Cultural legends of Zhenhai Temple

According to legend, there used to be a sea eye at the foot of the mountain opposite Zhenhai Temple. Maybe at some point, the sea water gushed out, washed away the fields and flooded the villages. Manjusri Bodhisattva benefited all sentient beings, so she set up a stupa above the sea eye to stop the overflowing sea water. Later, a temple was built here, called Zhenhai Temple, and that tower was called Zhenhai Tower. There is a beautiful fairy tale circulating here. A long time ago, there lived a family named Zhang at the foot of the Dragon Play Pearl Mountain. The person in charge died young, leaving two people, mother Aunt Zhang, who was afraid that her only daughter Xiaomei would live long every day. She made a wish on the top of Bodhisattva in Wutai Mountain and asked Manjushri to bless her. Mother and daughter live together, collecting mushrooms and selling them for a living. Xiaomei grew up to eighteen and became as beautiful as flowers and jade. She went up the mountain to pick mushrooms, and the mountain flowers were ashamed to look up; She sang on the mountain, and the lark was too ashamed to speak; She went to the spring to wash her face, and her reflection was reflected in the spring, which rippled happily. Who knows that the spring at the foot of the mountain is connected with the East China Sea. Xiaomei often goes to the spring to wash her face and even make trouble. On this day, Xiaomei picked a basket of mushrooms, sang songs down the mountain, and then went to the spring to have a plastic surgery and freshen up. Suddenly, a flood gushed from the spring, forming a vicious wave. Xiaomei was frightened and ran away with the basket. A strong wind blew and the river surged. Xiaomei was caught in the water and disappeared instantly. Spring has returned to its original appearance. Aunt Zhang cooked the meal and waited for Xiaomei to come back. But left can't wait, right can't wait. Let's see if the sun is setting and Xiaomei is still here. Aunt Zhang hurriedly begged the villagers to look around. Everyone tossed and turned in the middle of the night with lanterns and torches, and finally found two things by the spring. A basket of mushrooms and a wet flower shoe. Besides, Xiaomei was washed away by the bad waves, and I don't know how long it has been floating. When she opened her eyes, she came to a magnificent building. Looking out of the window, fish and shrimp are swimming around, and coral trees are as red as flames.

When Xiaomei got off in a flustered room, the door opened and two maids came in, one with a dressing box and the other with splendid clothes, asking her to dress up. Xiaomei asked where this place was, and the maid with the dressing box replied, this is the Dragon Palace in the East China Sea! It is because you often wash your face by the spring that your beautiful face is reflected in our Dragon Palace. My young master is the ninth prince of the Old Dragon King. He is fascinated by your beauty. He rolled up the waves and brought you here, making you inseparable from him. "Xiaomei cried out at that time:" Send me back quickly! Send me back quickly! "At this moment, I saw the nine princes of the Dragon King come in. He is the leader, covered with scales and staring at bulging eyes. He came forward and said, "I brought you here to get married. Let's get dressed quickly. Xiaomei shook her head and said, "You are the prince of the Dragon King, and I am a poor folk girl. How dare you climb so high? "? Take me home quickly, I want to wait on my mother. "Hearing this, the Nine Prince immediately changed his face and said," Even if you don't listen, you won't leave the Dragon Palace! " Xiaomei is an extremely clever girl. She thought: it is impossible to marry this terrible dragon king and nine princes. You must use a trick to get out. She rolled her eyes, thought about it, and said to the nine princes, "I am a Buddhist. If you want to marry me, you should send me home to fast first, and then come to my house to get married three days later. Otherwise I will never follow! " Hearing that things could be done, Nine Sovereigns agreed happily, and immediately sent a sea patrol hag to take Xiaomei across the East China Sea and set out to sea. As soon as Xiaomei closed her eyes, she heard the sound of waves blowing in her ear. After a while, "Gordon" stopped. When she opened her eyes, she returned to the spring where she often washed her face. The sky is blue, the sun is red, the mountain flowers are still so beautiful, and the springs are still so clear. Xiaomei seems to have had a nightmare. A breeze blew, and she woke up and hurried home. Aunt Zhang was overjoyed to see Xiaomei coming back. She hugged her daughter and cried. Xiaomei cried her story to her mother. Aunt Zhang knew that the Nine Princes of the Dragon King were coming for forced marriage, so she took her daughter to the top of Bodhisattva to burn incense and ask Manjusri Bodhisattva to bless her. That night, the mother and daughter had the same dream. In the dream, an old monk said to them, "In three days, you can go to Bodhisattva Top to burn incense again, and you can avoid disaster. "It's been three days now. Another evil wave rolled up in the sea eye, pouring out a lot of fish and shrimp. Fish and shrimp become people, carrying sedan chairs and escorting the way ahead. The nine princes of the Dragon King became beautiful teenagers, wearing flowers and bright red clothes, and followed. Unexpectedly, the beautiful Xiaomei and her mother disappeared, leaving only an empty house. Nine princes realized that they had been trapped and flew into a rage. He returned to his original shape and made waves. Fish and shrimp are alive and kicking in the waves. The water rose higher and higher, flooding villages and fields, and people struggled to escape in the water. Suddenly, a colorful auspicious cloud appeared in the sky. A big copper pot fell from the sky and just buckled on the sea eye. A green lion came down and sucked up the groundwater. Fish and shrimp everywhere could not return to the sea eye, so they had to jump on the ground, and the nine princes were also caught by Manjushri. Since then, the people of Wutai Mountain have escaped the disaster of sea eye flooding. Later, a tower was built on the big copper pot that covered the sea eye, called Zhenhai Tower. Up to now, at the foot of Dongshan Mountain, opposite Zhenhai Temple, there is Zhenhai Tower. Zhenhai Temple at an altitude of 1600 meters is built on the mountain. According to legend, there is a sea eye with a diameter of two feet on the mountain. Once flooded, Fiona Fang will become a Zeguo for hundreds of miles. Unable to bear the sufferings of the people, the Buddha covered the sea eye with a big copper pot in Manjusri Hall, and then built a tower on the copper pot, named Zhenhai Tower, hence the name Zhenhai Temple. There is also a folk story circulating here. Once upon a time, there were two mountains on both sides of the sea eye on the mountain, which fluctuated symmetrically, just like two dragons. If the sea eye is regarded as a bead, it constitutes the pattern of two dragons playing with beads. Feng shui masters call this a treasure trove of feng shui, where two dragons play with pearls.

