According to legend, when Wu Zetian was emperor, the Jade Emperor ordered that it should not rain on the ground for three years. However, Yulong, who is in charge of Tianhe, couldn't bear the people to suffer from disaster and starvation, and a heavy rain came secretly. When the Jade Emperor learned about it, he buried the Jade Dragon in charge of Tianhe under a mountain. At the foot of the mountain, a monument stands, which reads: The rain of the Dragon King violated heaven and should be punished by the world for generations. If you want to go back to Lingxiao Pavilion, unless the golden beans bloom. In order to save the Dragon King, people searched everywhere for golden beans in full bloom. On the second day of February of the following year, people were drying golden corn seeds, and it suddenly occurred to them that this kind of corn was like golden beans, which had blossomed after being fried. Isn't it the golden bean that blooms? So every household popped popcorn, put on record and burned incense in the yard, offering "flowering golden beans" to the Dragon King and the Jade Emperor. Knowing that the people were saving it, the Dragon King shouted to the Jade Emperor, "Golden beans are blooming, let me out!" As soon as the Jade Emperor saw that the golden beans in the yard of every household in the world were in full bloom, he would send a message to the Dragon King, asking him to return to heaven and continue to give sex to the world. Since then, people have formed a habit. On February 2nd every year, people pop popcorn and some fried beans. Adults and children still read: "On February 2, the dragon looked up, the big warehouse was full, and the small warehouse flowed." In some places, kitchen waste ash is scattered in the yard to form a big circle, and whole grains are put in the middle, which is called "hoarding" or "filling the warehouse". It means to wish the grain a bumper harvest and a full warehouse. During festivals, the names of foods in various places are generally labeled as "dragons". Eating jiaozi is called eating "dragon ears"; Eating spring cakes is called eating "Longlin"; Eating noodles is called eating "dragon beard meat"; Eating rice is called eating "dragon son"; Eating wonton is called eating "longan"
On February 2nd, the folk story "Two Dragons Raise their Heads", also known as "Spring Farming Festival", "Farming Festival" and "Spring Dragon Festival", is a traditional folk festival of the Han nationality. The dragon heads up on the second day of the second lunar month every year, commonly known as the Qinglong Festival. Legend has it that this is the day when dragons look up. It is a traditional festival in urban and rural areas of China. People celebrate "Dragon Head Festival" to show respect for dragons and pray for rain, so that God can help ensure a bumper harvest.
The origin of holiday stories
Dragons rise on the second day of the second lunar month, commonly known as Qinglong Festival. Legend has it that dragons look up. It is a traditional festival in rural China, and it is called "Dragon Head Festival". As the saying goes: "On February 2nd, the dragon looked up and everyone became a farmer." At this time, the sun's spirit rises, the earth thaws, and spring ploughing will begin. This is the time to transport manure and plow the fields.
Story 1:
According to legend, this festival originated in the period of leader Fu. Fu "attaches importance to farming and farming". On February 2nd every year, "The Queen Mother delivers meals and plows the fields with her own horses" to take care of herself. Later, the Yellow Emperor, Tang Yao, Yu Shun and Yu Xia all followed the example of their predecessors. For Zhou Wuwang, we have not only followed this traditional practice, but also implemented it as an important national policy. On the second day of February, a ceremony was held, and all civil and military officials could personally plow an acre of land. This is the historical legend of the Dragon Head Festival.
Story 2:
There is a folk story that Wu Zetian came to power after the death of the great Tang Gaozong Li Zhi. His sons Li Zhe and Li Dan were first appointed as Zhongzong and Zong Rui, and then they were abolished. In the second year of Yu Yongchang (AD 690), he abolished the Tang Dynasty and changed to Zhou Dynasty, and became emperor himself, calling himself Wu Zhou.
This angered the Jade Emperor, who ordered Taibai Venus to tell the Four Seas Dragon King that it would not rain on the earth for three years as a punishment. It didn't rain for more than 50 days from long summer to cold dew that year. Because of the drought, the land dried up and crops died, it was difficult to drink water in many places, and the people were miserable.
