Toad is called golden toad. It comes from the legend of "bangs playing with golden toad".
The allusion of "bangs playing with golden toads" comes from Taoism and is attached to the legendary figure who lived without grain and made light of his body. The golden toad is a three-legged frog, which in ancient times was believed to make one rich. It means prosperous wealth, happiness and beauty. ?
According to legend, there is a golden toad in the loofah well in Changde City. It often spits out a white light from the mouth of the well at night and shoots straight into the sky. The wise people can ascend to heaven by taking advantage of this white light. Liu Hai, a young man who lives by the well, has a poor family, is kind and filial to his mother; he often goes to the nearby mountains to cut firewood, sells firewood and buys rice, and lives with his mother. One day, there was a fox in the mountain forest who cultivated into a spirit and transformed into a beautiful and handsome girl Hu Xiuying. He blocked Liu Hai's return and asked to marry her. After her marriage, Hu Xiuying wanted to help her bangs reach the sky, so she spit out a white bead and used her bangs as bait to fish in a loofah well. The golden toad bites the fish and rises up. Liu Hai takes advantage of the momentum and rides on the toad's back, jumps up, and flies away as an immortal. In order to commemorate Liu Hai's practice of filial piety, later generations built the Chanquan Temple next to the loofah well and enshrined the statue of Liu Hai.