West Lake has been called "Golden Bull Lake" since ancient times, which originated from a beautiful West Lake myth. According to legend, in the Han Dynasty, there was a golden bull lurking at the bottom of the West Lake. When the lake dried up, cows appeared and spit water to fill the lake. In order to please the emperor, local officials ordered the people to drain the lake. When the water dried up, they saw the Taurus, and the officials rushed to the lake to catch the Taurus. Taurus growled and spat and drowned all the officials in an instant! Since then, the water in the West Lake has never dried up, and the Taurus has never appeared again.
Baguatian
Climb up the Zilai Cave halfway up the Jade Emperor Mountain, and look down, you can see a Bagua field at the foot of the mountain. The Bagua field has eight corners, which divide the field into eight hills. Eight different crops are planted in eight hills. Eight crops show eight different colors all year round. In the middle of Baqiuchang, there is a dome, which is a half-yin and half-yang Artest Taiji diagram. Legend has it that this Bagua field was a "hometown field" opened during the Southern Song Dynasty.
That year, the worthless emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty lost the capital of song dynasty and fled to Hangzhou with a large group of royalty. After seeing the beautiful scenery of the West Lake, they stayed and built palaces and gardens at the foot of the Phoenix Mountain. They still eat, drink and have fun, and live a luxurious and decadent life. People in Hangzhou were greatly dissatisfied when they saw the emperor's fatuity, and there were many comments in the streets. The wind spread over and over again, reaching the emperor's ears. The emperor was afraid that the people would make trouble, and he was a little panicked, so he called the civil and military officials to discuss it. Civil and military officials consulted and couldn't think of a solution at the moment. Later, a civil servant came up with an idea. He said, "Your Majesty, the gossip of the people is nothing more than complaining that life in the imperial court is too comfortable. As long as the emperor opens up a homeland and says that he personally leads the ploughing, the people will be convinced when they know it. " When the emperor heard the truth, he immediately wrote a letter saying, "I know the sufferings of the people and I am very uneasy." In the future, we will explore our homeland, work hard and share the bitter fruit with the common people ... "
A few days later, under the Jade Emperor Mountain, a piece of homeland was opened. Around Yoshida, eight piles were laid neatly, and eight thick columns were erected, with thick cowhide curtains between them. It is stipulated that the emperor cultivates land in it, and ordinary people are not allowed to watch. After a few days, the homeland opened. There are eight hills and eight crops: rice, wheat, millet, millet and beans. In the middle of Baqiuchang, there is a round mound.
People know that the emperor plowed the land like them, and there is less discussion. In the season when crops should be mowed and fertilized, the emperor would go out to "plow the fields". As usual, put up a notice all over the world first, and then hang a cowhide curtain on eight thick pillars. On Fiona Fang Shili Road, there are bodyguards, and people are not allowed to go any further. At that time, there was an old man who grew crops. He didn't believe that the emperor would really plow the fields himself. On this day, he got up in the middle of the night, took advantage of the darkness, quietly evaded the bodyguard, fell in three steps and five steps, climbed the Jade Emperor Mountain and hid in the cave halfway up the mountain.
Wait, wait, wait, slowly, dawn, the sun rose, the old Han Dynasty bowed its head, and all the people went to work in the fields, but there was still no one in this cowhide curtain. It was not until the sun rose to the height of three bamboo poles that a group of talents left the palace, went to Yuhuang Mountain and walked into the cowhide curtain. Soon, he saw someone weeding. The old man opened his eyes again and looked carefully. It turned out that only a few eunuchs were weeding there, while the emperor and his concubine were sitting on the mound in the middle drinking for fun! When the old man saw it, he covered his stomach and sulked. He finally survived the darkness and still quietly touched down the mountain.
The next day, he told people what he had seen. From then on, one word spread to ten, and the cross spread to hundreds. All of a sudden, all the old surnames in the city were known. When the emperor saw that his trick was exposed, he simply stopped "plowing". However, this neat "Bagua Field" has been preserved.
Hill Phoenix
A long time ago, at the foot of a mountain south of the West Lake, there lived two brothers and sisters. My brother is Chunsheng and my sister is Qiugu. After their parents died, they were left with three acres of ancestral fields and a shabby hut. My brother and sister have been farming in this field since midnight, always trying to get more food. But just as the autumn millet was ripe, the rich man collected the rent. After paying the rent, there is not much left. Unable to think about it, the brother and sister had to drink soup and porridge and live a hard life.
