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Story 27: Sands Girl (Shangri-La Version)
Sands Girl (Shangri-La Version)
Author: Anonymous
Very early on, Jinshajiang was a smart and beautiful girl. Her mother’s name is Horsehead Sam, and her father is the god of thunder with a red beard. Sam Horsehead was pregnant with her for nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine years before she was born.
It is said that on the day Jinsha girl was born, the lucky star had just appeared in the sky, and she heard a “wow” sound from the mountain girl, and immediately rolled out a white and fat female doll. Princess Moon saw that her body was shining with golden light, and she was very happy to give her a piece of clothing studded with golden balls and jade.
The Jinsha girl has two sisters. The eldest sister is named Nujiang and has a bad temper. She often gets angry for no reason. The second sister is named Lancangjiang. She has an impatient temper and runs around in a hurry all day long. The three sisters stayed together day and night and grew up slowly. One day, they heard that their parents were going to marry all three sisters to the west. The eldest sister immediately became angry and started yelling and yelling.
The second sister also became anxious and stamped her feet to express her unwillingness. However, the Jinsha girl remained silent. He smiled and whispered to his two sisters for a while. The eldest sister stopped barking, and the second sister stopped jumping. On the night before the wedding, the three sisters were happily tidying up and dressing up in the house.
Their parents saw the scene and fell asleep with peace of mind. Early the next morning, the sound of the Suona kept ringing, and the wedding team arrived. The mother hurriedly asked her daughters to come out and sit in the sedan chair. Unexpectedly, the girls’ room was empty and the three sisters had already disappeared without a trace.
It turns out that Miss Jinsha heard from her neighbor’s grandfather that there is a sea in the east where the sun rises. Not only is it very lively there, but there is also a broad-minded and very handsome prince from the East China Sea.
Girl Jinsha has long made up her mind to go to the east where the golden sun rises to meet the prince of the East China Sea whom she admires. So he gave his two sisters an idea and invited them to go to the East China Sea to find happiness.
Of course, parents can guess their daughter’s thoughts and know that it must be Miss Jinsha who encouraged her two sisters to run away to the East China Sea. They were angry and anxious, and quickly ordered their eldest son Yulong and second son Haba:
“Your three sisters have escaped, and they are going to the East China Sea. They must find them back. If they escape, you two will do it.” Don’t even think about entering the house!”
Jade Dragon immediately picked up his beloved thirteen shining silver swords, and Haba immediately picked up his twelve skillful bows, and together they took a small path and chased towards the east. They climbed over mountains and ridges, waded across rivers and streams, and arrived at Baisha, Lijiang, where they finally got ahead of the three sisters.
The two brothers sat down face to face with their feet touching each other, blocking the way for their sisters to go to the East China Sea. However, they waited and waited, but the sisters never arrived. Yulong was already sleepy and his eyelids were trembling, so he said to Brother Haba: “I want to take a nap. You will guard the gate first.
When I wake up, you can sleep again. I will make a pact with you first: if they slip away, they will be killed.” I will kill you according to the family law without mercy. You must not be careless!”
Haba nodded in agreement, and Yulong fell asleep.
When the three sisters reached the halfway point, they suddenly looked up and saw two extremely powerful and brave brothers blocking their way. They couldn’t help but be surprised. The eldest sister said: “We are no match for my brother. If we go east, we will be blocked from going home. It is better to go south!”
The second sister also agreed with the eldest sister and wanted to go south. Girl Jinsha was determined to go to the east. He said: “No matter what kind of difficulties and dangers there are, we must find the place where the golden sun rises!”
Seeing that the third sister could not be persuaded, the eldest sister angrily ran southward alone, and the footprints she left turned into the Nu River; the second wife could not persuade the third sister, but when she saw the eldest sister leaving in anger, she jumped with anxiety.
He ran hastily after his eldest sister, and the footprints she left turned into Lan Xiaoxiaojiang. Girl Jinsha stood by the stone drum, reluctantly watching the two sisters go away, then suddenly turned around and walked towards the East China Sea.
Jinsha girl was almost reaching the place where Yulong and Haba were blocking the way. She walked lightly while thinking about how to deal with them. She finally figured out a way and sang a beautiful song happily. The voice, as round as dewdrops and as melodious as the sound of a piano, covered Haba’s eardrums like a hypnotic breeze, and intoxicated Haba’s heart like sweet wine.
