Origin: According to the "Shan Hai Jing Hai Nei Nan Jing", "Ba snake eats elephants, and its bones are born when it is three years old. A gentleman takes it and has no heart disease. It is snake green, red and black. One said Black snake with green head, in the west of the rhinoceros. "It is said that in ancient times, there was a Ba family couple who got pregnant with twins ten years after they got married. Ba Lao named the two sons Ba Mang and Ba Snake. Ba Mang has a docile personality, is meticulous and very diligent in his work. Ba She and Ba Mang have completely opposite personalities. They like to eat meat, are lazy and have a violent temper.
When Ba Bo and Ba Snake were ten years old, Ba Lao Dad had a dream. The dream said that Ba Bo Bo and Ba Snake were two giant snakes, which frightened Ba Lao Lao. Later, this dream was verified, and Ba Lao's father was deeply hit and died. Ba's mother saw that Ba Lao's death was passed away, and she followed her husband. Only Ba Snake and Ba Snake were left to live together. Ba Snake became more and more lazy. Ba Snake couldn't stand Ba Snake's idleness. There was a gap between the two. Then the conflict intensified and the two even fought.
Suddenly a bolt of lightning struck down, and the Ba Python and the Ba Snake revealed their original forms. The Ba Python turned into a big golden snake and swam into the East China Sea, and the Ba Snake turned into a giant snake and swam to the Dongting. lake.
The Ba snake makes waves in the lake, capsizes boats, and devours people who fall into the water. It also lies on the water's edge and attacks people walking. Originally a beautiful Dongting Lake with rippling green waves, willow trees on the banks, flocks of geese and ducks, and flying boats riding the waves, it later became a scary area with few human presence. It is said that the Ba snake can swallow an entire elephant with its open mouth. Once it found an elephant beside Dongting Lake, it opened its mouth and swallowed it. It took three years to spit out the elephant's skeleton. The Ba Snake sometimes comes out to attack people around Dongting Lake, and the people around Dongting Lake are very afraid of it.
When the Emperor of Heaven learned of this, he sent Hou Yi to kill the snake. Hou Yi took a small boat to look for the snake on Dongting Lake, but could not find it after searching for a long time. Suddenly a "hill" appeared in the middle of the lake, and the hill moved rapidly. Hou Yi took a closer look and saw that it was Ba Snake. It turned out to be the long-looking Ba Snake. The Ba Snake held its huge head high, stretched out its red tongue like a branch, made huge waves, and rushed out of Hou Yi's boat. Seeing this, Hou Yi hurriedly raised his bow and arrow, aimed at Ba Snake's head and shot three arrows in a row. The arrows pierced Ba Snake's vitals.
Who knew? The snake's scales were as hard as iron, and it was like wearing thick armor. The three arrows did no harm to him. Instead, Ba Snake was angered, and Ba Snake accelerated towards Hou Yi. The huge waves sometimes threw Hou Yi's boat onto the top of the wave, and sometimes sent it into the trough. Hou Yi stood firmly on the boat and followed the bumps of the boat.
He drew his sword and waited for Ba Snake. When Ba Snake opened its cave-like mouth and wanted to swallow him in one gulp, Hou Yi quickly swayed, flew up with the boat and rode on Ba Snake, raised his sharp sword and slashed at Ba Snake's neck. Although Ba Snake's scales were as strong as steel, they could not withstand the power of Hou Yi's Divine Sword. A stream of fishy blood spurted out from the wound, immediately dyeing the lake red.
The Ba Snake hissed in pain and hurriedly swam westward. Hou Yi chased him in a boat. The Ba Snake rolled up its tail and struck Hou Yi. Hou Yi took advantage of the situation and swung the Ba Snake's tail with all his strength. It was chopped off and fell into the lake with a "bang". Hou Yi raised his sword with both hands and stabbed Ba Snake in the head repeatedly. Ba Snake struggled in the water and finally floated on the water without moving. Gradually it fell into the water. At this time, the snake's body had been divided into several sections, blood was everywhere, and the lake water was dyed red.
The lakeside was crowded with fishermen who came after hearing the news. When they saw that the snake was killed, they all gave out loud cheers. Hou Yi asked them to drag the snake ashore and distribute the snake meat to the fishermen.
In the end, people piled the leftover bones into a mausoleum. In order to relieve their hatred, people set a fire to burn the snake bones. The fire burned for ten days and nights before it gradually died down. After being extinguished, the ashes of the Ba Snake turned into hard hills, so people called it "Ba Qiu" or "Ba Ling". That is today's "Yueyang".
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Famous attractions in Yueyang
1. Yueyang Tower-Junshan Scenic Area
It is a national 5A tourist attraction and is the gold of the Yangtze River The only tourist attraction in Hunan on the tourist line is the leader of Yueyang's tourism industry.
Yueyang Tower stands at the head of Ximen City in Yueyang City, Hunan Province and on the bank of Dongting Lake. Since ancient times, it has been known as "the water in Dongting is all over the world, and the tower in Yueyang is all over the world". Together with the Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan, Hubei, and the Tengwang Pavilion in Nanchang, Jiangxi, it is also known as the three most famous towers in Jiangnan. Among the three famous buildings, it is the only ancient building that maintains a wooden structure.
Junshan Island, also known as Love Island, is a small island in Dongting Lake, located southwest of Yueyang City, with a water distance of 12 kilometers. The total area is 0.98 square kilometers. It faces the famous Yueyang Tower across the lake. It is a small island with an oval mountain body, high on both sides and low in the middle. There are 72 large and small peaks on the mountain.
2. Lingwu Mountain
Lingwu Mountain, also known as Azabu Mountain, is located at the intersection of 113 degrees east path and 28.5 degrees north latitude. The villages at the foot of the mountain go up to Huangyuan Mountain and go down to Modokeng. They are called "Shili Ancient Wood Chong and Shili Ancient Mingyuan".
3. Zhang Guying Village
Zhang Guying Village is located at the foot of Bijia Mountain in Weidong, east of Yueyang County. Experts believe that Zhang Guying Village has a large scale of buildings, a strange architectural style, and the beauty of architectural art. It can be called "the best village in the world" and has existed for more than 500 years.
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