"Gankun opens a resort, and Ziling holds Lushan Mountain". From ancient times to the present, there are many poems about Zhan Lu, but it is inevitable to mention Ou Yezi and Zhan Lu's sword, which is known as the "first sword in the world".
During the Spring and Autumn Period, the princes fought for hegemony and wars continued. In order to enhance their combat effectiveness, the warring parties have sent domestic craftsmen to develop weapons to defeat the enemy. Sword, as the main weapon in hand-to-hand combat, was called "the teacher of a hundred soldiers" at that time. Wu Yueguo, located in the southeast, has a vertical and horizontal water network and dense forests and grass, which is not conducive to car fighting, so a sharp light sword is becoming more and more important.
According to Yue Jue Shu, in 496 BC, Yue State was always willing to invite Ou Yezi, the world's first sword casting master, to cast swords. After Ou Yezi was ordered, he set out from Minhou with his wife Zhu and his daughter, and went upstream along the Minjiang River to a mountain with high mountains and dense forests, with an altitude of 1, 230 meters. Here we found the holy iron (iron mother) and holy water (cold spring water) needed for casting swords. After Ou Yezi stayed here, he built a furnace, which took three years and was finally tempered. "... the achievement of the sword is also brilliant, the sun and the moon compete for glory, the stars avoid color, and ghosts and gods mourn. "A sharp sword. Ou Yezi is dedicated to the King of Yue. Under the caress of the King of Yue, he was named "Zhan Lu". Since then, Ou Yezi is famous for his Zhan Lujian. So it is famous for its sword. Therefore, Zhan Lu is known as "the first mountain in Fujian", "the first sword mountain in the world" and "sword mountain". The ingenious nature and thousands of years of historical and cultural accumulation make Zhan Lu not only have beautiful natural wonders, but also splendid and rich cultural landscapes.
After the casting of Zhan Lu Jian, it was admired by all generations. Zhan's magical legend is recorded in Yuan Kang's Yuejueshu in the Han Dynasty, Eleven Records in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and Feng Menglong's Annals of the Founding of China in the late Ming Dynasty. Among the people, there is a legend that Ou Yezi tried his sword. Denise, the president of the Academy of Yuan Dynasty, described the vivid scene when the sword was refined through her own imagination: "... the sword was completed, the sun and the moon won glory, the stars avoided color, and ghosts mourned".
This is a sword test stone located at the foot of Jianfeng Mountain in Zhan Lu. Legend has it that after Ou Yezi was tempered into a sword, in order to test its performance, he swung the sword at the boulder and the boulder split, which became what it is today.
Although this is only a legend, Zhan Lu's sword is extremely sharp, but there are historical records. According to Wu Yue Chun Qiu, Ou Yezi refined five swords, namely Zhan Lu, Chun Jun, Ju Que, Cao Hao and Yu Chang, and Zhan Lu ranked first among the five swords. Du Fu, a great poet in the Tang Dynasty, wrote a poem that "courtiers wear military uniforms and kings are in Zhan Lu". Here, "Zhan Lu" has become synonymous with sharp weapon.
However, even this sword of Zhan Lu, inspired by God and serving with strength, will not last forever. According to legend, the war was obtained from the famous Jin Dynasty star Zhou Chu, and was later given to Yue Fei, a hero who resisted gold. After Yue Fei's Fengbo Pavilion was killed, Zhan Lu's sword was lost.
On the left side of Liang Qing Temple in Zhan Lu, there is a slant temple called the Ancient Temple. Originally named Ouye Temple, it was built by later generations to commemorate Ou Yezi. Maybe it's because Zhan killed too many people, which caused some people's criticism. So a temple was built here, and the murderous statue of Ou Ye was replaced by a kind-hearted golden Buddha. Even Ou Yezi's name seems to be taboo, so he changed the name of the ancestral temple. However, no matter how future generations look at it, Ou Yezi, the master of sword casting, left a valuable cultural heritage and spiritual wealth to future generations. Although the Zhanlu sword he forged has been lost, we can still feel its brilliance today.
"When Ou Ye arrived in the Spring and Autumn Period, Zhan Lu's sword grew." From the end of the Spring and Autumn Period to the present, more than two thousand years have passed. History is developing forward, and later generations are constantly pursuing that ancient and splendid civilization.