Stories about Jian 'ou Customs

"Bowfish" is not the name of the fish, but a technique to tie the fish after it is caught in the pond. Fish treated by this technology can live for a long time without water. The pond fish sold in Jian 'ou market are all bowed fish, which are particularly fresh and are a must in Jian 'ou. How did the bowfish come from?

It is said that more than 1 years ago, there was a fisherman named Wang Chuangzai near Jian 'ou Bell Tower, who specialized in raising fish. Wang Chuangzai's fish farming skills are particularly good and diligent, and his life is still comfortable. There's just one thing that's unpleasant. What is it? It turns out that everything in the world is delicious only when it is fresh, especially when it is eaten with fish. Only when it is cooked with live fish, the taste is fresh. When the fish dies, it tastes fishy and muddy, and it tastes bad. However, pond fish are very delicate, and they will die as soon as they come out of the water. Do you think that Wang Chuangzai, an expert in fish farming, can feed lively fresh fish, but all of them die as soon as they are listed, and all the dead fish sold to people are fishy and Grimer-flavored, can he be happy in his heart?

One day, Wang Chuangzai cut a load of fish grass and picked it to feed the fish at the pond. At this time, his eight-year-old son Xiaoyan skipped over and said to him, "Dad, grandpa is here." Wang Chuangzai said: "Come and come. I will go home after feeding the fish. " Xiaoyan said, "Mother asked you to catch the tail fish and go home. I know, I know. "

Wang Chuang-tsai caught a fish in the fish pond and was about to hand it to the swallow. The swallow skipped away again. Wang Chuangzai smiled and looked at the fish basket with no fish around him, so he pulled a handful of hay from the roadside grass, twisted it into a straw rope and tied the fish up. Put it in the stream by the fish pond.

Xiaoyan played around and returned to the pond. Wang Chuangzai asked Xiaoyan to take the fish tied with rope home. Xiaoyan said, "It's very kind of dad. This fish is tied with a straw rope, so I can take more. "

Wang Chuang-tsai has been busy outside for half a day, and the family has already served dinner. Grandpa Xiaoyan is full of praise that today's fish is very fresh. Wang Chuangzai took a bite. Gee, it's strange. It's much fresher than the fish he brought home in the past. At this time, Xiaoyan's mother spoke. She said, "Today's fish are live fish. "Chuangzi asked:" Will the fish Xiaoyan brought home live today? " "Yes, I put it on the chopping board and untied the straw rope, and the fish jumped to the ground."

"No wonder today's fish is so fresh, and it doesn't stink of pond mud." Grandpa Xiaoyan said.

Wang Chuangzai seems to have realized something in his heart.

After that, whenever Wang Chuangzai came home from catching fish, he always tied the fish with a straw rope first. However, sometimes fish will live, sometimes fish will die, sometimes live fish will not stink at the pond mud, and sometimes it will stink at the pond mud. What the hell is going on here? Wang Chuangzai slowly grinds and grinds, and finally finds out the rules for him. It turns out that there is a way to tie the fish. The straw rope should be tied in front of the fish's anus, and after it is tied, a piece of rope should be pulled to string it on the fish's mouth to bend the fish into a bow. At the same time, the tied fish should be put head up in the stream and washed small, so that the fish that have washed through the water will not stink of mud. Wang Chuangzai called the fish treated in this way "bow fish".

In the blink of an eye, by the end of the year, the fish raised in Wang Chuangzai's fish pond were selling well, so he "bowed" all the fish to the market. This bowfish tastes so good that people are scrambling to buy it.

One day, while Wang Chuangzai was selling fish, suddenly a bald man in a long gown and jacket appeared in front of the fish stall. Wang Chuangzai doesn't know this bald bully. Before Wang Chuangzai could speak, Bald said, "You sell fish here. Have you paid the money?" "What rules of money?" Wang Chuangzai was stunned. The bald head said, "You don't ask about it either. "Wang Chuangzai said," It's not illegal for me to sell fish. What rules should I pay? "The bald man said," Well, you don't know the rules, so I'll see you in court. "

The bald man sued Wang Chuangzai on the government. What are you suing Wang Chuangzai for? Sue is Wang Chuangzai's "bow fish." When Wang Chuang-tsai bows a fish, when the head of the fish is flushed upward, there is a lot of water to be poured into the belly of the fish. In fact, it is this water that is poured into the belly of the fish to wash away the fishy smell and muddy smell and keep the fish alive. But the bald man complained that Wang Chuang-tsai was a mercenary, selling with water, and was a businessman. The government beat Wang Chuangzai 5 times and drove him out of the yamen.

Wang Chuangzai's bow fish was punished by the yamen, and the news spread like a gust of wind. The people who bought Wang Chuangzai's bow fish knew the benefits of bow fish, and they all felt aggrieved for Wang Chuangzai. They spread word to word that they praised the benefits of bowfish, and did not buy fish that had not been bowled. In this way, many fish farmers learned from Wang Chuangzai. There are more and more bowfish on the market.

