Wuzhi Folk Tales: Legend of Erxiangu Temple

There is a big temple in the north of Dongtou Road, Kuaicun Village, Xieqiying Township, which is dedicated to two women. This is the Erxiangu Temple. Then, the temple does not worship immortals, Taoists or Buddhists. Why does it worship these two ordinary peasant women? What's the legend in this? According to legend, these two nuns are two women who are almost twenty-eight. They are sisters, and their grades are only one year apart. Originally from zhang jia zhuang, lingchuan county, Shanxi, Han Dynasty. Their mother surnamed Yang was inspired to give birth to the sisters. They are intelligent and handsome, but they can't talk until they are seven years old. At this time, the mother had died, and the stepmother Li abused her sister in every way: in winter, they were forced to go barefoot to pick mushrooms in the field, and the two sisters cried helplessly in the field. Hearing the poor cry, the passing Yingzhou Golden Maiden felt pity and turned their tears dripping on the ground into red-leaf mushrooms. In the hot summer, the cruel stepmother forced two girls to pick up wheat fields. The gods pitied them and let them pick up the ears of wheat easily and go home without being tortured by the high temperature. Stepmother failed in both plans, and set it on fire in the middle of the night, trying to get rid of the disease and then get rid of it quickly. The stepmother's behavior finally made the Emperor unacceptable, so the Jade Emperor sent Huang Yun to ask her sister to practice in Xishan. At this time, her sister was only fifteen and her sister was about fourteen. After the two sisters became immortals, the Jade Emperor let them go to the rooftop, the Empress Dowager gave them royal pool wine, and the Taoist gave each of them a golden bowl, so that they could travel around the world and keep everyone safe. Once I passed by Kuai Village at the junction of Wuzhi and Xiuwu, I couldn't help but admire: "A treasure trove of geomantic scenery!" But I learned that Grandfather Tai took a fancy to this place and buried one of his amulets underground as a sign. The two had planned to bury an embroidered shoe under the old gentleman's imperial edict and seize this place. In this place, they are kind to the people and give them anything they want. In order to repay their kindness, people here built temples and set stoves to worship them. In those days, the Tang King personally commanded soldiers to March eastward to Korea, and when they passed by, they ran out of food and grass, and Erxian sent meals to the Tang King's army. Although the rice jar is small, it is inexhaustible, which solves the urgent need of the troops who are hungry and cold. Later, when Tang Jun was at war with enemy soldiers, it suddenly began to hail, and the enemy was killed by more than half, but Tang Jun turned the tables and returned home in triumph without firing an arrow. In order to express his gratitude to the two immortals, the King of the Tang Dynasty put them on record as "Two Immortals Bodhisattvas", abandoned the temple and built a temple, giving it the name "Zhenze". In the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty, Xixia was eager to annex the Central Plains. Two fairies disguised themselves to sell rice in the Great Patriotic War in Song Jun, and helped Song Jun defeat the Xixia army before the sage army. In the three years of Song Zhenguan, there was a great drought in the world. In early autumn and July, the county magistrate Li Moumou heard that the two immortals had boundless magic, so he prayed for rain and drought relief in Zhenze Fairy Temple. Sincerely, it rained cats and dogs, and this autumn harvest was bumper. This miracle was performed step by step by the county magistrate, and the details were reported to the court. Song Taizong Zhao Kuangyin was moved by the achievements of two immortals and served the country and the people for many times. So in the summer of Zheng He's new Mao, he awarded the title of "Two Immortals", which was called "Uncle Chong" for a long time and "Hui Chong" for the second time, and ordered the construction of a temple to be dedicated to this day.