Folk stories about Wudang Mountain

Wudang Mountain is a famous Taoist holy land in my country and the birthplace of Wudang Taoism. So do you know what folk stories about Wudang Mountain are there? Below are the folk stories about Wudang Mountain that I will share with you. You are welcome to read them.

Folk stories about Wudang Mountain: Emperor Yongle made statues

Every palace and temple in Wudang Mountain enshrines the statue of Emperor Zhenwu. He is tall and has a kind face. His hair is disheveled and his feet are bare, like a living person. It turned out that it was made in the image of Emperor Yongle and was called "Zhenwu God, Yongle Statue". There is a legend here.

In the early Ming Dynasty, King Zhu Di of Yan raised an army to seize the throne of his nephew and established himself as Emperor Yongle. The royal family and nobles were dissatisfied, but they did not dare to object openly. Most of them believed in Taoism, so they secretly prayed to Emperor Zhenwu to punish Emperor Yongle.

Emperor Yongle heard the news and knew in his heart that it was difficult to conquer people's hearts with swords and guns alone, so he went downstairs with ladders, built a lot of construction in Wudang Mountain, built palaces, temples, and statues of gods everywhere. , desperately praising him. I thought to myself: If you believe in God, I will create a god and become a god. You will kneel at my feet and obey me without any worries. He called for the most skilled craftsmen from all over the world and said to them: "Zhenwu is a god of heaven, and he looks handsome. You must make it lifelike." ?

None of the craftsmen have ever seen a fairy, so where do they start from? Everyone thought: It’s just catching wind and shadows anyway, so they might as well pinch their noses to coax their eyes. They all used their best craftsmanship to try their best to shape the true martial god into a beautiful man, whether he was tall, strong, serious, kind, sitting upright, or standing upright with a sword, all with great air and talent.

Unexpectedly, the emperor looked down upon it and said that the craftsmen made it with their eyes closed and deliberately ruined the gods. Those who were beheaded were beheaded, those who were imprisoned were imprisoned, those who were exiled from the army, none of them ended well.

There is a sculpture master named Ji from the Goryeo tribe, who is very skilled and well-known. The emperor heard about it and summoned him to come to Wudang Mountain for the statue.

After the imperial edict arrived, Master Ji’s family knew that he would never return, and they couldn’t help crying. Master Ji thought to himself: The emperor must not have had his intentions in mind when he killed so many craftsmen. But what did the emperor think? As long as he looked carefully and used his brain more, he thought he could find the key to unlock the door. So he felt at ease, said goodbye to his relatives, and calmly went to Beijing to see the emperor.

The emperor was taking a bath. When he heard that Master Ji had entered the palace, he asked him to come to the bathhouse to meet him. Master Ji knelt on the ground, not daring to raise his head, but paying attention to the emperor's every move.

I have never seen the true Martial God in the sky; there are so many people on the ground, who can be shaped like them? It is really difficult! Master Ji Tell the emperor. ?Idiot!? The emperor stamped his bare feet and cursed: ?Use your brain and think carefully!?

Master Ji suddenly had a light in his heart: Could it be that you want me to shape it? With his bare feet, he further probed: "I can only sculpt the figure if I am familiar with the figure and appearance to be sculpted, but ┅┅?

The emperor pretended not to care. He interrupted him and said: "Raise your head!" His voice was much gentler than before. Master Ji understood in his heart and became bolder. When he looked up, the emperor was standing in front of him. He has a round face, a tall stature, a big nose, and a little bulging eyes. Because I had just come out of the bath, my hair was disheveled and my feet were bare. Master Ji understood better, but he still asked the emperor: "How to make this statue of Emperor Zhenwu?" The emperor didn't reply, he just touched his head with his hand and said "ahhhh".

At this time, Master Ji finally made up his mind. When he turned around and came out, he cast a gilt bronze statue weighing 20,000 kilograms according to the appearance of Emperor Yongle at that time. After the emperor saw it, he repeatedly praised Zhenwu's statue for its good shape. He also cut off a black beard of his own and placed it on the chin of the statue.

