The origin of the lotus lantern story:
Legend has it that there is a boulder in the west peak of Huashan Mountain, which is cut into three pieces in the middle. The space under the stone is like the impression left by a woman lying on her back, lifelike, lifelike. The story of saving mother by chopping mountains with agarwood circulated in the world happened here.
According to legend, Yang Lian (also called Yang Chan), the third niece of the Jade Emperor's sister, lives in Xue Ying Palace in Xiyue Temple. People ask people to do divination, which is very effective, so the incense in the palace is very prosperous all year round. People call her the Three Virgin.
One spring, a son named Liu Mingxi and Zi Yanchang went to Beijing to catch the exam and passed Huayin. I heard that the three nuns in Xiyue Temple are very kind and sincere, so I walked into the temple respectfully. In front of the incense table in Xue Ying Palace, I was really afraid that there was a column of incense on the ground and knocked three heads. Unfortunately, however, Notre Dame was not in the palace at that time, and Liu Yanlian drew three vacant lots. The thought of ten years' cold window, nine years' cooking oil, uncertain future and hopeless fame and fortune made me sad, so I wrote a doggerel in anger and wrote it on the wall of Xue Ying Palace. The poem goes like this: "Xi Liu is full of anger and complains about the three sisters of the Virgin Mary. The heart of the temple is like iron, and the incense is in vain." After the poem, Liu Yanchang brushed the dust off his sleeves, held his head high and roared off.
Jia Sanvirgin hurried Xiangyun back to the palace. After listening to the janitor's story and looking at the poems on the wall, she was ashamed and annoyed. Ganoderma lucidum, the maid with her, is even more indignant. She quickly comforted the third virgin and said, "Mom, don't be angry. I think the madman is not far away. I will definitely give him some color to see see and avenge this insult. " So, the master and servant drove the clouds, called the owner of Fengbo Rain, Lei Gong Dian Mu, and ordered them to do it at once.
Liu Yanchang is on his way. The clear sky was suddenly overcast, with strong winds, lightning and thunder, and heavy rain. Before he found the reason, he became a drowned rat. Pity him, a scholar, how he survived so many storms and fell into the mud without struggling for a few steps.
The resentment of the Three Notre Dames has been swept away, and her heart is full of joy. While making the four immortals seize the sex, she stood in the clouds and looked down carefully, only to find that she was a white-faced scholar with delicate facial features and fragile facial features and fell to the ground. I saw that his blue shirt was covered with mud, his book box was turned upside down, and Four Treasures of the Study scattered all over the floor. At first glance, it is a candidate who goes to Beijing to take the exam. At the thought that this storm might ruin the scholar's future, she felt a little pity and affection, and could not help sighing softly. Seeing Liu Yanchang's discomfiture, Ganoderma moved with compassion, and seeing that the Third Virgin loves Liu Zhifeng and wants to be beautiful as an adult, she immediately said, "It seems that this scholar used whitewash to write poetry, and there is no malice. This storm is too violent. We can't come out of destruction. " As she spoke, she pointed, and a thatched cottage appeared in front of Liu Yanchang. Soon, an old lady with white hair in her seventies and a clever village girl aged 17 came out of the hut.
Mother-in-law and village girl helped Liu Yanchang, who was unconscious, into the hut, made medicine and soup, made tea and cooked rice, and took good care of her. Village girl and Liu Yanchang hit it off as soon as they met, and they respected and loved each other after work. Mother-in-law saw that the two little children were congenial, and even boasted that they were a match made in heaven, in pairs, so she chose an auspicious day and decided to let them get married for a hundred years. It's a pity that the exam is just around the corner, and Liu Yanchang dare not stay long, so he has to agree to return to China and reluctantly go to Beijing to catch the exam.
It is often said that there is no windtight wall in the world. Unfortunately, this love affair soon spread to heaven, and the Jade Emperor became angry from embarrassment, and immediately sent Yang Jian, the French god, to capture the Three Virgin. Erlang, the second brother of Notre Dame, came to Xue Ying Palace and reprimanded Notre Dame for violating heaven, which was hard to forgive. However, the three Notre Dame deans said that they would rather be removed from the immortal list than live forever with Liu Yanchang. When Erlang God saw that the Third Virgin was determined not to repent, he used his magic to crush her under the stone of Huashan Xifeng in a rage.