This year's New Year's Eve is a snowy day. The rich man's house is full of chickens, ducks and fish. What about Chunsheng's family? There is only a small cup of rice left. Qiu Gu cooked a bowl of porridge for her brother. Chunsheng said, "I'm not hungry, sister, drink it!" "Qiu Gu said," I'm not hungry. Brother, please drink! " "Brother and sister, you push me, who also don't drink.
At this time, the goose feather and snow were flying all over the sky, and the north wind roared in fear. An old beggar came to Amb Lee. Gray-haired and ragged, she walked step by step with a cane and shouted, "Oh, my God, it's snowing in the north wind!" " Good people, have pity on my old woman and help me! "The hoarse voice reached the broken hut, and the brother and sister could hear it clearly. Qiu Gu said, "Brother, you are poor! Chunsheng said, "Sister, let's invite her in to take shelter from the wind and snow." . "Say that finish, he quickly opened the door and went out to help the old woman into the house. Qiu Gu was busy dusting snow for her, and Chunsheng gave her the bowl of porridge to drink. In this way, the old woman spent the night quietly in their house.
The next day, the snow stopped, the sky cleared up, and the old woman got up to say goodbye. When she left, the old woman took out a piece of white silk and gave it to Qiu Gu. She said, "Girl, embroider this white silk with your dexterous hands. You are so hardworking and kind, you will be happy. " Qiu Gu took it and saw a phoenix lightly painted on the white silk. So Qiugu embroidered this white silk day and night. She embroidered the phoenix head with red silk thread, the phoenix eye with black silk thread, the phoenix wing with golden silk thread and the phoenix tail with colored silk thread. Embroidered, embroidered, embroidered needle stuck into her finger, blood stained on the white silk, and she embroidered fiery red sun and clouds on the blood. She embroidered from beginning of spring to Changchun, and finally embroidered this phoenix. This photo of Phoenix is really beautiful. Phoenix looked up at the fiery red sun in the sky, colorful and dazzling, just like living. My brother and sister hung it in the house. The more you watch it, the happier you are, and the more you watch it, the more you like it.
At night, something strange happened. Autumn valley woke up in the middle of the night and saw a golden light in the room. When she looked carefully, the phoenix flew down from the photo. She woke up her brother, and the two brothers watched quietly. I saw the phoenix walk around the room several times, and returned to the white silk, and the golden light disappeared. The next morning, Qiu Gu got up to sweep the floor and found a golden phoenix egg on the ground. Brothers and sisters sold it and bought a few acres of land and a scalper.
As the saying goes, good news travels thousands of miles. The story of the Phoenix Map reached the ears of the county magistrate like a phoenix. The county magistrate thought: The phoenix in this painting will lay golden eggs. It's a rare treasure I have to get it! So he handed Chunsheng over and said, "Your lordship has flattered you and is willing to pay 320 silver for your Phoenix map." Chunsheng replied, "The Phoenix Map was painstakingly embroidered by my sister. We don't sell! " "Hearing this, the county magistrate's face sank, slapped the gavel and shouted," bah! That's the emperor's treasure. How can a poor family embroider such a treasure map! He threw himself into prison by adding a charge of "stealing national treasures". He also ordered the chief to go to Chunsheng's house to grab the Phoenix map.
The county magistrate was so proud when he got the Phoenix map. He looked left, well, right, well, even forgot to eat, and laughed happily. That night, he sat in the plush chair, waiting for the phoenix to lay golden eggs. In the middle of the night, suddenly, a dazzling light came out of the Phoenix map, and the golden light filled the room. The Phoenix really came down from the map. He thought the phoenix was going to lay eggs, so he squatted down to watch. Unexpectedly, the phoenix rushed at him angrily and pecked him mindlessly, making him roll in pain and shouting, "Somebody! Help! " When the courtiers heard the news, the phoenix had rushed out of the window and flew towards the mountain with a "wow". The chief lifted the magistrate from the ground, only to find that his face was covered with blood and his left eye was pecked blind.
