The origin of Princess Bayu

The image of "Bayu Princess" comes from an ancient legend. It has profound meaning, is beautiful and moving, and symbolizes peace. Bayuquan is also named after this and is well-known at home and abroad. As an important part of the Bohai Pearl Scenic Area, the "Bayu Princess" sculpture looks up to the east from Wang'er Mountain and complements the sculpture of the leaping dragon to the north. It is a classic masterpiece that blends the mountain and sea culture and the fish and dragon culture. It is a perfect example of the seaside tourism in Bayuquan. The city's landmark building.

Legend

It is said that a long time ago, the coastal reefs in this area were rugged, the waves were rapid, the beaches were dangerous, the population was sparse, and the scene was desolate. There is a mountain near the sea called Taizi Mountain (now called Duntai Mountain), but it is adjacent to the Fairyland Fairy Island. There lived a family at the foot of the mountain, consisting of a father and a son. The father was past his sixties, but the son was still young. They made a living by fishing all year round. Later, the young man thought that his father was getting old and blind, so he let the old man stay at home and take care of the surrounding fields in his free time. He carried a flute and went to the sea to fish with nets and sing fishing songs every day. Those who play flute, year after year, live happily.

On this day, the wind was gentle and the sun was beautiful, and the sea was as flat as a mirror. The young man, as usual, went out to sea in a boat with a flute in his arms. After the young man found a good net, he sat on the bow of the boat, took out his flute and started playing it leisurely. After a piece of music was played, the young people began to set up the net. But this time, when he lifted the net, there was no fish in it. The young man changed places and watched Liu lower the net as usual, playing the wooden flute. When he put away the flute and lifted the net, it happened to be the same as the first net. The young man couldn't help but wonder. He changed places several times and lowered and raised the net several times. As the sun passed high and most of the day passed, he still failed to catch a single fish. The young people became more and more unwilling and continued to follow the same pattern. Just when he was feeling disappointed, he came up with the net and suddenly found a small Spanish mackerel in the net. It was bright all over, with a round protrusion on the top of its head, fluorescent green, which was strange and abnormal. The young man was so excited that he hurriedly grabbed the small mackerel and put it into the fish basket. At this time, a voice suddenly came, and the young man was shocked! Who is speaking? Listening carefully again, there were indeed voices coming from the fish basket. The young man quickly picked up the fish basket and peeked inside. He saw a wisp of green smoke rising from the building. In the blink of an eye, the little mackerel disappeared. A beautiful girl was already standing in front of him. Beg him to be released into the sea.

It turns out that this little Bayu is Princess Bayu, the daughter of King Bayu, the general sent by the Dragon King of the East China Sea to govern the Bohai Bay. On that day, the sea was clear and the light was bright, so she took a group of friends and swam offshore to play, not wanting to be attacked by a few sharks. In order to prevent the lives of her friends from being threatened, Princess Bayu cleverly fought with the evil shark until she was exhausted and injured. At this critical moment, melodious flute sounds came from the sea. The sharks knew that humans were coming, so they became frightened and fled in a hurry. Although Princess Bayu escaped from the disaster and hid in the depths to regulate herself, she didn't expect a torrent to come and rush her into the net...

As the girl said this, her eyes Tears of sadness dropped unconsciously. After hearing this, the young man felt compassion in his heart. After thinking for a moment, he nodded in response without hesitation. The girl was so happy that she bowed deeply to the young man to thank him for saving her life. Then she jumped into the sea and disappeared without a trace. The young man stood blankly on the bow of the boat, looking straight at the sea. He suddenly woke up, pulled out his flute and started playing it, as if escorting the girl all the way... I don't know how many sticks of incense had passed, but the young man thought that he could not catch the fish. I turned around and put away my fishing gear and returned to the beach. I only picked up some sea creatures such as snails and went home hastily.

