Featured Folk Tales and Legends: Early Balcony

A long time ago, there was a small village at the foot of Baoshi Mountain near the West Lake. There lived a young couple in the village, one named Liu Chun and the other named Huiniang. They are hardworking and thrifty, and live a very sweet life. The villagers in Qiancun Houcun praised them as a good couple.

One morning, sunrise appeared in the east, and the red sun Ran Ran rose. Liu Chun picked up a hoe and went to work in the fields; Huiniang also tidied up the silk and sat on the machine to embroider. At this time, a sudden gust of wind blew, dark clouds rolled in the sky, and the newly rising sun shrank back.

Since then, the sun has never risen. There is no sun, it is dark and cold, the leaves are not green, the flowers are not red, and the crops are not long. All monsters and ghosts come to the world to commit crimes in the dark. How can I live like this? Everyone is worried.

Where is the sun? Only 180-year-old people know. He said there was a demon king under the East China Sea. The devil leads many little demons. These monsters are most afraid of the sun The sun must have been stolen by this demon king.

Liu Chun was very sad to see everyone living in the dark. He goes from house to house in the dark every day, asking questions from house to house. He went to the house, and the house said, "Liu Chun, without the sun, we will freeze to death!" " He went to the house, and the house said, "Liu Chun, without the sun, everyone is starving!" " Liu Chun was very sad when he heard these words. When he got home, he said to Huiniang, "Huiniang, there is no sun in the world. People are dying of cold and hunger. I want to get the sun back! Huiniang thought for a moment and said, "If you want to go, I won't keep you." . You don't have to worry about family affairs. As long as we can get the sun back, everyone will live a good life! "

Huiniang cut a lock of long hair from her head, tied a pair of sandals with linen, and sewed a thick cotton-padded jacket for Liu Chun to take with her. She saw her husband to the door, and suddenly a golden light flashed on the horizon. A golden phoenix flew far away and landed on Liu Chun's shoulder. Liu Chun stroked golden phoenix and said, "golden phoenix, golden phoenix, come with me to find the sun!" " Golden phoenix turned supercilious look and nodded his head. Liu Chun grabbed Hui Niang again and said, "Hui Niang, I won't come back until I find the sun. Even if I die on the road, I will become a bright star to guide the next generation of sun seekers! "

Liu Chun took golden phoenix away. Huiniang climbed to the top of the gem in the dark every day to see it. Looking forward to, looking forward to, I don't know how many days I have been looking forward to, but the world is still dark and there is no sunshine. One night, Huiniang suddenly saw a shining star flying and hanging in the sky; After a while, golden phoenix flew back and hung her head at her feet. Hui Niang saw that Liu Chun had died on the road. She felt sad and fainted on the ground.

When Hui Niang woke up, the child she was pregnant with had already been born. Babies grow when they see the wind, and they can talk when a gust of wind blows. The second gust of wind blew and it ran away; Three strong winds blew, and he grew into a big man ten feet eight inches tall! Hui Niang was so happy when she saw it. She named the child "Uncle Bao".

Hui Niang took Bao Shu home, looked at her son, thought of her husband, and shed tears. Uncle Bao saw it and asked, "Mom, why are you crying?" Huiniang couldn't help feeling sad, so she told him about her father's death on the way to find her grandson. Hearing this, Uncle Bao said, "Mom, let me get the sun back." Hui Niang looked at her son and was reluctant to go. But I also think that there is no sun in the world, people are suffering, and they have to fight for a better life. Thought of here, just nodded in agreement.

Hui Niang cut a lock of long hair from her head, made a pair of sandals out of hemp, and sewed a thick cotton-padded jacket for Uncle Bao to put on. Baoyu went to the door, and the shining golden phoenix came again and stopped on his shoulder. Huiniang pointed to the shining star in the sky and said to Uncle Bao, "Son, that star was changed after your father died. As long as you follow the direction it guides, you won't go wrong. " Uncle Bao nodded, and Huiniang pointed to golden phoenix and said to Uncle Bao, "This golden phoenix will accompany your father to find the sun. You'd better let it go! " Uncle Bao nodded and said, "Mom, don't be sad after I leave, no matter how long the time has passed!" " If you shed tears, my heart will tremble, and I will never find the sun again! "

People in Qiancun Houcun heard that Uncle Bao was going to find Sun, and they all came to see him off. Some send clothes, some send dry food, and Uncle Bao has sent them far away.

