1. The finishing touch
In the Liang Dynasty, there was a very famous painter named Zhang Sengyao. One day, Emperor Wu of Liang asked Zhang Sengyao to draw four golden dragons on the wall of the temple. Zhang Sengyao painted it in three days, and it looked very much like a real dragon. After everyone heard about it, they all went to watch it and burst into admiration.
However, when people took a closer look, they found that each dragon had no eyes. Zhang Sengyao said: "If I add eyes to the dragons, they will fly away."
No one believed it, so Zhang Sengyao had no choice but to add eyes to the two dragons. A strange phenomenon occurred: two dragons flew into the sky with a roar.
2. The Eight Immortals Fighting Flower Dragons
Legend has it that one day the Eight Immortals will go to the East China Sea to visit Penglai Island. Originally, we could reach there in the blink of an eye through the clouds and mist, but Lu Chunyang was so creative that he proposed to take a boat across the sea to enjoy the sea view.
He took Tieguai Li's crutch and threw it into the sea. He shouted "change" and it suddenly turned into a spacious and beautiful dragon boat. Eight immortals sat on the boat to watch the scenery, drink and dance. , so lively. Unexpectedly, this caused trouble.
It turns out that there is an evil dragon with flower scales in the Dragon Palace, who is the seventh son of the Dragon King and is called the "Flower Dragon Prince". On this day, he had nothing to do and was wandering outside the Crystal Palace. Suddenly he heard the sound of fairy music on the sea, so he followed the sound and saw a carved dragon boat with eight strange-shaped immortals in it. Among them was a young girl, Tao. The face is apricot and the cheeks are so charming. When Prince Hua Long saw this celestial figure, his soul disappeared.
I have long forgotten the advice of my master, the Antarctic Immortal, and the teachings of the Dragon Queen Mother. I have had wild imaginations, and I have become obsessed with He Xiangu. The Eight Immortals were having fun on the sea, but they didn't expect that the Flower Dragon Prince was blocking their way. A wave suddenly arose in the calm sea, causing the carved dragon boat to overturn.
Zhang Guolao had sharp eyes and climbed onto the back of a donkey; Cao Guojiu was careful and skilful on his feet; Han Xiangzi put down his fairy flute as a mount; Han Zhongli opened a cattail leaf fan and stung the soles of his feet; Lan Caihe They clung to the edge of the flower basket; Tieguai Li lost his crutch, but luckily he was holding a gourd; only Lu Chunyang was unsuspecting and got soaked to the skin.
At this time, Han Zhongli hurriedly checked the number of people. Click here, click here, there are only seven immortals. All the men are there, but He Xiangu is missing. Strange, where did He Xiangu go?
Han Zhongli counted with his fingers and was shocked. It turned out that Prince Hualong blocked the road to steal the bride and snatched He Xiangu to the Dragon Palace. This time, the immortals were very angry. Everyone gnashed their teeth and rushed straight to the Dragon Palace with murderous intent.
Prince Hualong knew that the Seven Immortals would not give up, so he was waiting for him halfway. Seeing the ferocious coming of the immortals, he hurriedly waved the pearl fish flag, mobilized the shrimp soldiers and crab generals, and set off a huge tide that flooded the sea and flooded the seven immortals.
Han Zhongli, with a big belly, floated down the tide and gently fanned the cattail leaf fan. Just hearing the sound of "Woo...suddenly...", a gust of wind blew all the soldiers and crab generals thousands of feet high into the sky.
The four heavenly kings were so frightened that they quickly closed the Nantian Gate. When Prince Hualong saw that Han Zhongli had broken his formation, he hurriedly wiped his face and shouted "Change". Suddenly a huge whale emerged from the sea and opened its mouth like a floodgate to swallow Han Zhongli.
Han Zhongli hurriedly fanned the fan, but unexpectedly, the giant whale showed no fear and opened its mouth wider and wider. At this time, Han Zhongli was panicked. In the midst of the crisis, the sound of Han Xiangzi's fairy flute suddenly came.
The sound of the flute was melodious and sweet. After hearing the sound of the flute, the whale lost all fighting spirit and started singing and dancing to pay homage to Han Xiangzi. Gradually, his whole body went limp and he collapsed into a ball. Lu Chunyang swung his sword to kill the whale. Unexpectedly, sparks flew out and the sharp sword made a gap.
