Legend of white

It is said that the little white dragon in the Lingchi of Hongze Lake is deeply loved by people along the lake. In fact, the identity of this little white dragon is extraordinary. He was originally the third prince of the West Sea Dragon King.

The third prince was originally a dragon, so he naturally played with skin. Because playing with skins caught fire, the jade emperor burned the luminous pearl given to the West Sea Dragon Palace, which angered the West Sea Dragon King.

The dragon king of the West Sea showed the kingdom of heaven and accused the third prince of disobedience. The little white dragon was captured by the Jade Emperor's heavenly generals and hung in the Long Ting. After 300 lashes, he had to decide another day.

But Xiao Bailong's crime didn't get the punishment he deserved, and his life shouldn't be lost. It happened that the Guanyin Bodhisattva in the South China Sea fell from the sky, and he pitied the little white dragon that was tied to behead the dragon court. Guanyin Bodhisattva told the truth according to Xiaobailong, and he pleaded with the Jade Emperor for Xiaobailong. Looking at the Buddha's face of Guanyin Bodhisattva in Nanhai, the Jade Emperor pardoned the death of Xiaobailong.

However, capital crime can be avoided, and living crime is hard to forgive. The Jade Emperor changed the decree, demoted Xiaobailong and reincarnated, which made Xiaobailong suffer from the loss of his tail and mother in the 13th Tang Dynasty.

The broken kettle creek in this area was originally under the jurisdiction of the Dragon King of the East China Sea. The Dragon King of the East China Sea was very jealous when he saw that Xiaobailong was practicing ascension in the 13th Tang Dynasty and was still enjoying the spirit pool here, robbing him of his incense. So the Dragon King of the East China Sea went to the Jade Emperor to sue Xiaobailong, saying that Xiaobailong had disturbed the Dragon Palace in the East China Sea under his jurisdiction, and that Xiaobailong had killed his father and saved his mother in Broken Pot Creek. It was a big mistake.

When the Jade Emperor listened to the words of the Dragon King of the East China Sea, he demoted Xiaobailong to the mortal world and let Xiaobailong find a chance to make meritorious deeds and forgive his sins.

After being demoted again, Xiaobailong went ashore in Yingchoujian near Liusha River, Snake Mountain in the East China Sea, waiting for Tang Priest to go to the West to learn Buddhist scriptures, so as to protect Tang Priest from going to the West to learn Buddhist scriptures and make atonement.

This Liusha River is a tributary of the Yellow River flowing through the Huaihe River area, and it is named because the river carries the sediment flowing from the upstream to the downstream. This Eagle Creek is another big pond at the bottom of Hongze Lake.

Xiaobailong has been waiting for Tang Priest in this ravine for many years. However, when the Tang Priest really came to Hongze Town from this eagle sorrow stream one day, he didn't know each other.

No wonder Hongze Town was originally the land and water transportation center in the lower reaches of Huaihe River. There are too many monks and Taoists traveling from south to north. How do you let Xiaobailong know which monk Tang Yan is waiting for?

Because Xiaobailong didn't know the Tang Priest, when Tang Priest rode a white horse to Yingchouxi by the quicksand river, Xiaobailong had an argument with Marshal Zhu Bajie, who came before him. In a rage, he devoured the white horse that Tang Priest rode alive and caught it in Xianju, under Yingpitixi River.

This incident angered the Monkey King, who was a great disciple who went to the Western Heaven with Tang Priest. Is the big monkey a thing to be despised?

Previously, Po Hou made a scene in Heaven and stirred up the flat peach banquet of the Queen Mother. Now, he has just been released from the foot of Wuzhishan, and is escorting the Tang Priest to the Western Heaven for Buddhist scriptures. Now, how can I stop when I see the Eagle Sorrow Creek by the Little Quicksand River lose its owner?

Wukong heard that the pig idiot had lost his master in this Eagle Pit Creek, so he asked the pig idiot to stand by and abuse loudly, provoking the little white dragon to go out and fight.

That little white dragon is a strong-willed dragon. How can he stand the abuse of Bajie? Before Pig could speak, he went out with a gun.