Uncle Bao set off with golden phoenix. Along the way, regardless of the darkness and cold, he walked towards the star in the east. Walking, he turned one corner after another, climbed one mountain after another, climbed eighteen steep walls and crossed nineteen cliffs. Thorns tore his cotton-padded jacket into strips of cloth, and thorns scratched a lot of blood on him. The cotton-padded jacket is getting worse and worse, and the weather is getting colder and colder. One day, Uncle Bao walked into a village, and the people in the village met a guest from afar. They all came around and asked him, "Son! Uncle Bao said, "I'll find the sun! ""When they heard that someone was going to look for the sun again, everyone was very happy. They urged him to be more careful along the way. People saw that Uncle Bao's cotton-padded jacket was tattered and couldn't stop the cold, so they cut off a corner of their clothes and sewed them into "hundred clothes" for him. Uncle Bao put on this "hundred clothes" and felt warm from the bottom of his heart, no longer afraid of the cold. He said goodbye to the villagers and went on his way.

Uncle Bao keeps walking and walking and walking. He swam river after river and waded across beach after beach. One day, he came to a big river. Looking around, even an eagle can't fly over the river. The water in the river is swirling and rushing, and stones as big as the house will be washed away! Brave uncle Bao jumped into the river, gritted his teeth, held his breath and swam to the other side with difficulty. Xiao Lang beat him mindlessly, and the whirlpool beat him around, but Uncle Bao swam desperately. Swimming and swimming, I was about to swim to the other side when suddenly a cold wind blew. The river is all frozen. Uncle Bao froze to death in the middle of the river, and golden phoenix froze to death on the ice.

Uncle Bao wears "hundred clothes", no matter how cold it is, it won't freeze to death. Slowly, the hot air on him melted the ice around him. He held golden phoenix tightly in his arms first, then clenched his fist and slammed it on the ice. With a bang, the ice of the whole river broke into pieces. The water at the bottom of the river rolled ice and rushed at Uncle Bao. Uncle Bao quickly jumped on a piece of ice, then jumped from this ice to that ice, and finally jumped on the river bank. Golden phoenix in Uncle Bao's arms got heat from him and came back to life.

Uncle Bao crossed the glacier and entered another village. Everyone in the village is surrounded by Uncle Bao, and everyone is very happy to hear that he is looking for Sun. I heard that he experienced many difficulties on the road, and my heart respected him even more. An old man with a white beard said, "son, since there is no sun, our life is getting worse every day. There is really nothing to give you." Let's each give you a handful of dirt! This is the soil that we have watered with sweat for generations. It will be useful if you take it with you. "The old man brought a cloth bag, and everyone in the village grabbed a handful of cheese, put it in his pocket, packed a bag and gave it to Uncle Bao.

Uncle Bao picked up this bag of soil and continued to walk east, looking for a shining star. Go, go, he crossed ninety-nine mountains, swam ninety-nine rivers and came to a fork in the road. Uncle Bao didn't know which way to go, and he was in a hurry. An old woman came by the roadside and asked Uncle Bao, "Son, where are you going?" Uncle Bao said, "I'll find the sun!" " "The old woman said," the way to find the sun is still far away! "I advise you to go home early!" Uncle Bao said, "No matter how far the road is, no matter how difficult it is, I must get the sun back. Never go home if you can't find the sun! " After listening to his work, the old woman pointed to the road on the right and said, "If you follow this road, you will find the sun. There is a village not far ahead. Go in and have a rest before you go. " When Uncle Bao was talking to the old woman, golden phoenix rushed at her desperately, hitting her on the head with his wings, scratching her face with his paws and pecking her eyes with his mouth. Uncle Bao thought that golden phoenix had met a stranger, so he drove golden phoenix away, thanked the old woman and walked to the right.

Uncle Bao was on his way, and Xin Fenghuang flew to him, stopped him and wouldn't let him go. Uncle Bao drove it away again and strode forward. The road is getting flatter and flatter, without sand, thorns, steep walls and cliffs. Uncle Bao feels a little strange. He walked for a while and walked into a village. The houses in this village are tall, the men are fat and the women are gentle. When people in the village heard that he was looking for the sun, they all surrounded him happily, jumping and laughing. They all gave him a thumbs-up, praised him as a hero and called him a hero. At that time, the host brought wine and the West served food. A man pulls, a woman pulls, and Uncle Bao is invited to eat and drink. Uncle Bao was puzzled: all the villages along the way were shabby, and all the villagers he saw were hungry and cold. Why is life here so good? He was lost in thought with a wine bowl. Suddenly golden phoenix flew over his head and threw a straw sandals into his wine bowl. Straw sandals fell into the wine bowl and caught fire immediately. Uncle Bao took a closer look and found that sandals, like those on his feet, were made of wool and hemp. He immediately recognized that it was his father's sandals when he was looking for the sun. Uncle Bao suddenly understood. He threw the wine bowl on the ground and shouted. Suddenly, the village disappeared and so did the people in the village. I saw a lot of blinking demons and fled without a trace!

