The legend of Mount Emei

1. Mount Emei

In the past, Mount Emei was just a huge rock with a radius of more than a hundred miles, gray in color, touching the blue sky, and without any grass. In order to build a beautiful home, a smart and capable stonemason and his wife, a skillful embroiderer, decided to use their hands to carve the boulder into a green mountain. The gods in heaven were moved by their determination and efforts.

With the help of the gods, the masons carved the boulders into undulating mountains and deep canyons; the embroiderer threw the carefully embroidered cloth and colorful handkerchiefs into the sky, and the colorful handkerchiefs floated to the top of the mountain and transformed into It becomes an extremely gorgeous and colorful halo; Bupa floats on the stone mountain, turning into green woods, floating clouds, waterfalls and springs, blooming mountain flowers, singing birds, jumping monkeys and wandering animals. .

The green mountains are dancing, and the green waters are singing happily. Because this green mountain is as beautiful as the eyebrows of an embroiderer, people call this green mountain Mount Emei.

2. Jiulao Cave

The origin of myths and legends comes from "The Romance of the Gods". Zhao Gongming, the God of Wealth in our mouth, was cultivated in Jiulao Cave on Mount Emei, and later in He came out to help the Shang Dynasty during the war between Shang and Zhou Dynasty, but was later defeated by Jiang Ziya of the Zhou Dynasty. In the final ceremony of Jiang Ziya's deification, he was led by the flavor "Golden Dragon Ruyi Zhengyi Longtan True Monarch" to recruit Bao Tianzun.

Nazhen Tianzun, the Envoy of Wealth and other immortal officials, govern all gold and silver treasures in the world. If we are lucky enough to travel to Mount Emei, there is a Jiulao Cave in Xianfeng Rock in the middle mountainous area of ??Mount Emei. It is said that the stone bed was where Zhao Gongming slept. The deceased’s family built the Temple of Wealth here. Every year, many tourists come here to worship and pray for blessings.

3. White Dragon Cave: White Snake’s Cave

According to legend, the original green snake was male. In order to match the white snake, they had a fight with the white snake in Mount Emei, and then the green snake was defeated. From then on, she was willing to turn into a daughter and serve the white snake for life. The place where the two snakes fought was named "Doulongba". Later, the love between man and snake began when the white snake descended from Mount Emei.

4. Shenshui Pavilion

The story originated from the ancient god Xuanyuan’s journey of inquiry. When he passed by Mount Emei, he specially attracted the jade liquid from Qiongchi from the Dragon Palace of the East China Sea. From then on, The water in Shenshui Pavilion is sweet and delicious, and has the effect of prolonging life and strengthening the body.

5. Emei Jinding Xiangguang

Once upon a time, there was a man named Pu Gong. He went to the mountain every day to collect medicine, boiled medicine and gave it to the sick and suffering people to drink, so that the Bodhisattva could see it. When the Bodhisattva saw this scene, she was deeply moved and gave her happiness. From then on, people regarded being able to see the Buddha's light as a symbol of auspiciousness. And he named it "Golden Summit Xiangguang".

6. Nuwa Stone

According to legend, when Nuwa was mending the sky in ancient times, a stone fell out of Nuwa’s furnace and landed on Mount Emei. This stone was so high It also reaches directly into the sky. Because this stone reaches directly into the sky, it connects the heaven and the human world. From then on, the gods in heaven do not have to go through the Nantian Gate to come to other people's homes. This stone is equivalent to their back door and is named "Tianmen Stone". , some gods wanted to play in the human world, so they came to Mount Emei through this stone. From then on, there were gods on Mount Emei.

7. Tianmen Stone

There is Mount Emei in Sichuan, which is only three feet three feet from the sky. However, there are two larger stones on Mount Emei that are taller than Mount Emei. The two stones have similar shapes, are very close to each other, and have very steep walls. People call them "Tianmen Stone". According to legend, when Nuwa was refining stones to mend the sky, she fell out of the furnace and rolled to Mount Emei.

Before this stone, if the immortals wanted to go to the human world, they had to pass through the ladder to heaven from Nantianmen. The ladder to heaven was guarded by Qingluan. Without the will of the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother, no one could pass by. Since the creation of the Tianmen Stone, which leads up to the Nantian Gate and down to Mount Emei, the gods can reach the human world without going through the ladder to heaven. Therefore, the magic soldiers, generals, fairies and children in the Heavenly Palace often secretly go to Mount Emei to play.

8. Dead Leaf Butterfly

According to legend, on the third day of March, the Queen Mother held a grand peach party to celebrate her birthday, and gods from all walks of life came. The Queen Mother asked Taibai Jinxing to take the fairies to the peach garden to pick peaches. When Taibai Jinxing counted the number of fairies, she found that the two fairies guarding the peach garden were missing. After investigation, they found out that the two fairies had gone to Emei secretly from Tianmen Stone. The Queen Mother was very angry and immediately ordered the giant spirit god to capture them.

After the two fairies came to Emei, they were completely fascinated by the endless exotic flowers and grasses and the endless green valleys and springs, and they forgot the time when they went back. Suddenly he saw a white cloud floating in the sky, and on top of the cloud stood a man with a golden helmet and golden armor, holding a mountain-breaking ax. He was the giant spirit god.

They were so frightened that they hurriedly turned into two Davidia trees. The giant spirit god saw two Davidia trees with white flowers standing out in a green forest. The white petals are like ribbons on the waist of a fairy. The giant spirit god guessed that they must have been transformed by two fairies.

He took out the purple gold lock and wanted to lock the Davidia tree. The two fairies hurriedly turned into two thrushes and flew away. The Giant Spirit God was not stupid. He knew that the thrushes usually only like to sing in the woods. The two fairies that wanted to fly into the sky must be the two fairies again. He also transformed into a rock eagle and chased the thrush. When the two fairies saw that their tricks had been discovered by the giant spirit god, they thought that they must transform into something that the giant spirit god could not recognize in order to escape.

The two fairies discussed it and already had an idea in mind. They fell into a pile of dead branches and leaves and turned into two butterflies.

The two wings of the butterfly are withered and yellow in color, and there are leaf veins on them, just like the dead leaves on the ground. Sure enough, the giant spirit god searched all over the mountain and could not find them again.

The Giant Spirit God could not find the fairy, so he had to return to the Heavenly Palace to return his life to the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother felt that this stone stood just outside the Nantian Gate, building a private bridge to the mortal world for those who had lingering thoughts. If this stone is not removed, there will be no peace in the Heavenly Palace. She immediately ordered the giant spirit god to cut off the Tianmen Stone, cut off the two fairies' return path, and never allow them to return to the Heavenly Palace.

The Giant Spirit God picked up the giant ax and chopped at the top of the Tianmen Stone. With one axe, most of the Tianmen Stone was chopped off, and then with two axes, the boulder was split into two pieces. The Tianmen Stone was cut off, and the two fairies could never return to the Heavenly Palace, forever turning into two dead leaf butterflies in Mount Emei.