Yulong, who is in charge of Tianhe, can't bear to witness all kinds of human tragedies. At the risk of violating the dogma, he talked nonsense, drank enough water from Tianhe, distributed rainwater privately, and saved the whole world, but attracted the anger of the jade emperor, drove Yulong to earth and suffered under a mountain. There is also a stone tablet in front of the mountain, engraved with four words: "Yulong rain broke the sky and should be punished through the ages." If you want to go back to Lingxiao Hall, unless the golden beans bloom. "
People passed by here and read the words on the tablet before they knew that Yulong was suffering here to save the people. In order to rescue Yulong and return to the sky and Tianhe, people are determined to find the flowering golden beans, but they can't find them.
I searched and searched until I found the first day of the second lunar month. It happened that there was a meeting in the street. An old woman went to the market with a bag of corn. Because the mouth of the bag was not fastened firmly, she went over and opened the bag, and golden corn grains were scattered all over the floor. People are very happy when they see it. This kind of corn looks like golden beans! If you fry it in a pot, won't it explode golden flowers? So, one spread ten, ten spread a hundred, and everything was known. It is agreed that the next day, the second day of February, we will act together and pop popcorn together.
When Yulong saw this scene, he shouted happily, "Old Taibai, the golden beans are blooming. Let me out quickly. " Venus, whose eyes were dim, looked at it. It turned out that the golden beans were blooming, so he moved the mountain that was pressed on Yulong, and Yulong jumped into the air, and then it rained.
A long time ago, there was a Li Jiazhuang at the foot of Chengshan Mountain. A young man named Chen Sheng lives in the village. He and his mother live on two acres of land planted at the foot of the mountain.
That year, it was dry and the crops in the field were almost useless. Married with children, ordinary people, fleeing for food everywhere. On this day, Chen Sheng was chopping wood on the mountain. Because there was no food in his stomach and he was worried that his mother would starve to death at home, he suddenly felt dizzy and blacked out.
Suddenly, Bobby Chen felt someone calling him in his ear: "Little brother, wake up, wake up." Bobby Chen opened his eyes and saw that he had fallen into a deep pool. This deep pool is between two hills in Chengshan, surrounded by cliffs and the bottom of the pool is bottomless. If you accidentally fall, you will die, so few people usually come. Although I can save my life now, it is more difficult to climb out of the deep pool than to ascend to heaven. what can I do? It doesn't matter if you die, but there is a sick mother at home. Who will support you? Bobby Chen was so anxious that his heart exploded. A voice came from his ear: "Don't worry, little brother, help me quickly. I can walk you out." Chen Sheng looked inside and saw a red light flashing on the west side of the pool wall. When he came near, he looked at it carefully. It turned out that there was a monster nailed to the pool wall with four big nails. This monster has four claws like chicken feet, scales on its body, horns on its head and sparkling eyes. Snakes are not like snakes, insects are not like insects, and their foreheads glow red. Bobby Chen's scalp exploded and his heart jumped. He asked trembling, "you, what monster are you? Did you just talk to me? "
"It's me." The monster said, "Don't be afraid. When you fell down just now, I caught you with golden light, otherwise you would have been dead. " I am not a monster. I'm Xiao Qinglong, the son of the Dragon King of the East China Sea, and I'm responsible for the rain in this place. Just because I accidentally broke a jasper dish at the flat peach party of the Queen Mother, I was nailed to this deep pool by the Queen Mother and suffered a lot. When I was about to be born, Venus Taibai whispered in my ear that on this day this year, someone born at that time would come to save me. Chen Sheng said, "My mother told me that I was born in Chennian, Chenyue and Chenshi, so I was named Chen Sheng. No wonder it hasn't rained here for over a year. So the queen mother nailed you here! She wants to be Japanese, but she can make people suffer. Tell me, how can I save you? Qinglong said, "All you have to do is pull out the four big nails on my feet." "
Chen Sheng stepped forward and pulled out four big nails on Qinglong's feet. I saw a flash of golden light before my eyes. An eight-foot handsome man stood in front of Chen Sheng and bowed, "Thank you, brother, for your help. Stand firm. I'll walk you up. " Chen Sheng asked, "Why don't you go out with me to beg for rain here?" "alas!" Qinglong sighed and said, "Brother, although you let me go, I can't walk out of this deep pool without the pardon of the Queen Mother. Even out of the deep pool, it can't rain without the help of Er Shen. If the queen mother knows that I have escaped privately, she will definitely arrest me and put me to death! "
"What can I do? Seeing the spring planting season, crops can't be planted without rain, and the people don't suffer. " Bobby Chen stamped his feet. "Unless someone asks the Queen Mother for mercy." "I want to ask the queen mother, but she is far away, and I can't get on. Brother Qinglong, can you send me to heaven? " Qinglong stepped forward, grabbed Chen Sheng's hand and said, "If my little brother is fearless and really wants to save the local people, I have a walking cloud pill. If you put it in your mouth, it will take you anywhere. It just belongs to the fairy family and can't touch folk things. My little brother is hungry with it. " "As long as I can get the Queen Mother to let you go out to sow clouds and rain, I will starve to death." Chen Sheng took Yun Dan and swallowed it, saying to himself, "I'm going out of the pool to see the Queen Mother." In the pool, a golden light shone directly into the sky, and Bobby Chen only felt the wind whistling in his ear. In front of him, clouds of white clouds flew by quickly, and soon he came to Wang Mu Palace.
