The story of the blue dragon and the white horse

The Legend of the Dragon River

Deep in the Yanshan Mountains, at the foot of the Great Wall, flows the Qinglong River. Within Qinglong Manchu Autonomous County and Lulong County in Qinhuangdao City, the clear and sweet water of the Qinglong River flows into the Luanhe River, nurturing the hardworking and brave people of all ethnic groups on both sides of the strait. Its source has a little-known story

A long time ago, The Qinglong River is a dry river that only flows in the rainy season. There is a village at the source of the river. There is a rich family and a poor family in the village. There are two people in the poor family. The mother is widowed and the son is named Qinglong. Qinglong's father owed money when he was alive. The rich man's debt to the king of hell was exploited and he could not repay the debt, so his mother had to ask Qinglong to work for the old rich man to pay off the debt

The old rich man had a horse and asked Qinglong to cut the horse's grass every day Qinglong people Industrious, while cutting grass and feeding horses, they also tended their two acres of barren land. The mother and son depended on each other.

There was a severe drought this year. Not a drop of rain fell for many days. The earth was so dry that it was smoking, and the crops were dry. It seems like a fire sickle can be set on fire by just rubbing it. The grass and trees have dried up, where is the green grass? The old rich man had a vicious heart. If Qinglong couldn't cut grass, he would be beaten and scolded, and his wages would be deducted.

One day, Qinglong was wandering around the mountain with a sad face, carrying a straw basket and holding a sickle. Suddenly, he He found a piece of grass growing tender and green under a cliff. He hurriedly came to it, put down the grass basket, cut the grass with his sickle, and filled a basket with it. He happily carried the grass back to the old rich man's house. God, he came here again, and was surprised to find that a new green and tender grass had grown on the place where he had cut it yesterday. He thought to himself: God is really wise. He hurriedly cut this piece of grass, just in time for pretending. The grass basket was full and he kept cutting grass here for several days. However, as time passed, it aroused the suspicion of the old rich man. The old rich man wondered: The weather was so dry and the grass was dead, where did he cut it and it was so fresh? Where is the tender grass?

One day, the old rich man quietly followed Qinglong to see where he cut the grass. The old rich man found that Qinglong cut it from the bottom of a cliff. When Qinglong carried the grass basket on his back, he walked away. Later, the old rich man found that there was another green grass growing here. The old rich man muttered to himself: The weather is so dry, there is no green place in the mountains and fields, but the grass here is green. The old rich man frowned, and an idea came to him. He said: I will dig up this grass by the roots and see where you can cut it! Thinking of this, the old rich man went home and fetched a hoe, and dug out the grass roots for a while. He found a small stone basin under the grass roots, which was very rough, so he picked up the hoe and smashed it. Gulu rolled down the cliff and the old rich man returned home without a smile

The next day, the old rich man urged Qinglong to cut the grass for the horse and said: If you can't cut the grass today, you will be detained. Half a year's wages

Qinglong carried the grass basket and headed straight to the cliff. When he arrived at the place, he was dumbfounded. The grass roots had been dug out and dried in the sun. Qinglong wiped his tears and carried the empty basket step by step. Walking down the mountain, he found a small stone basin. Qinglong's family had no money to buy anything, so he thought to himself: Take the small stone basin home and make it a food basin for the guard dog.

Qinglong’s family had a dog that was so hungry that he was as skinny as a stick. Qinglong put the small stone basin at the door and poured the swill left over from washing the pots and dishes into the stone basin. Although it was just swill, the dog kept eating it every day. There was not much food in the full food bowl, but there was no need to add more. The stone bowl was always full. Qinglong thought of the endless grass under the cliff, and suddenly understood: the small stone bowl must be a The mother-in-law and her daughter cleaned the small stone basin, moved it into the house, put some rice in it and gave it a try, oh! What a spirit! Sure enough, it was a treasure. No matter how much rice was scooped out from the stone basin, the stone basin was always full. The mother-in-law and her son were so happy that they took the rice to the market and sold it, and put the broken silver in exchange for it into the small stone basin. , the silver in the stone basin is getting more and more. This is really a cornucopia! The couple got money, paid off the old rich man's debt to the king of hell, and their life became prosperous

Walls have ears, and the door is ventilated. The news that Qinglong's family had a cornucopia spread like wildfire and reached the old rich man's ears. Here, the old rich man came to ask for the cornucopia. The mother and daughter said nothing. The old rich man frowned and thought: I can't get the cornucopia. Don't even think about it. He told the station nearby about it. A group of bandit soldiers, the bandit leader was eager to get the cornucopia immediately, so he immediately led the bandit soldiers and the old rich man to come to seize the treasure. The bandits were like wolves and tigers, and surrounded the Qinglong family. The mother and son hugged each other and cried, and the mother said to Qinglong: Son. , I would rather have the jade broken than the whole thing. We, my mother-in-law, risk our lives to let the cornucopia fall into their hands. You smash the cornucopia! celebrate

Long raised the cornucopia and threw it against the wall, but it couldn't be broken. At this time, the bandit soldiers shouted outside: If you don't hand over the cornucopia, we will set fire to your house. At this critical moment, Qinglong was heartbroken. , holding the cornucopia and jumping into the well in the courtyard

It just so happened that the well in Qinglong’s courtyard was bottomless, and there was a little green dragon hidden inside. This little green dragon had suffered a disaster. God's punishment, he was imprisoned in the well, and on this day, Xiao Qinglong finally had his day. At this time, the bandits jumped into the well one after another to grab the cornucopia. It was too late, but soon, the water in the well suddenly surged up like a stream. The water column spurted out from the mouth of the well, and the little green dragon came out with the force of the water. Suddenly the waves were surging and the flood was rolling. The old rich bandit leader and a group of bandit soldiers were all drowned in the water.

The water in the well surged and roared, pouring down thousands of miles, along the It leads to the foothills of Yanshan Mountain, breaks through the crenellations of the Great Wall, flows to the earth, and flows into the Luanhe River

Later, people named this crystal clear river Qinglong River