Singing and singing, Jinsha girl sang eighteen sweet songs in a row; listening and listening, Haba was fascinated by the music, and gradually fell into sleep. Girl Jinsha took advantage of the two brothers’ sleeping opportunities and slipped between their feet, as fast as lightning.
Once out of the gate, she breathed a sigh of relief and laughed loudly. But she was afraid that her brother would wake up and chase him, so she didn’t dare to stop for a moment and ran forward without looking back.
When Yulong woke up, he saw that Haba was sleeping in jealousy, but his third sister had slipped out from under his feet and was running far away, unable to catch up. Yulong felt angry and sad at the same time.
They were angry because Haba had neglected his duty and broke the agreement and let his third sister go. The two brothers could not go home. What was sad was that according to the previous agreement, Haba had to surrender. Jade Dragon reluctantly slowly drew out thirteen swords, intending to chop off Haba’s head while he was asleep.
At this moment, a demon king suddenly came from the far north. It turned out that the Demon King found out that Miss Jinsha was going to the East China Sea, and that she was very rich and that the precious dress given to her by the Moon Princess would scatter gold beads and jade along the way, so he rushed to snatch her precious dress.
Unexpectedly, the Jinsha girl had already run away, and she was busy picking up gold pearls and jade grains on the road she walked. Jade Dragon was angry and shouted loudly when he saw the Demon King. This drink aroused the devil’s temper and also woke up Haba.
Haba felt very sad when he knew that his third sister had run away, and he was waiting for punishment from his elder brother Yulong. Jade Dragon looked at him and said: “According to the agreement, I should have beheaded you, but the devil came to snatch the jewels that the third sister had scattered. You go and kill him, and you will be punished!”
Haba bent his bow and nocked an arrow, and shot twelve arrows. The arrows hit the devil, but unfortunately, none of them hit its fatal spot. The Demon King brandished his magic knife and rushed towards him, Haba stood up to meet him. You come and I fight, and Haba is unable to shoot arrows or display his power during the fight, and his head is chopped off by the devil with a knife.
When Jade Dragon saw that the Haba brothers were killed, he was so angry that he pulled out two swords and fought against the devil. The two sides fought hard for three days and three nights. After the Jade Dragon chopped off thirteen swords, he stabbed the devil to death with one sword and chopped it into ninety pieces.
In order to guard against enemies, Jade Dragon held thirteen swords high. But when he saw that his brother Haba had no head, he was very sad. He turned around and cried bitterly, with two lines of tears streaming down his face.
In an instant, both Yulong and Haba turned into towering snow-capped mountains, and the world-largest canyon was formed between them, which was later called Tiger Leaping Gorge. The road the three girls took when they got home changed into the Jinsha River, rolling in the snow-capped mountains and canyons. The devil’s body transformed into a grotesque “Tiger Leaping Stone” in the river. The twelve bows on Haba’s body fell down and turned into twenty-four bends on the west bank of the Jinsha River.
When his quiver tipped over, all kinds of concise bows scattered one after another, turning into pine and fir trees all over the mountain. The jade dragon’s bare back has turned into a cliff with no way for monkeys to walk, standing like a sword on the east side of the Jinsha River.
The thirteen swords held by the Jade Dragon have become the thirteen peaks of the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain. The two rivers of Jade Dragon have become two rivers, black water and white water, at the eastern foot of Yulong Mountain. They are clear and translucent and flow forever.
The eighteen songs sung by Jinsha Girl turned into the eighteen roaring river beaches in Tiger Leaping Gorge. From the upper gorge of Tiger Leaping Gorge to the lower end of the sedan chair, the water flow is slow and the waves are calm. It is like a bright mirror embedded in the bottom of the valley. It is the place where Jinsha girl thinks while flowing and steps very lightly. As soon as we came out of the lower gorge, the river was full of white waves, and the noise was soaring to the sky.
It is said that it was the victorious Jinsha Girl, dancing with joy and laughing happily. Finally, the beautiful Jinsha girl went through all kinds of hardships and came to the place where the sun rose, met the Prince of the East China Sea, and found a happy home.