Chen Sheng knelt down to the Queen Mother, asking her to forgive Qinglong's sins and let Qinglong return to the Heavenly Palace to shelter the people from the wind and rain and eliminate disasters. The queen mother ignored a mortal boy who dared to beg her to release Qinglong. Chen Sheng knelt on the ground and said, "Queen Mother, if you don't put the Qinglong back, I'd rather kneel down and die in front of you." The queen mother frowned and said coldly, "then kneel down. You want to die, no wonder I am! " "
Three days later, Chen Sheng has been kneeling in front of Wang Mu Palace. Taibai Venus couldn't stand it any longer, so she went to the temple and said to the Queen Mother, "Queen Mother, look at the child's sincerity in saving lives, and you will agree." Shengzai Chen Palace said loudly, "People can't grow crops without the rain in Long Qie. Do you know how many people will starve to death? " Our people burn incense and worship you all day. It's a waste of time. Don't just watch the people starve to death because of a tracts? "The queen mother was speechless by Chen Sheng, turned her eyes and said to Chen Sheng," It's easy to put Qinglong back. Go back and have a look When the folk golden beans bloom and the people's food passbook is full, I will put the Qinglong back. " Hearing this, the Chen Sheng immediately stood up with anger. Because I didn't eat or drink for three or four days, I just felt very dizzy and almost fell down. He gritted his teeth and straightened up. "Mom Wang, aren't you deliberately making things difficult for others?" I'm so poor. Where is Jindou? Who has seen golden beans bloom? " "bold! Drag him out and kill him with lightning! " "The queen mother calm down and think that mortals don't understand the rules of the Heavenly Palace. Give him a break. Taibai Venus pulls Chen Sheng's sleeve and says in Chen Sheng's ear, "Everything depends on people. Think about it more. Maybe golden beans can really blossom on the earth. Hurry home, lest your mother miss you at home. " As he spoke, he pushed Chen Sheng with his hand. In the blink of an eye, Chen Sheng returned to the bottom of the deep pool.
Chen Sheng returned Xing to Qinglong, and taught Qinglong about meeting the Queen Mother one by one. Qinglong was at a loss, so he comforted Chen Sheng and said, "Maybe there are golden beans in full bloom, little brother, go home and look for them again. I'll walk you up. "
After Bobby Chen came home, not a day passed without looking for golden beans that could blossom, thinking about how to make every household's food passbook drip with food. On this day, Chen Sheng's mother said to Chen Sheng, "Chen Sheng, it's spring. We still have some corn and soybeans that we don't want to eat. You put them in the sun. It's going to rain, so we can plant them. " Bobby Chen took out corn and soybeans from the bottom of the grain and looked at them in the sun. Oh, the grain is infected. Chen Sheng mumbled: "The gods are unreasonable, regardless of the lives of the people. Even you bugs bully the poor. I will blow you up." As he spoke, he went to the kitchen, lit a fire, and poured corn and beans into the pot for frying. While frying, he also scolded: "the queen mother is unreasonable, I will fry you to death, I will fry you to death." He was happy to visit and scold, but corn and beans exploded in the pot. Chen Shengniang heard the noise and rushed to the kitchen to have a look: "Hey, son, this corn and soybean are fried and blossomed. Look at this yellow corn, with white flowers and soybeans, just like golden beans. " "Mom, what did you say just now? Say it again. " Chen Sheng's eyes lit up, and he grabbed Niang's hand and said. "I said that these grains were fried like golden beans by you." "good! The golden beans are blooming! " Bobby Chen was so happy that he went out door to door and asked the villagers to take out corn or beans and fry them in the pot. So the whole kitchen has the "crackling" sound of golden beans blooming. People sang while frying: "Golden beans bloom and green dragons turn home. Qinglong is in the sky, and the grain is abundant every year. "
