Maoming Folk Custom 50 Words

At the junction of Dianbai County and Yangjiang City, there is a Wangmi Mountain, where many touching stories are circulated.

A long time ago, there was an endless sea and a hillside by the sea. There lived a hardworking young man named Ahai on the hillside.

Ahai lost his parents and was helpless when he was a child, but he developed a good skill through hard work. He can open his eyes underwater and is an expert in fishing and collecting pearls.

One day, A Hai saved a girl who was killed while fishing at sea. This girl is from Chunshan (now Yangchun). Because the bully wanted to take her as his concubine, she refused to be abused and fled by boat with her father in the middle of the night. Who knows that she was lucky to be rescued when she hit the rocks and sank, but her father did not know where to go.

The girl is deeply grateful to Ahai for saving her life, and Ahai sympathizes with the girl's misfortune. Soon, the two young people became husband and wife.

Jane is diligent and clever, A Hai is capable and gets along well. Jane is not only good at housekeeping, but also a good singer. She often writes her own songs and teaches Ah Hai to sing together:

"A thatched shed is a net, and simple meals are sweet!

I think my brother doesn't love his sister, and drinking porridge and water is better than honey. "

"Brother sing a-mei, brother fishing a-mei rattan.

Brothers and sisters work hard together and don't worry about food and clothing. "

As the saying goes: good flowers are hard to plant, and good times don't last long. Emperor Wanli, who was far away from home, heard that there was a pearl treasure, so he sent pearl pickers with thousands of officers and men to the coast to pull boats to catch Ding and salvage pearls for the royal family. Ahai was also taken away, and Jane cried her eyes out. But the officers and men are like wolves. What can the poor sisters do? Jane sent her husband all the way, singing sad songs all the way:

"Send elder brother to the desert river, the river is dripping with tears.

The big river is full of fish, and the brothers and sisters are not distracted! "

After her husband was taken to the sea to collect pearls, Jane stood on the hillside and looked out every night, hoping that Ahai would come back soon.

However, there is hatred in the world and the sea is ruthless. Day by day passed, but Ah Hai was nowhere to be seen. Half a year later, an escaped fisherman told her that Ahai met a shark while picking pearls. For everyone, he bravely fought with sharks, and the sea was dyed red with blood ... Jane fainted and couldn't eat for three days and nights. She climbed to the top of the hillside, facing the sea, and sang in a hoarse throat:

"I think the night is longer and tears flow into baskets.

If tears are regarded as sea water, the tide will rise over Yangmo River. "

Tears welled up after singing, and the sea roared. It is said that the tide rose quickly that day, flooding the Yangmo River and several ships loaded with jewels. After the storm, Jane became a standing stone. With the passage of time, the beach in this area has become land, and the hillside has also become a towering and lush mountain peak, so people call it Wangmi Mountain.