Uncle Bao was scared away from the demon, so he came back, walked to the fork in the road and walked to the left.

Instead of killing Uncle Bao, the demon turned into many mountains and blocked the road. Uncle Bao ignored these and turned over. The demon conjured up countless rivers, and Uncle Bao swam across them. The devil tried to freeze Uncle Bao to death in the glacier, but failed. I tried to trick him into killing him in a charming village, but it didn't work. Frightened by a gust of wind, they rushed to Baoshishan to pester Huiniang and lied that Uncle Bao had fallen off a cliff and died. He also said that Uncle Bao drowned in the river. They tried their best to make Hui Niang cry, so that Uncle Bao had no strength to look for the sun again. But Huiniang wouldn't listen. She bit her teeth tightly to prevent herself from shedding a tear.

Hui Niang has been waiting for her son to find the sun and come back early since Uncle Bao left. She and the villagers go to the top of the mountain and look east every day. Every time, she has to move a big stone to stand higher and see farther. Expect, expect, expect. I don't know how many months have passed, nor how many years have passed. The big stones under Huiniang's feet have piled up into a high stone platform, but it is still dark.

Uncle Bao went straight ahead, and I don't remember how many mountains he climbed. I have crossed several big rivers, and I can't count them. One day, he climbed a mountain half a day high and heard "Hua, Hua!" " In the distance. Voice, it turned out that he has come to the eastern sea. Uncle Bao approached the seaside and saw Wang Yang. Who knows where the sun is? How can we get there? Uncle Bao stood by the sea thinking and thinking, and suddenly remembered the bag of dirt that the villagers gave him on the road. So he untied the cloth bag and scattered the soil into the sea. A gust of wind blew, and many large and small islands immediately appeared on the sea. Uncle Bao jumped into the sea happily, swam across one island after another and swam to the middle of the sea. Swimming, swimming, swimming, swimming, swimming, he swam far away, found the bottom of the sea, and saw a big cave-the sun was hidden in this big mountain cave by the devil.

Uncle Bao swam to the mouth of the cave, where he saw the demon king waiting for him with monsters. Uncle Bao fought with the devil: from the bottom of the sea for a while, and from the bottom of the sea to the bottom of the sea for a while. The sea was churning and choppy. The devil can't hold on any longer. I was accidentally pecked blind by golden phoenix, so that I covered my face and screamed in pain. Golden phoenix took the opportunity to fly and pecked its other eye. When the devil lost his eyes, he hit a rock and committed suicide. As soon as the demon king died, the little demon fled clean at once.

Uncle Bao didn't even rest, so he pushed open the big stone blocked by the hole and found the sun. With his last strength, he lifted the sun to the upper reaches of the sea. Swim and swim, and finally the sun is half exposed on the sea. Unexpectedly, Uncle Bao ran out of strength, and even the sun on the sea could not hold on. At this time, golden phoenix flew over, put the sun on his back, spread his wings and flew up hard, lifting the whole sun out of the sea. The sun rises to the sky as soon as it leaves the sea.

On this day, Huiniang and the villagers were looking at the stone platform on the top of the gem, and the escaped demon came to haunt her again. Suddenly, 10,000 golden lights shot from the eastern horizon, a rosy cloud appeared and the sun rose! Then, a long Feng Ming sounded overhead, and golden phoenix, who reported the news, flew back first. Golden phoenix stopped at the top of the mountain and danced.

"Oh, the sun is back!" Hui Niang and the villagers cheered happily together, and the sound of cheering shook the earth. The demons around Hui Niang were illuminated by the sun and shocked by cheers, all of which turned to stone.

Since then, the sun rises in the east and sets in the west every day, and people live a bright and happy life.

Until now, every day before the sun rises, there is a shining star in the East, which belongs to Liu Chunbian, and people call it the "morning star". When the sun rises, it is always golden and colorful, because golden phoenix holds the sun with open wings.

To commemorate Uncle Bao's achievement in finding the sun, people built an exquisite pagoda and a hexagonal pavilion where golden phoenix spread its wings and flew, which are now "Uncle Bao Tower" and "Laifeng Pavilion". Hui Niang and the villagers look forward to the stone platform of the sun, because they can see the rising sun at the earliest, so they are called "the first balcony".