From then on, Emperor Yongle was both a king on earth and a god in heaven, and many people no longer dared to oppose him.

Folk stories about Wudang Mountain: Qingping Mountain

Behind Wulongzhuang in Wudang Mountain, there is a very high mountain, which is comparable to Tianzhu Peak. The top of the mountain is square, with small top and big bottom, just like a "wooden bucket" for measuring grain. At the top of the wooden bucket is a purple-red jade platform measuring one foot square. The platform is engraved with patterns and is slippery to the touch and shiny when viewed. Legend has it that this is the royal seal of Emperor Zhenwu. Under the imperial seal was a female spider spirit.

A long time ago, there was a plague here, and those who got sick were all young men and young girls. Anyone infected with this disease will slowly lose weight, their skin will slowly turn yellow, their physical strength will decrease sharply, their limbs will be weak, and they will feel like dozing off even when walking. Seeing the young men and women falling one by one, how will they be able to plant crops in the future?

There, halfway up the mountain, lived two brothers and sisters. The elder brother was called Da Lian and the younger sister was called Xiao. lotus. Da Lian is eighteen years old and Xiao Lian is sixteen. They have no roof over their heads and no land. They live by digging herbs.

Seeing that people were all sick, Da Lian said to Xiao Lian: Sister, think of a way to control the plague. My sister said: Let’s go dig Ganoderma lucidum grass! Ganoderma lucidum grass can bring people back to life. As long as people drink Ganoderma lucidum grass water, all diseases will be eliminated and no disaster will be gone. ?

One brother and sister went up to Beishan and the other to Nanshan. Dalian climbed for three days and three nights on the North Mountain. Her legs were swollen and her clothes were torn. Finally, she found Ganoderma lucidum grass on a very steep rock. Xiaolian climbed on the Nanshan Mountain for three days and three nights. My feet were bleeding and my hands were scratched. Finally, I found Ganoderma lucidum in a very deep canyon.

People drank the Ganoderma lucidum water from Dalian and Xiaolian and their illnesses were cured immediately. However, there were too many sick people and too little Ganoderma lucidum. In order to cure all the patients, the brother and sister got up early and went to bed late every day. They suffered from hunger and ran all over the eight hundred miles of Wudang Mountain. Their hair was swollen and their waists were sore from exhaustion. , I can’t catch my breath when I’m up.

This time, Dalian searched for seven days and seven nights in the deep mountains. He was thirsty, hungry, sleepy and tired, and came to the bamboo garden. Rest your feet. As soon as I sat down, I found that the green bamboo was connected by a thick white mesh. Inside, a girl wearing black clothes, black skirt, black shoes, black socks, and black hair was busy weaving. The pink face is like a blooming flower.

The girl in black stopped the shuttle and shouted: "Young man, it's already past noon, come up and have a bowl of rice!" There are no people in the mountains. If you miss this village, there is no such thing. How can we collect Ganoderma lucidum grass if we don’t eat at the shop? Thinking of this, Da Lian agreed unceremoniously.

The girl in black asked about Dalian’s life experience and burst out laughing. She said: "There is such a coincidence in the world. You are two brothers and we are two brothers. You have a sister and I have a brother." ?Speaking of this, she laughed again: ?How to say? Our two families together are just a pair. My younger brother is also sixteen years old. He has a thin skin and tender flesh. He is good at calligraphy and painting, piano and chess at the second level, poetry at the third level, and singing at the fourth level. He has good facial features and is in harmony with spring┄┄?

Dalian is a farmer and does not understand the elegant words in these articles, but he knows that he must be a dignified person who is capable of everything. Miss Hei saw that he was a little tempted, so she blew it to Da Lian. Can such a good person be found in the world with a lantern?

Da Lian went home. The next day, the girl in black and her brother came as guests and brought many gold and silver treasures. She said: "Da Lian, let's get married! With all this money, we are happy enough." You don’t have to dig for medicine anymore. Why worry about others and work hard, it doesn't matter.