The county magistrate ate this loss and never gave up. He thought that if the girl could embroider this phoenix picture, she would surely embroider a second one. So he handed Qiu Gu to people around him and told her that if he could embroider another phoenix, he would let Chunsheng out. In order to save her brother, Qiu Gu agreed. She took the piece of white silk from the county magistrate and embroidered it stitch by stitch for three months. Embroidered Cai Feng again, but left a pair of embroidery. She told the county magistrate to let her brother go first and then winked at Phoenix.
The county magistrate asked the chief to let Chunsheng out. When Qiu Gu met her brother, she became a phoenix eye with a stitch. When the phoenix has eyes, it spreads its wings and flies down, carrying two brothers and sisters to the mountain where they live. It was gone in the blink of an eye. Later, people called the mountain where the phoenix flew "Phoenix Mountain".
Kangxi Inscription in Lingyin Temple
Emperor Kangxi went down to the south of the Yangtze River and came to Hangzhou. He traveled around the West Lake, recited poems and wrote inscriptions, calling himself the refined emperor.
One day, he will come to Lingyin to play tricks. The old monk in Lingyin Temple was really pleasantly surprised when he learned the news. He quickly rang the bell and drums and called more than 300 monks in the whole temple. Monks put on brand-new cassock, sandalwood, hand-tapping instruments, and read "There is no Amitabha in the south". Everyone followed the old monk and rushed to Shiliange, a mile away, to take Emperor Kangxi to Lingyin.
The old monk accompanied Emperor Kangxi to play in front of the temple, behind the temple, on the mountain and under the mountain. Emperor Kangxi saw Lingyin, towering peaks, clear springs, shady trees on the mountains and underground safflower everywhere. What a nice place! As soon as he was happy, he ordered people to drink and eat in the temple, hoping to play for a while. The emperor's banquet is very lively! Blow, play and sing, and for a time, turn this Buddhist land into the home of emperors! Emperor Kangxi held a goatee in one hand and a wine lamp, yellow soup and poems in the other.
The old monk had long heard that Emperor Kangxi liked to recite poems and write inscriptions. At this time, seeing him shake his head, he quietly ran to a local official who followed Emperor Kangxi and said, "My Lord, I want to ask the emperor to write a plaque for our mountain temple. Do you think it is possible? "
Hearing this, the magistrate of Hangzhou nodded and said, "Yes. If the emperor inscribed a plaque for Lingyin Temple, even my Hangzhou residence would be stained! " "
The official of Qiantang County also took it over and said, "The Emperor is drunk. If you go to Guang Chen and ask him for a plaque, I think you will definitely agree. "
Bold, the old monk went up to Kangxi, knelt down and kowtowed, and said, "Your Majesty, for the sake of the great bodhisattva in Lingyin Temple, write a plaque for the mountain temple and let us enjoy the scenery!"
The old monk's request just scratched the itch of Emperor Kangxi. He nodded, ordered his men to sort out the paper and pen, grabbed the pen and "brushed" it a few times, and then wrote a crooked word "rain". This Guang Chen, he is almost drunk, his wrist is a little shaky, and he writes too fast. This word "rain" actually accounts for more than half of the paper! The word "spirit" in Lingyin Temple is written in the old way. There are three mouths and a witch under "rain". There is only room for this little piece of paper now, and you can't put it down anyway. What a pity to write a new one! Emperor Kangxi held the pen in one hand and brushed the goatee in the other, but there was nothing he could do. Officials around know that Emperor Kangxi can't quit Taiwan, but no one dares to say so, just standing aside and worrying.
Fortunately, a college student named Gao Jiangcun came up with an idea. He first wrote the word "Yunlin" on his palm, pretended to grind ink, approached Emperor Kangxi, and secretly spread his palm toward Emperor Kangxi. Emperor Kangxi looked at it and said, alas, these two words really save the king and bodhisattva! I was so happy that I woke up half-drunk, and I quickly wrote down the four characters "Yunlin Temple". After writing, raise your hand and throw the brush far away.
Old monk, come and take a picture, no! How to write Lingyin Temple as Yunlin Temple? Without looking at the scenery, he stammered, "We are called Lingyin Temple, not Yunlin Temple! Is it wrong for the emperor to put pen to paper? "
Emperor Kangxi stared at this and shouted, "Bullshit!"
Where did the old monk dare to speak again, he had to stand beside him respectfully.