According to legend, several families live not far from here. It happens that every family has a girl of seventeen or eighteen who lives by picking mushrooms. Among them, Xiaomei of Aunt Zhang's family performed outstandingly. She not only has a good figure, a good face, but also a beautiful voice. She is good at singing. They pick mushrooms from the mountains every day and wash their hands with clean water when they pass by the sea eye. Then they pinch a mountain flower and wear it while singing (with water as a mirror) by the sea eye. Every day. Who knows that this sea eye is connected with the East China Sea, Xiaomei and others wash their hands, wear flowers and sing songs here every day, and the nine princes in the Dragon Palace in the East China Sea can see it clearly. After a long time, the nine princes took a fancy to Xiaomei and decided to rob Xiaomei as his wife. On this day, Xiaomei and others came here to freshen up as usual. Suddenly, two little girls emerged from the bottom of the sea and dragged Xiaomei into the sea eye, scaring several other girls dumbfounded and panicked. Aunt Zhang immediately went to Haiyan when she heard the news, looking at the clear water and waiting for her daughter to come up safely.

In a word, Xiaomei was taken to the Crystal Palace, which is a magnificent palace. Xiaomei was surprised. She walked into a maid from outside the palace, pointed to the dressing box and said, "Miss, I'm ready for you. Get dressed quickly. The nine princes are coming soon. " Xiaomei affectionately called her sister and said, "Tell me, who is the nine princes?" What is this place? How did I get here? "The maid told her everything. Then he said, "if you don't obey, you must find a way out, or they will kill you." They are evil. When Xiaomei heard this, she cried out in a hurry: "Good sister, help me, I still have an old mother at home. The servant girl was about to say something, but she was pushed back by the nine emperors who broke in. "。 Nine princes, thin and furtive, approached Xiaomei. He proudly introduced himself and said, "I am the nine princes of the Dragon King, so please dress up quickly and don't miss your moment." "Xiaomei is an extremely clever girl. She was inspired by the maid. She frowned and made a plan. She said to the nine princes, "I am a Buddhist disciple. If you want to marry me, you must abide by our Buddhist rules. I'm going home to fast for three days, and you can marry me by playing the trumpet in an eight-sedan chair. If not, I would rather die than follow. "Seeing that she had made up her mind and was afraid that she would rather die than surrender, the Nine Prince agreed and made it clear that she would get married in three days. Finally, they said, "If there is any mistake, the water in the East China Sea will flood your village." Say that finish let two little girls send Xiaomei out of the sea eye. Aunt Zhang was overjoyed to see Xiaomei coming. She read "Amitabha" and led Xiaomei home. I'm afraid she'll be dragged into the sea by some sea monster again. Xiaomei walked noisily, telling her own story. Aunt Zhang was afraid, angry and hateful when she heard this, but she couldn't figure out a way. Mother and daughter came to manjusri temple together, offered incense to Manjusri Bodhisattva, made a wish, and asked the Bodhisattva to bless them. Strange to say, mother and daughter had the same dream that night. Both of them dreamed that an old monk said to them, "On the third day, Xiaomei and the whole village went to the top of the snail to burn incense, and Aunt Zhang sat on the futon at home and recited scriptures. You can avoid this disaster. "Mother and daughter thanked the old monk in their dreams, and when they woke up, they felt extremely surprised and excited.

In a blink of an eye, three days later, the nine princes led the fish, turtles, shrimps and crabs and carried the sedan chair to the entrance of the Zhang family. When Prince Jiu came into the room, he saw that there was no Xiaomei, only her mother was chanting. He asked loudly, "Where did your Xiaomei go? Without looking up, Aunt Zhang said, "Wutai Mountain is a holy place of Buddhism, so don't bother to come. "This can make nine prince angry. He immediately asked for rain, and soon, the flood from Haiyan flooded the whole village. However, Aunt Zhang is sitting on the futon just like sitting on a boat. When the water rises, so does the futon. She can't drown. But the water is getting bigger and bigger, the futon is bumping up and down in the waves, and Aunt Zhang is in danger of falling into the water. At this critical moment of life and death, a fireball came from nowhere, and with a bang, it landed on the sea eye, and the water level immediately retreated. Aunt Zhang's futon fell on the fireball as the water level dropped. When she looked carefully, it was not a fireball, but a big copper pot in Manjusri Hall. Xiaomei ran down from the top of Dailuo Mountain with the whole village, and was speechless with joy when she saw Aunt Zhang sitting safely on the copper pot. Because the cauldron blocked the eye of the sea, fish, turtles, shrimps and crabs couldn't go back. In a flash, they were jumping around on the ground and people had a delicious meal. The nine princes also showed their true colors and were beaten to pieces. tourist handbook