?No!? Dalian answered her: ?Save another person’s life and add ten years to his life; it is convenient for others and it is convenient for myself. All I want is for my brothers and sisters. Cure the disease and enjoy the happiness of heaven and earth. ?

The white-faced scholar discussed with Xiaolian: "Good girl, as long as you don't dig for medicine, I will support you for the rest of your life." If you want gold, give gold; if you want silver, give silver┄┄?

?How can this be done? The whole village is sick, how can I watch them die?

The girl in black and the scholar in white hold a banquet every day to entertain the host, for fear that the brother and sister will go out. In the evening, Xiaolian quietly said to Dalian: "Brother, you are at home to greet the guests. I will go to the mountains to dig medicine tomorrow. I can't watch the villagers suffer." ?The next day, Xiaolian was walking on the mountain alone, and she met a green dragon lying softly on the ground, breathing heavily, and it looked like it was exhausted.

Brother Long, what’s wrong with you? Xiaolian asked.

I was originally supposed to subdue the goblin, but unexpectedly I was entangled by the spider spirit. ?

?Fairy? Xiaolian doesn’t believe Qinglong’s words. ?I was born and raised here, but why haven’t I seen a goblin?

? Goblins can be cunning. They turn into scholars or beauties, causing plagues and harming people. , I want to get people’s immortal roots. ?

Xiaolian knew what Long said. No wonder the white-faced scholar and the girl in black pestered them not to dig Ganoderma lucidum grass! She asked again: "Long" Brother, can you think of any way to subdue the goblin?

?Yes. ?Long said: ?Who can stabilize the goblin and prevent it from running away? I will go back to Taihe Palace and report to Emperor Zhenwu. The Patriarch will definitely restrain the goblin. ?

Xiaolian took out some Ganoderma lucidum she had just dug and let Long drink it. The dragon nodded to her and thanked her. He got into the clouds with a huff and flew up to the sky.

Xiaolian went home and passed the dragon’s words to Dalian. Both brothers and sisters said to the goblin at the same time: Good brother, good sister, tomorrow is a double day, let’s have a good time Let’s have a cup of wedding wine and we’ll get married soon. ?

The next day, the four of them came to the top of the mountain in pairs and drank as much as they could. When the two goblins saw that their plot had succeeded, they got carried away and hugged the wine flask and poured it into their mouths. Suddenly, there was a flash of red light in the sky, thousands of golden clouds, and the cinnabar seal of the Zhenwu Patriarch flew towards him. The scholar with the white face was originally a worm spirit, he rolled on the spot and squeaked away; the beauty in black was originally a spider spirit, she couldn't crawl fast and was trapped under the big cinnabar seal, never able to stand up again.

Although the long insect spirit escaped. However, it was so frightened that it ran to Tianming Mountain and died. His head rested on that mountain, but his tail rested on this mountain. From then on, this place was named "Shedanya".

The goblin was restrained. The plague is gone. People planted crops safely again. From then on, the common people called this mountain "Qingping Mountain". People did not forget the brother and sister who dug medicine, so they called the peak where Dalian went to "Dalian Peak" and the peak where Xiaolian went to "Little Lotus Peak".

Folktales about Wudang Mountain: Jinxian Cave

There is a cave embedded deep in the thousand-foot cliff opposite Feisheng Cliff in Wudang Mountain. On the lintel of the cave, there are flying pine trees and dancing cranes. It's cloudy and foggy. Legend has it that during the Ming Dynasty, a miracle doctor wearing golden clothes and a golden hat flew out of the cave. He had magical powers and could change people's hearts and brains, and bring people back to life. People call him Jinxian.

To talk about the origin of this golden fairy, we have to start with the Plum Fairy Fruit. Legend has it that in ancient times there was a fruit tree in Wudang Mountain that was grafted with a palm tree and a plum tree. The fruit it produced was as fragrant as red plums, as sweet as yellow apricots, and as beautiful as fairy peaches. If you take one bite, you will never forget the delicious taste for the rest of your life. People call it "Plum fruit".

