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The origin of Li Hai

According to legend, a long time ago, there was a metropolis in Tu Hai (north of Linhai) in the north of Shangyu. Economic prosperity. A large population. As a result of economic prosperity, people covet enjoyment and corrupt folk customs. Heaven was very angry when she learned this. She decided to destroy this place and sent Lv Dongbin here for a private visit to verify the situation. One day, he became an old man with white hair, selling vegetable oil at the East Gate. He also said that he bought it for free. As long as you have a container filled with oil, you can get it for free. So the whole city made a sensation, and greedy people emptied rice tanks, water tanks and even dung tanks to queue up for free oil. The old man walked over with oil, and that kind of smile was strange.

At that time, there lived a mother and son in the west of the city. They were down and out. Their father died young, and they lived alone. Mother has been ill at home for a long time. This house has been out of power for several days. The mother finally borrowed a copper coin from the brother-in-law next door and bought some oil for her 10-year-old son in the market. And warned him that a penny can only buy 1 tablespoon of oil, neither more nor less.

The 7-year-old boy came to the market just when the old man was selling oil, so he lined up. When he came to buy oil, the old man gave him a big jar, but the boy said to the old man, mom said that one penny can only buy one spoonful of oil, and I can't ask for any more. He only asked for a spoonful of oil and paid a penny. The old man was suddenly shocked, thinking that this place was corrupt, and the people just wanted to enjoy their own private interests, but they never thought that there were such poor mothers and children who were unmoved by money. I feel so good that I can't let my mother and son die. I took the boy aside and whispered in detail, I think you are right, son. Let me tell you something. Every morning, you look into the mouths of two stone lions at the entrance of Dongcheng. If they have blood, you can run for your life with your mother and go to the south!

When the teenager came home, he felt very mysterious. Every morning, he is put outside the city gate by a stone lion to have a look. After many times, it aroused the curiosity of the uncle who put a meat stall at the gate of the city. One morning, the child mysteriously asked why he came to see the lion's mouth. After all, the poor children were honest and told the butcher what the old man said in detail. The butcher smiled and decided to fool the child (this shows the nature of the butcher).

The pig butcher usually gets up early, and when it is still light after killing the pig, he wipes his bloody hand into the lion's mouth. As usual, the teenager came to see the lion's mouth. When he saw it, he was shocked! ! Run home at once and say to his mother, let's act quickly and run for our lives. The mother didn't want to go, and the child told her what had happened, and the mother reluctantly agreed to go.

Just after my mother fled south from the city gate, the flood at sea really came, 10 meters high (now we call it a tsunami). Not long after the mother and son escaped, the tsunami flooded the whole city and chased it to the south. Because his mother was ill, the seven-year-old boy fled south behind his back. Running for their lives before the tsunami, the two are in danger. Because the child is really small, one stumbled on the ground and saw that the mother and son were about to be flooded. A miracle happened. The flood stopped behind the mother and son and stood there like a wall of water. The water soon receded.

Mother and son were scared silly by what they saw, so they stopped running and couldn't run any more. So they lived in this place, built several straw houses, planted some watermelons and lived a life. Later, some people thought that this place was auspicious and protected by God, and they came to settle down one after another. Because the flood and tsunami stood there like a water wall at that time, later generations regarded this place as "Li Hai" and later evolved into "Li Hai". "Lihai Institute" and so on. This is the origin of Li Hai, an important town in Yubei. Because it is a treasure trove of geomantic omen and protected by gods, the ancient town of Lihai has always been a place of economic prosperity and cultural gathering.