Emperor Kangxi turned to the official and asked, "There are clouds in the sky and forests underground. What do you say, Yunlin Temple? "
"Yes, yes, your majesty!"
Hearing the fairy flatter him noisily, Emperor Kangxi smiled happily and ordered the plaque to be carved quickly.
The emperor said a word, but the officials were busy. They asked someone to replace the original memorial tablet of Lingyin Temple, and at the same time found a carver to carve the four characters of "Yunlin Temple" handwritten by Emperor Kangxi on a mahogany memorial tablet with black lacquer characters on a gold background. Beside, they hung it on the mountain gate.
Since then, Lingyin Temple has hung a grotesque "Yunlin Temple" plaque. However, the people in Hangzhou don't buy his account. Although the plaque of Yunlin Temple has been hung for 300 years, people still call it Lingyin Temple.
Su Causeway Liudiao Bridge
In the Northern Song Dynasty, Su Dongpo, a famous poet, first came to Hangzhou as a local official. Fascinated by the landscape of Hangzhou, he thought that the West Lake was more beautiful than the ancient beauty stone, so he wrote a wonderful poem, "If you want to compare with the West Lake, light makeup is always appropriate." However, after 15 years, when Su Dongpo came to Hangzhou as a satrap again, he found that the West Lake was already dead, the lake mud was silted up and weeds were overgrown. He wrote with emotion that "there is a West Lake in Hangzhou, as a man has eyebrows" and decided to learn from Bai Juyi, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, and dredge the West Lake to do a good thing for the people of Hangzhou.
The notice of dredging the West Lake was posted, but Su Dongpo was stumped by one thing: where is the dredged marsh mud pile? If piled up on the four banks of the West Lake, it will not only hinder traffic, but also pollute the environment; If it takes a lot of effort and trouble to transport it far away, when can the West Lake be dredged? Su Dongpo was so worried that he couldn't eat well and sleep well for three days and nights. On the fourth day, he decided to walk around the West Lake to see how to deal with it better.
Su Dongpo, with his entourage, rode to Qixialing in Beishan first. At first glance, this is the main road of psychic seclusion and Tianzhu, and it is obviously not suitable for piling mud. So, I want to visit Jingci Temple in Nanping. He was standing at Xiling Ferry, trying to board the ferry, when he suddenly heard a fishing sound from the depths of the Liulin:
Nanshan female, Beishan male,
It is difficult to appeal across banks.
When will the bridge in the sky collapse?
Take thirty-three steps along the lake.
Su Dongpo was very happy when he heard this: Isn't this a suggestion for me? Yes, there can be a "magpie bridge" in the sky, but can't there be a long embankment on the lake? This not only solves the problem of dumping lake mud, but also facilitates the traffic between the north and the south. It's killing two birds with one stone!
Su Dongpo shouted happily: "Good! Go to the other side of the lake. " At this moment, a boat flew out from the willow forest. A young fisherman stood at the bow of the boat, bowed and said to Su Dongpo, "Wang has been waiting here for a long time. Please get on board! "
Su Dongpo was pleasantly surprised and asked, "How did you know I was coming to the lake?" The young man replied, "I heard that the prefect is going to dredge the West Lake, so naturally he will come to the lake to see for himself, so I am waiting for you." Su Dongpo said, "Well, you must have sung that fishing song just now!" "The young man smiled and said," Yes, this is the wish of the people in the north and south mountains of the West Lake! " "
Su Dongpo boarded a fishing boat and came to Nanshan. Another boat was dragged out of the willows, and a crisp song flew up:
Nanshan female, Beishan male,
Over 23 years old.
It's hard to say how much you love each other,
Cowherd and Weaver Girl look forward to the levee.
Su Dongpo laughed and said, "Good song, good song, Nanshan girl and Beishan man, let me build a long embankment on the lake to fulfill your good marriage!" "
The news that the West Lake will build a dam spread like wildfire. Fishermen, farmers and citizens from the North and South Mountains all rushed to the scene and volunteered to work. Su Dongpo said: "Thank you folks. You suffer from floods every year, and your life is hard. I have reported to the court and decided to allocate a batch of rice for relief. " When the villagers heard that there was food and rice to be distributed, they became more enthusiastic. From summer to autumn, seven long dikes were finally built from Beishan to Nanshan, with six waterways left. However, due to lack of funds, the bridge cannot be built for the time being. A young woodcutter on the shore of Hubei Province had a good idea. He cut down a number of trees, assembled them into boards and built six suspension bridges. Usually, the suspension bridge is pulled up to let the ships in the inner and outer lakes pass, and the suspension bridge is put down in the morning and evening to let the folks on both sides of the strait pass. Peach willows are planted on both sides of the long embankment, one is to protect the embankment, and the other is pink and green in spring, which adds a beautiful scenery to the West Lake.
