So why did Shiligang become a "Lotus Mountain"? There is a story:
In other words, in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, Panyu was a vast area, which was divided into four sub-districts, namely Shawan sub-district and Jiaotang sub-district in the south (that is, most of Panyu district now), Lubu sub-district in the east and Mudeli sub-district in the north. At that time, Jinshi from all departments were proud to take the imperial examination. For a long time, few people in Lubu Temple took the imperial examination, let alone achieved fame, which attracted the attention of the gentry of Lubu Temple such as Luogang, Nangang and Huangpu. At that time, a squire named Zhong invited a man named Zhong to see Feng Shui. Lai Buyi looked at the south of the Yangtze River in front of Boluo Temple, pointing to Shi Ligang. He said, "Lu Bu's first companion can be a scholar unless Shi Li sees the lotus" and left. So the gentry of Lubusi speculated on the meaning of this sentence. Someone said, "Shiligang is full of stones, how can you see the lotus?" Rubus has no hope of fame. "Someone said," no! Everything depends on people. Can't we plant lotus flowers in Shiligang? "Everyone thought it was very reasonable, so they sent people to Shiligang to plant lotus flowers. Who knows that at Shiligang, there are stones all over the mountain, and there is not a drop of water. Needless to say, it is difficult to grow lotus flowers and grass! Just as the disappointed squire was about to go back, he suddenly found those piles that didn't scream on Shiligang, some were like lions, some were like monkeys, some were like stone platforms, and some were like stone pagodas. The squire named Zhong had a brainwave and immediately found several masons who were quarrying stones, and asked them to slightly decorate a big stone next to the current "Nantianmen" scenic spot and chisel it into a lotus shape. Because it looks like a lotus, people call it Lotus Stone, or Stone Lotus.
Since the Lotus Stone in Shiligang became famous, one year Rubus went to Beijing to catch the exam. An examiner from the native place of candidates in Panyu County saw this place for the first time and couldn't help wondering: "Is there Lu Busi in Panyu?" Rubus's students immediately said, "We belong to Rubus." The old palace asked again, "Then why didn't anyone go to Beijing to take the exam?" Candidate: "Because Mr. Feng Shui said that our company was not good at Feng Shui before, we can't learn. Seeing the lotus in Shiligang this year, the Feng Shui of Lubu Temple has improved, and it must be a scholar. " The examiner disagreed. I think, if I miss the Jinshi, what does it matter if Shi Ligang can't see the lotus? I'll fail your Rubus student in this course and see what you do!
So, when he was marking the paper, he first looked at the candidate's native place. Where there is a Lubu company, he threw the newspaper into the wastebasket at his feet without looking. After finishing the last batch of papers, he will sort out 30 papers that are considered to be better and prepare them for the emperor. At this time, it was already the fifth watch. The examiner smiled insidiously at the abandoned answer sheet of Lubus candidates in the wastepaper basket and said, "I am in charge of which scholar!" "Then he fell asleep at his desk. Who knows that when he was asleep, his elbow accidentally knocked over the candlestick on the case, which landed on the throne to be submitted to the emperor for examination, and burned the throne at once. The examiner was shocked when he woke up, so he had to present Rubeus' abandoned paper to the emperor. As a result, this year, Rubus took an examination of more than a dozen Jinshi at once. Since then, the reputation of Lotus Stone has become louder and louder among the people, and people have gradually called Shiligang Lotus Mountain.