Grain Tree: A long time ago, the Dragon King of the East China Sea often visited Shuidang. Every time he came, the torrential floods would flood tens of thousands of hectares of farmland. Once, the Dragon King was unwell and sent the princess to patrol Ludang, asking her to flood hundreds of miles of villages and vast tracts of good land. When Dragon Girl came to Ludang, she saw green trees, ponds full of lotuses, people singing and birds singing, and beautiful scenery. She turned into a peasant girl and played happily on the shore all day long. She fell in love with this beautiful world. So, against her father's will to "wash away the grain with floods and destroy everything in the world", she decided to stay in the world and become an ordinary farm girl. From then on, she lived in this village and sown grains with people. But the good times did not last long. The ferocious Dragon King of the East China Sea came to look for his daughter and forced her to return to the palace. The princess cried loudly and said with tears: "My daughter will not leave the world even if she dies." The Dragon King was furious and cast a spell to restore his daughter to her original shape. People Seeing a white dragon with gleaming scales rising into the sky, flying down from a bolt of lightning, and turning into a fruit tree full of white flowers, the Sea Dragon King set off a huge wave and returned to the palace. After the tide receded, people saw that the fruit tree transformed by the Sea Dragon King's daughter was still standing there. From then on, the fruit on the tree will change every year. What kind of fruit is on the tree and what kind of crops are in the field will definitely have a good harvest. In order to commemorate this kind-hearted dragon girl, people called this fruit tree the "grain tree" and cultivated the soil and watered it every year.
Christmas tree: A long time ago, a kind farmer rescued a hungry and cold poor child on a snowy Christmas Eve and gave him a sumptuous Christmas dinner. Before the child left, he broke off a pine branch and stuck it in the ground and blessed it: "On this day every year, the branches are full of gifts. I leave this beautiful pine branch to repay your kindness." After the child left, the farmer found that the branch had turned into a tree. He saw a small tree covered with gifts, and then he realized that he was receiving a messenger from God. This is the Christmas tree.
The Christmas tree is always hung with a dazzling array of ornaments and gifts, and there must be an extra-large star on the top of each tree. It is said that when Jesus was born in Bethlehem, a dazzling new star appeared over the small town of Bethlehem. The three kings from the east came along the star's guidance and bowed to the knees to worship Jesus who was sleeping in the manger. This is the Christmas star.
Five-fingered Tree: It is said that a long time ago, due to its high mountains, dense forests and vast territory, Daguokui was the habitat of roe deer and elk. Therefore, it was designated as a royal hunting ground by the imperial court and became a forbidden area. Every autumn, the emperor would lead the princes and ministers, with their carriages rolling, horses roaring, bows and arrows bent, to hunt.
There is an old couple living on Daguokui Mountain. They originally lived in Kaoshan Village at the foot of the mountain. When they were young, they made a living by doing heavy work for the landlords. When they were old enough to have a beard, they were kicked out by the landlords. , the old couple had no choice but to be forced to the mountains, making a living in a shack and living in the mountains.
One day in late autumn, the sky was clear and the breeze was blowing. The old couple were collecting pine nuts in the courtyard when they suddenly heard people outside shouting horses neighing and the sound of gongs and drums. The old lady said: "Honey, the emperor has come to the mountains for hunting again, let's hide for a while!" The old man glared and said: "Firstly, we don't kill animals, and secondly, we don't cut down trees. We don't break any laws, so why should we hide?" !" The old couple were discussing each other when they heard a sound of running in front of the door. The old couple took a quick look and saw that it was a group of sika deer running past the door, and one of them was shot in the waist. A Diao Ling arrow fell in front of the door. The old lady was panicked and didn't know what to do. But the old man looked calm and made a decisive decision: "Wife, I will bring this deer into the house, and you will heal its injuries. I will lock the door from the outside and divert the pursuing officers and soldiers. I still have to rescue the group of sika deer."< /p>
At this time, the officers and soldiers had arrived. When they saw an old man with a white beard standing there looking around, he shouted loudly: "Old guy! Where did the deer go?" The old man pretended to be crazy and pointed casually with his hand: " Over there! Hurry up." The officers and soldiers didn't even stop and rushed towards the direction pointed by the old man like a gust of wind.
