Kunlun Mountain Folk Tales _ Legend of Kunlun Mountain
The first episode of Kunlun Mountain Folk Tales? The bright moon is in the sky, and things are cloudy. I know nothing about it. We ignored it and drove Bai Chi away. Zhong Hua and I went to the nursery in Yao Xi, climbed Kunlun and ate Yu Ying. Coexist with heaven and earth, with the sun and moon in Guang Qi. ?
Two thousand years ago, Qu Yuan dreamed of traveling in Kunlun with his feet on Xiangyun. One morning more than two thousand years later, we sat in a jeep in Beijing and embarked on a journey to find the magical Kunlun jade with the ancient myth of Kunlun Mountain in our mind.
Originated in the Kunlun Mountains on the Pamirs, it runs through Central Asia and looks like a python. It's called. Asian spine? . Kunlun Mountain enters Qinghai and Sichuan from Xinjiang and Tibet. It is more than 3,000 kilometers long in Xinjiang and Qinghai, with an average elevation of about 5,600 meters.
Kun means high, and Lun has the appearance of buckling and knotting. Kunlun is the most mysterious place among all the famous mountains and rivers. In the extraordinary imagination of the ancients, it was a huge uplift on the earth. In ancient books, Kunlun was either called a market or a hill. What is this? Wanshan school? 、? Long Mai's father? In such a magical place, there will naturally be immortals living there. The earliest legend is that a god with a tiger face, a tiger body and a long tail guarded there and later became a beautiful woman? Queen mother of the west. According to legend, she is the fairy Lord of Kunlun Mountain. Many ancient books are recorded? Yaochi? It is the Black Sea at the head of the Kunlun River, with an altitude of 4,300 meters and a myriad of weather. It is the birthplace of the Kunlun Sect of Taoism.
As the first mountain in China, Kunlun Mountain has left countless beautiful legends and mysteries for thousands of years.
* * * Gong Feilong flew into the air and crashed into Kunlun Mountain (not Zhoushan). There was a loud bang, and Kunlun Mountain broke in the middle and the mountain collapsed. Heaven and earth have changed greatly, mountains and rivers have moved, and the earth has collapsed to the southeast. The sky set in the northwest, and the sun, the moon and the stars changed places?
The Himalayan orogeny hundreds of millions of years ago may have realized ancient myths.
From the Archaean strata composed of gneiss, slate and gneiss granite that appeared on the earth about 4.5 billion years ago to the Cenozoic strata formed by folds, metamorphism and faults caused by Himalayan movement in Asia, the earth has experienced many generations of crustal changes and produced various types of rocks. According to contemporary scientific investigation, the intensity of geological plate activity of Himalayan orogeny is unique in the world. The intersection of Kunlun Mountain and Himalayan Mountain is also the intersection of two geological plates. With the continuous movement and collision, under the joint action of the huge extrusion pressure between plates and underground magma, the magical mineral structure, that is, the magical and unique Kunlun jade, was formed.
When I was two years old, I often heard adults say: there is a well under Dingzhou Tower, and there is a kind of snakehead essence in the well. Every time we talk about this, the adults stop talking about it, so we chase after it and ask: What will happen if the tower is gone? Adults still don't want to tell it, because they think it is meaningless to tell a story that has been told for several lifetimes over and over again. But we are different. I heard it for the first time, but I still have to pester the adults to go on. The adults had to tell us: they said that the well under the tower was not an ordinary well. It is connected with the East China Sea and is a sea eye. If there is no tower, the snakehead essence will stir the well water, and the well water will come out. Dingzhou is a Wang Yang. How high the tower is, how deep the water will be. Every time we hear this, we will shudder and think: Why is snakehead essence so powerful? Where can Dingzhou people hide in this deep water? Therefore, Dingzhou Tower is a pagoda and a lucky star for Dingzhou people. Fuxing is Jupiter worshipped by the ancients, which is why it was later said that Jiashan wood was cut down and Dingzhou Tower was built. On the night of the 15th day of the first month of every year, Dingzhou Tower is like a giant, wearing an official hat and holding Jade Ruyi, sometimes holding a child, sometimes holding an ingot or Spring Festival couplets, standing high in Dingzhou City, but only children under three can see it. At this time, the adults will continue to talk.
