What are the urban legends in Nanjing?

Legend has it that when the Zifeng Building was under construction, there was a folk legend. "This building is modeled after the black dragon in Xuanwu Lake. Zifeng exterior wall glass has a concave-convex feeling. Like a dragon, like a dragon's body. The top of the purple peak is like a huge faucet, soaring into the sky. In fact, to be honest, it really looks like a flying dragon in the distance. Besides, Nanjing has been the land of Long Mai since ancient times. The Dragon-shaped Zifeng Building is built on the Long Mai, which conforms to the geomantic omen and also faces south.

2. Marriage legend of Jiming Temple

It is said that Jiming Temple is very accurate in marriage. You can try it. Jiming Temple was built in the Three Kingdoms period. A long time ago, there was a powerful centipede essence, which often harmed people. Later, when the Jade Emperor knew about it, he sent a golden rooster down from the sky to deal with the centipede. After a fight, the centipede essence was killed and the golden rooster was poisoned too deeply. Since then, in order to commemorate the Golden Rooster, a new temple, Jiming Temple, has been built nearby.

3. The Legend of Nanjing Ming City Wall

At the beginning of the construction of Nanjing City, most of the huge expenses needed were allocated to the rich in the south of the Yangtze River. Among them, Shen Wanshan, the monopolist in Xing Wu, Zhejiang Province, only pledged the cost of building a city from Hongwumen to Shuiximen! Legend has it that at the beginning of the construction of Jubaomen, the city walls were repeatedly built and collapsed. Someone offered Zhu Yuanzhang a plan to use the ancestral cornucopia of Shen Wanshan. Zhu Yuanzhang used this plan to forcibly requisition it and buried it under the east wall of the first urn, and the gate was built as expected. So people call this gate Jubao Gate.

4. The legend of Nanjing grimace wall

Legend has it that the grimace wall has a raised stone wall. You can see your mouth, ears, eyes and nose from a distance. It looks like a ferocious face. There is a pool near the grimace. On a sunny day, faces appear in the conversation and move with the wind. Old Nanjing people commonly call it grimacing in the mirror.