Looking carefully, there is a whale somewhere in front of you. It is clearly a large reef. Lu Chunyang was so angry that he was furious, but Tieguai Li smiled and said: "Don't be annoyed! Don't be annoyed! Wait for me to take care of it!"
I saw Tieguai Li waving to the sea, and it The crutch jumped out of the sea with a "swish" sound. Tieguai Li took it in his hand and struck it with his stick, but unexpectedly it hit him in a pile of soft flesh. It turned out that the reef had turned into a big octopus, and the crutches were entangled in the octopus's hands and feet.
If Lan Caihe's flower basket hadn't covered him, Tieguai Li would have been sucked into the octopus's belly. It turns out that the giant whale and octopus were both transformed by the Flower Dragon Prince.
At this time, he saw a flower basket coming over his head, and hurriedly turned into a sea snake and fled eastward. Zhang Guolao clapped his hands to call the donkey, and then chased him with his hooves.
As he was about to catch up, the donkey's hoof was bitten by the crab spirit, and Zhang Guolao was thrown off the donkey's back with a wild scream. Fortunately, Uncle Cao Guo was quick-sighted and rescued Zhang Guolao and killed the crab spirit. ?
The Hualong Prince's eyes turned red after losing, and he showed his true colors, shining with colorful dragon scales, swinging his seven-branched dragon horns, spreading his sharp dragon claws, and fiercely charged at the immortals. Come over. The seven great immortals each showed their magic weapons and besieged Prince Hualong together. Hualong couldn't defeat the Seven Immortals, so he had to ask the Dragon King for help.
After hearing this, the Dragon King scolded Prince Hualong and sent He Xiangu away quickly. After one hundred and five good words, the Eight Immortals still refused to give up. The Dragon King had no choice but to invite Master Guanyin of the South China Sea to make peace, and the storm finally subsided.
The Eight Immortals are no longer interested in visiting Penglai Island. Everyone blamed Lu Chunyang for causing trouble. Lu Chunyang said with a smile: "It's the fault of He Xiangu, why is she a woman and so beautiful!"
3. Ye Gong loves dragons
In the Spring and Autumn Period, Ye County, Chu State There was a county magistrate named Shen Chuliang, and everyone called him Ye Gong. Ye Gong likes dragon-related things very much. Whether it is decorations, beams, doors, windows, dishes, or clothes, they all have dragon patterns on them.
Even the wall of his house is painted with a huge dragon. When everyone walked into Ye Gong’s house, they thought they were walking into the Dragon Palace. Dragon patterns can be seen everywhere! "My favorite thing is the dragon!" Ye Gong said proudly to everyone.
One day, Mr. Ye’s love for dragons was known to the real dragon in the sky. The real dragon said: "It’s rare for someone to like dragons so much. I have to visit his home!" The real dragon came from the sky. Flying to Ye Gong's house, he stuck his head into the window and shouted: "Is Ye Gong at home?"
When Ye Gong saw the real dragon, he was so frightened that he shouted: "Wow! Monster!" The real dragon felt very strange and said, "Why do you call me a monster? I am your favorite dragon!" Ye Gong was trembling with fear.
Said: "What I like is a fake dragon that looks like a dragon. It's not a real dragon. Help." Before Ye Gong could finish his words, he quickly ran away! The real dragon was left behind and said with an annoyed look on his face: "Huh, Mr. Ye's statement that he likes dragons is a lie. He is simply afraid of dragons! Why would I fly here to visit him?"
4. The Dragon Girl worships Guanyin
Beside Guanyin Bodhisattva, there is a pair of boys and girls, the boy is called Shancai and the girl is called Dragon Girl. The Dragon Girl was originally the youngest daughter of the Dragon King of the East China Sea. She was beautiful and smart, and was deeply favored by the Dragon King. One day, she heard that people were playing with fish lanterns.
It was so lively that I clamored to watch it. The Dragon King stroked his beard and shook his head and said: "The land there is deserted and crowded with people, and this is not a place for your Dragon Princess to go!" The Dragon Girl acted coquettishly and pretended to cry, but the Dragon King just refused to comply. The dragon girl pouted her little mouth.
