Legend of the Golden Sage Tower

According to legend, Nanchang in ancient times was a water garden. Known as the "hometown of rafts". There are often three disasters, wind, water and fire, which are called "three disasters", and countless people have been killed by them. At that time, Liu Taishou, a shepherd in Zhang Yu County, opened a disaster relief warehouse to appease the people. Post a list to attract talents to control the three evils.

It is said that there is an old man outside Jinxianmen, surnamed Jin Ming Niu Gen, who is intelligent by nature, knows a little about literature and ink, and knows a little about Feng Shui. Making a living by rubbing cow ropes, his only son was killed in a fire forty years ago. Old Jin Man vowed to eliminate the three evils and benefit future generations. While rubbing the cow rope, he studied astronomy and geography. In three years, I have traveled all over the 18 slopes of Qimen Kyushu, three streets, six cities and all the alleys, and inspected the topography of the three lakes and nine Tianjin. A map of Zhang Yu and a map of water control were drawn, but no suitable method for pest control was found.

One day, Meng Gen, a Taurus monk, struck his vegetable field three times with his mord and said, "Outside Jinxianmen, my Buddha is an important place, and Gigi is in Jiangcheng town. If you build a tower here, you will be safe forever. " The old man immediately dug out a three-foot-long iron letter with four rings of gold rope inside. Gu Jian has three, and each hilt is engraved with the words "expelling wind", "extinguishing fire" and "lowering dumpling"; Three hundred golden urn relics; Twenty words are engraved on a bamboo slip: "Hongzhou, Tazhen, will last for a thousand years." Gold rope hooks the ground, never worry. "

The next day, old Jin Man announced his proposal, and the satrap ordered people to break ground to build a tower. After three years, a seven-story pagoda in Fiona Fang and Taxia Temple with a height of 17 feet, 10 feet and 8 feet were finally built. Four gold threads extend to the east, west, north and south under the tower foundation, locking the ground vein; Three swords hanging high in Fahua Hall; The gold bottle with a net weight of 62 ounces was dissolved and plated on the top of the tower with 4 ounces of gold donated by old Jin Man; These 300 pearls are embedded in the Buddha's platform. Because old Jin Man gave money by rubbing the rope, he dug the ground and found the golden jar and rope, so he named it "Golden Pagoda".

The bronzing plaque of "Ningbo Zhenjiang City" hangs high above the main entrance. Looking inside, it's very transparent. At first glance, you can see a couplet on the first floor of the pagoda: "Pearlescent floating relics in the middle of the night, golden Buddha in the air", which means that there are 300 Buddha relics in the jinding of this pagoda. Jinsheng Pagoda has stood tall outside Jinxian Gate for more than 1 100 years, but the gourd-shaped tower top shines all year round, and the golden luster never fades. What is the reason? It is said that this is a "Baoding". Legend has it that when the tower was built, the fairy Guo Pu made 998 1 day with wind, fire and precious copper in the blast furnace. At the time of installation, Master Zen Moon set up an altar to worship heaven and installed 998 1 day. This tripod is about 2 feet 8 inches high and about 10 feet 8 inches in circumference. The inner layer is 998 10 Jin of fenghuo copper, and the outer layer is 88642 pieces of gold. Bagua is packed in a tripod, and there are aquatic animals in the murals of the tripod. Eight characters are engraved on the bottom of the tripod, which are "dispelling wind and extinguishing fire, reducing evil and evil". Because of Baoding, Nanchang escaped the three disasters of wind, fire and water.