In order to remember Su Dongpo's achievements in dredging lakes and building dikes, later generations called this north-south long dike Su Causeway. On the morning of spring, the willow bridge filled with smoke and willow gauze chirped a few times, announcing the early spring in Su Causeway, and there was a folk Sang Song: "Six suspension bridges in the West Lake, one willow and one peach." Su Causeway Xiao Chun in the "Ten Scenes of West Lake" is named after this.
The Legend of Longjing Tea and Tiger Running Spring
Legend has it that when Emperor Qianlong went down to the south of the Yangtze River, he came to the foot of Shifeng Mountain in Longjing, Hangzhou, and watched the country girls pick tea to show their affection. On this day, Emperor Qianlong saw several country girls picking tea at more than a dozen shady tea tables. He was very happy and learned to pick tea. Just picked one, suddenly the eunuch came to report: "The Queen Mother is ill, please return to Beijing as soon as possible." When Emperor Qianlong heard that the Empress Dowager was ill, he put a handful of tea leaves in a bag and returned to Beijing day and night. In fact, the Queen Mother was not seriously ill because she ate too many delicacies. At that time, she got angry, her eyes were red and swollen, and her stomach was upset. At this time, when I saw the arrival of the prince, I felt a faint fragrance and asked what good things I had brought. The emperor was also surprised. Where does the fragrance come from? He touched it casually. Ah, it turned out to be a handful of tea from Shifeng Mountain in Hangzhou. After a few days, it was dry and the rich aroma came out. The queen mother wants to taste this tea. The maid-in-waiting made tea and sent it to the queen mother. Sure enough, the smell is fragrant. The queen mother took a sip and her eyes felt much more comfortable. After drinking tea, the redness disappeared and her stomach did not swell. The queen mother said happily, "Hangzhou Longjing tea is really a panacea." Emperor Qianlong was so happy to see the Empress Dowager, and immediately ordered the eighteen tea trees in front of Gong Hu Temple under Shifeng Mountain in Longjing, Hangzhou to be named imperial tea, and the new tea was picked every year to pay tribute to the Empress Dowager. Up to now, these eighteen kinds of imperial teas are still preserved in front of Gong Hu Temple in Longjing Village, Hangzhou, and many tourists from Hangzhou come to visit and take photos as a souvenir.
Longjing Tea (one of the top ten famous teas in China) and Hupaoquan are known as "Hangzhou Two Musts". How did Tiger Running Spring come from? It is said that there were two brothers long ago. My brother's name is Hu Dahe and Erhu. The two men are very powerful. They came to Hangzhou one year and wanted to settle in the small temple where tigers are now rampant. The monk told them that it was difficult to fetch water here, and it would take several hurdles to fetch water. The two brothers said that as long as they were alive, we would be responsible for carrying water, so the monk took them in. One summer, there was no rain, and the stream dried up, making it more difficult to fetch water. One day, the two brothers remembered the "Tongziquan" wandering in Hengshan Mountain, Nanyue. If only they could move Tongziquan to Hangzhou. The two brothers decided to go to Hengshan and move to Tongziquan. They running all the way, fainted at the foot of Hengshan Mountain. When the storm broke out and the wind stopped raining, they woke up and saw a child with a willow branch in front of them. This is the fairy who manages the boy spring. After listening to their story, the fairy pointed a willow branch at them and spilled water on them. In an instant, the two brothers turned into two colorful tigers, and the child jumped on the tiger's back. The tiger roared into the sky and went straight to Hangzhou with "Tongzichun". The old monk and the villagers had a dream at night, dreaming that the big tiger and the second tiger became two tigers and moved the "Tongziquan" to Hangzhou. At dawn, there is a spring. The next day, the sky was full of sunshine, and two tigers fell from the sky. Tigers were digging in the bamboo garden next to the temple and soon dug a deep pit. Suddenly, the storm raged, and after the rain stopped, they saw a clear spring gushing out of the deep pit. Everyone knows that it must be the spring water brought to them by the big tiger and the second tiger. To commemorate the Great Tiger and the Second Tiger, they named this spring "Tiger Planing Spring". Later, for the sake of fluency, it was called "Tiger Running Spring". Tiger running spring makes Longjing tea, which has good color, fragrance and taste. Today, you can taste this "double unique" drink in Tiger Run Tea Room.
