Tourist resources of Yuchan Township

The development of the industry around Meipi Lake, and the development and construction of cultural relics attractions such as Wuji Mausoleum and Liuhai Temple have made tourism, a rising industry, full of vitality in Yuchan Township. An overview of Meipi Lake. Kongcuitang, where I wrote a poem, has Yunxi Temple in the east, Guandi Temple in the north, Jinxiugou in the south, and Wangjiling and Zhenwu Temple in the west. As far back as the ancient Zhou Dynasty, there has been a custom here every year of holding a ceremony to repair evil spirits on the Shangsi Festival, the third day of the third month of the lunar calendar. In the Tang Dynasty, Du Fu and others once went boating and composed poems on Meipi Lake. Cheng Hao and Su Shi in the Song Dynasty also left poems here. During the Zhou, Qin, Han and Tang dynasties, this place was the best place in Guanzhong. After the Yuan Dynasty, the capital moved northward and Meipi Lake declined, but the Shangsi Festival customs have been passed down to this day. This year, the Shangsi Festival in Meipi Lake was held simultaneously in Pitou Village and Beiguan, Huxian County. Qin opera is sung in Beiguan and puppet show is performed in Pitou village. The custom of washing dirt in Meipi Lake and its Jinxiu Valley has been replaced by fishing. Nowadays, Meipi Lake is being developed and expanded driven by socio-economic and cultural development. In the near future, it will still be a good place for leisure and outings.

According to records, Liu Hai, a native of the Five Dynasties, whose real name was Liu Cao, also known as Liu Zhe, also named Zhaoyuan, also named Zongcheng, Xuanying, and named Haichanzi. A native of Yanshan (now Beijing), he was a Jinshi in the Liao Dynasty. Later, Liu Zongguang, the leader of Yan, became the prime minister. Because he did not accept the remonstrance, he went away with his illness and changed his name to Liu Xuanying, and his Taoist name was "Hai Chanzi". After traveling around to visit Taoism, he met Lu Chunyang who taught him the secret method, and he cultivated himself and became an immortal. He escaped between Zhongnan Mountain and Taihua Mountain. The experience of Liu Cao, who will be famous for future generations, is just so simple, and there is not much magic at all. But Liu Cao does have his own superhuman qualities. Generally speaking, some of those who become monks and Taoists are frustrated in officialdom, despairing in their career, and have no hope for their future; or they have suffered repeated misfortunes, are extremely miserable, and are disheartened in life; or they are frustrated in love and have no hope of love. , their lives have fallen into a trough; there are also some who live in extreme poverty and have to solve the problem of basic food... It is not too difficult for these people to get rid of the predicament and get out of the "sea of ??suffering" and decide to become a monk. However, people like Liu Cao, who is below one person and above ten thousand people, is at the top of the class, with endless glory, wealth, and family happiness in front of him. But once he wakes up, he resolutely "resigns his official position, accepts money and abandons glory, and generously seeks a way out" , abandoning everything that the world is extremely envious of, the boat sails far away with lightness, and the wind flutters and the clothes blow. Love's destiny returns to ridicule! It stands to reason that Liu Hai was originally a poor Taoist priest who was willing to abandon wealth and had no connection with money. It is really a false assumption that he became the God of Wealth. However, public admiration has made bangs a household name. Liu Hai became the God of Wealth because of his Taoist name - Haichanzi. Toad, that is, toad, commonly known as toad. Toads are extremely ugly and disgusting. In addition, the white milky secretions on their skin, called toad venom, are poisonous and harmful to the human body. They are listed as one of the five poisons (the five poisons are scorpions, snakes, centipedes, geckos, and toads). They are harmful to humans. Both harmful and beneficial, both can be used as medicine. Toad's toad venom has the functions of strengthening the heart, analgesizing, and stopping bleeding. It can also be used externally to treat boils, hemorrhoids and other diseases. Therefore, toads also have some ‘aura’ in them.