I thought to myself: You won’t let me go, but I insist on going! After finally waiting until the middle of the night, she quietly slipped out of the Crystal Palace and turned into a very beautiful fisherman girl. She walked under the moonlight and came to the place where the fish lanterns were held. This is a small fishing town, and there are so many fish lanterns on the street!
There are yellow croaker lanterns, turtle lanterns, octopus lanterns, cuttlefish lanterns, shark lanterns, as well as lobster lanterns, crab lanterns, scallop lanterns, conch lanterns, coral lanterns... The dragon girl looks east and west. The more I looked, the happier I became, and sometimes I even forgot about it and squeezed into the crowd.
After a while, we will come to the crossroads, and it will be more interesting here! Fish lanterns are stacked on top of each other, and mountains of lanterns are connected to mountains of lanterns. They are colorful and dazzling. The dragon girl stood in front of a mountain of lanterns as if in a daze, looking lost.
Unexpectedly, half a cup of cold tea was poured from the attic at this time, and it was poured right on the head of the dragon girl. The dragon girl was startled and cried out in agony. It turns out that the dragon girl who turned into a girl couldn't touch even a drop of water. Once she touched water, she could no longer keep her appearance as a girl.
The dragon girl was extremely anxious, fearing that her dragon shape would appear on the street and cause wind and rain to destroy the lantern festival, so she desperately squeezed out of the crowd and ran towards the seaside. Just when she ran to the beach, there was a sudden "sudden" sound, and the dragon girl turned into a very big fish.
Lying on the beach unable to move. By chance, two fishing boys, one thin and one fat, came to the beach. When they saw this big golden fish, they were stunned.
"What kind of fish is this! Why is it lying on the beach?"
The fat boy was timid and stood far away and said: "I have never seen this kind of fish before. I'm afraid it's unlucky. Let's go quickly. !” The skinny boy was so courageous that he refused to leave. He was playing with the fish and said, “No matter what kind of fish it is, if you sell it on the street, you can definitely make some extra money.”
Two dollars? The man murmured for a while, then carried the fish and went to the street to sell it. That night, Guanyin Bodhisattva was sitting in the purple bamboo forest. He had clearly seen what had just happened, and he unconsciously felt compassion.
Said to the boy Shancai standing behind him: "Go to the fishing town quickly, buy a big fish, and send it to the sea to release." Shancai bowed his head and said: "Bodhisattva, how can I have any disciples?" Are you going to buy some fish?" Guanyin Bodhisattva smiled and said, "Just grab a handful from the incense burner." Shancai nodded in agreement and hurried to Guanyin Temple to grab a handful of ashes. Holding a lotus flower, she flew straight to the fishing town. At this time, the two boys had carried the fish to the street and were suddenly surrounded by people watching the fish lanterns.
People were amazed, admired, asked about the price, chattered in Jiji, and talked about it in the village, but no one dared to buy such a big fish rashly. An old man with a white beard said: "Boy, this fish is too big. Can you cut it into pieces and sell it for retail?"
The fat boy thought about it and thought that the old man was right, so he asked for a loan. Get a meat ax and lift it up to chop the fish. Suddenly, a child shouted: "Look! The big fish is crying." The fat boy stopped and took a look. Sure enough, the big fish was crying two strings of crystal tears.
I was so frightened that I threw away my meat ax and hid outside the crowd. The skinny boy was afraid that the extra money would be wasted, so he quickly picked up the meat ax and wanted to chop it, but was stopped by a panting little novice monk: "Don't chop! Don't chop! I bought this fish."
When everyone saw it, they were very surprised: "Why did the little novice come to buy fish?" The old man paused, raised his goatee and said: "When the monk buys fish, is he going to become a vegetarian?"
The little novice monk blushed when he saw everyone sneering and sneering, and quickly said: "I bought this fish to release!" After saying that, he took out a handful of broken silver, handed it to the skinny boy, and asked them to carry the fish. Go to the beach.
The skinny boy was secretly happy: "I made extra money! Carry it to the beach. Maybe when the little novice monk leaves, I can still carry this big fish back!" He called to the fat boy to pick up the big fish. , followed the little novice monk and walked towards the seaside.
The three of them came to the beach, and the little novice monk asked them to put the big fish into the sea. When the fish hit the sea water, it immediately made a splash and swam far and wide. Then it turned around, nodded to the little novice monk, and suddenly disappeared.
