"Agarwood Saves Her Mother" mainly tells the story of Agarwood splitting Huashan Mountain to rescue her mother Sanniang who was trapped in the Black Cloud Cave of Huashan Mountain by her uncle (Erlang Shen).
The content of the story is as follows:
There was a scholar named Liu Xiang in the Han Dynasty. One day he accidentally saw the statue of Sanniang and was deeply attracted by her beauty. However, this was just a statue, a statue without warmth and emotion. In order to remember Sanniang, Liu Xiang took out his pen and ink and lovingly wrote his love for Sanniang on the wall.
All this happened to be seen by Sanniang in the sky. After seeing this, Sanniang was moved by Liu Xiang. Moreover, Liu Xiang was not bad looking and full of bookishness, and then she became emotional.
However, one is a fairy from the upper world, and the other is a mortal, how can we conclude a marriage? So Sanniang turned into a folk woman, caught up with Liu Xiang, and told him her true love. As a result, the two fell in love and became husband and wife, loving each other very much. Soon Sanniang became pregnant.
It happened that Liu Xiang was about to take the exam and Sanniang was pregnant. When she was saying goodbye, Liu Xiang gave Sanniang a piece of ancestral agarwood and said that he could name his children "agarwood" in the future. The two of them were separated from each other even though they were separated from each other.
With his hard work and intelligence, Liu Xiang won the ranking and was appointed as the inspector of Yangzhou Prefecture. But when he was about to take office, Sanniang suffered a disaster. It turned out that it was the birthday of the Queen Mother, and a peach party was held in the Heavenly Palace. All the gods came to celebrate her birthday. However, Sanniang was pregnant, so she refused to get sick and stayed in Huashan.
However, Erlangshen, Sanniang’s brother, found out that his sister had married in the mortal world. He was furious and blamed his sister. He thought that she had violated the laws of heaven and wanted to take her to heaven to be punished.
Sanniang is unwilling and does not listen to her brother's words. Moreover, she has a lotus lantern to protect her body. No matter which monster or god is there, as long as the lotus lantern shines, they will be frightened and subdued and captured without mercy. of.
Knowing that he was outmatched, Erlangshen ordered his heavenly dog ??to sneak out while Sanniang was resting. As a result, poor Sanniang was pinned down by Erlang Shen in the Black Cloud Cave at the foot of Mount Hua. Sanniang gave birth to her son Chenxiang in a dark cave. To prevent any accident, she secretly begged Yaksha to send her son to Yangzhou and stay with his father Liu Xiang.
Agarwood grew up and became sensible gradually. Knowing that her mother was trapped under Mount Hua and suffering, she wanted to rescue her mother Sanniang. He told his father his thoughts, but Liu Xiang was just a weak scholar and could only sigh and shake his head. So Chenxiang left home alone and went to find her mother. After going through all kinds of hardships, he finally reached Huashan.
But Chenxiang was only an eight-year-old child at the time and could not find his mother, so he burst into tears. His cry was so shrill that it alarmed the Immortal Perak who was passing by. The kind-hearted immortal asked about the reason and wanted to help him, but was unable to do anything.
So he took Chenxiang back to his residence and taught Chenxiang martial arts. Fortunately, Chenxiang was intelligent by nature and willing to work hard, and gradually learned the Six Taoist Strategies, Various Martial Arts, and Seventy-Three Transformations. On her sixteenth birthday, Chenxiang bid farewell to her master and went to Huashan to save her mother. The immortal praised him for his ambition and gave him a Xuanhua Mountain Divine Ax.
Relying on his own ability, he came to the Black Cloud Cave in Huashan Mountain. He called his mother loudly, and the sound penetrated the layers of rock and reached Sanniang's ears. Sanniang couldn't help but feel excited, with all kinds of feelings in her heart. She knew that her son had grown up and came to save her with filial piety. She was so excited that she called Chenxiang to the cave.
Sanniang knew that her brother Erlang had great supernatural powers and Chenxiang was young. Besides, Erlang also stole the lotus lantern, how could his son be his rival? Therefore, Sanniang asked Chenxiang to plead with her uncle.
Chenxiang listened to his mother's words and went to his uncle to plead for mercy. Unexpectedly, Erlangshen was so hard-hearted that he not only refused to release Sanniang, but also beat Chenxiang violently. Chenxiang was furious and felt that her uncle was unkind, so she fought with him regardless of affection.
The two fought for hundreds of rounds, even alerting Taibai Jinxing, who sent four immortals to see what happened. After observing for a while, the Fourth Immortal felt that Erlang Shen was too ruthless and unjust. So he secretly helped Chen Xiang. Chen Xiang finally defeated Erlang Shen and recaptured the Lotus Lantern.
Then, he immediately flew back to Mount Huashan, raised the Xuanhua Kaishan Mountain Divine Ax, and struck hard with all his strength. There was only a loud "rumbling" sound, the ground shook, and Huashan Mountain cracked. Chenxiang hurriedly found the Black Cloud Cave and finally rescued her mother. After not seeing each other for sixteen years, the two hugged each other tightly, with mixed feelings and tears streaming down their faces.
Later, Erlang Shen also admitted his mistake to Sanniang and Chenxiang; Chenxiang was also granted the title of immortal by the Jade Emperor. From then on, Sanniang, Liu Xiang and their heroic son Chenxiang reunited and lived happily together forever.
This story is also widely circulated because of Chen Xiang’s filial piety. Extended information
Split the Mountain to Save His Mother
There are two versions of ancient Chinese myths and legends spread among the people, the Liu Chenxiang version and the Yang Jian version. They respectively tell the story of Liu Chenxiang splitting the Huashan Mountain to rescue his mother. The legend of the Virgin Mary and the story of the Erlang God Yang Jian splitting peach mountains to save his mother.
Introduction to agarwood
Folk legend: "Liu Xiang (also known as Liu Xi, courtesy name Yanchang), a scholar of the Han Dynasty, went to Beijing to take the exam. He passed by the Huashan Temple and wrote a poem in the temple, teasing him. The temple deity Huayue Sansheng was furious and wanted to kill her. Taibai Jinxing told her that she and Liu were destined to be married for three nights. After three nights, Liu gave him a piece of agarwood as a farewell gift. She gave birth to a son on the same day.
When the Third Holy Mother was pregnant, her brother Erlang noticed it and moved to Mount Hua in anger. He pressed the Third Holy Mother into a cave at the foot of the mountain and gave birth to a son. ; He also sent Yaksha to his father. After Chen Xiang became an adult, he went to find his mother in Huashan, where he met Fairy He and taught her the magic of immortality. He also stole the Xuanhua Divine Ax and fought with his uncle Erlang God in Huashan Mountain.
Erlang God invites the gods. To help each other, Chenxiang also got the help of all the immortals. Each of his uncle and nephew showed their magical powers, and the gods fought in a melee. The outcome was hard to decide. Later, the Jade Emperor ordered Taibai Jinxing to negotiate a truce. Chenxiang was able to cut the Huashan Mountain with an ax, and rescued his mother and the three holy mothers, and the mother and son were reunited. /p>
To the west of Cuiyun Palace on Lianhua Peak in Huashan Mountain, next to the Lotus Stone, there is a huge stone, more than 10 meters long, split into three sections, like a knife cutting an axe. Later generations referred to it as "axe splitting stone", and it is said that Agarwood split the mountain with an ax to save her mother.
Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia - Split the Mountain to Save the Mother