One day in the sky, one year on earth. When the old dragon king returned to the palace, he found that his daughter had lived with a fisherman for several years. The old dragon king flew into a rage. Lusheng went out to sea to fish, set off huge waves, overturned Lusheng's fishing boat, killed Lusheng and brought poor tea back to the Dragon Palace. Tea knew that her father had killed her husband, so she went to the seaside every night and cried in the moonlight. Tears slowly dried up and blood flowed out of my eyes. Day after day, year after year, the originally green coral grass on this beach was dyed red.
Nowadays, pieces of red coral have covered all the beaches, telling this beautiful love story to everyone passing by. Old people also said that even now, on the night of half-moon talk, you can still hear the tearful sound of tea here. Throughout the ages, Erjiegou Town at the mouth of Liaohe River has always been a gathering place for fishermen, thus giving birth to a unique "fishing goose culture".
Since ancient times, fishermen along Erjiegou, like wild geese in the sky, have been swimming and migrating with the change of seasons in order to chase migratory fish and shrimp. They don't have the strength to go fishing in the open sea, but they can only fish and shrimp in beaches and shallow seas like migratory birds. During the long fishing years, the ancestors of fishermen in Erjiegou lived a fishing and hunting life of "eating crabs raw and shrimps alive", and experienced the baptism of nature and the scouring of the tides. Later generations called these ancient fishermen, who lived by the sky and went from spring to autumn, "fishing geese".
Legend has it that a long time ago, there was a spring tide ditch in the west of the small fishing village at that time, which was the navigation ditch for fishing boats in the village, and fishermen disembarked and returned. For a long time, this tidal stream didn't have an authentic name. It was not until the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty that the east and west of Gougou were under the jurisdiction of Haicheng County and Guang Ningxian City that more people knew that this big ditch was the boundary between the two counties, so it was named Erjiegou, which means the boundary between the two counties. Therefore, this small fishing village by the ditch is named after the ditch-Erjiegou, which has been passed down to this day. It is difficult to verify the history of Panjin's rich river crabs, but the fairy tales circulated by local people are fascinating. According to legend, when Li Shimin, king of the Tang Dynasty, made an expedition to the East, his chariots and horses arrived at the mouth of the Sanchahe River here, only to see the waves surging, no bridge and no crossing, and a million-strong army sighing. The King of Tang was very worried, so he ordered Wang Junke, the pioneer, to find a way to cross the river within three days, or he would demand punishment. Wang Junke racked his brains and fell asleep in the tent. Suddenly, the river god entered the account and said, "Tomorrow morning, there will be a bridge crossing the river." And remind you not to look back after crossing the bridge and then disappear. Wang Junke woke up with a start and hastily examined his horse. In return, there is a bridge over the river. Tang Wang was overjoyed when he heard the news, so he led his troops across the river and patrolled the whistle. When the army reached the other side, Wang Junke looked back and found that the bridge was made of crabs! Suddenly, there was a loud noise and the crab bridge sank. Wang Junke even feeds crabs with his horses and people. Legend has it that the seal on the crab cover is the horseshoe print of the Tang Dynasty army, and a bone wrapped in the crab belly is Wang Junke's broadsword.
Myth is always a myth. But there are many crabs in Panjin, but they are not fabricated out of thin air. The popular folk song "Beat the roebuck to catch fish, and the crab goes to bed" vividly depicts the scene of abundant crabs in Panjin history.