The legend about Xuanwu Lake in Nanjing?
The legend of the black dragon in Xuanwu Lake is said to be that during the period of Emperor Wen of the Song Dynasty in the Southern Dynasties, due to severe drought, the emperor ordered people to offer jade in Xuanwu Lake to pray for rain. As soon as the jade was thrown into the lake, a black dragon suddenly emerged from the lake and swallowed it. Jade ascends to heaven. Then he spat out the jade and smashed it into the center of the lake. A big hole was opened in Xuanwu Lake and water gushed out. White waves rolled out instantly. Jinling, which had been working for several months, had good weather from then on. Emperor Wen of the Song Dynasty saw this and called it Xuanwu. The lake is Heilong Lake.
Some people say that the black dragon in Xuanwu Lake has always wanted to merge with the dragon veins of Purple Mountain to absorb the dragon energy. In order to suppress the black dragon and consolidate the throne, Zhu Yuanzhang built the Ming city wall in the shape of his pig kidney face, and Xuanwu Lake It's his forehead, and some say it's his eyes. If you look closely, it's really like this.
Someone once posted on the Internet that he saw a UFO on Xuanwu Lake. He described it as being as miraculous as seeing an alien flying saucer. In fact, it was just an aircraft that young people like to play with, and it is now very common.
Xuanwu Lake was once a military base for training and reviewing navy troops. Emperor Chen Xuan and Chen Xu once paraded their troops at Shanglinyuan Grand Spectacular Mountain. More than 500 warships fluttered their flags and 100,000 elite soldiers were lined up on board. The scene was quite spectacular. , you can now go to the Xuanwu Lake Ancient Martial Arts Review Platform to experience the grand occasion of the year and have a panoramic view of the vast Xuanwu Lake.
In order to verify household registration and collect taxes and levies, Zhu Yuanzhang made a booklet detailing his hometown, name, age, address, land, house, and assets. He chose this place because Xuanwu Lake has excellent Feng Shui. After the establishment of Huangceku (equivalent to today's Central Archives), Xuanwu Lake became a forbidden land. The indigenous fishermen on the lake were also expelled and isolated from the outside world for more than 260 years. Now, Xuanwu Lake is still in Liangzhou. You can find the Yellow Book Library.
When Zhu Yuanzhang was building Huangceku, the fishermen on the lake were unwilling to move and recommended a man named Old Man Mao to come forward to pray for mercy from the emperor. However, Old Man Mao got off to a bad start and offended Zhu Yuanzhang, and was eventually imprisoned. He starved to death in prison. Later, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't bear it and built the Lake Temple to commemorate him, commonly known as Mao Laoren Temple. Now next to Huangceku in Liangzhou is the Hushen Temple ruins. The copper hook well in front of it was built because a copper hook said to be the hook of old man Mao's tent was dug out here during the reconstruction.
Xuanwu Lake was once the lake behind the palace of Wu King Sun Quan. It was Sun Quan who ordered water to be diverted into the lake, which gave the lake the shape of a real lake. Because Xuanwu Lake is located to the north of Zhongshan, it is also called "Back Lake" or "North Lake", while the waters south of Zhongshan Botanical Garden are called "Front Lake" and "South Lake"
Xuanwu Lake Huanzhou Guo Pudun is actually just his tomb. As the most famous alchemist in the Jin Dynasty, Guo Pu had an unlucky prophecy for Wang Dun, the then general of Zhendong. Wang Dun held a grudge and Guo Pu was eventually killed by the Xuanwu Lake. Emperor Ming of the Jin Dynasty learned about Guo Pu's murder and wanted to build a tomb for Guo Pu, but the body could not be found. It was Ling'er, a woman who Guo Pu had saved, who donated Guo Pu's clothes that had been preserved for more than ten years. This suit of clothing was buried beside Xuanwu Lake, and today's "Guo Pudun" became known.