But the bald man failed to blackmail Wang Chuangzai, and Wang Chuangzai was beaten fifty times, so he felt complacent. He also wants to hold more than a dozen tables of wine in the name of celebrating his fiftieth birthday, and then blackmail his neighbors and ask them to give gifts. On this day, he went to the streets to buy fish and do wine. Everyone who sold fish knew that he had told Wang Chuangzai about bow fish that he was afraid to sell bow fish and only sold dead fish to bald heads. The bald man served wine and had to cook dead fish on the table. Those neighbors hate bald heads. When they saw dead fish on the table and tasted the wrong taste, they deliberately shouted, "Smelly fish!" " "Stinky fish!" "Grimer flavor, eat not. The dead fish ate a bad stomach. ""Quit! Quit! "Everyone called while walking, rushing out of the seats and taking the gifts home. The bald man couldn't extort money, and he also lost money for the banquet. Since then, the reputation of bowfish has become even louder, and today, the pond fish in Jian 'ou market is still bowfish.

Narration and record: Ye Xiahan, male, 53 years old, college culture

Zhi town government cadre

Collection time: October, 1987 in Zhicheng

Distribution area: Jian 'ou county and its suburbs

Jian 'ou: the legend of Shuinan Tower

According to legend, at the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, there was a monk in the capital with profound legal name. He often travels around the world. One day, he came to the top of the lion mountain in Jian 'ou, where he saw the beautiful scenery and beautiful scenery. He was very fond of it, so he chose to build a thatched shed and live here, and meditated and recited scriptures all day.

One morning, Shanjian saw the monk go down the mountain to fetch water, but he didn't care about kicking something under his feet. He picked it up and saw that it was a fist-sized earthen bowl. Although the earthen bowl is covered with mud, it is intact. If you are good at it, take it back to the hut and plan to use it to hold water. After washing the earthen bowl, he scooped up half a bowl of water to drink, but after drinking for a long time, his stomach swelled and he didn't drink all the water in the bowl. Seeing is a big surprise. What's going on? He grabbed a handful of rice and threw it into the bowl. Soon, the bowl was full of rice, but it could not be poured out. "Ah, so this is a treasure bowl!" The good monk cried happily. He touched his pocket and threw a public copper coin into the bowl, and a lot of money came out of the treasure bowl; The good monk used this much money to build a big temple under the lion mountain, which is Guangxiao Temple.

After Guangxiao Temple was built, Shanjian accepted several young monks as apprentices, and the incense in the temple gradually flourished, and the reputation of Shanjian gradually spread. Somehow, the news of Bao Bowl got out. Many poor people admire Aibao and have come to Guangxiao Temple to become monks, and even various monks from nearby temples have come. At that time, people from Guangxiao Temple came and went, burning incense and worshipping Buddha, ringing bells and chanting scriptures, which was very lively.

I can't tell you how happy I am to see the temple and the sun thriving! One day he went to the place where the treasure bowl was collected and looked, ah! He almost didn't believe his eyes-the treasure bowl used to be only the size of a fist, but now it's as big as a sea bowl. Tell the column to hold its eyes and take a closer look. Yes, it's this bowl! A few days later, with the increase in the number of monks in the temple, the treasure bowl is getting bigger every day, gradually becoming as big as a jar. Seeing this situation, the good monk was uneasy, so he quickly crossed his hands and meditated, and closed his eyes to figure out what to do. After thinking about it, he couldn't find any reason at the moment. He always felt that something was wrong, and regardless of the willy-nilly, he had better hit a golden bell to buckle the treasure bowl first, so as not to let it continue to grow greatly.

I don't know. Admiralty can't hold a treasure bowl. As long as the number of monks in the temple increases, the treasure bowl will definitely increase; The bigger the treasure bowl grew, the more monks came to Guangxiao Temple. Finally, almost all the monks in more than 3 temples in Jian 'ou boundary ran away. Seeing a good monk suddenly realized at this moment: "Hey, so many monks came here to rely on this treasure bowl to muddle along. Where can they sincerely recite scriptures and participate in Buddhism?" Amitabha, sin, sin! This treasure bowl looks like a curse! ..... Well, I'll do it! "

Shanjian made up his mind, and when it was dead of night, he quietly moved the treasure bowl out of Admiralty, pushed it to the side of the stream, and slammed it into the deep pool. When he finished this, he breathed a sigh of relief and walked back. Without walking a few steps, I patted my thigh and couldn't help crying out: "Oh, no! Although the treasure bowl has been thrown into the deep pool, it can't be guaranteed that it will no longer rise and disturb people's hearts. Well, we have to find a way to stop it forever! " He ran back to the temple in three steps, jumped into Admiralty and shouted, "Big, big, big!" " With his shouts, Admiralty suddenly got bigger, and finally, it flew to the top of the lion mountain with a shout. The good monk also rode firmly on the golden bell and followed him up. His eyes were still fixed on the treasure bowl in the deep pool. In this way, Admiralty turned into a pagoda, and the good monk also turned into a tower-protecting dragon coiled at the top of the tower, forever restraining the earthen bowl. This is the origin of Shuinan Tower, so Shuinan Tower is also called Shanjian Tower.