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Su Dan Crossing the Crane —— The Origin of Eighteen Blessed Places on Earth

Su Dan Crossing the Crane —— The Origin of Eighteen Blessed Places on Earth

The story about Su Dan crossing the crane has to start with the legend of Su Dan, a teenager in Chenzhou in the Western Han Dynasty.

In this beautiful land of Chenzhou, there is a magical fairy mountain named Su Xianling. Su Xianling was originally named Niupi Mountain, Bailu Cave in Su Xianling was originally named Taohua Cave, the temple at the top of Su Xianling is called Su Xian Taoist Temple, there is a temple at the foot of the mountain called Ruxian Palace, and there is a stone on the mountain called Shi Tao ... The origins of these place names, buildings and products in Su Xianling have historical allusions and legends.

Geography, poetry, history books and legends all say that a magical boy Su Dan was born in Chenzhou during the reign of Emperor Wen of the Western Han Dynasty.

Notes on Water Mirror, Biography of Immortals and Travels of Xu Xiake all recorded the story of Su Xian, and Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio even created immortal novels with Su Xian as the theme. Ruan read the poem "Ma Ling": "The sunset in Niu Shan is red, and the grass in eastern Shandong is thick every year; What's more, when riding a horse, Chen Ren pointed to the trail of the old mule. Liu Zongyuan and Yang Shangshu (Yuling) chased Chenzhou, so Li Zhongshu (Ji Fu) went to the North Building, and the cloud said, "... scale insects are trapped in the pool, cranes are around the fairy ..." Tang Xianzu answered Li Chenzhou for rain, and Su Xianyou had a night outing with Gao Taifu Xie You, but he was not allowed to go to Chenzhou.

The young sultan is so magical, and his life experience is extraordinary. Legend has it that Pan Shi, Su Dan's mother, is washing clothes by the Chen River, with colorful ribbons wrapped around her fingers. Colorful ribbons magically got into Pan Shi's stomach, so Pan Shi got pregnant before marriage. In order to avoid talking about it, Pan Shi hid in a cave at the foot of Niupi Mountain and gave birth to Su Dan, then left in a hurry. A few days later, Pan Shizisi rushed back to the cave and saw the white deer nursing the newborn, and the white crane stretched its wings to protect the newborn from the cold. Pan Shi decided to live alone with her children.

When the children grew up, Pan Shi sent them to private schools. The child was nameless, and Pan Shi begged Mr. Wang to give the child a name. Mr. Wang saw a man sleeping under the big tree outside the window, and a fish was hanging from the branch with a straw rope. He pondered for a moment and said: grass wears fish for Su, sleeping alone under the tree is trouble, so having a baby should be called Su Dan. Therefore, Sudan got its name.

The children of poor families have long been taken care of, and Sudan has been sensible and filial to her mother since childhood. On one occasion, Pan Shi was sick and wanted to eat stinky tofu, but Chenzhou City didn't eat it. A few hours later, Sudan finally made hot and fragrant stinky tofu. A month later, Sultan's uncle came from Xiangtan and told Pan Shi about meeting Sultan in Xiangtan a month ago. Calculate the time, just the day when Pan Shi was ill. It was only after asking that Sudan took a shortcut from Bailudong to Xiangtan. I walked back and forth for hours. Of course, mortals can't get through. On another occasion, Pan Shisheng was ill and wanted to eat peaches. Su Dan went to the top of Su Xianling and picked a basket full of peaches. When I went down the mountain, I was impatient because I wanted my mother to eat peaches early. I grabbed a stone halfway up the mountain and fell on it. As a result, a basket of peaches fell all over the mountain. Sue didn't care much, so she picked up some peaches nearby and hurried home. Later, the scattered peaches turned into stones. If you are lucky now, you can find a peach-shaped stone near Zhongan. People call him Shi Tao. It is said that the child's abdominal pain can be cured by applying a medicine made of peach kernel powder, and the effect is very effective. Sudan has been very clever since childhood. It is said that Su Dan went to Su Xianling to herd cattle, met a fairy under the bridge and gave him a medical book. Since then, Su Dan has been reading medical books carefully while herding cattle. Strange to say, other children's cows are always running around, while Su Dan's cows don't have to worry about it, and they eat themselves and come back. This also makes Sudan more comfortable to read. As a result, Sudan mastered medical skills without a teacher, and often collected medicines for the villagers to treat diseases, and all medicines were ineffective. Later, people called Sudan's small bridge "Yuxian Bridge".

Because Su Dan saved the world and was filial to his mother, his virtue was obvious, which moved heaven and called him to heaven, ranking among the immortals. On the day of being called to heaven, Su He played chess and gambled for Zhang's spell on the top of the mountain. Black and white, fierce fighting. Wang Xian regretted playing chess and poked him in the eye. Su Xian angrily waved a bullwhip to raze the top of Wang Xianling. Since then, Wang Xianling Mountain is higher than Su Xianling, but the top of the mountain is few and flat. Just when we are in the middle of life, Yue Xian is playing, cranes are flying to meet us, and angels are delivering letters. In a hurry, Sudan accidentally slipped off the crane's back and stepped on a stone. Later, people called the stone that Su Dan crossed the crane to heaven as the immortal stone, also called the immortal stone. There are still half footprints of Su Dan on Dengxian Stone. Adjacent to Dengxian Stone is Su Xian, the stone of Wang Xianwu's meritorious service, named Chessboard Stone. There is also a chessboard on the chessboard stone. There is a small hole in the chessboard. Of course, this is Wang Xian's masterpiece.