After Princess Bayu was rescued and returned to King Bayu's Mansion, she told her father King Bayu what had happened. King Bayu was furious when he heard this, and immediately vowed to avenge this humiliation for his daughter, and promised to take her to personally take her to thank her benefactor in the future. Not long later, on the fifteenth day of the lunar calendar, King Bayu came to a small island dozens of nautical miles south of here to seek help. He knew that it would be difficult to defeat the shark tribe with their strength alone. This island is the Immortal Island, so named because the Eight Immortals will come here from Penglai to live in exile every fifteenth day to discuss the Tao. On that day, Zhang Guolao and other eight immortals were all on the island. King Bayu declared his intention to come, and the eight immortals agreed. King Bayu then returned to his hometown to mobilize soldiers and personally led the army to attack the Shark tribe. The two sides fought fiercely from morning to night. By sunset, the shark tribe was in decline. Just as the sharks were retreating, a ray of red light flew out from Fairy Island and fell straight into the sea between Fairy Island and Taizi Mountain. However, with the help of the Eight Immortals, they used the sea-calming gem to eliminate all the sharks and at the same time blasted this section of the coast into pieces. Half moon shape. From then on, this rugged coast became a golden beach, which is the origin of today's Crescent Bay.

After Princess Bayu saw that her father had led his troops to defeat the shark and took revenge, he still didn't mention taking her to thank him, but she didn't dare to ask her father directly, so she couldn't help but feel depressed. She could never forget her savior day and night, that vigorous figure and handsome face, which always appeared in front of her eyes and in her dreams from time to time. She wished she could swim close to the beach and catch a glimpse of the young fisherman, or swim to the sea and listen to his melodious flute. But since what happened last time, King Bayu has never allowed her to leave the palace. In this way, Princess Bayu became lovesick...

Although the young man noticed the sudden changes in this area, he was completely unaware of what happened. He went out early and came back late every day, fishing and playing the flute as usual. . One day, the young man took a boat to a piece of sea relatively far from the shore, hoping to catch more big fish.

Unexpectedly, because the young people were not familiar with the underwater conditions after the changes in the seabed, a strong current surged over them as soon as they lowered the net. Seeing that the situation was not good, the young man struggled to raise the net and wanted to return. However, the boat was small and the current was strong, and it was overturned to the bottom of the sea in just a moment. At this time, no matter how good the water quality was, it was helpless, and the young man gradually lost consciousness... I don't know how long it took, but the young man suddenly felt his chest loosen, and his eyes lit up. He suddenly opened his eyes, and he saw a gorgeous and elegant room. A beautiful girl was sitting on the jade drum next to his superior. The young man was surprised for a moment, as if he knew her. He suddenly remembered the girl he had rescued and wanted to speak. The girl quickly stopped him and told him what had happened before -

This girl was the Bayu Princess that the young man had saved. That day, after the young man sank to the bottom of the sea, he was discovered by a group of shrimp soldiers and crab generals, who took him back to Bayu King's Mansion to report to King Bayu. At this moment, Princess Bayu happened to meet her. Seeing that he was his savior, she hurriedly explained the whole story to her father and begged him to be taken back to his room for rescue. King Bayu knew that he was his daughter's savior, so of course he thanked him profusely, agreed wholeheartedly, and personally escorted him to his daughter's room. As soon as the young man was laid flat on the bed, Princess Bayu couldn't wait to spit out an emerald green pearl from her mouth, and then quickly filled his mouth. At this time, King Bayu wanted to stop it, but it was too late. It turned out that the green pearl was the result of Princess Bayu's thousands of years of practice. Losing it would shorten Princess Bayu's life. But now that the matter has come to this, King Bayu can only give up. Although he is grateful, because his daughter's life is at stake, he can't help but feel resentful and leave angrily.

The young people quickly thanked each other and were polite to each other. I won't tell you how Princess Bayu takes care of the young man every day. After only a few days, the young man's body has fully recovered. Princess Bayu was so happy that she accompanied the young people to visit Bayu Palace and the underwater world all day long. The two have been inseparable since then, talking about everything, but they annoy King Bayu. King Bayu had no intention of letting his daughter interact closely with young people. After all, humans and gods are different, and he was afraid that it would cause extra problems and break the rules of heaven, so he thought of ways to start driving away guests. Little did they know that Princess Bayu had already fallen in love with the young man and was dissatisfied with her father's actions, so she had the courage to declare her feelings to her father. After hearing this, King Bayu became angry and said: I, the daughter of King Bayu, is a god, how can I marry a mortal like you? Not caring about her etiquette, she angrily sent her men to take her daughter back to her boudoir and imprison her until the young man could quickly return to the world. The young man had no choice but to ask King Bayu to allow him to say goodbye to Princess Bayu in person. King Bayu remembered the kindness of saving his daughter and reluctantly agreed. The young man was brought to the window of Princess Bayu's boudoir by two shrimp soldiers. Facing the princess with tears on her face, he had no words to comfort him. He only slowly took out his beloved flute from his arms and coughed out the green star. The pearl was returned to the princess and she said, "I will remember you forever." Seeing this, Princess Bayu felt even more sad and happy, and sobbed: "I will accept the flute. Eat this bead quickly, otherwise, you will suffocate to death at the bottom of the sea." Princess Bayu stretched out a hand to hold the young man. Man, continued, "Remember, there is an eye spring on Dongshan Mountain not far from your home. When you go back, soak this bead in the spring and drink it. It will cure your father's eye disease and also protect your health." ." After the princess finished speaking, the two of them burst into tears. Seeing this situation, the shrimp soldier became more and more impatient. He quickly grabbed the young man and took him to the coast and returned to the world.

