Tell a few legends about carp essence

The story of the refined carp in Cheshan Temple is that the incense in Cheshan Temple is strong, and the carp under the lotus platform of Guanyin Bodhisattva is also secretly refined. Tian Jiagou at the foot of the mountain is a fertile paddy field. The people intensively cultivate and reap a bumper harvest every year. There is a ballad circulating in the village: Tian Jiagou, Tian Jiagou, with fertile land, beautiful scenery, favorable weather and abundant crops, every household has food and clothing. However, since the seedlings were planted this year, there have been fewer and fewer green seedlings in the fields, and the villagers all went to the fields to see what ate the seedlings. The villagers found the water in the field rippling, as if there were fish swimming, so they chased it in the field and prepared to catch fish. But the fish swims faster and faster, and people follow it more and more eagerly. Suddenly, the fish jumped into the air and ran away with a puff of smoke. People found the fish hidden in Cheshan Temple along the direction where the smoke disappeared. People came to the temple to look for it, but they couldn't find it. Suddenly I found that the carved carp on the counter under the lotus seat of Guanyin Bodhisattva was wet, but there was no water in other parts of the counter, and the carp was still emitting heat. As soon as everyone arrived, it was this carp that killed crops down the mountain. So people found nails and nailed carp to the incense table. Since then, no carp have eaten crops in Tian Jiagou. When Zou people reached middle age, his family business was thriving. Naturally, the wife's full help is indispensable. Because Mrs Zhang Mao is warm and sincere to people, everyone in the village is used to calling her "Aunt Zhang Mao". Legend has it that Aunt Zhang Mao has a halo in her hand. One year after the vernal equinox, not a single tea bud sprouted in hundreds of acres of tea gardens in Zhang Mao. This means that Zhang Mao's spring tea will face a big reduction in production. When Aunt Zhang Mao learned about it, she went to the tea garden in three steps and two steps. She saw thin bamboo shoots in her hand, beating the tea trees one by one, and whispered, "My tea has sprouted!" My tea bud! "Sure enough, the tea tree photographed by Aunt Zhang Mao suddenly sprouted, so the tea caught up with the picking season and kept the annual output of hundreds of acres of tea gardens.

The most popular legend is that Aunt Zhang Mao's real body is carp essence. It is said that Aunt Zhang Mao has a special bathtub. She has a private bathroom. There are two big footbath in the bathroom. When Aunt Zhang Mao wants to take a bath, she wants her servant to prepare two large footbaths in advance, and never uses boiling hot water. Even in very cold winter, she takes a bath with normal water. This puzzled her maid-in-waiting. Aunt Zhang Mao always looks refreshed after a bath. The maid was determined to unlock the secret of why Aunt Zhang Mao bathed with two large insoles. On one occasion, according to aunt Zhang Mao's instructions, the maid left the bathroom when she was ready. She hid in the corner of the bathroom and peeped through the door into Aunt Zhang Mao's bathtub. The handmaid looked through the door and almost fainted. It turned out that when Aunt Zhang Mao took a bath, she had recovered her original soul and instantly became a carp essence! A fat red carp crackled in the water and jumped from one big footbath to another until it was exhausted and lay down safely.

This wonderful and bizarre story is related to Zhang Mao's business trip all the year round. Zhang Mao and Shanxi merchants went north to run Wuyi tea together and didn't come back for months or even a year. His wife, Aunt Zhang Mao, is so eager for you that she has to let her maid play with her in the street every day. She often sits on benches on both sides of Dangxi and misses her husband. In order to expect her husband to come back early, she often waits until dusk and sunset. The afterglow of the sunset reflected on her face. When the flowing water reflected the beautiful figure of Aunt Zhang Mao, Aunt Zhang Mao looked charming and lovely.