Allusions to broken bridges
West Lake is a broken bridge, originally called Duanjia Bridge.
A long time ago, the white sand embankment of the West Lake meandered from the lonely mountain to here, and there was only a small wooden bridge with no name, which was closely connected with the shore of the lake. Visitors must pass this small wooden bridge to visit the lonely mountain. Due to the sun and rain, the wooden bridge often breaks, which brings great inconvenience to tourists.
There is a humble hut by the bridge, where a couple named Duan lived. Both of them are kind and hard-working. Men fish in the lake for a living, and women set up wine stalls at the door to sell local wine. Because the wine tastes bad, customers seldom come to the door and business is light.
One day, when the sun was setting and the couple were about to close the door, an old man with white hair and rags came, saying that he had come all the way and was penniless and asked to stay overnight. Seeing that he was old and poor, Duan Jia and his wife warmly asked him to stay. They also burned a carp just caught from the West Lake and played a bowl of locally brewed wine to entertain the elderly. You're welcome. The old man drank three bowls in a row and then fell asleep on the bed.
When the white-haired old man left the next morning, he said, "Thank you for your hospitality. I have three kinds of wine medicines here, which can help you make good wine. " Say, take out three red wine medicines and say goodbye.
Duan Jia and his wife put the old man's three kinds of wine medicines in a wine-making jar, and the wine brewed was bright red and extremely sweet. Since then, every day, customers are crowded, and Duan Jia scarlet wine is famous in Hang Cheng, and its business is booming day by day. Duan Jia and his wife tore down the hut and built a restaurant. In order to thank the white-haired old man, they saved a sum of money and prepared to thank him well.
Years passed, and three years passed. This winter, it was snowing heavily in the West Lake, and the white-haired old man braved the heavy snow to come to Duanjia Hotel. When the couple saw the benefactor coming, they were overjoyed and asked the old man to stay in his house for a long time. However, the old man will say goodbye the next day. When they left, Duan Jia and his wife took out 320 pieces of silver and gave it to the old man. The old man declined with a smile and said, "Thank you for your kindness. I am a lonely old man. What's the use of asking so much money? " You still use it in the most important place! "After that, he walked across the snow to the bridge. Duan Jia and his wife stood at the door to see each other off. They saw that the old man had just stepped onto the small wooden bridge, his foot slipped, the bridge broke and the old man fell into the lake. The couple rushed to the rescue, and suddenly saw the white-haired old man standing on the lake, walking on the ground, smiling and waving to them, drifting away.
Duan Jia and his wife realized that the white-haired old man was not a mortal. Remembering what the old man said when he left, he used the money to build a tall Qingshi arch bridge and a pavilion at the bridge head. Since then, people who visit the West Lake are no longer afraid of the road slipping and breaking the bridge.
People miss Duan Jia's kindness in building a bridge, so they call this bridge Duanjia Bridge. Later, because "Duan" and "Duan" are homophonic, it was called broken bridge.
Xihu mingzhu
Legend has it that in ancient times, in the grottoes east of Tianhe, there lived a snow-white Jade Dragon, and in the big forest west of Tianhe, there lived a colorful golden phoenix.
Yulong and Jinfeng are neighbors. Every morning, one of them goes out of the grottoes and the other flies out of the Woods, each busy with his own business. One day, one of them was flying in the sky, the other was swimming in Tianhe, flying and swimming, and unconsciously they came to a fairy island, where they found a shiny stone. Jinfeng liked it very much and said to Yulong, "Yulong Yulong, look how beautiful this stone is!" " Yulong also likes it very much, so he said to Jinfeng, "Jinfeng, Jinfeng, shall we polish it into a bead?" "
Jinfeng nodded yes and they began to work. Yulong clawed with her claws, and Jinfeng pecked with her mouth. Day after day, year after year passed, and they really cut the stone into a round bead. Jinfeng happily flew to the fairy mountain and brought many dewdrops to the beads; Yulong swam happily to the Tianhe River and pumped a lot of clean water on the beads. Drop, drop, spray, spray, and slowly the bead becomes bright and shiny.