During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, a new magistrate came to Nanchang, surnamed Huo, whose name was Shouzheng. This man was originally a Manchu standard-bearer. He was born with a traitor's face, a pair of thief's triangular eyes and a hooked nose, which made people hate it at first sight. Huo Shouzheng's character is indeed sinister and vicious, and corruption is unscrupulous, but he often laughs at people with a smile, and the people hate him. But when he was an official in Beijing, he was good at bragging and flattery, appreciated by Emperor Qianlong, and sheltered by powerful little Shenyang, and no one could help him. One year, Emperor Qianlong was tired of living in the palace. He heard that the scenery in the south of the Yangtze River was beautiful, so he took several cronies to visit the mountains in the south of the Yangtze River. When he came to Nanchang mansion, Mr. Huo was busy as a bee. He accompanied Emperor Qianlong to visit ten scenic spots in Zhang Yu, and then came to Jinshengta Temple on a sunny day. Emperor Qianlong looked up and saw the golden roof of the Golden Sage Tower. He repeatedly said, "Good tower, good tower!" Lord Huo immediately courted and said, "Long live the opening ceremony. This tower top is a rare treasure. It can not only drive away the wind, but also put out the fire. When lightning and fireballs fall, the tripod will open its mouth and swallow the fireballs from far and near one by one. With this gourd tripod, you are not afraid of fire. " Emperor Qianlong nodded repeatedly and said, "Wonderful, wonderful!" Mr. Huo's eyes brightened, and he understood the mind of Emperor Qianlong and thought that he had a chance to be promoted to a higher position and make a fortune. He quickly knelt down and asked him to repair the tower. Gan Long nodded and promised to talk about it after returning to Beijing.

Soon after Emperor Qianlong returned to Beijing, he handed down an imperial edict and ordered Huo Shouzheng to build the tower another day. Huo Shouzheng was filled with joy, and at the same time sent people to the tower to raise money and seize the opportunity to make a fortune; A Zhong Ding craftsman in Xishan was ordered to secretly cast a golden tripod when he was repairing a pagoda. If you don't want others to know, the best way is not to do it. Can you hide such a big thing? The news that Huo Shouzheng wanted to steal Baoding spread all over the city. Men, women and children, angry, three streets and six cities, running around complaining to each other, the pagoda temple was crowded with angry people before and after. Everyone is talking around the old abbot of Ta Temple, but no one can think of a good way. Because building a tower is the imperial edict of the emperor! Just as everyone was arguing endlessly and in a dilemma, suddenly an old man with a gray beard came. I saw his eyes lit up and his hands parted, and everyone came to the tower. He said loudly, "don't worry, don't worry, three heads are better than one." Let's think about it together! " A closer look shows that this old man is the famous master of Zhong Ding in Xishan. His real name is Zong, and he lives in Zong Village at the foot of Xishan Mountain. Everyone called him "Zhong Laozuo" because he was good at casting Zhong Ding. The old abbot hurriedly let Zhong Laozuo and the leading mason enter the abbot's meditation room, and everyone discussed ways to deal with Huo Shouzheng. After Zhong Laozong let everyone finish, he stood up unhurriedly and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, to tell you the truth, I knew Huo Shouzheng was going to steal Baoding. I forged his tripod. As long as we act in this secret way, insurance can keep this treasure tripod. " Everyone heard that the Jinding was made by Zhong Laozong. At first, they were stunned. Later, after listening to his way of dealing with Huo Shouzheng, everyone felt that this idea was very good. So everyone was very happy and ready to leave separately. On the day when the tower started construction, Huo Shou was sitting in a big green sedan chair, crowding round to the front of the tower temple. After pretending to worship in front of the altar, he ordered Zhong Laozuo to start work quickly, and he waddled into the temple to drink tea. The abbot of Ta Temple quickly greeted him and played chess with him to kill time. The chief came to report that Baoding had been removed. He was so happy that he pushed the chessboard, bid farewell to the abbot, and ordered people to carry Baoding to the Futai yamen and sit in a sedan chair to go home. At midnight that night, a confidant was ordered to secretly load three treasures, namely Baoding, bronze bell and toad stone, on the ship and set sail for power generation.

When he came to Beijing, Huo Shouzheng first met with the adults of Xiao Shenyang, and then Xiao Shenyang introduced him to the backyard of the palace, and told the Emperor Qianlong about sending the treasure to Beijing. Gan Long smiled and even praised his ability.