However, Zhang Mao is often busy with business and always misses his return date. Aunt Zhang Mao, who is waiting for her husband to come back early, often wishes she was empty. Unwilling to be lonely, she turned into a carp in several dreams and swam out of the Dangxi quietly. Followed by a bamboo raft carrying tea, swim to Meixi and swim to Chongxi. When Zhang Mao returned safely, the mysterious carp was returned to a rich woman. Then, in a charming posture, sitting on the rain fence on the street, Aunt Zhang Mao's particularly soft waist leans gracefully against the rain fence in Dangxi. In retrospect, those men were really delicious and charming. Gradually, the villagers called the windbreak on which Aunt Zhang Mao lived "beautiful dependence". Legend of soaking carp essence in lotus flowers

Text/Li Chunguang

In the middle reaches of Qinghe Reservoir, Shang Yang Castle, which is more than one kilometer long, once had a big bubble famous for hundreds of acres in Fiona Fang. It is bordered by the clear and transparent Qinghe River in the south and the beautiful Da 'er Mountain in the north. Since ancient times, it has been a treasure land. Because the bubble is full of jasper-like colorful lotus flowers, it is named Lotus Bubble.

According to legend, a long time ago, the Dragon King of Qinghe led his family to live in this bubble as their breeding ground, which benefited the people on both sides of Qinghe. People want wind and rain and live a very happy and rich life. A local folk song says: Qinghe ditch, Qinghe ditch, ten years and nine years, enough porridge for one year. This folk song continues to this day.

It is said that there is a carp essence among the members of the Dragon King family. He is handsome, intelligent and helpful, and won the love and trust of the old dragon king, so he wants to recruit him as a son-in-law. Marry your little daughter to it, and at the same time give it the important task of maintaining the law and order of Qinghe and Paozi, and call it the bubble protector. Carp essence is very happy, getting up early and getting greedy day by day, checking posts and keeping watch, rain or shine, the old dragon king is very satisfied. One day, the old dragon king called the carp essence to his side and said, In a few days, August 15th will be my 10,000-year-old birthday. At that time, guests from all over the world and immortals from all walks of life will come to congratulate. You must keep the law and order of Qinghe and Paozi well, especially the world can't let them anywhere near Paozi, otherwise it will violate the dogma and reveal the secret. Carp essence patted his chest and said, please rest assured that I will be responsible for it. In a blink of an eye, several days passed. On August 15, the Dragon King's birthday, the steamed stuffed bun was decorated inside and outside, and a banquet was held. Guests and immortals from all over the country come to congratulate, push a cup for a change, guess whether the boxing rules are lively or not, and set up a big drama among steamed buns in the evening. Just say that the carp essence is busy this day, patrolling the river and checking the whistle. I'm afraid of making mistakes. I have been busy until ten o'clock in the evening. I am sleepy, hungry and tired. I just want to go back to eat something and have a rest. I just met catfish essence with a table. Carp brother, I see you are getting busier every day. You are exhausted and haven't eaten yet! Come on, big brother, have a drink with you, catfish said hypocritically. In fact, it has long been jealous of carp essence. Usually, carp essence rarely associates with it. I know it is sinister, jealous and has a bad reputation. When I turned to leave, the catfish essence blocked the way again. Why should I be attached to horses? I don't know your brother because of my high position. It doesn't matter. I can't miss your business. Carp essence is really shirking. Besides, I am so hungry that I have been sitting and drinking. In addition, on the night of August 15, a group of fishermen went to Qinghe to fish. As soon as I arrived at the edge of Qinghe River, I saw the lotus flowers shining brightly and drums beating loudly in the middle. They walked to the edge of the bubble and heard the bubble singing. It was beautiful. This song only needs to be heard in the sky. They couldn't help crying together. This call doesn't matter. Bubble. The next day, when people came to the edge of the bubble, they suddenly found a big carp head floating in the middle of the bubble, and the water in the bubble turned red. Every year after August 15, there will be a little girl crying in the steamed buns. People say that the little dragon girl is crying for her future husband. Later, it was said that it was because the carp essence fell into the catfish essence's trick by mistake, drank it by mistake, leaked the secret, and was beheaded by heaven. After that, the lotus in the lotus bubble is particularly bright red, and the tail and abdomen of Qinghe carp have also turned orange, which is particularly delicious, which is incomparable to carp in other places and has become a famous labor in northern Liaoning. It is said that this is all dyed with the blood of carp essence. Catfish essence has no good end. It was hit by the dragon king to the bottom of the river, and it ate carrion and shrimp, and never saw the sun again.

Of course, these are all legends. After the completion of Qinghe Reservoir, Lotus Bubble, together with Shangyang Castle in Ming Dynasty, was submerged in the reservoir area, which will become history forever.