Go out and look at the yellow calendar

This is a fictional fairy tale. The armor in the story suddenly turned into a pagoda to suppress dragons that hurt local people in the water. Fan Zhongyan was a very famous historical figure in the Northern Song Dynasty. At that time, due to his excellent ability, he was highly valued by Song Renzong.

During the period of Song Renzong, a man named Li Yuanhao became king in Yinchuan and founded Xixia. Li Yuanhao is the leader of the Tangut. Before him, this tribe maintained a very good relationship with the Song Dynasty, but Li Yuanhao didn't like this state, so Xixia was born. Xixia attacked the Song Dynasty shortly after its establishment, trying to coerce the Song Dynasty to recognize its status.

As we all know, the Song Dynasty was a dynasty with low fighting capacity, so it was often beaten by people. The menacing Xixia naturally brought great threats to the Song Dynasty. When Song Renzong learned that Xixia attacked the border, he chose Fan Zhongyan from the civil and military officials to go to Xixia. When Fan Zhongyan, who was ordered to go to Xixia, passed by the Yellow River, he heard the locals say that there was a dragon making waves everywhere, which brought them a lot of harm. Fan Zhongyan, who cares about the people, naturally can't leave without caring, so he came to the Yellow River to subdue the dragon.

He first turned into a wild goose and pecked the dragon's eyes blind, then turned into a man, took off his armor and turned into a pagoda, and then suppressed the dragon under this pagoda. In order to suppress the dragon more thoroughly, Fan Zhongyan also hung a sword at the top of the pagoda. As long as the dragon makes a big move, the sword will fall and kill it to prevent it from coming out again and hurting people. This pagoda that suppressed dragons is now the Mingsha Pagoda.