It turns out that the well under the tower is connected with the underground river and leads to the back garden of the Dragon King in the East China Sea, so people call it Haiyan. The snakehead essence is no ordinary snakehead. He is an ancient immortal and a general of water god. According to Liezi, an ancient wonderful book in China, after the creation of the world by Pangu and the creation of man by Nu Wa, there was a great war between water god and Vulcan Zhu Rong.
In ancient times, the world was desolate, and people lived a life of watching and helping each other and drinking blood. At this time, there is a palace of light on Kunlun Mountain. There lived a Vulcan named Zhu Rong in the Palace of Light. Zhu Rong is very kind and compassionate, so he handed down the fire and taught people how to use it. People take fire from the palace of light and cook the captured wild animals on the fire, which is delicious and not disgusting. Therefore, people worship Vulcan Zhu Rong. In this way, the water god was angered. * * * Workers live in the East China Sea. He has a bad temper and great power. * * * Workers think that the world is hateful, and water and fire are inseparable things in people's lives. Why only respect Vulcan, but not my water god? In a rage, he decided to compete with Zhu Rong. Before leaving, he called the snakehead essence home, made a confession, and led the aquarium to the Guangming Palace in Zhu Rong. As a result, * * * was defeated, and he was ashamed and annoyed and ran into the island. Before the collapse of Zhoushan Mountain, the Tianhe River suddenly tilted and flooded, which led to the later theory of the goddess mending the sky.
On this day, the * * * workers' home will produce snakehead essence. He lived in fear when he heard that the workers were defeated. He was afraid that Zhu Rong would hit Donghai Water Palace again. At this time, Xiao, the guardian of the palace gate, will report in the future: General Black, please welcome the Dragon King of the East China Sea. The snakehead is restless, and he feels uneasy in the water palace. Why don't you have a few drinks with Aoguang, the Dragon King of the East China Sea?
The snakehead thought for a moment and ordered: Mount the horse! Teenagers become turtles, snakeheads jump on them, and soon they arrive at the Dragon Palace in the East China Sea. The snakehead essence came down from the turtle's back. Just two steps later, the Dragon King of the East China Sea greeted him from the palace. When they approached, the Dragon King knelt down and said, "Little God Ao Guang, come and meet General Black!" ! The snakehead didn't help, but said, Ao Guang, don't bother, get up! It turns out that snakehead's department is higher than him and his qualifications are higher than him. In mythology, * * * is the water god of Fuxi and Nuwa. After Dayu was canonized by Nu Wa, the Dragon King was appointed to the Crystal Palace in the East China Sea. So when Ao Guang saw the snakehead essence, he bent down and weighed it. Little god? . After the ceremony, the Dragon King of the East China Sea led the snakehead essence to the Crystal Palace. After the two men sat down first, the Dragon King of the East China Sea said: Victory or defeat is a common occurrence in military strategists, and the general should let go as soon as possible. The snakehead said: I am a powerful aquarium. Why did I fail miserably? The Dragon King of the East China Sea said with a wry smile, General, let's not talk about this for the time being. Drink, drink! After that, a group of ladies-in-waiting held utensils and presented them to the table. This wine is the nectar of the Crystal Palace, and that dish is all unique seafood in the world. All the tables and drinks are ready, and the two of them are chatting while drinking. While speaking, the Dragon King of the East China Sea sighed from time to time. The snakehead asked him, What happened to Ao Guang? The Dragon King sighed and said, "To tell you the truth, I conquered Zhu Rong this time and sent 100,000 Shui people to help. Unexpectedly, every soldier did not come back and all died. " . In this way, the Dragon Palace in the East China Sea lacked weapons and there was no war. Once there is a war, there is no way to meet the enemy. The snakehead said, I see. You don't have to worry. I'll take care of the weapon. The dragon king was overjoyed and quickly toasted the snakehead to show his gratitude.
