Chapter 857: The Legend of Nine Hundred Flood Dragons
Why are so many dragons carved? This has to start with a legend.
It is said that in ancient times, during the time of the Zhurong tribe.
Zhu Rong was very smart at that time. He discovered that if two stones were violently struck and rubbed together, sparks would appear, which would make fire. He told Huang Di about this discovery.
In order to reward him, Huangdi gave him the official position of Zhenghuo Officer and sent him to guard the south.
Zhu Rong came to the south and lived in Hengshan.
He taught the local people how to make fire. The people quickly learned it. They used fire to roast things and eat, and also used fire for lighting. When wild beasts attacked humans, they used torches to drive them away. Fire
It brought convenience to everyone, and the people lived a good life. Everyone was very grateful to Zhu Rong and respected him very much.
One day, Zhu Rong summoned the leaders of various clans in the south together, distributed fire to them, and asked them to keep the fire. However, Zhu Rong didn't know how to save the fire, so he just asked everyone to bury the fire in the ground and prevent it from burning.
extinguished.
Unexpectedly, after a while, the fire started to burn, and it burned more and more fiercely, causing the entire Nanyue underground to be filled with fire. The fire underground made the ground very hot, and all the flowers, plants and trees died, and the water in the rivers also died.
It was boiled...everywhere was burnt, and crops could not be planted. Everyone had nothing to eat, was hot and hungry, and everyone was listless and could not stand firmly.
There was a dragon son who lived in the Xiangjiang River not far from Hengshan Mountain. At this time, the Dragon Palace was like a steamer, and he couldn't bear the heat, so he had to ask for help from his father who lived in Nanhai.
Xiangjiang Longzi wrote a letter and sent his followers to the South China Sea quickly. The Dragon King of the South China Sea received his son's letter and learned about his son's current situation, and he was extremely anxious.
But this Nanyue is thousands of miles away from the South China Sea by water. As the saying goes, water far away cannot quench the thirst of the near. What should we do? Prime Minister Turtle next to him stood up and said: "Your Majesty, how about this? Let's turn the sea water into gas first and turn it into clouds."
, it will blow to Nanyue, and when the clouds turn into rain, it will rain for three days and three nights. Let’s take care of the emergency first.”
The Dragon King felt that what he said made sense, and quickly sent people to clean the sea water. Just like that, a full three feet and three inches of water in the South China Sea were splashed down.
However, the water dropped by the Dragon King could only temporarily relieve the heat on the ground, but could not solve the fundamental problem. The fire underground was still burning.
Not long after, the Dragon King of the South China Sea came to Nanyue for inspection. He saw that Nanyue was covered with water for hundreds of miles, and people's houses were soaked in the water. People ran to the top of the mountain to take refuge.
The water flowed on the ground, but there was still a fire underground, and the earth was still as roasted as a steamer. The Dragon King of the South China Sea saw that the rain he poured had no effect, and he felt very sad.
He thought about it but couldn't think of any good solution. At this time, Xiangjiang Longzi said: "Father, as the saying goes, if you have something to ask the three elders, maybe the common people will have a solution. We might as well ask them."
The Dragon King thought for a while and found this was the only way. So he transformed into a human form and became an old man, while Long Zi became a follower and followed behind him, and they walked towards the village together.
The Dragon King and his son walked from the front mountain to the back mountain, from the east mountain to the west mountain, and asked when they met the old man.
One day, they came to a mountain col and saw an old man with gray hair chiseling a stone. The stone was very strange. There was only a hole on the left and a hole on the right, like a big honeycomb.
The Dragon King was very surprised. He stepped forward and asked, "Old man, what are you doing?" The old stonemason raised his head, looked at the well-dressed old man in front of him, sighed, and said, "Hey, you are a foreigner.
There was a disaster here, both fire and flood. It turned out that the fire was scorching the ground. Later, in order to put out the fire, the Dragon King rained heavily for three days, but the fire was not extinguished. Instead, it caused floods. Look, there are fires all over the place.
It’s so hot.”
The Dragon King looked at the surrounding land and said helplessly: "Is there no other way?"
The old mason replied slowly: "There is no way."
When the Dragon King heard this, his eyes lit up and he quickly asked: "Old man, is there anything you can do?" The old stonemason glanced at him, shook his head and said, "It's useless unless the Dragon King comes in person."
When the Dragon King became anxious, he immediately transformed from human form into dragon form and said, "Old man, I am the Dragon King. Please tell me quickly so that I can save everyone."
The old stonemason did not expect that the person in front of him was the Dragon King, so he quickly knelt down and said, "The Dragon King appears, we are saved."
After speaking, he took the stone he had just chiseled and said to the Dragon King: "Look, this is a model of Hengshan Mountain. There are thirty-six caves in Hengshan Mountain. The back cave leads to the front cave, and the front cave connects to the Xiangjiang River."
As long as a few dragons are sent to guard these caves and draw water from the sea to the mountains, the earthly fire can be subdued."
When the Dragon King heard this, he realized that it made sense and immediately followed the old stonemason's words.
The old stonemason saw that the Dragon King was so enthusiastic and generous to mankind, so he gave him the model of Hengshan that he had painstakingly carved.
As soon as the Dragon King of the South China Sea returned to the Dragon Palace, he quickly gathered all 800 dragons from all over the world together to discuss ways to govern Nanyue.
The Dragon King told everyone what the old stonemason said and asked: "Who is willing to do such a good deed as saving the people from fire and water?" The dragons were all eager to try.
So, the Dragon King selected some dragons with strong magic skills, sent them to Nanyue, and ordered other dragons to help Nanyue no matter who needed water from now on.
In this way, many dragons came to Nanyue at once.
The green dragon lives under the Qinglong Bridge, the yellow dragon lives in the Huangshatan, the black dragon lives in the Heishatan under the Lotus Peak, and the white dragon lives in the Bailongtan under the Jixian Peak...
Some of the remaining dragons live in Shuiliandong, some live in Luositan, and some live in Jiulongquan...
In short, there are dragons guarding wherever needed.
Summer is here, and the heat in Nanyue is unbearable. The dragons flick their tails, attracting dark clouds and lightning. Then, heavy rain pours down. In this way, every pool and cave is filled with cool rainwater, and the heat dissipates.
It also gets cooler.
In winter, when it snows, the ground is covered with ice, and people are shivering from the cold. At this time, the dragon lies on the ground motionless, letting the ground fire emit heat, which makes every pool and cave warm.
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Therefore, over the years, Nanyue has always been warm in winter and cool in summer, and everyone likes to live here.
In order to thank the Dragon King and the dragons for their great kindness, people specially built a Nanyue Temple and carved a large dragon out of white marble in front of the main hall of the temple.
The dragon is carved as lifelike as if it were alive.
In addition, people carved many dragons on the walls, pillars, and altars, no more, no less, exactly 800, to commemorate the achievements of the eight hundred dragons protecting Nanyue.
However, the model that the old man gave to the Dragon King was actually made from the Zhu family's small tripod.
This small tripod was brought back to the Dragon Palace by the Dragon King.
As one of the nine guardian families in China, the Zhu family will not be able to protect the Wanshou Cauldron in the future if their family heirloom is gone!
So, the Zhu family came up with another idea.
This method is related to the current Wanshou Ding...