The Dragon King of the South China Sea has a daughter named Guqiao. Once, while the Dragon King was away, she turned into a golden toad and jumped out of the Bailongtan in Taohuaxi. Who knows the distress, thanks to the brave and vigorous bangs. The Dragon Lady of Guqiao never forgot Liu Hai, and then secretly left the Dragon Palace, or became a golden toad, climbed the lotus leaf and threw Liu Hai a pile of money. Liu Hai touched the silk thread of money, and Jin Chan turned into a beautiful girl, smiling at him behind her. From then on, the two will grow old together and never part.
Toad is an auspicious thing in ancient mythology. In ancient times, it was said that the golden toad was a spiritual thing with three legs, and the ancients thought that it could make a fortune. Therefore, there is a folk saying that "Liu Hai plays a golden toad and makes money step by step".
In fact, in history, the surname Liu, the name Cao, the word Zongcheng, the name Zhaoyuan, the name Haichan Zi, the name Houyan and the name Guangling. When Liu Hai was prime minister, there was a man who called himself Zhengyangzi. Zhengyangzi asked Cao Liu for ten dollars and ten eggs and piled them on the table at regular intervals. Liu Hai exclaimed, "It's too dangerous!" The Taoist said, "Xianggong's life is more dangerous!" As a result, the day after Liu Hai realized that he had disappeared from Taoism, he lived in seclusion in Fenghuang Mountain in Daizhou, where the Taoist Quanzhen Road was regarded as one of the five ancestors. Yuan Shizu was named "the true monarch of Minghong Road" and Yuan Wuzong was named "the pure protector of Minghong Road".
During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the painting of "Liu Hai playing with golden toad" was very popular, mostly because Liu Hai was playing with a string of money tied with a rope. Since the Qing Dynasty, it is common in traditional New Year pictures to show happiness and auspiciousness, which means wealth and wealth.