Fifty miles outside Jianzhou City, there is an ancient town called "Golden Horse".
There is a ringing stream in the town, which meanders and flows four miles away, turning from east to west and half-circling the flat dam.
In the spring, Pingba has white clouds and clear water, lush green grass, weeping willows, peaches and plums, golden cauliflowers, flying butterflies, sunset smoke, shepherd boys playing flutes, and a tower rising from the ground, red The white contrast makes people forget to leave, and it is also a poetic and painting state.
Some people say: This beautiful scenery is the spirit of the tower.
The name of the tower is red and white, which has a long history.
However, there are different opinions, and it is impossible to test it.
Therefore, I will supplement it with an anecdote and show it to others.
According to legend, the Huanxi River is clear and lingers here. There are giant clams at the bottom of the water, which contain spiritual beads.
Every time it rains, a white light rises from the water, cuts through the night sky, and shines like a torch.
Geng is the wind, the roar of the horse, hissing, and the sound of hoofbeats, just like galloping.
The brighter the light, the louder the horse's cry, and the faster the hoofbeat.
If the sounds and colors are consistent, it can last up to three shifts.
Occasionally, some brave villagers peeked at it and saw a giant bead shining brightly, rising from the water. A horse with shining golden light, flying mane and hoofs, running around the bead, looks like Guard.
The villagers were surprised at first, then noticed the strangeness, and gradually got used to it and no longer thought it was strange.
However, he used the Golden Horse as a topic of conversation, and sighed that the dam has beautiful scenery, fertile land, strong men, beautiful women, simple folk customs, and prosperous life. For this reason, the dam is called the "Golden Horse Farm."
The stars are changing.
One day, a handsome man and beautiful woman arrived.
The man wears a white shirt and swings a folding fan, looking like Pan An; the woman wears a red skirt, moves with lotus steps, and is as beautiful as a Diao Chan.
This man and woman live by the water, patrol the stream all day long, and are not near the village.
As the New Year approaches, white men and red women suddenly hold golden cards and visit villagers from house to house.
The villagers pushed the village chief out and asked: "What do you want?"
The answer was: "There are clams in the stream, which contain pearls and spit out light. When the light comes out, You can kill everyone immediately.
We want to capture him, so I would like to ask the villagers to lend a helping hand to eliminate the clam problem. ”
The village chief asked: "Why should I be rewarded?"
He held out a bulging bag and replied: "Two taels of gold per person!"
The village chief was delighted and said again : "What can I do to help?"
Then he replied: "The men all hold drums and beat, and the women all hold gongs and beat, and shout at the same time, that's fine!"
The village chief thought for a long time and responded.
The villagers got such wealth out of thin air, and they also promised it.
At noon the next day, the village chief and the crowd arrived just like this.
White men and red women came out with hundreds of drums and gongs to teach the people. They asked the men to stand on the left bank of the stream and the women to stand on the right bank of the stream. They beat the drums and gongs, and shouted in unison. The sound was majestic and lasted for a moment. stop.
The white man and the red woman, each wearing a raincoat and armed with a sharp sword, jumped into the water together.
For a while, a violent storm broke out, heavy rain poured down, the sky was dark, the earth was dark, thunder and lightning flashed.
In an instant, the stream was churning, the waves were eight feet high, and it was surging like thousands of armies facing each other, fighting fiercely.
Occasionally, blood bubbles burst from the top of the waves, as red as flowers, which is vividly visible.
The villagers were horrified and almost wanted to flee.
The village chief stopped it.
Continue to keep the promise and work hard, drum, gong, and shout hard, and never stop.
At the time of the oath, the red girl suddenly came out with the waves, her hair disheveled and her body covered with blood. She crawled on the shore, panting endlessly, and the fishy smell all over her body was pungent and the stench was unpleasant.
The village chief felt sorry for his miserable situation and said: "What's wrong?"
The red girl covered her face and cried: "The white man is dead!..."
The villagers wanted to help the red girl.
