Cultural Tourism in Niujiaodian Town

There is a beautiful legend circulating in Niujiaodian Town, Dong 'e County, which is about the origin of Niujiaodian. It is said that this story has been circulated for thousands of years, and no one can tell which dynasty or generation it came from. It is said that this story has been widely circulated as early as the Song Dynasty. According to legend, in the past, the Yangjiao store was not called Yangjiao Store, but Yinzhuang Store. The story is: in the east of Qiancao Village in Yinzhuang Store (now Qiancao Village in Niujiaodian Town), there is a Zhouzhuang Village. There is a big family named Zhou Million in Zhouzhuang, and there is a large herd of cattle in the family. Cowboys drive cows to a big ditch (now called Jinniugou) in the east of the village to eat grass every day. The villagers in Zhouzhuang Village have a tradition of planting melons, and many families make a living by planting melons. The local people live and work in peace and contentment and live a life without competition. This year, two strange things happened in Zhouzhuang Village. The first thing is that one day, millions of cows were grazing in Jinniugou, and the shepherd boy found one hundred, but when he got home, it became ninety-nine. The second thing is that a very special sweet potato has grown in the sweet potato field of Lao Zhao's family. This melon has grown very strong since it appeared. Later, this seedling alone occupied half of the melon orchard, but only one embryo was born. For a time, these two strange things were taken as talk after dinner. Later, on the official road at the east end of Zhouzhuang Village, three Shanxi Jinshi came from the south and passed through Zhouzhuang Village. Tired and thirsty, they stopped to have a drink at Zhou Jia Temple in the north of Zhouzhuang Village. At the same time, the old farmer who was playing nearby started his family life. During the period, I mentioned two strange things that happened in Zhouzhuang. Southerners are very interested and want to have a look.

After their inspection (it is said that only they can recognize the Taurus, and most people can't recognize it at all), a Taurus was found among the millions of cows in Zhou, and it was mixed with cows, eating grass in Jinniugou during the day and not going to Zhou's home at night (Zhou's millions were unlucky). Is there any way to catch Taurus? Three scholars used their brains. Later, one of them remembered an expert's statement that only a melon with a length of 100 days and a length of 100 kg can hold Taurus (but no one can tell this secret). The three of them thought of the legendary melon king in Zhao's Gua Tian. So, the three of them pretended to be curious and let people take them to Zhao's melon garden. When they saw it, there was indeed a stubborn melon, which was big and prosperous, but only had one embryo. The scholar was overjoyed when he saw it. Isn't this the king of melons they are looking for? But the melon hasn't grown up yet, so the date of going to Beijing to catch the exam can't be delayed. Three scholars discussed in secret. If three people go to Beijing to take the exam and win the championship, they don't have to play Taurus. If they don't win the championship, they will come back to play Taurus at once. By then, the king of Guagua will also grow up. After the agreement was reached, the three men told Zhao Laohan that the melon on this stubborn melon had to be settled, well managed and fertilized, and how much money to give when it grew up, but it could not be picked until it came back from the Beijing exam. Zhang Laohan agreed to the scholar's request, and the three scholars set out for Beijing to catch the exam. Besides, Zhao Laohan of Henggua Garden listened to the advice of the scholar and managed his own melon garden with a grain of salt. Two months passed in an instant, and a miracle appeared in the garden. The trees named by scholars are long and thick, weighing 100 pounds. Zhao Laohan was also amazed, and even praised the scholars in Jiangxi for their vision. But I wonder what they do with this melon. Zhao Laohan is more careful in management.

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From summer to autumn, the melon in Zhao Laohan's Gua Tian is about to sprout, and only the melon king left by the scholar is still growing in the field. Zhao Laohan thought, what if the scholar doesn't come? We can't always let this stubborn melon grow in the ground. Besides, it's over if it's destroyed. So, Zhao Laohan found a few people and picked the melon king without authorization and put it in the melon shed. But only after 1 day, the scholar who came to Beijing to take the exam came to pick melons as scheduled. Seeing that Zhao Laohan had picked melons, he regretted it. It turned out that the scholar had to wait 100 days before the stubborn melon could fully mature and hold the Taurus, but when Zhao Laohan picked the melon, it was only 99 days, only one day away. Shanxi scholar couldn't bear it. With the idea of giving it a try, he gave Zhao Laohan enough money, and the three of them took melons to Jinniugou to find Jinniu. When they came to Jinniugou (now the east of Dongyuan Village), the Zhou family shepherd boy was herding cattle there. After explaining their purpose, the three men walked into the cow with melons in their arms to find Taurus. At first glance, Taurus was still there, and the three men rushed over from behind Taurus with melons. I saw a flash of golden light, less than a few days. Taurus was shocked, raised his head, vacated his hooves and flew south. Seeing this, the Shanxi scholar raised the melon king and followed him. After catching up with Yinzhuang Store (now Niu Jiao Store), Taurus stopped here. When three people catch up, another stubborn melon is hitting a corner of Taurus. At this time, the horn fell off, and Taurus was frightened again and ran south. Taurus has made three turns in the present historical circle, Dong Circle and Zhu Circle, and then went to Hula to pull a mass of excrement, then waded across the Yellow River from Huhu, passed through Dr. Li's village in Pingyin, and jumped into the deep mountains in Hedong, with no trace to be found. Later, I heard that this Taurus ran to the present Jinan city along the current chat-slip road, passing through Changqing, Duandian and other places. It leaned against a hill and arched many holes. At that time, there was a splash (forming the current Baotu Spring Group), and when I was tired, I lay still. It is said that later generations built Jinniu Park here. Since then, the beautiful legend of "Golden Bull Being Beaten by Melon" has remained in Niu Jiao Store. Later, people called Zhouzhuang Village, where Wang was born, Zhao Village. Up to now, Zhaocun and Zhaozhou have not split. The ditch where Taurus grazes is called Jinniu ditch, and the bridge it passes is called Jinniu Bridge. The places where Taurus turns three times are called East Circle, History Circle and Zhu Circle respectively. The place where Taurus has diarrhea is called Hu, and the Yinzhuang store where Taurus was knocked down is called the store. Since then, merchants in Niu Jiao shops have gathered and the market has flourished. In the Song Dynasty, the collection of Niudian reached its peak, and the reputation of "I don't know Pingyin County, but everyone knows Niudian" has been passed down to this day. "Melon and Taurus" has become a beautiful legend circulated by local people. 1990, according to this allusion, the government of Niujiaodian Town raised huge sums of money to make a bronze cow named Jinniu, which is now located in the center of Niujiaodian Town as a town landmark.