When Chen Sheng came home, he took out the blue ash from the stove and poured it out. Because he was so happy just now, there was some grain and wine in front of the stove: "The queen mother said that the grain passbook of the people's family should drip out." I don't have those bankbooks and food. Can't I paint with the blue ash in this stove? " So Bobby Chen drew a circle of grain passbook in the yard with a dustpan and blue ash. After painting, he sprinkled some grain in the passbook circle, which looked really like it from a distance. He also taught the whole village to draw in their own yard. People sing while painting: "When the heads of green and gray passbook meet, more food will flow out. The green and gray folding circles are connected, and the grain is piled up into mountains. "
February 2 folk story 4 Jiaozuo was called Qinhuai in ancient times, and it was commonly known as Huaichuan because of its terrain like Niujiaochuan. A folk song that has been circulated in Huaichuan for thousands of years: "On February 2, I shaved my child's head, hoping that the child would become a dragon;" Golden flowers bloom, golden beans collapse, good weather and good harvest. " This ballad is about a unique folk custom in Huaichuan. On the second day of the second lunar month, every household will shave boys' heads and fry soybeans in the yard, praying for good weather and good harvests.
Speaking of this folk custom, it has a great history. It is said that Huaichuan (now Jiaozuo) used to have a good weather, with a bumper harvest every year, and a small warehouse in Man Cang. But some people throw rice noodles and don't care. This scene happened to be discovered by the jade emperor when he inspected the people's feelings. He was furious and immediately ordered that a drop of rain should not fall on Huaichuan for three years as punishment.
A year later, Huaichuan was desolate, Qinhe River dried up, crops and plants died, and well water dried up. People are dying of hunger and thirst everywhere. The survivors knelt in the scorching sun and begged for rain. Although the gods in heaven pity the people of Huaichuan, no one dares to disobey the jade emperor's will. There used to be a Qinglong in Laolongwan, Nanqinhe, Fucun, Huaixian County (now Wuzhi). It stays in heaven, and every day it can hear the cry of the people of Huaichuan. He couldn't bear it, so he went to ask the jade emperor for extra mercy. Instead of listening, the Jade Emperor rebuked Qinglong and said, "As a god, you dare to intercede for the wicked in the inferior world instead of punishing them. What are your plans? "
When Qinglong walked out, the cries for help of Huaichuan people continued to break out. The brave Qinglong couldn't bear it any longer. It opened its mouth, drank enough water from Tianhe, aimed at Huaichuan and sprayed it down.
"God has eyes, it finally rained. Thank god! Thank God! " The cheers of the people in Huaichuan reached the ears of the Jade Emperor. The jade emperor flew into a rage and ordered to trace the immortal who violated the rain order. Qinglong came forward to protest: "People are not sages, to err is human. It is enough to punish them lightly. How can you generalize and kill them all? "
Hearing this, the Jade Emperor trembled with anger. He was furious and said, "Qinglong not only went against my will, but also spoke ill of me." I want you to suffer for thousands of years on earth until the golden beans bloom everywhere. "
The Jade Emperor sent Taibai Venus to crush the Qinglong under Taihang Mountain. Afterwards, Taibai Venus couldn't bear it, so she turned into an old man and told the people of Huaichuan about the cause and effect of Qinglong's oppression, so that they could try to find the blooming golden beans and rescue the Qinglong who suffered for the people of Huaichuan as soon as possible.