Seeing the officers and soldiers go away, the old man hurriedly returned to the house. She was dumbfounded when she saw that it was a doe. Although the old lady pulled out the arrow and applied medicine to the wound, she lost too much blood because the arrow hit the artery, and she had no hope of recovery. At this time, the leaking boat was caught in the head wind, and the doe miraculously gave birth to five cubs. At this moment, the old lady was at a loss and was helpless. The old man had the right idea and decisively ordered: "Don't worry about the dead ones, and hurry up and take care of the living ones! You light a fire and make rice soup to feed them. I will go find hay to build a nest for them."< /p>
The old couple had no children in their lives and regarded the five fawns as if they were their own children.
If the soup and rice are watery, they will be afraid of being hungry. If they are hot, they will be burned, which will make a few deer waiters squirm. The old man took them to the mountains every day to familiarize themselves with life, and the deer jumped around happily.
In half a year, the fawn has grown up. The old man and the old lady discussed: "After all, deer are wild animals. Unlike pigs and dogs, which are domesticated, we have to put them in the mountains." When the old lady heard this, she exploded: "You old guy is so cruel. "If you want to chase them away, I will go with them." The old man said cheerfully, "You really have long hair and short knowledge. Can we be the same as domestic animals and wild beasts? If they are willing, they will come to see us often." "So the old couple drove the five deer into the mountains with tears in their eyes.
Oddly enough, these little deer seem to have a common sense of human nature. They come back in twos and threes every now and then to visit the old couple, and try their best to be affectionate with them and please them. The old couple are even more affectionate and affectionate, as if entertaining their children who have returned from a long journey, mixing recipes to feed them. Once, a little deer held the old man's jacket cuff in its mouth and forced him to follow them. The old man was puzzled, thinking what kind of drama this was, maybe he wanted me to go see their new home! So he followed it obediently into the mountains. The deer stopped on a sunny hillside and called out twice. The old man looked around and found that there was a ginseng growing on the hillside. After careful inspection, it was a ginseng plant. The old man carefully took out the old wild ginseng and made love to each of the deer to express his gratitude. From then on, the old couple often collected valuable medicinal materials such as Laoshan ginseng and Ganoderma lucidum under the guidance of the little deer. The old couple took these medicinal materials to the mountains and exchanged them for silver. They no longer had to worry about food and clothing, and their days became more and more prosperous. The old couple said happily: "Who said we have no children? The five little deer are our children, and they are more filial than children."
It is true that the sky is unpredictable, and people are prone to misfortune and fortune. It was autumn of another year, and the emperor came to the cauldron to hunt again. A huge crowd of officers and soldiers surrounded the cauldron. The poor five fawns tried their best and failed to escape the encirclement, so they were all captured alive by the officers and soldiers. When the fawns were escorted through the door of the old couple's shack, the fawns looked around, whined, and bid farewell to the old couple with tears. When the old couple saw their beloved deer being taken away by the officers and soldiers, they shouted: "Let the deer go! Let our son go!" When the officers and soldiers heard this, who was whose son? They are clearly two old lunatics. So they knocked the old couple to the ground with a stick and walked away.
The old couple was heartbroken. The old man thought over and over to comfort the old lady and said: "I will take the silver we usually save and those century-old ginseng trees and go to the capital for a trip. Maybe I can buy the deer back." The old lady sighed and said: "It seems This is the last resort. I'll pack you some packages and you'll be on your way immediately."
After all the hard work, the old man rushed to the capital, opened up his joints with silver coins, and met a man named Sun who was in charge of the imperial kitchen. Eunuch, Eunuch Sun salivated when he saw these century-old ginseng trees, and his greedy eyes could not turn away. But he also spread his hands and said there was nothing he could do. The old Queen Mother fell in love with these five sika deer and said that the venison can nourish yin and yang. She wanted to taste it herself and then share it with the concubines in each palace. For Laoshan Ginseng's sake, he could only take the bones of five fawns out of the palace. The old man had no choice but to carry the bones of the five deer all the way back to the Cauldron.
The old couple chose a sunny place on the hilltop opposite the shack to bury the five fawns and offer sacrifices to them during the holidays. The strange thing is that in the spring of the next year, an elm tree grew on the graves of the deer. It grew faster and faster, becoming thicker and stronger. And there are five branches at the top of the trunk, like five fingers. The old couple would say to everyone they met: Those five tree branches were transformed from five fawns, that are their five children. The fawns are not dead, they will remain green forever.
This old couple stayed with the Five-Finger Tree until they were over 100 years old and died without any illness. People buried them next to the Five-Finger Tree so that they would stay together forever.
