The moving legend of Zhenxiong Pingba

The moving legend of Zhenxiong Pingba

Drive out of Zhenxiong County and cross the Nandaqiao branch to the left. Walk three or four kilometers and enter a long road. Trough-shaped mountain dam - Pingba Village, Zhongtun Town. Here, there are natural cliffs on both sides, and there are many large and small karst caves on the cliffs. In the middle is a wide field. A small river flows from Bakou River in the north into Pingba Village, winding and moving forward slowly, dividing the field into two large areas on the left and right, and then flows out from Shiguan in the south, singing happily all the way to Guojiahe Village in Zhongtun...

Farmers live under the cliffs on both sides of the river. They are all cement bungalows. Outside the door of every house are fertile fields and fertile soil. In Peach Blossom March, the sunshine is warm and the paddy fields are like mirrors. Farmers on both sides of the river are busy plowing the fields and planting rice. Men and women in colorful clothes are planting rice while singing folk songs. Melodious singing and laughter like silver bells can be heard everywhere, forming a picture. The "Pingba Spring Plowing Picture" with a blend of scenes - the ancients of Zhenxiong listed this scene as one of the eight sceneries of Zhenxiong.

Faced with this situation, Mr. Liu Guihua of Zhenxiong County No. 2 Middle School wrote a poem with seven rhymes based on the vicissitudes of the place:

The spring scenery here is unique,

Long Ying's ax cut through Pinghu.

There are thousands of hectares of fertile farmland,

There are thousands of warehouses of rice to pay tribute to the imperial capital.

The willows float on the green water,

The cauliflower reflects the golden crow.

Silver needles rained down from the clear sky,

It was as beautiful as a picture. (See "Selected Poems of Yunzhiyuan")

When entering Pingba Village, there are several natural scenery that will naturally come into people's eyes. In the field on the west bank of the river in the middle section of Pingba Village, there stands a natural stone pillar four to five feet high that requires two people to hug it to completely surround it. This stone pillar is as thick as its top and bottom, as if it were a majestic giant standing between heaven and earth. There is a spiral groove on the upper end of the stone pillar, which is like the mark left by a rope. The locals call this stone pillar a "horse-tying stake". Not far after walking down the horse pile, I saw a 10,000-ton boulder with many cracks lying on the side of the road. There was a dragon body wrapped around the stone surface. The locals called this fast stone "Flying Dragon Stone". Standing here and looking south, I saw a horseshoe print with a diameter of more than ten feet on the rock at the junction of Pingba Village and Liulin Village. The locals called this rock "Horseshoe Rock". Not far to the left of Horseshoe Rock is the outlet of Pingba River, "Shiguan". The rocks on both sides of Shiguan are straight as if cut by a knife. There are stone patterns of the same height on the rocks on both sides. It is obvious that the rocks on both sides were connected as one in ancient times. Looking back, there is a large gap sunken into the cliff on the east bank of the Pingba River. The locals call it "Zaokong Mountain". There is a mountain on the west bank of the river. The top of the mountain is in the shape of a hemisphere. The locals call that mountain "Guolu Mountain". These strange names all originate from a beautiful and touching mythology.

Legend has it that in ancient times, Pingba was a freshwater lake thousands of miles deep, with blue waves rippling all year round, fish and shrimp swarms, waterbirds flying happily, and a variety of scenes. There is a pair of little black dragons living in the lake. The couple live and work peacefully in the water, loving each other, loving each other, and living a carefree fairy life. On both sides of the lake, weeping willows brush the water, birds are singing and flowers are fragrant, and the scenery is charming. One day, the Taoist Immortal Long Ying and the scholar led a magical horse and invited a friend to play chess and drink wine by the lake. When they were drunk, the two stood up, chanted poems and danced, but accidentally swept the gold cup on the chessboard into the lake with their sleeves. In order to retrieve the drinking utensils and continue drinking and having fun, Scholar Long Ying pulled out the mountain cutting ax from his waist without thinking, and worked hard to carve a large gap in the stone cliff on the south side of the lake, and the lake water suddenly flowed out. Seeing that the water in the lake was flowing less and less, the little black dragon couple in the lake were sitting at home, and trouble came from the sky. However, they saw that the person who destroyed their home was a Taoist immortal with a strong background, so they had to choose "Can't afford to offend and hide". With a helpless move, he swallowed his anger and rose into the sky, flying to the northwest of the Black Dragon Pond (located in today's Xiongtangfang Town) to take shelter temporarily. After the lake drained away, Scholar Long Ying still could not find their two golden cups because the mud at the bottom of the lake was too deep.

After working hard for a long time, Long Ying and his friends felt hungry, so they found a big pot, placed it on Zaokong Mountain, filled it with water, added firewood, lit the fire, and prepared to cook. . Since there were no side dishes and it was inconvenient for two people to ride one horse, they tied the horses to the horse-tying posts, and then both went to Gumangbu Street (today's Xiongmangbu Town) in the clouds and fog to buy side dishes.