After Su Dan became immortal, after all, he missed his mother when he was young, and often sneaked down to the top of Su Xianling to see his ancestral home. I often burst into tears when I miss my mother. The pine trees on Su Xianling were also moved, and the pine branches extended to Pan Shiyi's home together. So now all the pine branches in Su Xianling point to the southwest city. Because of its pleasant posture, people call it Su Lingyun Song, also known as Wang Musong. All the chronicles of Chenzhou in the past dynasties listed Suling Yunsong as the first of the eight scenic spots in Chenyang.

The book "The Source of Ancient Poetry" contains: After Su Dan became immortal for 300 years, he longed for his mother, turned the crane's back and stopped at the Dongcheng Building in the county town. The son struck it with a bow and the crane left with its claws to write "Song of Su Dan". A poem says, "If you don't go back to your hometown, you will do something wrong again. Jiazi doesn't remember. She's smart. White bones cover the wild, and the old castle peak. Qiaozugaowu

See you next time. I'm the sultan. Why are you playing with me? Turn over the clouds, but return to the old residence. "

Before Su Dan became immortal, she told her mother that there would be a plague in Chenzhou soon. As long as the leaves of dried tangerine peel beside the well in front of the house are boiled with well water, the disease can be cured. Soon after Su Dan ascended to heaven, a plague occurred in Chenzhou. Sumu Pan Shi boiled well water with orange leaves to quell the plague. Later, there was an allusion to "orange smells like Jing Quan". This allusion is widely circulated in Southeast Asia. Later, in order to commemorate Su Dan, people renamed Niupi Mountain Su Xianling and built a temple on the top of the mountain called Su Xian Taoist Temple. A buddhist nun called Sumu Temple was built next to Bailu Cave at the foot of the mountain.

Suxian Taoist Temple Tower covers an area of 82.2 meters from north to south, 4 1.5 meters from east to west, with a total construction area of 2,464 square meters. It turned out to be a brick-wood structure and a pavilion-style Taoist temple building built in the Tang Dynasty. After repeated destruction and repair, the main hall was kept higher than the wing, which was a two-story building. The main hall is in the architectural style of big roof, cornices at four corners, rhinoceros head powder wall, small blue tiles and palindrome windows. There is a white marble Panlong Imperial Monument on the threshold, which was settled in the fifth year of the Southern Song Dynasty (1264).

Emperor Song Lizong gave me a royal letter: "Feng Su Zhao Xian De Zhen Jun", with a length of 100 cm, a width of 50 cm and a word diameter of 5×6 cm. It is straight and carved in regular script.

1978, reconstruction of suxianguan by Chenzhou municipal people's government: the original main building foundation was not changed, and the civil structure was changed to reinforced concrete imitation wood structure, with a restoration area of 2050 square meters. Adding an observation deck of 83 square meters will form an antique architectural style of "Xiongzhou's new look is eye-catching, and Nanling's scenery is in the hall". The west of the mountain gate was changed into a Song-style archway building. On the forehead of the gate is written "The 18th Blessed Land in the World" and on both sides is written "Yunyan".

Chen and Gan Kun pointed out the "door association". There is a towering pavilion in the stone plate of the sage. There is a crane crossing relief in the pavilion, which tells the story of Su Xian's flying crane crossing. 1934 (in the 23rd year of the Republic of China), Wang Lan, the founder and painter of Shanghai Xiangzu Calligraphy and Painting Society, invited Wang Zhen, a famous painter from China, to sketch the picture of crossing the crane in Su Xian, which was carved on a blue stone tablet, with a height of 167 cm, a width of 78 cm and a thickness of 12.5 cm.

There are seven lines engraved on the side: "Liu Fang sings Su Xian in orange well, but refuses to float in the air." "I heard that when I was summoned, one day the crane danced.

There are many cliff carvings in Suxianling. The most famous is the stone carving around Dengxian Stone. Centered on the sage stone, it is the main cliff stone carving gathering place in Suxianling. There are three Chinese characters "Crossing Crane Tower" on the stone carvings of the Tang Dynasty on the Sage Stone, which are vigorous and powerful, with a diameter of 30×30 cm, and the date and year are unknown. The next inscription is "Dengxian Stone" in Yuan Dynasty, and the side note is "Baldness after three years of Taiding (1326)". Stone carvings are block letters with a diameter of 25.

× 25 cm.

Because the legend about Su Dan

Su Dan and the crane formed an indissoluble bond: when Su Dan was born, there was a crane to keep out the cold; Su Dan became immortal and soared over cranes; Su Dan returned to his hometown and crossed the crane to leave poems ... so many poems and songs are praising Su Dan and the crane, and even some good people carved stones on the cliff as a souvenir. In addition, the white crane has always been the mascot believed by China people. So when you mention Su Dan, you will be with the white crane. Su Dan's Crossing the Crane became an intuitive symbol of Su Xian's legend.

That is, from Su Xian, Su Xianling had an indissoluble bond with Taoism until it was called the 18th blessed place in the world where immortals lived in Taoist caves.