As early as ancient times, toads were widely worshiped by people. According to expert research, there are rich images of frogs and toads on the painted pottery of the Majiayao Culture in the New Period. The painted pottery of the Banpo Culture in Jiangzhai, Lintong has Toad patterns, stone frogs and jade toads were unearthed from the Yin Ruins in Anyang, and bronze drums unearthed in Guangxi and other places and passed down from generation to generation are decorated with rich images of frogs and toads. These are the past events of toad totem worship in northern and southern my country. In the past, people regarded toads as mascots that could ward off five soldiers, suppress evil spirits, promote health, and bring wealth, so they used them for decoration everywhere. From this point of view, toad has always been a magical creature that is considered very spiritual. Liu Cao took this as his motto, perhaps because he appreciated his extraordinary temperament of being ugly on the outside but superior on the inside. Because there was a myth about a toad in the moon in ancient my country, toad also became a synonym for the moon, and "sea toad" was also a synonym for "moon". Perhaps Liu Cao prided himself on the nobility of the moon. There is also a saying that Liu Hai surrendered the 'toad demon' and got his name Liu Haichan. In any case, Liu Cao is not known as "Liu Cao" but as "Liu Haichan", and he was promoted to the throne of the God of Wealth. After Liu Cao "learned Taoism and became an immortal", legendary stories about him were widely circulated among the people. Liu Yong, a poet of the Northern Song Dynasty, wrote in his poem "A Cloud in Wushan": "If you are greedy for watching the wild play of sea toads, if you don't know how to do it, all nine gates will be closed." . ’ It can be seen that the Liu Hai Chan Opera, as a performance, has become popular in the society of the Northern Song Dynasty. What is he ‘playing’ about? He plays a toad. The toad played by Liu Hai is also very unique. It is not an ordinary toad, but a three-legged toad, the so-called golden toad. The three-legged toad frog does appear in nature. It is probably a deformity of the toad frog, but it is rare in the world. The golden toad is not only a rare thing, but also said to be a spiritual creature. The ancients believed that getting it can make you rich. This is the main basis for Liu Hai to be portrayed as the God of Wealth. Therefore, "Bang Hai Xi Jin Chan" is loved and welcomed by people, not only because he looks lively and interesting, naive and lovable, but also because he is the God of Wealth and can give gifts. Give money to people. There are many folk legends about bangs playing with toads and bangs throwing money. According to folklore, Liu Hai was a child from a poor family who made a living by collecting firewood. He used a trick to subdue the golden toad, which had been practicing for many years, and became an immortal. Liu Hai played with the golden toad, and the golden toad spit out money. Wherever he went, he scattered money and saved many poor people. People respected him, were grateful to him, and called him the 'living god of wealth'. In order to commemorate him, Liu Hai temples were built in some places, and his stories were made into plays and sung everywhere. The auspicious content of bangs playing with toads is still worshiped as a child-giving god in many places in our country. It is said that toads and frogs are a symbol of fertility.

Therefore, images of toads and frogs appear in a large number of folk works of art, such as: embroidery - children's belly wraps, flower-bedecked children's shoes, children's ruffles, toad pillows, etc.; paper-cutting - window grilles, pillow embroidery patterns, flower shoe patterns, etc.; dough sculptures; Toad lanterns among lanterns; New Year pictures, carvings, craft porcelain, metal crafts and sachets, etc. Therefore, bangs and golden toad also represent wealth and fertility. Bangs also serve as a gift for giving birth to children.

The comprehensive development of various social undertakings and the implementation of the priority development strategy for education have greatly improved teaching conditions. The renovation of dangerous primary and secondary school buildings has been fully completed, with a total investment of 3.05 million yuan and a construction area of ??6,764 new school buildings. square meters, and 6,338 square meters of dilapidated buildings were demolished. The township's family planning rate reaches 98.5%, and the natural population growth rate is lower than the county average. The construction of rural grassroots organizations has been continuously strengthened, and the establishment of 21 grassroots organizations in the township has been completed. The system has been put on the wall, the work is organized, and the social security situation has improved significantly, creating a good external environment for the economic construction of the township.