The next day, the civil and military officials finished their congratulations. Emperor Qianlong issued an imperial edict, ordering people to put the bronze bell and toad stone into the treasure house and carry the tripod to the altar south of the Temple of Heaven. Then, I chose an auspicious day of the zodiac and called a hundred officials from the civil and military to worship at the altar to try the efficacy of Baoding. On this day, after all the officials arrived, I saw one hundred military attaché s riding marooned and holding one hundred burning torches, standing by the altar waiting for orders. After the three links rang, hundreds of military attaché s surrounded the Baoding on the altar and threw a hundred fireballs at it. Emperor Qianlong and the civil and military officials looked at each other and watched the spectacle of Baoding swallowing fireballs. Unexpectedly, there was a loud noise, and the flames rose to the sky, scaring the civil and military officials out of their wits and running around. By the time the fire was put out, the altar had burned to a corner. This time, Huo Shouzheng committed the great crime of deceiving the monarch, and Qianlong immediately ordered Huo to beat people to prison.

What's going on here? It turned out that when Master Zhong was ordered to cast Jinding, he secretly cast a bronze tripod exactly like Jinding. Huo Shou was playing chess with the abbot when he used this bronze tripod to pretend to be a treasure tripod and carried it to the magistrate's office. He put the Jinding on the Golden Pagoda and buried the real Baoding under the old pagoda tree behind the temple. After Huo Shouzheng left, he secretly dug out the Baoding and put it on the Golden Pagoda. Then melt the replaced jinding and re-plate the golden body of the Bodhisattva. That's why Baoding was preserved.

However, 200 years later, when Japan invaded Nanchang, Shaozuo Kuroda heard that Tading was a rare treasure, and he tried to take it to a Japanese temple. However, because the Japanese believed in Buddhism and did not dare to rob it, they cast an iron tripod and sent a company of ghost soldiers to replace it.

On this day, Kuroda led a large group of people to the Jinsheng Tower, erected a vertical ladder according to the outer octagon of the tower, and ordered eight guizi soldiers to climb to the top of the tower from eight directions. But as soon as eight Japanese devils touched the top of the tower, they fell down one by one and died to pieces. Kuroda thought that rogue soldiers were careless. He shouted and cursed, and then sent many rogue soldiers to climb up. The leading devil shouted "one, two, three!" " I tried to lift Baoding, but I fell headlong when I touched it. Kuroda pondered for a moment and said, "Yes, yes!" "He led all the ghost soldiers to the temple to burn incense and light candles to worship the bodhisattva, and then ordered sixteen ghost soldiers to climb up again. But this time I just climbed to the top of the tower, and before I could finish shouting "one, two, three", the ladder fell apart with a bang, and all of them fell, some were dead and some were injured. Scared, Akizo Kuroda hurried into the temple to kowtow and apologize, asking the Buddha for forgiveness, and then left angrily. When Shaozuo Kuroda returned to the barracks, he suddenly felt dizzy and his heart ached, and he soon fell ill and died. Everyone says this is the result of disobeying God.

What the hell is going on? He turned out to be a patriotic Beijing opera martial artist. The night before Kuroda changed his tripod, he touched the top of the tower from the stairs in the tower, secretly installed a wire at the bottom of Baoding and connected the power. So when Guizibing touched Baoding, he was knocked down and killed alive, while Kuroda Shaozuo died of a heart attack. According to legend, 1 100 years ago, after the completion of the Jinsheng Tower in Nanchang, the tower was 59 meters high, with seven floors, eight sides and fifty-six holes. Every Mid-Autumn Festival, the Taiping Pagoda will be burned down, and lights will be lit on the Jinsheng Pagoda. At first glance, all directions are dazzling and spectacular.

This Mid-Autumn Festival, Liu Taishou of Zhang Yu donated 50 Jin of lamp oil, and ordered his family to send it to Jinshengta Temple, and asked the monk to add Jinshengta to light the lamp. In the evening, he took his wife Wang and his daughter Ruilian to the pagoda temple to burn incense and enjoy the moon. The monk lit the tower brightly and waited on Liu Taishou to burn incense in the Buddhist temple. Please go to Baota Temple to enjoy the moon.