Suddenly there was a rush of water, and a horse jumped into the air from the top of the waves in front of the crowd. Its whole body shone like red gold. The poet said: "Don't do it! This woman is the essence of a centipede! Her whole body is like a centipede!" They are all poisonous and will kill you if you touch them!" After saying this, he raised his hoof and stamped on the red girl.
The red girl struggled to death and suddenly turned into a red centipede about four feet long.
The villagers were shocked.
He abandoned his drum and gong and tried to escape.
The horse said: "The spiritual pearl spitting light is the hero of the earth.
The hero of the earth and the human spirit are the blessings of everyone.
And the knowledge of the people As a human being, it is foolish and stupid to help a demon to steal the spiritual pearl!" He then turned to the village chief and said, "You are the head of the village, but you are doing evil by helping a demon for mere money. It is despicable!"
Everyone stopped and was frightened.
The village chief You's legs trembled and he begged: "We repent, and we are willing to spend all the money given by the monster to be forgiven!"
The horse laughed and said: " You all look at the bag, where is the gold?"
When everyone took out the bag and looked at it, the gold turned into pebbles.
Everyone is deeply regretful.
The horse said again: "The white man is a snake demon, and I have killed him.
Now I will bury his body with the essence of the centipede and wait for you. How about you help me build a feng shui tower at the burial place to protect it?"
Everyone agreed.
Not long after, I saw a horse raising its head and mane and neighing several times.
In an instant, the wind stopped and the rain stopped, the sky was blue and the clouds were light, the stream slowly receded, and several snake carcasses were left in the mud. Each section was more than ten feet long, and the smell was extremely bad.
Everyone covered their noses and worked together to drag and bury it.
The Er'er horse neighed again, a colorful cloud flew over, and there was a beeping sound at the burial place, which turned into a towering white tower.
The crowd gathered around and debated in detail, but they saw that the pagoda had a stone base and a brick body, with dense overlapping eaves, and shrines layer by layer. In the niches, stone Buddhas were placed, either sitting or standing, with a solemn appearance.
And the top of the treasure is made of iron, and its eyes are like beads, shining brightly in the setting sun.
It’s truly magnificent!
The villagers were stunned.
After a long time, he realized it and knelt down to worship it devoutly.
Unexpectedly, the horse let out a mournful cry, and a stream of blood spurted onto the tower body, dyeing the north side of the tower red, dripping and making a sound.
While everyone was exclaiming, they heard the horse say: "I fought with a monster and was seriously injured, so I can't protect the treasure from now on! Fortunately, there is a tower to suppress the monster.
This The scenery is beautiful and everlasting! I said goodbye to everyone and left!" After saying this, he jumped up and disappeared without a trace.
Since then, the pagoda has been built in two colors, red and white, standing alone on the bank of the stream in the middle of the dam. Its color has not faded for several generations.
In the setting sun, there are red and white lights rising like smoke from time to time, which is extremely beautiful.
Because of this, people call it: "Red and White Tower"!
(Huang Hongwu Wen)
Note:
The Red and White Pagoda was built in the Ming Dynasty.
This pagoda faces west and faces east. It has a masonry structure with thirteen levels of dense eaves. The pagoda body is quadrangular, with the layers rising. There are niches on each floor. There is a statue on the third floor in the east, with a plain surface. The quadrilateral tower base is 22 meters high, the side length is 3.7 meters, and the tower body is 12.3 meters high.
It is a county-level cultural relic protection unit.
"Jianyang County Continued Chronicles" of the Republic of China records: The tower is "seventy miles northeast of the county, at Lanjiaqiao, Jinmachang."
It was built in the Republic of China.
Its shape is high in the clouds, and there are several spears across it.
Its color is red with white inside, and the white inside is red. Looking from a distance, it looks like a golden needle and jade pillar.
It has been seen in the Spring and Autumn Period. , many were destroyed." It is said that the tower is located in a special geographical location. Whenever the morning glow and sunset glow, the tower appears a blend of red and white from a distance. This is why the "Red and White Tower" became famous.