After drinking, the dragon king led the snakehead to play in the back garden. There are endless beautiful scenery in the back garden. If it is not led by the dragon king, it can only be a change of scenery, and the beauty of the scenery cannot be seen. Finally, they came to Yongquan Pool, where there are large and small springs. The snakehead asked: This is the bottom of the sea. Why is there spring? The dragon king said, general, I don't know. All these springs lead to underground rivers on land. When Yu Wang was harnessing the water, it not only let the rivers on the ground flow into the East China Sea, but also dredged the underground rivers, so that the underground rivers also crossed the East China Sea. All these springs are sea eyes leading to land. The Dragon King pointed to a spring, saying that this leads to water curtain cave in Huaguoshan, and pointed to another place, saying that this leads to Dingzhou in the Central Plains. (That was before the 22nd century BC, Dingzhou was under the jurisdiction of Jizhou, one of Kyushu. It's not called Dingzhou, it's called for the convenience of telling stories. Dingzhou? )。 The snakehead said: water curtain cave is a cave and Dingzhou is the Central Plains. I want to have a look. The dragon king said, the general said, you will come back when you go. I will prepare dinner for the general's return. Say and snakehead essence jumps into the sea eye leading to Dingzhou. In fact, when Dayu was controlling the water, he blocked the underground river leading to the seabed to prevent the aquarium from reaching the land through the underground sea eye. After sealing, you can only go in and not come back. The dragon king doesn't know the secret, let alone the snakehead essence.
The snakehead got into the sea eye, followed the boundary pillar on the underground river, and soon arrived in Dingzhou. He found a well and wanted to get out of it. He stretched several times, but he still couldn't get out of the water. He felt suspicious, so he examined it carefully underwater. At this moment, he saw Yu Wang's seal. Facing the seal, he went crazy, jumping around in the water and rolling up and down. After so much trouble, he broke out. In less than an hour, Dingzhou was in Wang Yang, with numerous casualties. Afraid of losing the land, the land god hurried to the sky to report to the Jade Emperor. The Jade Emperor urgently summoned the Dragon King of the East China Sea to state the reasons. The Dragon King didn't dare to hide it, so he reported the truth. Upon hearing this, the Jade Emperor ordered the Land God to help the Dragon King to rescue the people in Dingzhou, and disposed of the snakehead essence to avoid future troubles.
After receiving the jade emperor's will, the land god and the East China Sea Dragon King came to Dingzhou. They found a well to connect it with the underground river, and the raging flood entered the underground river and poured into the East China Sea through the sea eye. The snakehead essence is still in that well, so I can't get out or go back. Just as he was going crazy, a mountain of dirt pressed against him. He was eager to break free, and there was a double seal of the Dragon King of the East China Sea and the Land God at the foot of the mound mountain, which made him unable to move. Today, that heaped-up mountain is still there. When you go to Dingzhou, if you walk in the city center, you will find that the intersection in the city center rises high, much higher than the surrounding area. If you ride a bike, you will find it difficult to reach the crossroads. Many people can't ride, so they have to get off and push their bicycles up and down. If you are at a crossroads, you have to walk hundreds of meters east or west by bike, let alone push it, otherwise you will get out of control without braking.
A fairy day, a human year, and three thousand years have passed in a flash. The earth mountain that suppresses snakehead essence is still there, but the two seals of the East China Sea Dragon King and the Land God are consuming mana day by day. This is no secret for snakehead essence, and this is the day he is waiting for. So from the day when Tushan reached the top, he never stopped practicing his five elements. After more than 3,000 years of practice and the consumption of seals, he felt that he could get away. So he tried to move his body, but he didn't move. He continued to practice, not discouraged at all. But he found that his body was moving when he practiced every day. The bigger the space, the more he secretly rejoices, knowing that this is the practice. In this way, he kept practicing and his body kept moving.
Three months later, the body of snakehead essence moved to another well. He wanted to enter the underground river, but with the seal of Yu Wang, he still failed. He's angry again, furious. So I decided to stir the well water, turn Dingzhou into Wang Yang, and then go downstream from the ground to the East China Sea.
This well is located in the southeast of Tushan, only 300 meters away from Tushan. However, that was in the second year of the Song Dynasty in Song Renzong (A.D. 1055).