Since the two separated, Princess Bayu has been crying all day long, holding the flute in her hand and looking at it carefully, unable to bear to leave her hand. Gradually, she became sick with lovesickness and couldn't sleep. The young man followed Princess Bayu's instructions and came to Dongshan, today's Qinglong Mountain, to find the spring. But seeing that the spring water was as deep as a well and did not overflow, the young man threw the pearl into the spring and drank the water with his father. After a while, my father's eyes regained their sight and his appearance became younger. This story spread, and people from eight villages in ten miles came to ask for water in order to seek health and peace. The news became more and more magical. As time went by, people became accustomed to calling it "Shenjing". This is "Shenjingzi". "The origin of the legend is a story for later. Although the young man was cured of his eye disease and felt quite comforted, he still thought of Princess Bayu every time, and the tea and food were not good. He was always absent-minded when he went fishing every day, and often looked at the sea in a daze. All this has not escaped the eyes of the Eight Immortals.

One day, the young man was sitting listlessly on the bow of the boat when he suddenly saw a golden auspicious cloud floating towards him from the Immortal Island. When he looked closely, he saw that it was the Eight Immortals. The Eight Immortals pressed their clouds and promised the young man that they would definitely convince King Bayu to ensure a happy marriage between the two of them. Then the Eight Immortals hid in the sea and headed straight for King Bayu's Mansion. Although the Bayu King was stubborn, when he saw the Eight Immortals personally coming to the palace to lobby for the matchmaker, he couldn't resist it, so he had to respond, but there was a condition attached to it, which made it difficult for the Eight Immortals. What kind of condition is this that even the Eight Immortals find difficult to resist? It turned out that it was King Bayu who proposed: "As long as that young man is willing to transform into my Bayu clan, we can get married!" How could the Eight Immortals not know the mystery of this, but since they had already made a promise to the young man, they had no choice but to reply to him. he. Unexpectedly, after hearing this, the young man responded without thinking: "For the princess, I would rather become an ugly fish!" After saying that, the young man asked the Eight Immortals for permission to go home and say goodbye to his old father.

The Eight Immortals followed the young man to his home. When he saw the young man walking up to his father, he quickly knelt down and bowed. Take care of yourself. The father knew that his son was going there to live up to his true love for Princess Bayu and that the gods would help him, so he did not stop him and sent everyone to the beach until they disappeared. The young man followed the Eight Immortals to King Bayu's Mansion and paid homage to King Bayu.

King Bayu smiled broadly and ordered everyone in the palace to have a banquet. As for how to arrange the wedding in the future, he did not say anything about it. But because the young man left the orb in the world, he soon turned into a human body and became a mackerel. Princess Bayu also lost the orb she gained from cultivation and became an ordinary mackerel. Later, the Eight Immortals could not bear to let the defenders of love age and die early, so they cast a spell on the flute that Princess Bayu had always held in her hand to make them immortal. This flute has thus blessed the sea area with peace and tranquility, and the green pearl left in the world has become a symbol of local health, happiness, prosperity and wealth.

From then on, they loved each other and reproduced their offspring, and the reproduction continued from generation to generation, making the number of Spanish mackerel in this sea area increase year by year. In order not to forget the care and support that humans have given them, they would rather repay the people here with their own bodies.

People here also value them very much. They only catch Spanish mackerel once a year in late autumn and use them as excellent gifts for relatives and friends. Later, more and more people settled here.

People named this place in order to express their gratitude for the peace and wealth that the young man and Princess Bayu brought to this place, to praise their hardworking, kind-hearted, trustworthy and dedicated spirit, and to praise this magical and touching love story. A mysterious name——Bayuquan