Huaichuan people are looking for golden beans in full bloom everywhere. I searched and searched, and I tried my best, but I still couldn't find it. On the second day of the second lunar month this year, people who are over 60 years old are driving the donkeys in Dongcun, carrying a bag of soybeans on their backs, and going to Huai County for the fair. He walked to Dahongqiao and heard several children shouting behind him: "Jin Doudou is everywhere, picking up golden beans, picking up golden beans and exploding tofu pudding." Yong Dong looked back and saw two holes in the bag on the donkey's back. Soybeans were scattered all the way, shining in the sun. From a distance, it really looks like a golden bean. Yong Dong's eyes lit up and he was inspired. He ran to the county fair and told people how to make golden beans bloom and save Qinglong. People spread ten, ten spread a hundred, a hundred spread a thousand, and a thousand spread a thousand, which soon spread all over Huaichuan. At noon, every household offered fried soybean flowers on the field road, and then everyone knelt on the ground and prayed to heaven: "Golden beans are blooming everywhere, and Qinglong will be freed." Please be merciful to the Jade Emperor. "
The Jade Emperor, who was drinking and having fun in the Lingxiao Hall, was surprised to hear the voice of Huaichuan people, and quickly led the immortal to the worse gate to look down. His eyes were dim, and through the faint clouds, he could vaguely see that the ground of Huaichuan was covered with Huang Cancan's golden tofu. At this time, Taibai Venus also remonstrated and said, "Your Majesty, if you don't keep your word, I'm afraid …" The Jade Emperor thought and thought, but in desperation, he had to send Taibai Venus to release Qinglong.
Taihang Mountain, which was pressed on Qinglong, was removed. Tsing lung looked up and let out a long whistle. He rose from the clouds, opened his mouth wide, sucked up the Tianhe River, and then spilled the water in his stomach all over Huaichuan. Seeing the majestic posture of Qinglong wagging its head and tail, the people of Huaichuan cheered in the heavy rain. After the rain, Qinglong returned to the ground of the former residence of Laolongwan, bowed down and thanked the people of Huaichuan for their help, and vowed to do his duty to ensure that Huaichuan was not dry or waterlogged every year and the weather was good.
A barber in the crowd saw that the hair on Qinglong's head was unkempt because of long-term neglect, so he said lovingly to Qinglong, "If you hadn't saved the people in Huaichuan with rain, we would have died of thirst. I've shaved people all my life, old man. I shaved your head in Qinglong today, making you neat, full of energy, holding your head high and always awesome. " Qinglong nodded in agreement.
Since then, this folk custom has spread in Huaichuan for two thousand years. Every year on the second day of the second lunar month, women sing folk songs, stir-fry soybean flowers or yellow corn flowers, and then offer them to the yard. In the folk song "On February 2nd, the dragon looks up, big warehouse is full, and small warehouses flow", a man takes his son to shave the "dragon head" to show his gratitude to Qinglong and wish his son an early success.
According to legend, in ancient times, an emperor made the jade emperor in heaven very angry because he delayed the time of offering sacrifices to heaven, so he ordered the Dragon King not to rain on earth for three years. Since then, the drought has continued, and the crops in the field are dying, and the water in the river is almost dry.
There was no harvest in the fields and there was a famine in the village. Everyone has no food, and everyone is helpless when they are sick. At this time, Qinglong, the youngest son of the Dragon King, couldn't stand it any longer. He can't bear to watch people in the world suffer from disaster and hunger. So he secretly gave it rain while the Jade Emperor was eating.
The next day, the jade emperor was furious when he learned about it. So he ordered the Qinglong to be pressed under a big mountain, and a stone tablet was erected under the mountain, which read: "The rain in Qinglong violates heaven and should be punished by the world for generations." If you want to climb the Lingxiao Hall again, unless the golden beans bloom. "
When the people saw the stone tablet and the suffering of Qinglong, everyone was very anxious. But everyone racked their brains and couldn't think of a way to make the beans bloom. In this way, on the second day of the second lunar month, people take out many soybean and corn seeds from home to dry.
An old man suddenly found that these golden soybeans and corn were quite similar to golden beans, so the old man immediately ran home and asked his wife to fry them in the pot to see what would happen to them. After frying for a while, there was not much water in soybeans and corn, and they were all fried, so they all exploded. Only heard the sound of "scratching" from the pot. The old man looked, "ah! The golden beans are blooming! The golden beans are blooming! "
The news spread in the village at once, and the old man told the people in the village about this method. The news passed around, and everyone set up pots and pans and fried soybeans and corn. After the explosion, every household set tables and lit incense burners in their yard. Everyone provided fried soybeans and corn.
When the Dragon King learned about this, he invited the Jade Emperor to watch it in the worse heaven. Seeing that there are blooming "golden beans" in the yard of every household in the world, the Jade Emperor ordered Qinglong to be pardoned and recalled to Lingxiao Hall. Let him help the Dragon King spread clouds and rain on the earth. Immediately, the sky thundered and split the mountain in half, only to hear a loud noise. Qinglong broke through the rock, held its head high and roared, and took off!