The legend of the sacred tree of Zhangbaola: According to legend, in the Spring and Autumn Period, the famous counselor Fan Li, in order to help King Gou Jian of Yue regain his country and avenge his shame, offered a beauty trick to let his lover Xi Shi beauty to serve the King of Wu Fu Chai wiped out the fighting spirit of the King of Wu, causing him to indulge in wine and sex and ignore the government affairs. A few years later, Gou Jian, the king of Yue who had been struggling to survive, finally defeated Wu Wang Fucha with the help of Fan Li and restored the glory of the country of Yue. The smart Fan Li knew that accompanying a king is like accompanying a tiger. After the restoration of the country, he resigned and retired. First, he took Xi Shi north to do business and became the "Tao Zhu Gong" in the business world.
Then he drove a small boat up the Yangtze River and traveled around the five lakes.
When I came to Dongting Lake, I saw vast mist on the lake, the autumn water was the same color as the sky, fishing boats in the lake were busy fishing, and the fishermen lived a stable life with a net of fish and shrimp and a bucket of food. Long Qishi's ship docked at Chishan Island. The island is surrounded by water and is isolated from the world. The trees on the island are lush and green, and the birds and flowers are everywhere. Most of the people on the island are fishing, and they treat people with a spring breeze. The honest and simple folk customs of the small island in Fairy Mountain Qiongge prompted Fan Li Xishi to make up his mind and settle down on Chishan Island. Fan Gong taught and Xi Shi spun. They remained anonymous and charitable, and spent their remaining years on the island. Hundreds of years after their death, the mountain people learned from the excavated relics that this hermit couple was the famous Fan Li and Xi Shi in history. In memory of the sages, people renamed the island Lishan Island and built Fanli Temple and Niangzi Temple on the island. Later, where Fan Li and Xi Shi were buried together, this unique camphor tree grew, inspiring future generations.
Couple tree: According to folklore, once upon a time there was a fairy in heaven who was tired of the loneliness in heaven. She went to the mortal world in private and was fascinated by the beautiful scenery of Qiongshan Baihualing, so she stayed in Baihualing. She relied on picking wild fruits from the mountains for food and kept animals as companions. She goes to Baihualing Waterfall's White Skin Pool every day to wash herself. One day at noon, Ayan, a young hunter of the Li ethnic group, passed by Baishutan after hunting. He was about to take off his clothes and go to take a bath. When he looked down and saw a girl in the pool who looked like a flower and jade, he was dumbfounded for a moment. They fell in love quickly after meeting and soon became husband and wife. But when the overlord of the village saw this pretty beauty, he salivated and thought of taking her by force. Ayan and his wife had no choice but to escape to the shade of a big banyan tree, live in a thatched cottage, and make a living by hunting.
Late at night, the overlord brought several thugs to snatch the fairy. A Yan resisted, but unfortunately he was weak. He was knocked unconscious by the thugs and hung from a banyan tree with a rope. The fairy was snatched back to the Overlord's house, and escaped through the window at night while no one was prepared. The fairy ran to the big banyan tree, hugged Ayan's body and cried until she died. Suddenly hearing the sound of the overlord chasing after him, the fairy would rather die than surrender for Ayan, so she tied herself with a rope to another banyan tree and hanged herself. People were moved by their loyal love and called the two big banyan trees next to each other "couple trees". What's even more peculiar is that the two banyan trees each extend out about one meter long branches, which are connected in the middle and blend together, like "I wish to be a winged bird in the sky, and I wish to join the branches on the ground." Every year on March 3rd, On festivals such as "Day", young men and women of the Li ethnic group gather under the tree to sing, dance, and fall in love, saying that they will never be separated like the "couple tree". The young men and women who came here paid homage to the tree. A pair of young lovers, facing the tree, knelt on their knees, pointed at the tree and swore an oath of alliance, praying for true love and happiness.
Thoreau Tree; It is said that Zhu Di, the fourth son of Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang of the Ming Dynasty and king of Yan, passed by this place with his troops to conquer the North. At that time, this place was deserted and the army camped under this ancient tree. The ancient tree is like a natural tent, blocking the wind and rain. King Yan feels very comfortable under this ancient tree. He thinks that this tree is like a sacred tree that protects him. He especially likes this rare and graceful tree. When the army went north, he carefully selected a soldier of the Chen family among his subordinates to take care of the tree and named it the Thoreau tree. This Chen soldier settled down in the local area and raised his descendants. A few years later, another family with the surname Chi moved in from other places, and they lived there for a long time. The two families lived next to each other in harmony, as close as brothers, and they spent the famine years together. Another Cui family moved from Donghai, Jiangsu and settled here. Over time, as the population multiplied, it began to take shape as a small village. The three surnames Chen, Chi and Cui jointly established a village, named after the ancient tree, and the village was named Thoreau Tree. The descendants of the Chen family took good care of the tree and guarded it for more than 600 years.