There was a Taoist priest who saw that there was something to be gained from the plum fruit, so he added fuel to the fire and boasted that it was a fairy fruit grown by Emperor Zhenwu and that eating it could cure all kinds of diseases. Immortal, called the Plum Fairy Fruit, and gave it to the emperor for his use. The emperor believed it and rewarded the Taoist priest heavily. He named him "Renmei Zhenren" and ordered him to build "Rangmei Temple".

The real person Langmei used the Langmei Fairy Fruit to treat diseases, which turned many minor illnesses into serious illnesses, and the serious illnesses lasted their lives, which really made the people suffer. On this day, Li Shizhen came to Wudang Mountain to collect medicine. He wore an old straw hat, a coarse cloth jacket, hiking shoes, a bamboo basket on his back, and a small digging hoe. He walked through twenty-four streams and climbed all over the place. We visited seventy-two peaks and collected more than 400 medicinal herbs including datura flowers, Ganoderma lucidum grass, red ginseng, golden hairpin, and monkey knot. He felt strange when he saw that many people were eating plum fairy fruit instead of taking medicine when they were sick. After investigation, it was found out that although the plum fruit is good, it cannot cure all diseases. So, the patient was told not to eat it anymore, but to take good medicine to treat his illness.

When Master Langmei saw that the patients no longer came to him for treatment, but instead went to see Li Shizhen, he was very angry and ordered that Li Shizhen be arrested and questioned.

The Taoist priests captured more than a hundred people from all directions. They were all wearing coarse cloth jackets and hiking shoes, carrying cages on their backs, and holding digging hoe in their hands. The person who went up the mountain to collect herbs was not Li Shizhen.

Master Langmei thought that Li Shizhen had been scared away and that the patient had to eat Langmei fairy fruit to cure his illness. Who would have thought that day after day passed and no one came to beg him? . After asking around, I found out that there was a golden immortal in the cave opposite Feishengyan, who was treating people every day.

In order to see what happened, Master Langmei walked towards the cave. Along the way, he heard people saying that Jinxian healed diseases like a god, and dead people were revived by him; Some carried it and walked back; some had been blind for many years and could see things once they took a dose of medicine. He didn't believe there could be such a strange thing. When he looked closer, he saw a thousand-foot cliff with a cave halfway up the mountain. In the cave, two thin ropes hung down, one red and one green, both like flying a kite. The thread used is pulled taut and trembles gently in the wind. Anyone who comes to see the doctor only needs to pull the red and green rope. The red and green thread invades the person's veins, and the golden fairy can diagnose the disease, and then he will go through the cave. A bamboo basket dropped from the middle, containing various herbs: roots, bark, wild grasses, wild flowers, etc., all of which were just right for the disease and could cure the disease.

The patient was praising Jinxian for his wonderful rejuvenation, but Master Langmei kicked over the medicine basket and yelled: To diagnose a disease, you need to look, smell, ask, and examine. , How can you pull the red and green rope from a distance? You need elixir to cure the disease, but how can this grass root bark do? There will be no doctor in this cave, so someone must have devised a way to deceive people. Please go away quickly.

Before Master Langmei finished her work, she had a fever all over her body, an unbearable stomachache, and became seriously ill. He consulted famous doctors all over the place, and the treatments became more and more severe, until he was about to die. In order to survive, he had to go to the cave again, hold the red and green ropes, and beg the golden fairy for help.

The Golden Fairy said in the cave: Since you have the Plum Fairy Fruit, which can prolong your life and cure all kinds of diseases, why should you come to me?

Master Langmei felt that his life was important, so he had no choice but to tell the truth: "I made those up to deceive people, and I will never dare to do it again." Please ask the Golden Immortal to save my life. ?

?Okay, I'll treat you. ?Jinxian said, pulling the red and green rope and floating down from the air. It turns out that the golden fairy is Li Shizhen. Later, people called the cave "Jinxian Cave".