Since then, Yulong likes Jinfeng, and Jinfeng also likes Yulong; Yulong and Jinfeng both like their pearls. Yulong doesn't want to go back to the grottoes in the east of Tianhe, and Jinfeng doesn't want to go back to the Woods in the west of Tianhe. They went to Xiandao in Tianhe and guarded their pearls day and night.
This pearl is really a treasure. Where the sun shines, the trees are evergreen, the flowers are in full bloom, the mountains are beautiful and the crops are bumper.
The queen mother walked out of the palace gate and saw the treasure light of this pearl at once, and she was very envious. At midnight in Guang Chen, she sent a close-fitting mountain soldier to quietly take the pearl away while Yulong and Jinfeng were asleep. The queen mother likes this pearl so much that she doesn't even want to show it to others. She hid in the fairy palace, closed nine doors and locked nine locks outside.
When Yulong and Jinfeng woke up, they found that the pearl was gone. They are really anxious! Yulong searched east and west, and searched every grotto under the Tianhe River, but he couldn't find it. Jinfeng looked everywhere in fairy mountain, but she couldn't find it. They are very sad, but they still look around day and night, hoping to find their beloved pearls.
On the birthday of the Queen Mother, immortals from all directions rushed to the Fairy Palace to celebrate her birthday. The Queen Mother arranged a grand flat peach party and invited all the immortals. The immortals drank wine and ate flat peaches, congratulating the queen mother: longevity is like the East China Sea, and longevity is better than the South Mountain. The Queen Mother was happy and said to the fairies, "Dear fairies, I invite you to see a precious pearl, which is hard to find in heaven and on earth!" "
As he spoke, he took off nine keys from his belt, opened nine locks, walked into nine doors, took out pearls from them and put them in the middle of the hall with a gold plate. The pearl is shiny and shiny, and the fairy applauds it.
At this time, Yulong and Jinfeng are looking for their pearls everywhere. Jinfeng found the light from the pearl and called Yulong: "Yulong, come and see, isn't this the light from our pearl?" Yulong poked his head out of the Tianhe River and saw it: "Yes, it must be our pearl. Get it back quickly! " "
Yulong and Jinfeng immediately walked towards the pearl light until they found the fairy palace of the Queen Mother. The immortals probe and applaud around the pearl. Yulong stepped forward and said, "This pearl is ours!" Jinfeng also said, "This pearl is ours! "When the Queen Mother heard the fire, she shouted at Yulong, and Jinfeng opened her mouth and scolded," Nonsense! I am the mother of the Jade Emperor, and all the treasures in the sky are mine. "
Yulong and Jinfeng were very angry. Together, they said to the Queen Mother, "This pearl is not born in the sky, nor does it grow underground. It is our hard work, day after day, year after year! "
Hearing this, the queen mother was ashamed and anxious. She stretched out her hand to protect the golden plate with pearls and told the heavenly soldiers to drive Yulong and Jinfeng out. Jinfeng saw that the queen mother was unreasonable and rushed to grab pearls; Yulong saw that the queen mother was unreasonable and hurried to grab pearls. With three hands holding a gold plate, no one will relax. You pulled me, and when the golden plate shook, the pearl rolled down, rolled to the edge of the steps, and fell from the sky to the ground.
Yulong and Jinfeng saw that the pearl had fallen, so they quickly turned over to protect it. Yulong swims and Jinfeng flies. They are in front, behind, left and right for a while, protecting the pearl and slowly falling from the sky to the ground. As soon as this pearl landed, it immediately became a clear West Lake. Yulong was reluctant to leave his pearl and turned into the majestic Yulong Mountain to protect it. Jinfeng couldn't bear to part with her pearl, so she turned into a green Phoenix Mountain to protect it.
Since then, Phoenix Mountain and Yulong Mountain have stood quietly by the West Lake. Until now, there are still two ancient ballads circulating in Hangzhou: the Pearl of the West Lake falls from the sky, and the dragon and phoenix dance to Qiantang.