Then, Qinglong rushed to the sky and made a few rolls and stretched himself. Suddenly the sky was overcast and thunder rumbled. Qinglong circled several times over the heads of the bosses, thanking people for their help. People looked up at Qinglong with smiles on their lips. In a short time, raindrops the size of beans fell from the sky, and everyone was happy. They let the rain hit their faces and feel the wetness of the rain. In an instant, the earth came back to life, and a few days later, in the rice fields and mountains, it was full of vitality again. People have a good harvest and a good life. Since then, the saying "On February 2nd, the dragon looked up" has been handed down. On the second day of February every year, everyone will fry soybeans and popcorn. This has placed people's good wishes for good weather and good harvests.
February 2 Folk Tale 6 "On February 2, dragons looked up and spring rain was everywhere. How can I know that the Dragon King is worried? " There is a touching story in this simple nursery rhyme.
A long time ago, the Dragon King of the East China Sea gave birth to three dragons, and only one dragon girl was missing. The dragon king thought it would be nice to have another princess with two children! When the Queen Mother knew about it, she gave the Dragon Mother an elixir. Soon, mother dragon became pregnant. On February 2nd of the following year, the dragon mother gave birth to a white chubby daughter.
The little princess grew up day by day, tired of life in the Dragon Palace and eager to find real happiness on earth. The dragon mother knows her daughter's heart. She advised the princess to say, "Son, the Dragon Palace has no worries. Why go to the world? " "Children and grandchildren only know how to eat, drink and be merry," said the dragon lady. I must go to the earth and find a really interesting life. " The dragon mother has made up her mind to see her daughter. Quietly sent her out of the Dragon Palace and gave her a kit.
The dragon lady reluctantly bid farewell to her mother, flew over ninety-nine rivers and ninety-nine mountains, and came to the foot of a big mountain. The princess looked around and saw that the land far and near was cracked, the crops hung their heads, and the sun was roasting the earth. Not far away, a young man is working hard in the field. The princess went over and asked, "will you get anything from farming in such a dry day?" The farmer said with a wry smile, "What can we do? The old mother at home still depends on me to support her! " The dragon lady sympathized with him. She took some red beans out of her bag and scattered them on the ground. After a while, there was a thick fog in the field, dry and green. When the farmer saw it, he quickly saluted her and said, "Fairy, there is a drought in Fiona Fang for hundreds of miles. Please ask the gods to save the poor. " Dragon girl was very moved, she thought, he is really a good man, thinking of others. It's really my bosom friend! So she grabbed a handful of red beans from her toolkit and threw them into the sky. Suddenly there was lightning and thunder, and the rain poured down. After the rain cleared, the mountains turned green, the crops turned green, and people showed a comfortable smile on their faces. The young man thanked the girl gratefully. A red cloud rose on the princess's face and said, "Don't thank me, just ask us to get back together in a hundred years." The young man listened and took the girl home sweetly.
In addition, when the dragon king learned that the princess had left the Dragon Palace, he was very angry and wouldn't let his mother see her daughter. Dragon mother misses her daughter every day. Every year, on the second day of the second lunar month, she would surface and cry in the direction of her daughter's departure. Her crying turned into thunder, and her tears turned into spring rain.
February 2 Folk Story 7 The Pearl of the West Lake falls from the sky, and dragons and phoenixes dance in Qiantang.
Legend has it that in ancient times, in the grottoes east of Tianhe, there lived a snow-white Jade Dragon, and in the big forest west of Tianhe, there lived a colorful golden phoenix.
Yulong and Jinfeng are neighbors. Every morning, one of them goes out of the grottoes and the other flies out of the Woods, each busy with his own business. One day, one of them was flying in the sky, the other was swimming in Tianhe, flying and swimming, and unconsciously they came to a fairy island, where they found a shiny stone. Jinfeng liked it very much, so she said to Yulong:
"Yulong Yulong, look how beautiful this stone is!"
Yulong also liked it, so he said to Jinfeng:
"Jinfeng Jinfeng, shall we polish it into beads?"
