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Historical legends of Baima Temple
There are two legends about the White Horse Temple:

1. Baima Temple is located on Baima Temple Mountain, also known as Sima Mountain. According to legend, Wei Sima Yi was named after Feng Changping who climbed this mountain. A temple was built behind the mountain, which was renamed Baima Temple Mountain. The total area is about 10 square kilometer, and the elevation of the main peak is10/0 meter. There are dense forests, bushes, birds and flowers and fresh air on the mountain. Looking down from the mountain, Jincheng City has an unobstructed view, which is pleasing to the eye.

Second, it is said that Tang Priest went to the Western Heaven to learn Buddhist scriptures. On his way back, he learned Buddhist scriptures and fell into the water. The Tang Priest once basked in the scriptures and built a temple in this mountain. A beautiful legend about a white horse pulling the reins. White horse pulls the reins: there is an egg-shaped stone on the mountain of Mazhe Temple, which is hard and hollow, vibrating and noisy, hence the name Maling Stone. According to legend, there was a witty and kind young man in ancient times. He firewood for the rich man every day, rain or shine. Nevertheless, they are often beaten by rich people because there is no firewood. One day, when he came back from firewood, an old man in Lu Yu asked him for firewood to keep warm. Seeing that the old man was cold, he generously gave the old man firewood regardless of the danger of being beaten less. The old man took out a paper horse from his arms and gave it to the teenager. He told him that it was a horse, a little white dragon, that Tang Priest rode when he learned the scriptures. What you want, you just need to find a thousand-year-old cereal grass to eat for him, and it will appear immediately. When the teenager came home, the wind suddenly blew hard and it snowed all night. The next day, the rich man ignored the snow and threatened the teenagers to go into the mountains to get firewood. The teenager remembered the paper horse hidden in his arms, but where can he find the Millennium cereal grass? Suddenly, he thought of a thousand-year-old Buddha statue in the White Horse Temple on the mountain being destroyed. He clearly remembers that the skeleton of the Buddha statue is made of straw. So he immediately went to the temple and took out a straw from the Buddha statue. The paper horse in her arms swallowed it with her mouth open, shook her head and tail, and suddenly turned into a white horse, and went into the mountains to transport charcoal for the teenagers. When the rich man learned about it, he wanted to keep it for himself, so he conspired with his family to steal the horse in the middle of the night and was kicked to the ground by the white horse. The teenager woke up from his sleep, jumped on his horse and flew away with his white horse. The bell was torn off by the rich man and scattered all over the floor. It has become a bell stone, a mountain ridge dragged by the reins of a white horse, and it is still barren. This is the origin of the story of marble stone and white horse pulling the reins, one of the four famous scenic spots in Jincheng.