Source of Baoji name

There are two versions of the origin of the name of Baoji, one is that of Xuanzong in Tang Dynasty, and the other is that of Tang Suzong.

(1) Tang Tianbao 14, during the Anshi Rebellion, Tang Xuanzong fled to Chencang and cried bitterly: "Life is over." Suddenly, two pheasants flew in. After hovering, they slowly flew south. They followed Chen Cang to the top of the mountain and rested in the temple. The rebels chased it. Suddenly, the hail kept falling, causing the rebels to retreat. Strange to say, there was a thunderstorm at the foot of the mountain, but the sky was clear in Wan Li and Wan Li on the mountain. They went to look for the two pheasants, who had turned into stone chickens and stood there high.

When leaving, Xuanzong blurted out: "Chencang is also a treasure; Mountain bird, god chicken. " Baoji was named after the golden sentence of Xuanzong: "Baoji". Since then, Chencang has been renamed Baoji, and Chencang Mountain is called Jifeng Mountain. ?

(2) In the second year of Tang Zhide (757), Chencang Mountain heard the cock crow again, which spread for more than ten miles. At this time, it was the critical moment of An Shi Rebellion. Xuanzong avoided chaos and entered Sichuan. Prince Hengli ascended the throne in Lingzhou in advance, which was called Su Zong in history and led the counter-rebellion. Hearing the cock crow, Tang Jun won one after another, and the rebels were devastated. Su Zong thinks that the magical chicken is a national treasure, and the crowing of the chicken is an auspicious omen. With Chen Cang changing to Baoji, it has been used ever since.

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Other legends of Baoji

First of all, the magical chick doll said

According to legend, there is a god chicken on Jifeng Mountain, which turned into a crimson stone several years later. One day, while hunting, Qin Wengong came to the south bank of Weihe River and saw this colorful stone. He thought it was sacred, so he took it back to Chencang City, built an ancestral temple, and enshrined colored stones in the temple, named it "Chen Baodian", and offered sacrifices from time to time.

Later, Qin Mugong also came to Chencang Mountain to hunt. A hunter caught a monster, like a pig but not a pig, and took it to Qin Mugong. On the way, I met two dolls. The dolls said to the hunter, "This is a girl's demon named Wei, who often enters the grave and eats people's brains." The hunter hit the leprechaun on the head and prepared to kill her. Unexpectedly, the monster suddenly spoke: "these two dolls are a pair of men and women, both of whom are treasures of Chen Cang." If you catch a man, you can be king, and if you catch a woman, you can dominate. "

As soon as the hunter heard the news, he caught two dolls and prepared to give them to Qin Mugong. Who knows, these two dolls have become beautiful chickens, the female flew to Chen Baodian, feathered into Mrs. Chen, and the male flew to Nanyang. Later, Qin Mugong became one of the five tyrants. At the end of the Western Han Dynasty, Liu Xiu revolted in Nanyang and defeated Wang Mang to become king.

Second, the god chicken lover said

He also said that the magic chicken was originally a pair of loyal lovers. According to legend, Mrs. Chen's lover often comes to Jifeng Mountain to meet Chen Bao. "Emperor Gaozu came five times, Emperor Wendi came twenty-six times, and Emperor Wudi adopted it seventy-five times and came twenty-five times. It has been twenty times since the early Yuan Dynasty (the year of Emperor Gaozu)." Alfred often comes at night, with lightning and thunder, the wind whistling, wearing colorful brilliance, until Mrs. Chen's shrine.

At this time, the golden roosters all over the mountain sang in unison. The magic chicken is also a hero who fights evil wars. According to Three Ji Qin, when Qin Ershi was in power, the traitor Zhao Gao set fire to Chencang Mountain. In the raging fire, all the birds and animals in the mountain escaped, and only this magical chicken remained motionless in the disaster. Every night, God Chicken stands at the top of Jifeng Mountain, calling for the light of the world.

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