The legend of the owl

A long time ago, the ostrich was once a lake, and most people made a living by fishing.

There was a young man named Qianzhuang who was honest by nature. His parents died when he was a child, and he barely made a living by renting a few acres of thin land at home and fishing. One day, when the bank went out, it happened to find an injured cormorant. The kind-hearted bank took the cormorant home to recuperate. The bank goes to the mountains every day to collect herbs and carefully apply them to the wounds of cormorants. Under the careful care of the bank, the cormorant's injury improved day by day, but one leg was useless and she could only stand on one leg.

The wound of the cormorant has healed, but the appetite is getting bigger every day. The money house is poor and it is difficult to solve the problem of food and clothing. Coupled with an amazing cormorant with a big appetite, it is even more difficult. The bank is also kind enough to spend all its savings and sell those acres of fertile land. In desperation, the bank had to go out and make a fortune.

Strangely, this lake, which used to be full of lively fish, now stinks. If you catch a net, not only the fish are mostly rotten stones, sand and mud, but also the fish are pitiful. One morning, the bank went out fishing, but in the afternoon, it still found nothing. When the depressed bank was worried about the empty network, a large group of people ran in the distance and panicked. The bank stopped a man and asked him what it was. The man said, "You didn't know there was a python on that mountain. It was unnatural. Everywhere I went, all the grass withered. This is a place where people can live. No, everyone fled. " After that, there were a few plops. No, someone accidentally fell into the lake because of the crowd. Qianzhuang learned to be strong and immediately jumped into the lake to save people. There were so many lovely people that the bank sank into the lake with those people because of fatigue. At the critical moment, the one-legged cormorant descended from the sky, grabbed the embankment with one leg and passed by death. The people on the shore looked unbelievable, and the bank itself was dumbfounded.

Late at night, the bank tossed and turned in bed, unable to sleep. I was lucky that this life was saved by the cormorant. What if there is a next time? So many people are suffering from the pain caused by pythons. What shall we do? Early the next morning, the bank got up early, made all preparations, and prepared to fight the python to the death. The cormorant came to him with tears in her eyes.

Although the money house is strong in martial arts, it is no match for the fine python after all. The bank lost power and woke up to find an old man standing in front of him. The old man woke up when he saw the shore, sat down beside him and sighed, "Young man, although your courage is not as good as that of many people, ordinary people can't beat this fine python after all." It takes seven inches to hit a snake. There is only one way to get rid of this python. Let a man go in and grab the snake's tail from behind the cave where the python lives, and the python will definitely turn back. At this time, another person will be sent to guard the cave and hit the python seven inches with eternal cold iron. "

The bank lowered its head and stared at the yellow land in front of it, sighing deeply. "I will pawn that man, but where can I find that cold iron?" The old man bent down and said, "Young man, if you really want to do it, my broken foot is made of cold iron." I'll wait for you here at noon tomorrow. You grab the python's tail and I'll fight for you. "Bank exultation, got up and thanked the old man, and went home.

At noon the next day, the bank came to the cave on time, held its breath and got up the courage to catch the snake. Only heard a loud noise overhead, the bank gripped the tail of a snake. Angry, the python immediately threw the bank into the air, and then the cormorant came to help. Hearing the familiar cry of the cormorant, the embankment in mid-air loosened its hand, and both cormorants and cormorants fell from the air. Fortunately, the python died and fell into the lake. I saw the water in the lake gradually dry up and the python's body disappeared.

Cormorants are lying by the river bank, dying, and the river bank is deeply saddened. At this time, cormorants began to talk about people. The bank realized that the cormorant was the embodiment of the vulture, the gatekeeper in front of the temple at the entrance to the village. When the bank was a child, it hung the petunia rope on the doorman's leg, and the cow accidentally guarded the doorman's leg and broke it. This is the origin of the cormorant injury. The vulture became a cormorant, rescued by the bank and defeated the bank's home. I left to punish the bank for its previous mistakes. I didn't expect pythons to harm people. Seeing that the bank was determined to get rid of the python regardless of its own life, it was moved by its sincerity and decided to help him. With that, a fairy suddenly appeared on the horizon and drew some strokes on the cormorant. The cormorant flew to the fairy and landed on its shoulder.

Later, in order to commemorate this story, people restored the damaged condor statue and called the dried-up lake "Shen" and "Xiacheng". Later, because it was not pleasant to hear, it was changed to "Yacheng", where most ostrich people lived. The bank bravely killed pythons, which brought a better life. In order to thank him, the villagers renamed his original village Qianzhuang, which is now Qianzhuang. The cave where the python is located was also renamed "Shimenli" by the people.

Now, ostriches are famous for their unique Huang Huali. There are several pear orchards in Yacheng. The label of the International Slow City and the Pear Blossom Festival also attracted many tourists to watch.