Liu Yanchang won the top prize, and the court sent him to Luozhou as magistrate of a county. He was extremely proud, eager to go home and reunite, and then took his wife to Los Angeles to take office. However, when we entered Huayin, the thatched cottage where we got married a few months ago was gone. Liu Yanchang interrogate with torture everywhere, people say that they have never been to any village, let alone any mother-in-law and girls in the village. Liu Yanchang sighed, tender as water, and suddenly turned into a cloud. He wanted to cry, but he had no choice but to go to Los Angeles alone.
The third virgin gave birth to a child named Aquilaria sinensis under the stone, wrapped it in a blood bag and asked the maid Ganoderma lucidum to send a piece of Luozhou. When agarwood grew up, she was deeply saddened to know the whole story of her birth. He secretly made up his mind to go to Huashan to rescue his mother. Ganoderma lucidum, in order to make agarwood practice martial arts that can defeat Erlang God and steal an axe from the Heavenly Palace, would rather turn to stone and help agarwood save her mother.
Later, agarwood defeated Erlang God with an axe. With an axe, agarwood came to Huashan and saw huge stones all over the mountain. I don't know which stone my mother was under, and she was so anxious that she burst into tears that even the mountain god was moved. I came out to give directions and said, "dutiful son, your mother is at Lotus Peak."
Following the instructions of the mountain god, Aquilaria dried her tears, raised her axe and chopped it on the top of Xifeng. With a bang, the earth shook and the boulder split into three pieces. Three Notre Dame Cathedrals came out slowly, and the mother and son knew each other, mixed with sorrow and joy, and burst into tears. Since then, Liu Yanchang also gave up his official position and came to Huashan to live in seclusion in order to reunite with his loved ones and stay together for life. ...
Today, agarwood cries for her mother's mountain peak, named Xiaozi Peak. Liu Yanchang's seclusion place is called Liu Xitai; Ganoderma lucidum stone transformed from Gu Dao Maid Ganoderma lucidum is slim and graceful. Beside Xifeng axe, Huashan axe stands tall, and there is a poem on its handle: "Huashan axe, there are five in seven feet." Give agarwood and save mother. "Later, this story was also made into a drama and film by artists, which lasted for a long time. [Edit this paragraph] In the Han Dynasty, there was a scholar named Liu Yanchang who saved his mother from agarwood. He stopped by Huashan when he went to Beijing to catch the exam. There is a temple on Huashan Mountain. The temple god, the third virgin, is a beautiful and kind fairy. She has been living a lonely life since she was sent to Huashan by the Queen Mother. One day, while she was singing and dancing in the temple, she suddenly found a scholar stepping into the temple gate. She hurried to the lotus throne and turned it into a statue. Liu Yanchang, who entered the hall, saw three statues of the Virgin at a glance, which were beautiful, gentle and leisurely. Liu Yanchang was deeply attracted and thought how happy she would be to marry her! It's a pity that this is just a statue without emotional perception. With deep regret, Liu Yanchang could not restrain his inner excitement. He took out his pen and ink and wrote his love for Notre Dame on the wall with deep affection.
The three Notre Dames watched all this silently, and her heart could not help but have mixed feelings. The scholar in front of me is so handsome and talented. He is full of affection for himself, but he is not deeply attracted by him, so why not love him? However, one is a fairy in the upper bound and the other is a mortal in the lower bound. How can I get married? Liu Yanchang, unwilling to leave after disappointment, can no longer be calm. After careful consideration, she finally decided to marry Liu Yanchang regardless of dogma. Thus, the three Notre Dames became folk women, caught up with Liu Yanchang and told him their true feelings, thus making them a loving couple. The examination period in Liu Yanchang is coming, and the third virgin is pregnant. When saying goodbye, Liu Yanchang gave the third virgin an ancestral agarwood, saying that the child could be named "agarwood" in the future. The two sent each other ten miles, and they were inseparable.