Above that well is a Buddhist shrine? Dingzhou Kaiyuan Temple? . Hearing the sound of water in the well, the host in the temple knew that the snakehead essence had escaped from the seal of the Dragon King. If you don't cast a spell and surrender, Dingzhou will suffer. The host lit incense and knelt in front of avalokitesvara to pray. The well water has flooded into the hall before a column of incense is burned halfway. The monks in the temple were in a state of confusion. Because of the prominent terrain of the hall, many monks came here to hide. The water at the wellhead rose higher and higher, and the shorter houses in the temple were flooded. Although the main hall is high, the water has reached the neck of the statue. At this time, there was a loud bang and a towering octagonal tower landed in the courtyard. When the tower fell into the water, all the water in the temple flowed to the bottom of the tower. Where is the well? People were wondering when suddenly it came from the air: evil barrier! You broke the dogma of 3000 years ago and killed countless people. Since you don't know how to repent, use this tower to hold you down. You must remember that this stupa is a stupa, and no matter how you practice, you can't reach the magic of the stupa. I still have a seal. This is the highest tool of Buddhism. Let it seal the wellhead. This makes people see Guanyin Bodhisattva above Xiangyun. Guanyin Bodhisattva said, "With a flick of your finger, a yellow silk floated from Xiangyun to the tower. Avalokitesvara turned and disappeared. Monks chanted Zen and knelt down to say goodbye.
Seeing Guanyin Bodhisattva off, the monks hurried into the tower from the ticket gate, all wanting to see what had happened. In the center of the tower foundation, you can see that the wellhead has been covered by slate. There is the seal of Guanyin Bodhisattva on the slate, and there is Sanskrit on the seal. Listen to the sound again, there is no movement under the slate.
Later, the northeast corner of the tower collapsed due to the earthquake. In the more than 100 years of losing horns, snakehead essence didn't dare to move. As we all know, snakehead doesn't want to move, but the pagoda is too powerful.
In addition to mountain gods, there are many strange birds and animals living in Kunlun Mountain. For example, worms in the mountains like to eat people. It has four horns and looks like a big goat when it is quiet. In addition, there is a big bird named Qinyuan growing in the mountain, which looks like a wasp and is similar in size to a mandarin duck. If Qinyuan stung other birds and animals, they would all die. If it stings trees, they will die, and people will have no luck when they meet it. There is also a quail bird, which manages all kinds of utensils and costumes of the Yellow Emperor.
There is a tree called Shatang on Kunlun Mountain, which is similar in shape to the Tang tree. It has yellow flowers and red fruits. The fruit tastes like a plum, but it has no stone. Sand ponds can be used to defend against floods. If people eat its fruit, they won't drown. The grass in the mountains is shaped like a sunflower and tastes like an onion. Eating it can relieve fatigue. The river originates here, flows south, and then flows eastward into Wuda University. Chishui also originated here, flowing southeast into the water of the sky. Ocean water also originates from Kunlun Mountain and flows southwest into ugly water. Black water also flows out of Kunlun Mountain and into the southwest.
What did the ancients respect Kunlun Mountain for? Wanshan school? 、? Long Mai's father? 、? Longshan? 、? Zulong? Therefore, many beautiful and moving myths and legends have been woven. The Goddess Chang'e flying to the moon, Journey to the West and Legend of the White Snake, which are well known to women and children, are all related to Kunlun Mountain, and are the cradles of China myths and legends.
There is also a saying that the fairy of Kunlun Mountain is said to be the Queen Mother of the West, which is recorded in many ancient books? Yaochi? It is the Black Sea at the source of Kunlun River. It is 4300 meters above sea level, with clear lakes, flocks of birds and wild animals, and countless weather. There are precious rock paintings in Yeniugou, which runs through Kunlun River. Not far from the Black Sea, it is the legendary place where Jiang Taigong practiced Wuxing Avenue for forty years. Yu Xufeng and Yu Zhufeng are covered with silver in years, and the mountains are misty. Located on the north bank of Kunlun River, Kunlun Spring is the largest unfrozen spring in Kunlun Mountain.