The suppressed turtle spirit
Miaomiao lived in a small town in Hebei for a while. I heard about this while I was there. Miaomiao has also personally verified that there are indeed several temples that are said to suppress turtle spirits. Judging from the orientation of these temples, they really have the shape of a turtle. But as to whether this legend is true or not, Miaomiao believes it anyway. I wonder if you will believe it after reading this story.
In the past, Miaomiao went to work in a small town in Hebei for some reasons (I won’t mention the specific place). To be honest, it was quite boring at the time. Because I am not familiar with the place where I live, I do nothing but work and sleep every day.
Later, after living there for a long time, I became familiar with the local neighbors and friends I met there. I was chatting with a friend once, and when we were talking about places to play, the friend mentioned a fish pond.
There is a legend about this fish pond: It is said that the fish pond was formerly called Turtle Pond, and the water in the pond has never dried up throughout the year. In the past, there were no faucets, so women in those towns would wash their clothes by the pond. Once, a woman who was washing clothes accidentally discovered that there was a turtle in the pond. Later, the news that there was a turtle in the pond quickly spread in this humble town. At that time, many people went there to catch turtles. The strange thing is that I have never heard of anyone sowing turtle seedlings there, and there are more and more turtles inside. Gradually, some lazy people actually took turtle catching as a profitable job. (Turtles were very expensive at that time, and it was said that eating them was a great supplement.) Day after day, year after year, it seemed like there would never be enough turtles to catch. After a while, the family living near Turtle Pond began to have trouble. Either this house was on fire, or the cattle of that house were drowned. Later, it became more and more serious, and it was so serious that people died.
(Miaomiao was shocked when she heard about it) At first, people didn’t know what was going on, because many people in rural areas are superstitious and wondered if it was a matter of Feng Shui. As soon as the people in the village gathered together, they invited a famous Feng Shui master from a nearby town to take a look.
Mr. Feng Shui came to the pond and squatted down. He looked down at the water and said, "There is a thousand-year-old turtle spirit in this pond. If you people capture and kill its descendants, it will definitely take revenge." You." As soon as the words came out, some people in the village laughed, and some said that we all believe in Feng Shui, but it is nonsense to say that there are non-existent things like turtle spirits here, and the villagers were all talking. The discussion began with a mocking tongue.
Mr. Feng Shui just shook his head and sighed and said, there are five small and large temples around your village. The other four temples are all safe and sound. Only an inconspicuous small temple in the north is in ruins. It's unbearable. The temple was in crumbling shape during road construction in your village some time ago. However, although this temple is small, it is the key to suppressing this turtle spirit. If you believe it, you can rebuild this temple. If you don't believe it, there is nothing I can do.
The people in the village were very surprised after hearing this, because no one had ever told him this.
After Mr. Feng Shui left, the villagers negotiated and found several larger water pumps, saying they wanted to drain the water from the pond and see what the turtle spirit looked like. But after the water was drained, there was nothing at the bottom of the empty pond. Even though people dug three feet into the ground, they found nothing, not to mention the turtle spirit, not even a small turtle.
After that, the villagers rebuilt the temple with hesitation. The strange thing is that since then, no unexplainable strange things have happened again.
Later, I heard someone say that the other four temples were holding down the four legs of the turtle spirit, and the so-called key and most inconspicuous small temple was holding the turtle spirit’s head, so it was said It is the most important temple.