West Lake Folk-custom Jinniu Lake

Once upon a time, the West Lake was called Jinniu Lake.

At that time, the lake was a vast expanse of white water with fertile black oil fields along its coast. People around us grow crops in the fields and irrigate them with lake water. The ears of rice are heavy and round, like a string of pearls. The off-season is really pleasing to the eye. Everyone goes fishing and catching shrimp on the lake. People get along with each other and live a happy life.

At the bottom of the lake, there lived a Taurus. As long as the weather is clear for a long time and the lake gradually becomes shallow, there will be a Taurus in the lake: its golden back, raised bull head and raised horns can be seen from a distance, and clean water will be spit out from its mouth, making the lake full again immediately.

One summer, it didn't rain on 998 1 day. It was so dry that the lake turned upside down. The surrounding fields are as hard as stones, with cracks several inches wide, and the young crops are all yellow. People are so thirsty that their eyes are sunken and bored. They expect Taurus every day.

This morning, everyone was waiting by the lake, and suddenly there was a "moo". Ha, I saw Taurus emerge from the bottom of the lake. It shook its head, wagged its tail, spit out water, and suddenly the lake was full again. When everyone saw it, they clapped their hands and cried with joy, thanking Taurus. See Taurus looked up again, flashing eyes, "Cleisthenes". Slowly, no one goes to the lake anymore.

Such a scene soon spread. Officials in Qiantang County laughed and said, "This is really a clown. If you give it to the emperor, you will definitely be promoted to a higher position! " Now he tells his men to catch Taurus. Leaders and local guards rushed to the lake one by one, and when they looked up, it was a vast expanse of white water. Where will there be Taurus? Ask someone nearby. Everyone in the yamen meets everyone. If you can't see it, you can also avoid it quietly. Chiefs must repay the county magistrate. The county magistrate got angry and grew a moustache. After thinking and thinking, he came up with a unique solution.

He said to his servants, "Now that Taurus has disappeared and sank to the bottom of the lake, you can call everyone and dry the lake. Whoever doesn't go will be killed! "

People living by the lake, men, women and children, were washed into the lake. Under the intimidation and inducement of the county magistrate, they had to set up a waterwheel to pull the lake. Ah, the car has been driving for 998 1 day, and everyone is exhausted. On the last day, we finally dried up the lake. Sure enough, "Taurus is lying at the bottom of the lake, shining."

The magistrate took one look and was blinded by the golden light, but he also shouted to the officials to hurry down to the lake to grab the Taurus. Oddly, Taurus seems to have taken root. You can't mention it. You can't mention it. It makes people secretly happy from the heart.

Seeing that he couldn't move, the county magistrate said to the crowd, "Who can lift the golden bull and reward it with 320 silver!" But people stood still and ignored him angrily. When the magistrate saw that the people ignored him, he shouted loudly, "If you don't lift the Taurus today, kill it all!" When the magistrate finished speaking, he heard Taurus shout out like a bolt from the blue. But when he saw flying sand and stones, the judge turned pale with fear and his legs went weak. He tried to escape, but he couldn't walk a step. At this moment, Taurus opened his eyes wide, stood up, gave a long whistle to the sky, and spouted a glistening water from his mouth, rushing at the county magistrate and officials, all of which were swept into the huge waves at once. Soon, the lake was full again.

Since then, the Taurus in the lake has never appeared again, and the lake has never dried up. People can't forget Taurus, so they built a tower on the wall by the lake. Tianyao climbs the tower and looks at Taurus.

This tower was later called "Yongjinmen".