Liu Yanchang won the Beijing list in one fell swoop, and was appointed as Yangzhou Prefecture Tour Press. Just when he took office, the Three Virgin was in trouble. It turned out that it was the birthday of the Queen Mother, and a flat peach party was held in the Heavenly Palace. All the immortals came to the party to celebrate their birthdays, but only the third virgin was pregnant and stayed in Huashan. Who knows, the true feelings are known by the three virgin elder brother Erlang. Erlang God flew into a rage and accused his sister of marrying a mortal without permission, violating the laws and regulations of heaven, trying to catch her and being punished by heaven. Our lady is upright and fearless. In addition, she also has a treasure given by Nuwa-Lotus Lantern, which is the treasure of Notre Dame Town. No matter which demon or fairy, as long as the lotus lantern lights up, it will be intimidated and subdued. Erlang God knew that he was defeated, so he asked his heavenly dog to steal it while the Three Virgin was resting. In this way, the poor three virgin was pressed by Erlang God in the dark cloud hole under Huashan Mountain. The third virgin gave birth to her son Aquilaria sinensis in a dark cave. She secretly asked the maid to send her son to Yangzhou to live with her father Liu Yanchang.
Aquilaria has grown up and is sensible. Knowing that my mother is suffering under Huashan Mountain, I am bent on saving my mother, the Three Virgin. He told his father what he thought, but Liu Yanchang was just a weak scholar. He just sighed and shook his head. So agarwood left home alone to find her mother. He went through all the hardships and finally reached Huashan. But where's mom? The eight-year-old boy was at a loss and burst into tears. The shrill cry of pain echoed in the empty valley, which alarmed the passing big Lei Xian. The kind big fairy asked the reason, and the deeply kind Three Virgin and the suffering children complained, but there was nothing they could do. So he took agarwood home. Under the guidance of Daxian, Aquilaria studied hard and gradually learned six towers and three strategies, various martial arts and seventy-three changes. On her sixteenth birthday, Chen Xiang said goodbye to her master and wanted to go to Huashan to save her mother. Daxian said that he was ambitious and gave him an axe (it is said that Jiro saved his mother with this axe when he split Taoshan).
Aquilaria sinensis strolled in the clouds and came to Huashan Black Cloud Cave. He called out to his mother, and his voice penetrated the heavy rocks and reached the ears of the three Notre Dames. The three Notre Dames are in a good mood. Knowing that her son had grown up and was full of filial piety to save herself, she was so excited that she called Aquilaria into the cave. The Third Virgin knew that her brother Erlang God was miraculous, and even the Monkey King, who made a scene in heaven, could not help him. When agarwood was young, Erlang stole the lotus lantern. How can his son be his opponent? Therefore, the Three Virgin told Aquilaria to find my uncle.
Aquilaria sinensis flew to Erlang Temple to pray for Erlang God. Who knows that Erlang God has a heart of stone, not only refused to let the Three Virgin go, but danced with a three-pointed double-edged knife to attack agarwood. Aquilaria was furious and thought Erlang God was deceiving others too much, so he swung an axe to fight with him. Two people in the fog, knife to axe, there is water in the mountains, Long Bian has fish; Kill from the sky to the ground, and then kill from the ground to the heavenly palace; It shook the earth and turned the river upside down, and it was dark. This incident alarmed Taibai Venus and sent four immortals to investigate. Sixiangu looked at it absently for a while and felt that Jiro, as an uncle, was too heartless to treat a child so fiercely. So they winked at each other and secretly helped agarwood. The agarwood became more and more brave, and the Vietnamese god of war Erlang couldn't stand it any longer, so he had to be defeated and flee, and the lotus lantern also fell into the hands of agarwood.
Aquilaria sinensis immediately flew back to Huashan, raised the axe of Xuanhua Mountain-opening God, and made great efforts to chop it off. There was a loud noise, the earth shook and Huashan cracked. Aquilaria sinensis quickly found the black cloud cave and rescued her mother. In the past 16 years, three Notre Dame ladies who have suffered greatly have seen the light of day again. She hugged her son tightly, with mixed feelings and tears streaming down her face.
Later, Erlang also admitted his mistake to Notre Dame and Aquilaria sinensis. Aquilaria sinensis was also named immortal by the Jade Emperor. Since then, three Notre Dame deans, Liu Yanchang, and their heroic son, Sean, have been reunited and lived happily ever after.