The sun was warm on this day, the breeze was blowing, and the mountains and rivers in front of us were beautiful and colorful. The two of them ran all the way to the intersection of Gumangbu Street, where they heard someone singing folk songs in the distance. They descended from the clouds and took a look. It turned out that local young men and women of the Yi ethnic group were singing folk songs to choose a bride. The people singing in antiphony were a man and a woman.

Man: I miss my little sister so much that she feels dizzy

? Can’t tell the difference between day and night

? Eating is like chewing sand

? Walking is easy Like a lost soul

Girl: I haven’t seen my lover for a long time

? My little sister is so lovesick

? I met my brother today

The stone in my sister’s heart is put down

Man: The girl opposite is good-looking

She has a cherry mouth and a wicker waist

Her beautiful songs are sweet and attractive

Teasing Xiao Lang to be kind and coquettish

Girl: How many eighteen years of age can a person have?

I want to speak to my younger sister

Holding pearls in mouth Don't vomit.

Who knew that I would like to pick up a girl with me? After every song, there was a burst of laughter from all around, and the lively scene immediately attracted Scholar Long Ying and his friends. The two of them spent a long time watching there without knowing it. When they bought the side dishes and returned to Pingba, the horse was so hungry that it jumped up and down and kicked around: the horse used too much force and the reins left rope marks on the tying posts. ; One hind foot kicked over the pot on the fire and pushed it onto Guolu Mountain; the other hind foot kicked on the Horseshoe Rock, making a big hoof mark on the hard rock. Scholar Long Ying worked in vain for a long time, but in the end he couldn't even get a bite of food into his mouth, so he had to call his friends, lead the horse and leave angrily...

After the Pingba Lake dried up, a small river appeared in the middle, winding. The twists and turns, floating like a jade belt, add a bit of vividness to the surrounding steep mountains. Large areas of land appeared on both sides of the river, attracting people to move and build houses under the cliffs on both sides. Each of them reclaimed a large area of ??land in front of their door and planted rice. Men farmed and women weaved. They worked at sunrise and rested at sunset. A happy life with no worries about food and clothing. The rice produced in Pingba is crystal clear and white, like ground jade. Use it to cook rice, and the fragrance will spread for hundreds of meters; use it to cook porridge, and the soup will be as thick as fat. In the past, women who gave birth or people who were sick and weak took this food as a tonic, better than chicken, duck, and fish. Later, a talkative person spread the reputation of Pingba Rice to the Imperial Palace in Beijing, doubling the value of this specialty. Every year, he walked on the Five Feet Road, walked out of Wumeng Mountain, and went to the capital thousands of miles away to serve as royal food. It has added a lot of burden to the common people.

I don’t know how many years passed, but Xiao Heilong and his wife felt that the living conditions were too poor, because even the 10,000 Black Dragon Ponds could not keep up with the size of Pingba Lake back then. They couldn't turn around at home during the day, and couldn't even straighten their legs when sleeping at night. They couldn't live any longer, so they suddenly thought of returning to their roots and rebuilding their homes. One day, it was raining heavily. The couple took advantage of the situation and flew over Pingba. They tried their best to move a huge boulder from the rock on the west bank of Pingba. They held it together and flew towards Shiguan in an attempt to block Shiguan. Restore water to restore Pingba Lake. Something was about to happen, but their actions were discovered by the clairvoyant in the sky, who immediately reported it to the Jade Emperor.

When the Jade Emperor heard this, he was furious: There are so many common people living in Pingba area, and these two evil beasts want to kill millions of people for their own benefit. It is intolerable, but who can't be tolerated! So he ordered Thunder God and Lightning Girl to stop him.

The Thunder God and Lightning Girl quickly flew over Pingba, and saw the Little Black Dragon couple carrying huge rocks and slowly moving forward. They had already flown over the road not far from Horseshoe Rock, and they only needed to fly two miles further. After many roads, we reached Shiguan. At this critical moment, the Thunder God and Lightning Girl first fired a lightning bolt to "fire a warning shot." The Little Black Dragon couple muttered: "Why did you just let them go when they destroyed our home a few years ago?" As they spoke, they continued to fly forward. Thunder God and Lightning Girl are furious: They even "fired warning shots" to stop their criminal activities, how amazing is that! Then the thunder roared loudly and struck the couple with a vicious thunderbolt, instantly knocking the two little black dragons down on the boulder and turning them into flying dragon stones. The stone was struck by lightning and opened with many cracks. It was lying on the side of the road, and it was too miserable to look at.

When they were dying, Xiao Heilong and his wife cried and said: "Our beautiful home has been destroyed by the Detao Immortal for many years, and now we don't even have a place to stay; it's better to die, so as not to suffer the pain... ..." But because the voice was too weak, no one heard it, and no one thought about the whole story. They all said that the Little Heilong couple deserved their punishment...

October 18, 2016 in Spring City