Zhou Yiwang eight years, Guangzhou sea and sky, everywhere is barren. Once, there were years of famine, barren fields, poor agricultural harvests and poor people. One day, Yue Xian suddenly filled the air over the South China Sea, softly and melodiously. Then five colorful auspicious clouds appeared. There are five immortals in the cloud, dressed in colorful clothes and riding colorful fairy sheep. Every sheep came to Chuting with an ear of rice with "six out of one stem" in its mouth.
The immortal gave the ear of rice to the people of Guangzhou, wishing a bumper harvest and no famine. May the immortals fly on the colorful clouds. Because of their attachment to the world, five fairy sheep turned to stone and stayed, wishing Guangzhou a good weather. Since then, Guangzhou has become the richest place in Lingnan. This is why Guangzhou is known as "Five Yangcheng", "Yangcheng" and "Guangzhou".
2, the legend of pineapple temple:
On the north bank of Shiziyang in the Pearl River Estuary, there was a Fuqing town in ancient times, which was a big port. The crew members who came and went went to worship at the Nanhai Temple in the town. This temple is the only one of the four great sea temples in ancient China. It is dedicated to Hong Sheng, the water god of the South China Sea, and has a strong fragrance. Why Nanhai Temple is also called "Pineapple Temple" is said to be related to two pineapple tree trees at the entrance of the temple.
According to legend, a long time ago, Daxi Sikong, the messenger of the pineapple kingdom, came to Fuxi River mouth with a foreign merchant ship, went ashore for sacrifice, and planted two pineapple tree trees in front of the temple. But he longed for the beautiful scenery here, missed the time to return to the boat, stayed alone in the local area, stood in front of the temple for a long time, and became a stone man. The villagers sympathized with him and enshrined him in the temple, so this temple is also called "Pineapple Temple". It witnessed that Guangzhou is the starting point of China's Maritime Silk Road.
3. Zengcheng He Xiangu:
He Xiangu, whose real name is He Xiugu, is from Xingui Township, Xiao Lou District, Zengcheng County. Wu Zetian was born on the seventh day of March in the Tang Dynasty. His father He Tai makes tofu for a living. Xiugu was very clever since she was a child. At the age of fourteen, she was lucky enough to come to Lv Dongbin. Lu gave her some mica films, through which she could know the fate of the world and often visited the immortals in Luofu Mountain.
After her parents found a husband's family named Feng for her, Xiugu refused to marry. On the eighth day of August in Zhongzong Jinglong, she threw herself into the well. Only one shoe was worn when throwing the well, and the other shoe was left on the well platform. After that, she floated out of the river in Putian, Fujian. It turned out that the well was connected with the river, which was a strange case at that time, so there was a legend that Xiugu had become an immortal.
It is said that Xiangu appeared in a small building in her hometown during the reign of Emperor Zong (766-779). She was seen enjoying the cool under a litchi tree in saionji, and a green silk belt was hung on the tree. Now this place is called "Hanging Green Garden", and the fruit of this litchi has a green ribbon, which is the famous "Hanging Green Litchi" in Zengcheng.
4. Five Immortals View:
Wuxian Temple is a temple based on ancient myths and legends. According to myths and legends, during the Zhou Dynasty, Guangzhou suffered from famine year after year, and the people were in dire straits. One day, five colorful auspicious clouds floated across the South China Sea. Five immortals, dressed in five colors, rode five sheep with different fur colors and came to Guangzhou.
The immortals distributed the ears of rice to the people of Guangzhou and wished that there would never be a famine here in the future. After that, the five immortals floated away, leaving the five immortals sheep attached to the world. Later, people scattered the ears of rice on the earth, and they had a bumper harvest every year. Five fairy sheep later became stone sheep, as if to permanently bless Chuting people with good weather, happiness and good luck. Therefore, Guangzhou is called "Five Yangcheng", "Yangcheng" and "Guangzhou City".
In order to thank the five immortals, the people of Guangzhou built a Wudang Five Immortals Temple where they came from. There is a statue of five immortals in the view, accompanied by a stone statue of five sheep. The five immortals are also called the Valley God.
The name of the Pearl River is related to a pearl. Legend; Zhao Lun, the ancient king of Nanyue, had a treasure of the town called "Yangling Zhu Bao", which was really priceless. Unfortunately, later generations regarded Zhu Bao as a sacrificial object.
The news spread quickly. Soon, a Persian businessman crossed the ocean and said that the Persian king had lost a Manizu, which was exactly the same as this one, so he bought Zhu Lan in Yangling for $100,000.
Persian merchants returned home with this treasure in high spirits, and the boat went down the river, with picturesque scenery on both sides. Seeing the charming scenery and water, Persian merchants couldn't help opening the treasure chest and taking out the orb in their hands. I saw the orb shining brightly, reflecting the surrounding mountains and rivers. Suddenly, the wind suddenly blew, white waves rolled, and a white light jumped into the sky from his palm, shot into the river, and got into a mossy boulder. Zhu Bao couldn't bear to leave her lovely hometown and finally jumped into the river forever.
Since then, the huge stone has been shining at night, rising and falling with the tide and floating on the river forever. Later, it was called "Haizhu Stone" and this river was also called "Pearl River".
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Interpretation of Wuyang legend:
The legendary time is when Koko, a native of the South China Sea, became Chu Weiwang, that is, during the Warring States Period in Zhou Xianwang. According to Guangdong Tongzhi, the ruins of Wuxian Temple have been relocated many times in the past dynasties. In the Song Dynasty, it was in Shixianfang (now around the Finance Department of Jingdao Province), and in the vicinity of Guxi Lake (around Lingjiaoyu Road) from the end of the Southern Song Dynasty to the Yuan Dynasty. In the tenth year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty (AD 1377), Zhao Sijian, a military affairs minister, changed the original Wuxian Temple into Guangfeng Library and rebuilt it at the current site of Poshan on Huifu Road.
On the east side of Wuxian Temple, there is also a huge river sandstone footprint cave named "immortal thumb mark" (that is, immortal footprint).
Qu Dajun's "Guangdong New Talk" said: "There are huge stones in the Suishi Cave, which can be four or five times as big, with thumb marks on them, and the traces are full of clear water. Although there is no shortage of drought, it seems that there is spring under it, and it is different. " In the Ming and Qing dynasties, this "immortal thumb trace" was also included in the eight scenic spots of Yangcheng in the name of "Ear Stone Cave" and "Five Fairy Cave". Guangzhou people's "welcome" (casual, casual) in this incident is innocent and makes people smile.
Why Wuxian Mountain is a sheep, but not other lions, tigers and elephants, has been studied to the primitive society, and it is said that it may come from the totem worship of primitive people in Guangzhou. At that time, there were five tribes named Jiang in southern China, all of which took sheep as totems and were distinguished by five colors: yellow, red, black, white and purple. They worship sheep as a symbol of good luck and bring them happiness.
Among them, the "antelope" engaged in primitive agriculture in Guangzhou is the most prosperous. It is said that their best skill is to grow rice, and it is also high-yielding, thus leading a better life. It seems that the people of the "Antelope" tribe are not only good at cultivating improved varieties of rice, but also great writers-as early as the primitive society, they created such a well-known novel.
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