The so-called Old Man Stone is actually a protruding rock in the middle of the sea. It looks like an old man waiting for someone to come home, hence the name.

It is said that there is a little-known story about the origin of "Old Man Stone" that has been circulated for a long time! Legend has it that a long time ago, a father and his daughter lived by fishing and depended on each other. The daughter's mother died giving birth to her. The father worked hard to raise the child, and the father and daughter barely made ends meet by fishing. The family lived in poverty. The girl was very beautiful, had a naturally good voice, and could sing well. She was finally noticed by the third prince of the Sea Dragon King. The third prince of the Sea Dragon King turned into a human being and wooed the girl. He said, "Come with me and live a good life. Your father is already so old and he won't live for a few more days. Leave him alone. Anyway, You will die sooner or later, so why bother yourself?" The girl refused, and he said: "You come with me, you can eat well, drink hot food, wear good clothes, and I will give your father a gold mountain and two silver treasury. , let him live a good life and live as long as he can, right?" The girl couldn't bear to leave her father, whom she had depended on for more than ten years, but still refused. The Third Prince of the Dragon King walked away angrily, thinking in his mind how to snatch the old fisherman's daughter away.

The opportunity finally came. Days passed, and the old fisherman finally became bedridden one day. He could no longer go to sea to fish, and the sensible girl could only go to sea to fish by herself. After the third prince of the Dragon King knew about this, he made plans for the girl again. He found the girl and said: "If you want to cure your father's illness, I can help you, but you must come to me after you have no choice but to cure your father's illness." "Let's go." The girl was very strong and said, "I would rather starve to death than to cure my father's illness. I won't beg you, a shameless person like you, to die in pain." The third prince of the Dragon King said angrily. : "Then let's wait and see and see who begs whom in the end!"

Strangely enough, the girl used to catch many and big fish, and she could always sell them for a good price, but from that day on, I can't catch any good fish at all. Even if you catch fish, you can't sell it or you can't sell it at a good price because the time has passed. The girl's father was seriously ill and dying because he had no money to buy medicine. The girl is a very filial child. She sees it in her eyes and feels anxious in her heart, but there is nothing she can do about it. In the end, the girl decided to sacrifice her own happiness in order to gain the health and longevity of her father. So, when she went to sea, she called out to "The Third Prince of the Dragon". The Third Prince Long appeared on the sea with a proud smirk on his face. "So, why don't you come and beg me?" Although the girl understood that this was all the fault of Prince Long, she could only grit her teeth and ask for her father's safety, but she asked Prince Long to be kind. To be kind to her father, Prince Longsan agreed.

The old man recovered from his illness under the "immortal magic" of Prince Long San, but the daughter had to live far away from her father at the bottom of the sea. However, she was afraid that her father would be sad, so she did not tell her father. this matter. When the old fisherman saw that his daughter went out fishing but never came back, he became anxious, so he rowed a small fishing boat to look for his daughter. While searching, he called his daughter's name. The daughter at the bottom of the sea heard her father's call and responded with grief and anger. The old fisherman finally understood that his daughter had given up her own happiness in order to save him, and would be separated from him from now on. The old fisherman was so sad that he shouted his daughter's name on the sea every day. The cry shocked the fields, moved ghosts and gods, and finally moved God. The Jade Emperor turned the old fisherman into a sea rock, and he stayed with his daughter as his neighbor all year round. This is the origin of the legend of "Old Man Stone" in Qingdao