Jinfeng nodded yes and they began to work. Yulong clawed with her claws, and Jinfeng pecked with her mouth. Day after day, year after year passed, and they really cut the stone into a round bead. Jinfeng happily flew to the fairy mountain and brought many dewdrops to the beads; Yulong swam to Tianhe happily, sucked a lot of clean water and sprayed it on the beads. Drop, drop, spray, spray, and slowly the bead becomes bright and shiny.
Since then, Yulong likes Jinfeng, and Jinfeng also likes Yulong; Yulong and Jinfeng both like their pearls. Yulong doesn't want to go back to the grottoes in the east of Tianhe, and Jinfeng doesn't want to go back to the Woods in the west of Tianhe. They went to Xiandao in Tianhe and guarded their pearls day and night.
This pearl is really a treasure. Where the sun shines, the trees are evergreen, the flowers are in full bloom, the mountains are beautiful and the crops are bumper.
The queen mother walked out of the palace gate and saw the treasure light of this pearl at once, and she was very envious. At midnight in Guang Chen, she sent a close-fitting mountain soldier to quietly take the pearl away while Yulong and Jinfeng were asleep. The queen mother likes this pearl so much that she doesn't even want to show it to others. She hid in the fairy palace, closed nine doors and locked nine locks outside.
When Yulong and Jinfeng woke up, they found that the pearl was gone. They are really anxious! Yulong searched east and west, and searched every grotto under the Tianhe River, but he couldn't find it. Jinfeng looked everywhere in fairy mountain, but she couldn't find it. They are very sad, but they still look around day and night, hoping to find their beloved pearls.
On the birthday of the Queen Mother, immortals from all directions rushed to the Fairy Palace to celebrate her birthday. The Queen Mother arranged a grand flat peach party and invited all the immortals. Immortals drink and eat flat peaches to congratulate the heavenly queen; Happiness is like the East China Sea, and longevity is better than the South Mountain. When the Queen Mother was happy, she said to all the immortals:
"Dear fairies, I invite you to see a precious pearl, which is hard to find in the sky and underground!"
As he spoke, he took off nine keys from his belt, opened nine locks, walked into nine doors, took out pearls from them and put them in the middle of the hall with a gold plate. The pearl is shiny and shiny, and the fairy applauds it.
At this time, Yulong and Jinfeng are looking for their pearls everywhere. Jinfeng found the light from the pearl and called it Yulong:
"Yulong Yulong, come and see, isn't that the light from our pearls?"
Yulong drilled his head from Tianhe and saw:
"Yes, it must be our pearl. Get it back quickly!"
Yulong and Jinfeng immediately walked towards the pearl light until they found the fairy palace of the Queen Mother. The immortals probe and applaud around the pearl. Yulong stepped forward and said, "This pearl is ours!" Jinfeng also said, "This pearl is ours! "
When the Queen Mother heard the fire, she shouted at Yulong, and Jinfeng opened her mouth and scolded:
"Nonsense! I am the wife of the Jade Emperor, and all the treasures in the sky are mine. "
Yulong and Jinfeng were very angry. Together, they said to the heavenly queen:
"This pearl is not born in the sky, nor is it long underground. We have worked hard, day after day, year after year! "
Hearing this, the queen mother was ashamed and anxious. She stretched out her hand to protect the golden plate with pearls and told the heavenly soldiers to drive Yulong and Jinfeng out. Jinfeng saw that the queen mother was unreasonable and rushed to grab pearls; Yulong saw that the queen mother was unreasonable and hurried to grab pearls. With three hands holding a gold plate, no one will relax. You pulled me, and when the golden plate shook, the pearl rolled down, rolled to the edge of the steps, and fell from the sky to the ground.
Yulong and Jinfeng saw that the pearl had fallen, so they quickly turned over to protect it. Yulong swims and Jinfeng flies. They are in front, behind, left and right for a while, protecting the pearl and slowly falling from the sky to the ground. As soon as this pearl landed, it immediately became a clear West Lake. Yulong was reluctant to leave his pearl, so he turned into the majestic Yulong Mountain to protect it. Jinfeng couldn't bear to part with her pearl, so she turned into a green Phoenix Mountain to protect it.
Since then, Phoenix Mountain and Yulong Mountain have stood quietly by the West Lake. Until now, there are still two ancient ballads circulating in Hangzhou:
The Pearl of the West Lake fell from the sky,
Flying dragons dance to Qiantang.