A bright moon rises, lights are everywhere, and firecrackers are everywhere in the city. Miss Ruilian is very talented. She answers poems correctly and is proficient in everything. I was very excited when I came to the Jinsheng Tower tonight and saw the brightly lit tower. I casually choked out a couplet: "The tower is brightly lit and every floor is bright." The prefect saw that the handwriting of the first couplet was good. "Zhuge Liang (Ge Liang)" quoted the name of an ancestor celebrity, which was homophonic and implied absolute meaning. His wife is also very happy. How about asking Ruilian in the next link? Ruilian couldn't answer. She thought for a while and said shyly, Dad, yu zhang is an outstanding person. Why don't you write a list of articles? If anyone can meet the bottom line, he is also a genius. Daughter No.1 ... Taishou listened and was filled with joy. Knowing her daughter's mind, she thought, "Write a list of articles. If someone deserves to make a lifelong commitment to her daughter, won't it fulfill my parents' wishes?

The next day, Liu Taishou posted a poster in front of the Jinsheng Tower, which read: "The tower is brightly lit, brightly lit." Yu zhang talents, if someone is suitable, will be recruited as husbands. As soon as the list came out, there was an endless stream of people watching it. Butler's son, children of wealthy families and urban scholars rushed to tell each other to look at the list at the Golden Sage Tower, but no one dared to disclose it.

Let's talk about Qijiazhuang in Li Antang. There is a lacquer childe named Zi Ling in the village, who is a famous scholar. On this day, after hearing the news, I rushed to the city to look at the list. I saw the first part: "The tower is brightly lit." Not only wrote the scenery of the Golden Sage Tower, the meaning of homophonic, but also wrote the font size of predecessors. After careful consideration, I still can't touch the bottom line, so I have to take a step back to my hometown. But "the lights on the tower are bright and clear" has been in my mind, and I can't calm down. On the way, I felt tired after crossing Danxi, so I sat down by the bridge. Suddenly, I saw an old farmer carrying a load of dung on his shoulder, trying to cross the bridge. But the bridge is too narrow to cross. So I put down the dung bucket and let Zi Ling carry it across the bridge. Zi Ling grew up in the countryside and didn't hate it. So she lifted her gown, lifted the dung bucket, and carefully carried it with the farmers. Bring another bucket when you come back. The old farmer said gratefully, "Xianggong, you rest here, and I'll dig some lotus roots in the pond for you to eat." Zi Ling said quickly, "Uncle, no,no." The old farmer said, "I planted lotus roots in the pond." It doesn't matter. I want to choose some good lotus roots for you to eat. " As he spoke, he walked to the pool and saw a lotus leaf flourishing and a delicate red lotus in full bloom in the wind. He said happily, "Lotus is full of laughter and vitality. This is a red lotus. There must be a good lotus root below. " Zi Ling lost his voice and said, "Ah! A lotus flower. " ""xianggong ",your temperature is good. Just now I mentioned two buckets of shit, and the two buckets are a pair, which can be said to be' double happiness' (shit: Nanchang sounds choking happiness). Say that finish, she picked the lotus and gave it to Zi Ling, who was filled with joy. The old farmer picked up the shovel thrown by the pond, dug out a white lotus root, washed it with water, and praised it in his hand: "Xianggong, you are so lucky, this lotus root is too white." Zi Ling was thinking about the first part, and the words and deeds of the old farmer shocked him. The words "I planted the lotus root in the pool", "A lotus flower" and "This lotus root is too white" flashed in my mind again, and a couplet was gestating. At this time, the old farmer threw a section of white lotus root ashore and said, "This section of lotus root is good. It has no roots. The roots are hidden in the mud. Let me talk about the second part. "Zi Ling thought: Roots are hidden in mud. I suddenly exclaimed: "Yes! Yes! "He took the lotus and turned and ran across the bridge, but the old farmer was puzzled.

