What is the legend of the water beetle?
One year, the loud shouts of people shouting for tea in the Imperial Tea Garden startled the beetle who specially watered the tea trees in the Jade Emperor Immortal Tea Garden. This old turtle had been cultivating for thousands of years in the Yunxu Cave in Qingyun Mountain. He originally hoped that after he achieved positive results, he would be able to seek an official position in heaven. Unexpectedly, when it went to heaven, the ruthless Jade Emperor sent it to water the tea trees in the fairy tea garden. He felt at ease at first, but after working for a long time, he became bored. On this day, it suddenly heard the cry of "tea sprouts, tea sprouts!" coming from the world. It couldn't help sneaking to Nantianmen and peeking down: it saw that the tea god was being worshiped in the Imperial Tea Garden by the Jiuqu River in Wuyi Mountain. The red candles were shining brightly, the golden drums were beating together, and the tea farmers all knelt on the ground and worshiped. The golden turtle couldn't help but praise the mortals when they saw how respectful they were to tea. When I think that I have been doing tea in heaven for many years, but no one cares about it, I get angry all the time. "That's all, that's all. My thousand-year-old golden turtle is not as good as a tea plant in the world. Why don't I go to the human world to make a tea plant!" The golden turtle's eyes slowly moved from the bank of Jiuqu River to Niulankeng in the north of the mountain. The peaks here are abrupt and the rocks are beautiful. The strange-shaped rocks in the valley lie horizontally and vertically, forming large and small ravines. The trickling water seeping out from the cracks in the rock merges into a noisy mountain stream, passing through the rocks and twisting and turning to the east. This place is full of tea forests one after another, layer after layer. There are clumps of rare and exotic flowers, competing for their uniqueness and uniqueness. The valley is really full of spring scenery and full of vitality. Based on its many years of experience in tea, Golden Turtle determined that this must be a good place for tea trees to grow. Yes, come here to make a famous tea. Once the idea was decided, the golden turtle began to exercise his internal energy and spit out the magic water. Suddenly, Wuyi Mountain was drenched in heavy rain. The raindrops were as big as soybeans, making the trees all over the mountains and ridges rattle. The rainwater fell into the peaks, cliffs and ravines, then rolled down from the top of the ridge, forming roaring torrents that rolled down the mountain, carrying sand, gravel and gravel with them. The golden turtle turned into a tea tree and followed the heavy rain and fell to the north of Wuyi Mountain. The golden turtle looked at the terrain and estimated that it had reached the end of the field, so it stopped the divine water.
As soon as the heavy rain stopped, a monk from Leishi Temple came out to patrol the mountain. He walked slowly, leaning on a bamboo pole, and came to a high slope. In the dim light after the rain, he saw something green and shiny squirming on the half-cliff of Niulan Langu Rock, slowly climbing down along the mud road in the ravine washed out by the rain. Step by step, shake by shake, I climbed to the hollow of the rock and then leaned forward and stopped, like a tired giant beetle lying on the edge of the pit to drink water!
This monk has been in the mountains for many years, and this is the first time he has seen such a strange thing. He was surprised and delighted, and cautiously walked forward along the dirt road in the ravine. The closer he got, the clearer he saw. It turned out to be a tea tree flowing down from the mountain! If you look closely, you will see that the tea branches and leaves are thick and shiny. The open branches are well-proportioned, looking like stripes of turtle patterns from a close look, and more like a big golden tortoise from a distance.
The monk was so happy that he ran back to the temple with windy feet to announce the good news. As soon as he entered the temple gate, the monk beat the drum and the bell, summoned the big and small monks, and said happily: "Hurry up! The Dragon King has brought gold branches and jade leaves to our temple. Please put on your cassocks, burn incense and candles and go to welcome the treasure!”
The monks followed the abbot out of the temple, banging wooden fish and cymbals along the way. Buddha came to Niulankeng, sang incense, paid homage to the magical tea tree, and prayed to the tea god to bless the tea tree. The monks brought bricks and respectfully built a square teahouse, and took turns sending people there for ten and a half days. Come and take care of the tea tree, cultivate the soil with it, catch insects, light some incense and candles, and serve the tea tree like an offering to the gods, so that it can add wealth to the temple.
As soon as this golden turtle came to the world, he was treated with such courtesy. It was really different between the world and the heaven. What it needed was this kind of love. The golden turtle was happy and felt warm in its heart.
Besides, this golden turtle is really discerning. It fell into the golden nest. In Niulankeng, the spring water from the water pit seeps down along the rock wall, and every drop of it is poured on the roots of the tea trees. Even if there is a severe drought, the water is still dripping here. The spring water also brought rotten leaves from the rock wall and piled them on the tree pockets. Over time, they became fertilizer. This is a mountainous area again, with seven points of yang and three points of yin. The soil is dry and wet, wet and dry, and the weather is suitable for both cold and warmth. All of these are exactly the habits of the alloy turtle. It really has the "right time, right place and right people"! The golden turtle has met his best friend and is in a good mood. The longer it grows, the stronger it becomes, green and shiny, and when the sun shines on it, it becomes more and more like a shining golden turtle. Later it was listed as one of the "Four Famous Teas" of Wuyi Rock Tea!