The origin of the name of Yutian County, Tangshan, Hebei Province!

The Origin of Mashan Jade Planting in Yutian County During the Spring and Autumn Period, small princes in the Central Plains fought for hegemony, and wars continued. People left their homes and fled in all directions.

A young man named Yang Boyong, in order to escape the war, came to settle down at the foot of the remote Mashan Mountain. He built a thatched house, drove out of the mountain, and planted He picked up the seeds brought from the Central Plains. Soon the seeds grew into green seedlings. He hoeed and planted the seedlings as his lifeblood. The mountainous areas were short of water, and the rivers dried up and the wells dried up, and the leaves of the seedlings fell. Volume. Yang Boyong was very anxious and determined to find water in the distance. He finally found a clear spring and filled two buckets happily. The sun was setting above his head. Yong hurried back to the foot of Mashan Mountain and was about to water the seedlings. A group of people came and begged: "Young man, please do a good job and let us have a few drinks of water!" Looking at the hungry and thirsty people, Yang Boyong did not care about the crops in the fields. The seedlings were growing, so he put down the bucket and said enthusiastically: "Folks, come and drink!" The fleeing people drank the spring water, cheered up and continued on their way. Yang Boyong picked up the remaining half bucket of water and poured it carefully on the seedlings. The next day, Yang Boyong picked up two more buckets of water. Just like the previous day, he met a group of people who were fleeing. Yang Boyong gave them enough to drink before going to water the seedlings in the fields for one or two days... , Yang Boyong saved countless fleeing people, but many of the He seedlings died. One day, Yang Boyong sent away the fleeing people and was about to pour the remaining water on the He seedlings. He fainted from hunger and thirst. He immediately gave the old man some water to drink, and carried the old man to his thatched house, and hurriedly looked at the seedlings in the field, but they were all dead. After the day, the old man recovered from his illness. When leaving, he said to Yang Boyong: "You have saved so many fleeing people, and you have also saved me. I have nothing to repay you. I will give you a handful of stones, plant them, and hoe them diligently." If you water more, you will be rewarded in the future. "Yang Boyong followed the old man's instructions and planted the stones on the high ground, carefully hoeing and watering. One day, a miracle happened, and pieces of crystal white jade were exposed on the ground. It turned out that the old man Yang Boyong treated was the mountain god of Mashan. , Those pebbles are not ordinary pebbles. When passers-by saw the jade in the field, some said it should be presented to the court, and some said it should be sold to merchants. Yang Boyong thought, at the foot of Mashan Mountain. The most lacking thing is water. It would be great if gems could be turned into clear spring water! Yang Boyong had a sweet dream at night. He dreamed that the old man came to the jade field, smiling and gently using the whisk in his hand. The ground brushed the white jade in the ground, and in a moment the white jade disappeared, and clear spring water gushed out... When I woke up, a miracle really happened. The spring water kept pouring out and flowed into the dry fields. It flowed into the forest in the distance. When the people who fled saw this clear spring water, no one wanted to leave. At the foot of Mashan Mountain, another piece of fertile land was opened, and one after another thatched houses were built. After Yang Boyong's death, people erected four large stone pillars at the four corners of the jade field and named it "Yutian". Later, the large land next to the jade field was named Yutian County.