This village has grown from three surnames to more than 20 surnames; from three households to more than 700 households, with a population of more than 3,000 people. This may be because of the protection of ancient trees!
Coconut trees: A long time ago, there were only mountains and no rivers on the island of Taiwan. The spring water is also buried very deep underground and cannot be dug out. People can only use vessels to catch the rainwater and drink it. When there is a drought and it doesn't rain, people have no choice but to go to the beach to drink the bitter and astringent seawater. Some people who live far from the sea will die of thirst before they reach the sea. This year, another drought occurred on the island of Taiwan. There was no rain for half a year, and countless people died of thirst. There was a young girl named Coconut who lived not far from the sea in the west of Taiwan Island. She was very sad to see so many lives lost due to lack of water. In order to let people drink water, one day, she took a shovel and went to the beach to dig spring water. She dug and dug for seventy-seven forty-nine days, even her fingers were worn out. She dug a large and deep pit in the sand, but she still couldn't see any trace of spring water.
Just then, Mazu Po came and said to her: "Good boy, how can you dig out spring water if you dig like this?" When the coconut girl heard this, she said with tears: "Then What should I do! Are we just going to watch everyone die of thirst?" Mazu Po said, "There is a way to save people from suffering, but it has to be done at the cost of life!" The coconut girl hurriedly heard that there was a way. Asked Mazu Po: "As long as it can save people from suffering, I am willing to do it no matter what method is used." Ma Zupo was very moved when she saw this girl willing to sacrifice herself for others. So he took out a red fruit like charcoal from his arms, handed it to the coconut girl, and said: "Good boy! If you eat this fruit, you can find sweet water for people." Upon hearing this, the coconut girl was not surprised at all. He swallowed the fruit without hesitation. In the blink of an eye, the coconut girl turned into a beautiful big peacock. She felt like a fire was burning in her stomach, and her mouth was burning with thirst, which was very uncomfortable. She twisted her body and plunged into the sand pit, her pointed mouth kept drilling downwards. She drilled and drilled, and finally her mouth touched the cool spring water, and she drank happily. As she drank, she thought: I want to drink more water, hold the spring water in my mouth and bring it to the ground, and give it to those who are extremely thirsty. But her head was buried in the sand and she couldn't move it, and she couldn't pull it out no matter how hard she tried. What to do? She pushed hard and suddenly turned into a big tree. The tall trunk was her body; the broad leaves were her tail. Her head and mouth became tree roots. She sucked the underground spring water hard, and then sent the sucked water through the tree trunk to the round and large fruits produced by the village, so that people could pick them to quench their thirst. Soon, people looking for water learned of the coconut girl's dedication and came to the big tree one after another. They drank the sap in the fruit and finally survived the drought. In order to commemorate the coconut girl, people call this tree coconut tree and the fruit it bears is called coconut. From this time on, there were coconut trees in Taiwan, and there were more and more of them.
Lijiang Dragon Girl Tree: There is a lake at the foot of Yulong Mountain called Yuhu. There is an orange tree by the lake, with a strong trunk and whirling branches and leaves. It produces a lot of oranges every year, which are as sweet as honey. The locals call it "Dragon Girl Tree" and there are stories about the origin of this tree. Dragon Girl is the daughter of Chieftain Mu of the Naxi ethnic group. One day, she went out and saw a handsome young shepherd, and she fell in love with him. She wanted to live with the shepherds. The chieftain thought this was a scandal that ruined the family tradition and was treasonous. In order to break up the lover at this time, he sent people to capture the shepherd and burned him alive. Later, the loyal and unyielding Dragon Girl was imprisoned in the pavilion of Mu's palace villa. The grief-stricken Dragon Girl cried day and night, and her tears formed a jade lake, which finally collapsed the pavilion. The next year, an orange tree grew by the lake, and people said it was the dragon girl. Myths and legends express the strong desire of the Naxi people to resist oppression and pursue freedom of marriage at that time.