What is the legend of Shichahai?

Shichahai is in the southwest of Beijing Drum Tower, with a wide water surface, surrounded by tall willows, locust trees and poplars. What a beautiful view! Shichahai can row boats in summer and skate in winter. After liberation, the government dug Shichahai again and built cement railings on the shore to make the ancient Shichahai more beautiful. Shichahai's word "brake" is pronounced quickly in Beijingers' mouths, just like "season", "price" and "wine cellar". Because of this, Shen Wansan, the living god of wealth, came into being (there is a "Baiyun Temple" outside Xibianmen in Beijing, and there is a God of Wealth Temple inside the temple. According to Taoist priests, the God of Wealth is the "living God of Wealth Shen Wansan" in Beijing. In addition, it is said that Shen was a native of Suzhou in the late Yuan Dynasty, whose real name was Shen Fu and posthumous title Zhong Rong. People call him Shen Wansan because he works among brothers. Shen Wansan is very rich. He is the richest man in Jiangnan. Zhu Yuanzhang became emperor in the Ming Dynasty and planned to expand the Nanjing city wall. He doesn't have that much money. Shen Wansan took the lead in building three gates for the emperor. Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang was very jealous of the rich Shen Wansan. Then I caught Shen Wansan and killed him. This is the story of Nanjing. Shen Wansan has never been to Beijing, but there is a legend about digging ten silver pits in Beijing.

Speaking of Shen Wansan, everyone in old Beijing knows him. He is a living god of wealth. The living god of wealth should be rich, but he has no money at all, so poor that he doesn't even dress neatly. So, how can he be called the living god of wealth? He, he can know where the gold is buried and where the silver is buried. So, why doesn't he dig some gold and silver for a change of clothes? No, Shen Wansan usually can't tell where there is gold and silver. If you want Shen Wansan's gold and silver, you have to give him a good beating and make him worry. If he dug casually, there must be silver, maybe gold. Moreover, the more you fight, the more gold and silver you dig from the place he refers to. Therefore, people call him "the living God of Wealth".

But who will hit him? His family couldn't bear to hit him; As for ordinary people, there is no reason to hit people for no reason. In this way, Shen Wansan and those who refused to beat him were too poor to eat and wear untidy clothes. On this day, the emperor wanted to build the city of Beijing. He didn't want to take out the money from the national treasury, so he discussed with the ministers the way to "withdraw money on the spot". Ministers said, "How can you make so much money in this miserable land?" The emperor said, "If you can't, you have to do something!" Later, someone told the emperor about Shen Wansan, the living god of wealth. The emperor was very happy and ordered the immediate arrest of Shen Wansan.

In accordance with the emperor's will, the officers and men rushed to Shen Wansan's house. In shenjiamen, the officers and soldiers also smiled. It turned out to be a very shabby little door. A soldier said happily, "the living god of wealth lives in such a small door!" " The official said: "No matter how big his home is, as long as we catch Shen Wansan, we will have a job." A soldier knocked on the door several times and saw an old man coming out of the door. He is not tall and dressed in rags. He asked, "Who are you looking for?" "Looking for Shen Wansan." The old man said, "My name is Shen Wansan. What can I do for you? " The official said, "The emperor asked us to come to you. Please follow us. " Shen Wansan knew it was no good not to go, so he followed these officers and men to see the emperor.

The emperor is waiting for Shen Wansan in the temple. The official came up to the emperor and said, "Shen Wansan has been ordered to be arrested, and now he is waiting outside the temple." "Bring him up." Shen Wansan went to the temple to see the emperor. The emperor looked at Shen Wansan and said to himself, Is this such a poor old man? He will be the living god of wealth? Not reliable, right? "You took it wrong, but you put it right." This is an ancient rule. Ask him, "Is your name Shen Wansan?" "My name is Shen Wansan." "Do you know where there is gold and silver?" Shen Wansan said, "I don't know." "Don't know?" I don't know. The emperor was anxious: "You don't know where there is gold and silver. Why do you call you the living god of wealth? " Shen Wansan said, "That's what people call me. I am not a living god of wealth. " The emperor was angry and patted the table and said, "You are a demon! You are a demon! " The emperor ordered the warrior to say, "Pull this demon down and give me a good beating!" " "The samurai pulled Shen Wansan to his royal highness and beat him when he overthrew him. As soon as Shen Wansan was beaten, he shouted, "I'm not a demon! Stop fighting! The samurai said, "As long as you tell me where the gold and silver are buried, I won't hit you." . "Shen Wansan shouted," I don't know where there is gold and silver! " "I don't know, just call. "ah! Hey! Hey! Shen Wansan's meat was turned upside down, bleeding out. At this moment, Shen Wansan shouted: "Stop fighting, I know where the money is! The samurai stopped to report to the emperor. The emperor said, "Take him to dig, and fight if you can't afford it!" "Shen Wansan took the officers and men to an open space, pointed down and said," You can dig here. " Sure enough, the storyteller dug ten silver pits, which was really detailed. He said there were 482,000 silver in one pit and ten pits, totaling * * * 4.82 million. When Beijing was built, the place where the silver was buried became a big pit. Later, when there was water in the pit, it was called "Ten Pits of the Sea".

After the city was built, the emperor was insatiable. He wanted more gold and silver, so he arrested Shen Wansan, the living god of wealth. This time, the emperor was even more ferocious. As soon as he saw Shen Wansan, he stared at him and said loudly to the warriors, "Give me a hard battle with this demon. You must beat him with nine altars of gold and eighteen pits of silver!" Shen Wansan was killed again. He was really anxious, so he took a group of officers and men out of Andingmen and walked not too far to the northwest. This is a large clearing. Shen Wansan said, "Here are nine pots of gold and eighteen cellars of silver, but you must have a key to open the cellar. What's the point? It's Malan, look for it. "

These officers and men thought: Can there be no Malan in the open field? The official gave an order: "Go and find Malan!" Strange to say, there is not even a seedling of Malan in such a large clearing. At this moment, the fairy got angry and shouted at Shen Wansan, "You fairy, you know there is no Malan here, but you say Malan is the key to the nine cylinders and eighteen cellars. You don't want to live? Let's go Let's go and see the emperor! " The officers and men brought Shen Wansan to the emperor again. The emperor was even more annoyed when he learned about it. He just shouted: "Give me this thief demon!" The warriors looked at the emperor's face and beat Shen Wansan slowly and tightly. They expect Shen Wansan to tell them the other keys of the nine cylinders and eighteen cellars to please their emperor. Unexpectedly, Shen Wansan was old and was beaten again and again. I really can't stand it. I just heard a cough! Shen Wansan's eyes turned and his legs stretched out, and the living God of Wealth became the dead God of Wealth. I haven't found the key to nine cylinders and eighteen pits yet. Later, this place was used as the emperor's training ground, and this key was not found. Now, this place has been built, and I can't find this key. However, until today, people still say that without Malan, you can't open nine cylinders and eighteen cellars!