Now, the south side of this tall ancient pagoda is close to the tower foundation, and there is still a spring well about five or six feet deep, surrounded by stone fences. Sweet and delicious spring water gushes from the well all year round, and the beautiful and exquisite ancient pagoda is reflected on the water, and the scenery is breathtaking.
The temple where the ancient pagoda was located experienced many wars, and by the Ming Dynasty, it had existed in name only. In the forty-eighth year of Wanli (AD 1620), when Yang Yubi, the magistrate of Changli County, presided over the restoration of the temple, there was a well under the tower. "Water has its source and the tower has its shadow." The temple was named "Yuan Ying Temple" and the tower was called "Yuan Ying Temple Tower".
When this deep well was dug is an eternal mystery, because there is no record.
Legend has it that in ancient times, Jieshi Mountain was a treasure trove of geomantic omen. It is not only beautiful, but also there is a ladder at the top of Jieshi Mountain leading to the palace of the Queen Mother Xiao Jiugong. Therefore, the main peak of Jieshi Mountain has always been called the top of the Queen Mother.
People eat all kinds of fruits in the mountains and seafood by the sea. Every year they have a bumper harvest and live a well-fed life. Later, more and more households gradually formed a big town. I don't know when, in the ancient well of the town, an old water demon changed from a big fish to one, specializing in making floods. In order to seek peace, people burn incense every year to pay tribute to it and beg it not to make trouble.
One year, a temple was built on Jieshi Mountain. On holidays, people rush to burn incense and worship. When the old water demon saw the mountain god competing with it for incense, he became angry and began to fight with the mountain god.
When the old water demon was angry, a black water wave more than ten feet high came at the foot of Jieshi Mountain. When people saw the water coming, they ran desperately to Jieshi Mountain. When Blackwater came, the mountain god made Jieshi Mountain grow up with Blackwater. Before the old water demon got halfway up the mountain, the water head couldn't go up any more.
The old water demon returned from defeat. Since then, people have stopped offering sacrifices to it. The old water demon was even more impatient, so he borrowed seawater from the long-standing East China Sea Dragon King. Huge waves flooded Jieshi Mountain. After Jieshi Mountain emerged from the flood, he was so angry that he sued the old water demon in front of the Jade Emperor when he saw that the old water demon was so cruel and harmful to others and himself.
The old water demon was brought to the jade emperor by the heavenly soldiers and generals, trying to deny it. The Queen Mother sent Venus Taibai to the top of the Queen to take the weeds brought by the flood as evidence, thus debunking the lie of the old water demon.
The Jade Emperor slapped his hand on the dragon case in his hand and sharply reprimanded the old water demon: "Don't you dare deny it like this, because it is full of witness material evidence. It is really a crime! " Say that finish, the jade emperor immediately issued a letter to the king of Tota, Li Jing, to erect a thirteen-story town demon tower, and put the old water demon under heavy pressure at the foot of Jieshi Mountain.
After the tower was completed, a temple was built around it. The original name of the temple has not been tested, so it was called Yuanying Temple when it was rebuilt in the Ming Dynasty. The reason why this "Yuanying Temple Tower" emits white smoke every spring and summer is said to be caused by the endless tears of regret shed by the Millennium old water demon.
The bizarre incident during the renovation was only a local hearsay, and there was no relevant introduction.
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