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Legends and Stories about Songshan

The Five Mountains of China, Taishan Xiong, Hengshan Xiu, Huashan Xian, Hengshan Qi, Songshan Ao. The Ao of Songshan Mountain, Ao is in her Linyuan Peak, as well as the stories of the dialogue between heaven, earth and people, and the relics of the fusion of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism. Songshan is also known as “the cultural holy mountain of the Chinese nation”. So what legends does she have? Let me briefly introduce two of them below!

“Sleeping Nuwa” on the top of Taishi Mountain

“Huainanzi: Lan Ming” contains: In ancient times, the four poles were abolished, and the Kyushu was divided; the world was overturned, but the land was not contained; the fire was not extinguished, the water was vast and the ocean was endless; the beasts ate the people, the birds of prey Grab the old and the weak.

So Nuwa smelted five-colored stones to make up the sky, cut off the claw to set up the four poles, killed the black dragon to save Jizhou, and accumulated reed ashes to stop the water. The sky is replenished, the four poles are positive, the stagnant waters are dry, Jizhou is flat, the worms are dead, the people’s livelihood is ruined, the Fangzhou is behind, and the sky is round. And spring and summer, kill autumn and winter, pillow square sleep rope.

Those who are obstructed by yin and yang know how to make sense of it, and those who harm the people and accumulate a lot of evil things against qi must stop it. So why does Nu Wa want to mend the sky? “Lunheng·Tantian” is described in this way: “Confucianism says: ‘Gonggong and Zhuanxu compete for the emperor, they are invincible, and they are angry and touch the mountains that are not Zhou, so that the pillars of the sky are broken, and the ground is maintained. Nuwa sells and refines five-color stones to make To make up the sky, breaking the claws is enough to set up the four poles. The sky is not enough to the northwest, so the sun and the moon move; the earth is not enough to the southeast, so the hundreds of rivers pay attention.”

The Legend of Our Lady of Kowloon

There is a mountain in the northwest of Junji Peak, the highest peak in Taishi Mountain, called Huagai Peak. Legend has it that the Yellow Emperor once came to visit, and worshipped Huagai as his teacher to formulate the calendar. Hua Gai is said to be a capable man living on that peak. Because he often observes celestial phenomena, understands the laws of the sun, moon and stars, and finds out the changes of the four seasons in spring, summer, autumn and winter, which is of great help to human life and plant growth, he is famous far and near.

Later, people called the mountain where he lived as Huagai Peak according to the name of the Huagai star in the Heavenly Palace in the four astronomical phenomena.

After Huangdi defeated Chiyou, for the sake of the life of the tribe and the development of agricultural production on the basis of the cultivation of grains taught by Emperor Yan, he personally led his ministers to Mount Songshan to visit Huagai. At that time, the mountains were dense with trees, and there were many wolves, tigers and leopards. They used bows and arrows to drive away wild beasts and made their way forward, while shouting to each other to gather various fruits in the forest.

They went back and forth to turn around many peaks and valleys, and finally found the old man Huagai. He was a 100-year-old old man with a childlike appearance. He was very talkative. He was very honored to hear about the arrival of the Yellow Emperor. The three divisions and the twelve divisions are described separately, and their relationship with people’s life and plant growth is discussed. Huangdi listened with interest, and from time to time interjected to ask questions, or put forward his own views. He asked Cang Jie, the minister who was accompanying him, to write down all the important things. The old man Huagai was very happy, and Huangdi was also very satisfied, thanked him again and again, and went down the mountain.

When the Yellow Emperor returned to the capital of Youxiong, he immediately arranged for the formulation of the calendar, letting Xihe occupy the sun, let Chang Xi occupy the moon, let the old district astrology astrology, let Da Nao Zuojiazi record the day with stems and branches, and let Rong Cheng comprehensively formulate the six laws. calendar. Divide the year into four seasons, spring, summer, autumn and winter, then divide it into twelve months, and then divide it into twenty-four solar terms.

In this way, according to the changes of the four seasons, temperature, rainfall and phenology, the cultivation of crops and the development of agricultural production have played a great role in the improvement and improvement of people’s lives.

Erlang Danshan catches the sun

At the southern foot of Songshan Mountain in Zhongyue, there is a high mountain that looks like a knife and is called Dangyang Mountain. There are three big rocks on the mountainside. From a distance, it looks like a meteorite falling from the sky. People call it “Erlang Stone” or “Zhilang Stone”. Pot Stone”. At the foot of the mountain is a vast expanse of white sand, like scorched terracotta, and the locals call it “the great desert”. When it comes to Dangyang Mountain, “Erlang Stone” and this “Great Desert”, there is still a magical legend.

According to legend, when Pangu opened the world, ten suns poured out of the ground, the crops were scorched, the river was dried, the whole world was hotter than a steamer, and the people were in danger. There is a boy named Jiro. He was not only hardworking and brave, but also honest and honest. His strength is so great that he can lift several mountains; he has a pair of flying tiger shoes, which can cross mountains and seas and travel thousands of miles a day. The people believed in him and liked him, so they elected him to be the leader of the group.

The Three Emperors Yao, Shun, Yu and Songshan Mountain

Yao, the sage king in ancient Chinese legend, surnamed Yin Qi, named Fangxun. Because it was sealed in the Tang Dynasty, it was called “Tang Yao”. In his later years, Tang Yao visited Xu You several times in Jishan, Dengfeng. Xu You washed his ears in Yingshui because he was unwilling to accept the concession. Cultural relics such as Jishan, Yingshui, Shuerquan, Yinniukeng, Xu Youzhong, etc.

At the same time, it also shows the virtues of Emperor Yao who thinks of the virtuous and the virtuous corporal. Later, Emperor Yao visited Yangcheng and died at the age of one hundred in Dengfeng Yangcheng at the foot of Songshan Mountain. He gave his life to Songshan, and Songshan became a monument of the virtue of meditation.

Shun, the legendary name of the ancient emperor, the leader of the tribal alliance in the later period of the patrilineal clan society. According to legend, Yao ordered him to be regent because of the four mountains. He traveled around and removed four people, including Gun, Gonggong, Xiandou and Sanmiao.

After Yao passed away, he succeeded to the throne. He consulted the Four Mountains, and selected a wise man to govern the civil society, and Yu, who had made great achievements in water control, was selected as his successor. Emperor Shun also left a lot of legends in the Songshan area. He was abused by his stepmother and planted hemp seeds, went to Dengfeng to do business in Neusicheng, and visited the great Yu in Songshan. His deeds are very touching.

Yu, commonly known as the Great Yu, is the legendary ancient sage king along with Yao and Shun. Dayu once used Dengfeng as the center of water control. Dayu is the son of Chongbo Gun, his father’s fief is in Songshan, his roots are in Songshan, he grew up in Songshan, his home is in Songshan, and his capital is in Songshan. When the flood was raging and the people were wandering, he said goodbye to his wife who had just been married for four days, and devoted himself to the great cause of flood control without hesitation.

In the thirteen years, Dayu passed his house three times but did not enter. Later generations used a couplet to summarize his water control process: “For thirteen years, he managed the Pingjiang River and Huaiji outside the country, and he passed the house three times to waste Xinrenguijia.” Sanque and Wangchenggang are the clear proofs that Dayu controlled water and built the capital in Songshan, and Taishi Mountain and Shaoshi Mountain, the main body of Songshan Mountain, are also named after Dayu’s two wives, Tu Shanjiao and Tu Shanyao, respectively.