan Temple Fair in Yantai, Weihai, Northeast China, Jiangnan, Korea, Japan, Singapore and other countries and regions, and the custom continues to this day.
With the development of migration activities such as "going east" and "going down to South Asia", many places are interpreting Li's legend and building temples. In Heihe and wudalianchi city, Li Long statues were built by the river and Chi Pan respectively. (Xu Jianzhong Collection)
The myth of bald-tailed Li was initiated by Wendeng people, which vividly embodies the two traditional cultures of Confucianism and Taoism in China, and the working people's desire to control nature and master their destiny in the face of natural and man-made disasters. The May issue of Folk Literature Forum sponsored by China Folk Literature Research Association 1989 published Wang Taijie's The Evolution of the Tale of the Bald-tailed Dragon and Li, and made an in-depth investigation on the origin and evolution of the story of the bald-tailed dragon circulating in various places. It is considered that Wendeng County has the earliest, most detailed and most systematic record. Therefore, Wendeng is the birthplace of Li Long myth with bald tail. In June, 2006, 165438+ 10, the "bald-tailed Lao Li" in Songcun Town was listed in the first batch of intangible cultural heritage in Shandong Province. In June 2008, it was included in the second batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.