After a big battle, Xiao Bailong couldn't beat the Monkey King, so he plunged into the underwater sword house. The Great Sage is a master of heaven and earth, but there is nothing he can do with this underwater dragon. So the Great Sage took his stubborn head to the East China Sea to get even with the local East China Sea Dragon King.

When the Dragon King of the East China Sea saw the Great Sage coming to ask questions, he answered carefully, truthfully told the place where Xiaobailong came, and sent big prince from the Dragon Palace of the East China Sea to Yingchoujian with the Great Sage to find Xiaobailong.

This Dragon Palace in the East China Sea is related to the Dragon Palace in the West China Sea. The Big Prince and the East China Sea Little White Dragon are cousins who grew up together. But because the Dragon King of the East China Sea sued the small white dragon in heaven, they have now forged a feud.

Then the big prince didn't come to pay back the money, and wasted time to aggravate the resentment of the little white dragon, so the words were lovers. When the two dragon lords were at odds, they fought. Only the Liusha River rose, and the eagle worried that the river would flood and the adjacent lakes would be flooded. Only the innocent people on both sides of the stream, lake and Liuzhou River suffered.

When the owner of Liushahe saw this, he reported it to Huang Huai Er Shen. Just when Er Shen panicked, a lucky cloud flew in the sky. It turned out that Guanyin Bodhisattva had arrived in the South China Sea.

Guanyin Bodhisattva put her hands together in the air and shouted, "Little White Dragon, stop it! Don't complain more and don't wait on your master! "

Xiao Bailong looked for fame and saw the Buddha calling him. With a wave of his gun, he dodged, flew to the Buddha's side, gave up his gun and squatted down to kowtow.

Seeing this, the Great Sage also flew over, raised his golden cudgel to hit the little white dragon, and was stopped by Guanyin.

When the Great Sage was unknown, the Bodhisattva explained the cause and effect to the Great Sage. The Great Sage smiled. It turns out that this is a younger brother prepared by the Bodhisattva here for him.

Hearing this, Xiao Bailong said nothing more from the Bodhisattva. He hurriedly bowed to the Great Sage and prayed for forgiveness from the elder brother.

Bodhisattva was very happy to see that the two brothers and sisters knew each other and made up, but seeing that Little White Dragon had swallowed Master's white horse, she asked Little White Dragon, What should we do now?

Xiao Bailong thanked the Bodhisattva for saving his life. He volunteered to become a white horse for his master to ride. Bodhisattva smiled and agreed, giving the little white dragon a chance to make a positive result in the future.

It is not easy to turn the white dragon into a horse. Is to let the white dragon endure the pain of picking dragon balls, sawing dragon horns and uncovering dragon forest. The little white dragon wanted to be grateful and asked the bodhisattva to fulfill him.

Guanyin Bodhisattva knew that Xiaobailong was sincere, so she cast a spell to take off the pearls under Xiaobailong's neck, then gently brushed Yang Liuzhi, dipped in a drop of dew, wet the body for Xiaobailong, and sawed off the scales, so that Xiaobailong suddenly turned into a vigorous and agile white horse dragon, making Xiaobailong convert to Buddhism from now on.

Since then, Xiaobailong has escorted Tang Priest to the Western Heaven and provided mounts for Tang Priest along the way. He worked hard, went through hardships, finally atoned for his sins and made great contributions.

After returning from the Western Heaven, Xiaobailong surpassed Fan Long and was canonized as a mount by the Jade Emperor. Later, because the Great Sage and the Queen Mother had a flat peach party, they returned to the world with the Great Sage, returned to Hongze Lake, turned into a clear water in Baima Lake, and stayed in the world forever.

Some years ago, it was said that if a beautiful woman dressed herself with a comb on Baima Lake, she might be lucky enough to see Bai in the water, and she would also get gold bars from Bai's mouth, because Bai missed his wife and was taken to heaven by the Queen Mother.

Later, because people often pretended to be men to cheat him in order to cheat money, Bai didn't want to come out to see anyone again.

(Note: It is not surprising that this excavated legend is inconsistent with The Journey to the West written by Wu Cheng'en, a native of Huai 'an in Ming Dynasty, because the legend came first. )