When the skinny boy saw the fish swimming away, he gave up the idea of ??making extra money, took out the broken silver, and wanted to share it with the fat boy. Unexpectedly, he opened his palm and saw that the broken silver turned into a handful of incense ashes and was blown away by a gust of wind. In the blink of an eye, I looked for the little novice monk again, but he had disappeared.
As for the East China Sea Dragon Palace, ever since the little princess disappeared, there has been a swarm of chaos inside and outside the palace. The Dragon King was so angry that his beard stood straight up, the Turtle Prime Minister was so anxious that he stretched out his head and neck, the Gatekeeper Crab General was so frightened that he foamed at the white hair, and the Jade Shrimp Palace Maid was so scared that she knelt on the ground and trembled.
The commotion continued until dawn, when the Dragon Girl returned to the Crystal Palace, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. The Dragon King opened his eyes and angrily scolded: "How dare you violate the palace rules and go out without permission! Tell me! Where have you been?"
When the Dragon Girl saw that the Dragon King was angry, she knew that it was useless to act coquettishly. Then he told the truth: "Father, my daughter has gone to watch the fish lantern. If Guanyin Bodhisattva hadn't sent the good fortune boy to save me, my daughter almost died!"
Then he told his story. The Dragon King's face turned pale after hearing this. He was afraid that if Guanyin told the story and let the Jade Emperor know about it, he would be blamed. The more he thought about it, the angrier he became. In anger, he even kicked her out of the Crystal Palace.
The Dragon Girl was extremely sad. Where could she find shelter in the vast East China Sea? The next day, she came to Lianhuayang crying. The cry reached the Purple Bamboo Forest, and Guanyin Bodhisattva knew it was the Dragon Girl who was coming. She ordered Shancai to pick up the Dragon Girl.
Shancai jumped up to Dragon Girl and asked with a smile: "Sister Dragon Girl, do you remember me, a little novice monk?" Dragon Girl quickly wiped away her tears and said with a blushing face: "Are you brother Shancai? You are my savior!"
As he said this, he kowtowed. Shancai grabbed her and said, "Come on, Guanyin Bodhisattva asked me to pick you up!" Shancai and Dragon Girl walked into the purple bamboo forest hand in hand. When the dragon girl saw Guanyin Bodhisattva sitting on the lotus platform, she leaned down and worshiped.
Guanyin Bodhisattva likes the Dragon Girl very much. Let her and Shancai live like brothers and sisters in a cave near Chaoyin Cave. This cave was later called "Shancai Dragon Girl Cave".
But the Dragon King regretted it and often asked the Dragon Girl to go back. The Dragon Girl was attached to the scenery of Putuo Mountain and never wanted to return to the Crystal Palace where it was imprisoned. From then on, Dragon Girl followed Guanyin Bodhisattva.
5. The return of the wild dragon
It is said that Dayu had three magic weapons to control floods: one was the river map and jade slips given to him by Fuxi; the other was the Yinglong in the sky, which used its tail After marking the land and guiding him in the direction, Dayu led the workers to dig rivers along the route Yinglong had drawn to divert the floods.
The third is the big turtle, which throws the rocks and soil into low-lying places. One day, a black dragon rolled over and rolled in the flood water beside the dam, making waves and knocking down the dam that Dayu and the others had worked so hard to build.
Yinglong told King Yu that this was a savage dragon that was too evil and could not return to righteousness. So the turtle took Dayu up a high mountain and saw the giant black dragon with a pair of snow-white dazzling horns on its head.
It is playing and rolling, causing waves that rise to the sky from time to time. Dayu commanded it, but it ignored him completely. Dayu then took out a small colorful breath stone and placed it on the tip of the turtle's tail. The breath stone immediately became a huge boulder. The turtle only waved its tail slightly.
A hazy rainbow-like arc was drawn in the sky, and the colorful breath stone fell impartially between the two dragon horns on the top of Wulong's head. Wulong laughed loudly and said, "I can't do anything about this small flowery stone. But the five-colored breathing stone is expanding and getting bigger all the time.
After a while, the two-faced sword of the wild dragon was only The dragon's horns tightened and it shook its head in pain. The colorful breath stone kept growing, and finally subdued the beast. From then on, the beast became Dayu's right-hand man, at his disposal.