Zi Ling no longer felt tired, ran into the city in one breath, and made an announcement in front of the Golden Sage Tower. A family member told Liu Taishou that Taishou invited his wife and Miss Ruilian to come out and sit down in the lobby. Ruilian sat behind the curtain, waiting to introduce the poster. Zi Ling walked into the hall. The Taishou couple were a little happy to see that the bearer was handsome and dressed like a scholar, about twenty years old. Liu Taishou and his wife asked Zi Ling to sit down. The satrap asked Zi Ling's name, and then said, "Since the list has been published, please bring the next couplet." Zi Ling immediately said to him, "It's too white and too Li Changgeng to grow lotus roots in the pond." Hearing this, the satrap said, "lighting on the tower" is just right for "planting lotus roots in the pool" and "Zhuge Liang (grid) is just right for" planting (hiding) plum (root) festival is too white. The meaning of "homophonic", but also the name of celebrity ancestors, can not help but slip of the tongue. I'm too happy. What happened to the second part? Zi Ling told the story of the old farmer. The satrap sighed and said, "Real talents come from the countryside." That is to say, Zi Ling wrote the next couplet and made a couplet with Ruilian. Zi Ling's calligraphy is also a long snake, and he was praised by the prefect, repeatedly praising: "Good husband, good husband. Then he gave the lotus to the satrap, and the satrap gave it to Miss Ruilian, who had already seen it and was glad. "。 After receiving the lotus, she smiled shyly and followed the servant girl to the back hall. The Taishou couple smiled happily and said, "Hang the couplets in Jinshengta Temple, make them public, and get married on another day. "According to legend, a long time ago, the area around Jinshengta was very prosperous, with an endless stream of tourists. Farmers from four towns and villages traded here, so it was called the' pig market'.

However, strange things have also happened: people often see a beautiful young woman appearing on the tower in rainy days and hearing the melodious music on the tower in the starry sky; On the night of thunder and lightning and strong wind, I heard a piercing cry from the tower. ...

As a result, the news that there was a fox in the Golden Sage Tower spread. No one climbed the tower to enjoy the panoramic view. Suddenly, the market became depressed and farmers in four townships stopped trading. Moss and weeds soon grew under the Golden Sage Tower.

There is a fisherman in Sima Temple near Jinsheng Tower. Zhao Laohan, the head of fishermen, and his only son, Zhao Long, lived alone and fished on Fuhe River for many years. Because of evil spirits, the market is depressed, and their life is very difficult. On a rainy night in the spring rain, Zhao Laohan died of illness and had no money to treat him. Before he died, he told his son that he must destroy the goblins and let the villagers live a good life again. Zhao Long buried his father in tears.

The next day, Zhao Long tied a sharp knife to his waist and went straight to the Jinsheng Tower. Pull out the knife, from the first floor to the seventh floor. Suddenly, the evil wind was everywhere and the dust was flying. In front of Zhao Long, a stunning woman suddenly appeared, pulling him with her finger. Zhao Long cut a knife and the woman suddenly disappeared. Suddenly, a gust of wind blew Zhao Long into the air and fell into a pond by the tower. Zhao Long came home with a scar and the help of others.

At night, Zhao Long was lying in bed, only to see a white-haired old man lead him to a hole in the back of the house, take out a round mirror from his pocket and say, "Take this mirror and go down the hole, and the goblin can be wiped out." Then he disappeared. Zhao Long woke up suddenly, but it was a dream.

The next morning, Zhao Long got up and strangely recovered from the fall. He drew a sharp knife from under the bed and suddenly found a round mirror beside it. He picked up the round mirror, inserted a sharp knife and came to the back of the house. Sure enough, he found a hole the size of a washbasin in the messy grass. He squeezed through the grass and climbed in. He went deeper and deeper, and the hole became bigger and deeper. In a short time, the water reached the knee, and soon it was chest-deep. Zhao Long is running in a dark hole. I don't know how long he has been gone. Finally, he found the light, and the water in the hole was much shallower. Without thinking of fatigue, he quickened his pace and came to a place with lights. There is an arched door, from which light shines into the hole. Zhao Long groped his way into the arch with a mirror in his left hand and a knife in his right. After a while, he came to the door of a stone house and pushed the door in. He saw a stunning woman lying on a huge stone bed with some people's skeletons piled in the corner. The woman suddenly woke up and panicked. Zhao Long took a photo of him with a mirror, but the woman seemed to be nailed to a nail and couldn't move. Zhao Long stepped forward and stabbed her in the chest, bleeding profusely. The crying woman showed her true colors. It turned out to be a brown fox.

With the elimination of foxes, people can live and work in peace and contentment again.