The Legend of Liangzi Island

Liangzi Island is a famous scenic tourist area in Hubei Province. In fact, Liangzi Bird was originally called "Niangzi Island". Why is it called Niangzi Island?

once upon a time, there was a farmer's family. Her husband's name was Liu Manjiang, her wife was Meng Yuhong, her son was Runhu, and Meng Yuhong's mother-in-law was poor. Liu Manjiang went to Beijing to catch the exam, and only Meng Yuhong, Runhu and her mother-in-law were at home.

One day, because her mother-in-law was ill for a long time, she had no taste in her mouth and wanted to drink broth. Meng Yuhong cut off the meat from her thigh to cook soup for her mother-in-law. God was moved, so she sent a barefoot fairy down to help Meng Yuhong. He came to Meng Yuhong's house to beg for food. Meng Yuhong gave all the delicious and delicious things in her house to the beggars. When the beggars were full, they looked at Meng Yuhong's house and said: Meng Yuhong agreed.

Before leaving, the beggar said to Meng Yuhong, "You are so kind-hearted. I'll tell you a secret. When the stone lion in front of the county yamen bleeds, Gaotang County will sink, so you run to the mountain and put on my broken shoes if you are in danger.". With that, I left my broken cloth shoes and left. Meng Yuhong ran out, but the beggar was gone.

Meng Yuhong was dubious, so she told her son Runhu to go to the yamen every day to see if there was any blood in the mouth of the stone lion. There was a butcher selling pork at the entrance of the county yamen. Thinking that Runhu was trying to steal his meat, he grabbed Runhu and asked him why he came to see the stone lion every day. Runhu told the butcher the whole thing. The butcher didn't believe it. The next day, the butcher covered the stone lion's mouth with pig blood. Strangely enough, when the stone lion's mouth was covered with blood, it bled.

Runhu came to see the stone lion as before. When he saw the blood in the lion's mouth, he immediately ran back to tell his mother. When Meng Yuhong heard this, she quickly told her neighbors. In the evening, Meng Yuhong's mother and son passed by the county government, and Runhu said, "Mom, we won't tell the county official who plundered the people's fat and paste." . Just after Runhu had finished, it began to rain cats and dogs, and Gaotang County was about to sink. Meng Yuhong and Runhu each wore a whore and ran to the mountain, running and flying. Meng Yuhong looked down and saw that the neighbors of Gaotang County were struggling in the flood. Meng Yuhong couldn't bear to drown them all, so he threw one of his shoes down, and the shoes immediately became an island in the water, and some people climbed onto the island and were saved.

this story in gaotang county "spread from one story to ten, and from ten to a hundred" reached the ears of the emperor, and Liu Manjiang, the top scholar of the new department, wept bitterly when he learned about it. At this time, the prime minister's daughter took a fancy to Liu Manjiang, and the emperor gave her to Liu Manjiang, and Liu Manjiang also agreed.

At this time, Meng Yuhong knew that her husband had won fame, so she begged for a living in Beijing. When she came to her husband's house, Liu Manjiang saw that his wife was not dead, she told the emperor that Meng Yuhong had cut meat and boiled soup for her mother-in-law. The emperor was also moved, so he made Meng Yuhong the first house by imperial decree, and the daughter of the prime minister was changed to a wing house. But she was the daughter of the prime minister, so she certainly lost face. She wanted to poison Meng Yuhong, but Meng Yuhong was not poisoned, but poisoned a servant girl. Liu Manjiang was very angry. Tracing this matter, it was actually the daughter of the Prime Minister. When the daughter knew it, she hanged herself.

Later, people saved in Gaotang County named this island in liangzi lake "Niangzi Island" in order to thank Meng Yuhong and her son.