During the Warring States Period, there was an ancient city named Jiuzi in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. The city is not big, but it is strong. The people in the city are simple and kind-hearted. They work at sunrise and rest at sunset, and live a peaceful life. In the early morning of this day, the city lord's wife gave birth to a baby girl. The baby girl is very strange. She can speak when she is born, and her voice is very melodious, just like the singing of birds in the trees.
The city lord held the baby girl and smiled from ear to ear, and then named the baby girl: Xiaojiu. In a flash, Xiaojiu grew up and became a great beauty. With fluttering hair, bright eyes and white teeth, everyone in the city praised Xiaojiu, saying that she was a fairy from heaven. This winter, disaster struck the small town. A general from the state of Wu led 20,000 elite troops to attack the small city.
The city lord immediately organized officers and soldiers to go out of the city to meet the enemy and resisted vigorously. However, they were outnumbered and had to retreat to the city and close the city gate tightly. The Wu army stormed the small city, but the city wall was strong and the Wu army could not attack it for a long time. Therefore, the Wu army surrounded the city and adopted the starvation strategy of encircling but not destroying. The small town was besieged.
Two months have passed, and the small town has quickly run out of food and cooking. In addition, in the middle of winter, the people in the city are cold and hungry, and men, women, old and young are crying out. Faced with such a miserable situation for the people, the city lord had no choice but to send people to the Wu army camp to meet with the general of Wu state and prepare to surrender the city. What this Wu general wanted was not the city, but the city lord's daughter, Xiaojiu.
As long as we get Xiaojiu, we will withdraw immediately. If we don’t agree, we will destroy the city and kill all the people. In fact, Xiaojiu's beauty has spread all over the country, even to Wu State, thousands of miles away. The general of Wu State has coveted Xiaojiu's beauty for a long time. When the envoy returned to the city to report General Wu's reply, the city lord cursed General Wu as a bastard and refused to agree even to death.
At this time, Xiaojiu stood up and said firmly: "Father, I'm going. In order to prevent the city from being destroyed by the war, and to prevent the people from being killed innocently, it's worth it to leave me alone!" Wu Jun retreated The city was saved, the people were saved, and Xiaojiu followed the Wu army. The city lord and the people in the city watched Xiaojiu go away, crying and calling Xiaojiu's name.
When he came to the Kingdom of Wu, the general cared for Xiaojiu in every possible way, but Xiaojiu still missed his parents, his hometown, and his people all day long. A year later, Xiaojiu became ill with longing for her and died in depression. Her soul turned into a beautiful turtledove and flew back to the small town day and night.
In the early morning, this beautiful turtledove stood at the top of the city in his hometown, looking at the people in the city who were safe and living and working in peace and contentment, so he sang affectionately - coo coo coo, live a good life, coo coo coo Goo, live a good life. The common people looked up at the turtle dove that kept singing. They seemed to know that this turtle dove was the incarnation of the little dove's soul. Suddenly, men, women, old and young, all moved and missed.
Extended information:
Juzi is based on Huizhou architecture. The ancient town is 1,200 meters long from north to south and 500 meters wide from east to west. It is divided into two parts with the Biandan River as the boundary: The west side is a static area, mainly composed of academies, guild halls, and former residences of celebrities. Chaozhou Guild Hall, Huizhou Guild Hall, Hunan Guild Hall, etc. focus on reflecting the culture of merchant gang guild halls; Yu Zhai, Wu Mingxi Mansion, Zhang Zhai, Wang Zhai, etc. display the culture of former residences of celebrities.