The Legend of Alishan National Scenic Area

One day long, long ago, a Gaoshan leader named Abari came to a mountain he had never been to in order to chase a white deer. Just when he was in a hurry, suddenly the white deer disappeared, but in front of him was a big mountain forest filled with mist and flowers. He was attracted by the charming scenery, and the rich products here fascinated him even more. He thinks the family has a good place to live. So, he called the people of the tribe and opened this mountain forest into a new hunting ground. However, just as they were intoxicated with the harvest brought by the new hunting ground, they angered the two dragons here. The dragon's ability is great. As soon as they snored, the wind suddenly roared and scared away the birds and animals. As soon as the dragon spurted out, it was filled with fog, which made people confused the southeast and northwest. This has brought disaster to the Gaoshan people who want to live a stable life. Abari see in the eye in the heart, he is determined to fight the dragon. So, he led a group of young people in the tribe to dance knives and practice arrows in the mountains every day, and learned a good martial arts.

One night, a group of young people who vowed to fight the dragon to the end came down to the top of the mountain under the leadership of Abari, waiting for the arrival of the dragon. The next morning, the morning star had just risen from the east, and only the sky was whirring. In a blink of an eye, two dragons were walking in clouds and roaring in tandem. Abari saw the dragon only a hundred paces away from them. Suddenly, he pulled up the bowstring and saw a golden light pointing straight at the evil dragonfly ahead. Then, the boys' sharp arrows also shot at the dragon together. The injured dragon turned his head and ran away. Before the dragon behind could react, its long and big tail was caught in the dense trees. At this moment, Abari pulled out his broadsword like lightning, and rushed forward one step, only to hear a "click" sound, and the beaten end was cut off. The two dragons never dared to go up the mountain to do evil again. In order to show respect for their brave leader, Gaoshan compatriots named this mountain Alishan.

There is also a legend: Once upon a time, there were no flowers, trees, birds and animals on Ali Mountain, which was called Bald Mountain. There lived a young hunter named Ali on the bald mountain. One day, he went hunting in Beishan and rescued two girls and a peacock from the tiger's mouth. These two girls are heavenly fairies. They sneaked here with peacocks to see the scenery, only to meet a tiger. Thanks to Ali, they were saved. But escaped the tiger's bullet, but failed to fool Wang Di. Because they went to heaven privately, the Five Emperors sent the old birthday boy down to arrest them and went back to the Heavenly Palace to plead guilty. In order to save two girls, Ali did not hesitate to offend the well-connected jade emperor, took the leading crutch of the old birthday girl and drove him away.

The Jade Emperor was really angry and ordered Thor to burn the creatures in the Tushan area with thunder. The two fairies advised Ali to run away quickly, but Ali ignored the two fairies and climbed to the top of the bald mountain. At this time, Thor just came to the sky on the bald mountain. Ali shouted to Thor: "Thor, I beat the old birthday girl away, and I spared the two little fairies. It's my fault, not someone else's! " Your thunder will burn on me! "Without further ado, Raytheon raised his thunder drill and lightning, and shot earth-shattering thunder at Ali. Ali was beaten to pieces, and the surrounding mountains were ablaze. Because the mountain was bare, Lei Ren went out before he got halfway up the mountain.

Although Ali was killed by a thunder man, flowers and trees have grown everywhere on this bare mountain since then. People say: these flowers, plants and trees were all bought by Ali's flesh and blood. The Shenmu tree on Ali Mountain was bought with the crutches of the old birthday girl. The two fairies were moved by Ali's feat of sacrificing himself for others. Despite the persuasion of the five emperors, they resolutely stayed with Ali and became the green sister pool of the two rivers, always accompanying Ali. And that peacock became a stream flowing around Ali.

A few young people who are brave in dedication have left beautiful scenery for the world. In memory of Ali, people renamed this green hill Ali Mountain.

There is another legend in Alishan: Under Alishan in central Taiwan Province, there lived an old man named Dong. One day, he walked to the stream and saw a round egg in the green grass. There were nine colorful patterns on the eggshell. He thought: This egg may be a phoenix egg. As the saying goes, there is a phoenix at home, and the hall is full of happiness. So he went home with an egg in his hand, and it happened that the goose at home was "holding the egg" in its nest, so Dong put the egg under the goose's stomach.

The goose has been hatched for a month, and all five goslings have broken their shells. They are yellow, furry and very cute. Nine days later, the eggs also broke. The old man looked forward to the phoenix with all his heart, but it was a small snake that hatched. Adong's old man is soft-hearted He believes that snakes are small creatures and should be kept. He keeps the snake in a earthen pot and feeds it with tadpoles and aphids every day. The little snake grows too fast to hold the pottery bowl soon. So the old man took it into a big water tank again. A few days later, the snake grew two horns on its head, many beards on its mouth and colorful scales on its body. Ah! So this is a dragon! Xiaolong dances in the water tank, which is very cute. Old Dong is happier.

The dragon grows up day by day, and the water tank can't hold it. The old man took it to the pond behind the house. When the dragon came to the pond, it became more active It stirs the body and always wants to jump out of the water. In order to make it eat well, the old man bought it pig blood to feed. The dragon's appetite was so great that he drank all the pig's blood in a few bites. He raised his upper body and nodded to the old man, meaning: Thank you, Grandpa! The old man shook his beard and smiled.

The dragon is getting bigger and bigger, and there is no room in the pond. The old man Adong said to Dalong, "Dalong, you can live in the cave under Alishan. I buy you pig blood every day. " The dragon nodded, climbed out of the pond and slipped into the cave at the foot of the mountain to live. There is a blind grandmother in the village next door, with only a little granddaughter beside her. One day, when the little girl wore a red dress and passed by the entrance of the cave where Long lived, Long mistakenly thought that it was pig blood sent by Dong Laotou, stuck his head out of the cave and swallowed the little girl in one gulp.

Adong's old man was very angry when he found out. He picked up a kitchen knife and rushed into the hole. He shouted, "You ungrateful dragon, you have committed a great crime. You ate blind grandma's little granddaughter. How will the blind grandmother live in the future? " You stick out your tail, and I'll cut off your tail to punish you! "The dragon knew that he had done something wrong and had to stretch out his tail. Old Dong cut off the dragon's tail with one knife. Long Wei jumped and jumped to the East China Sea with blood. Reluctantly, the dragon continued to listen to the old man's exhortation: "If you ate someone, I would have hacked you to death. I will give my life back.". "However, no one takes care of your grandmother. In the future, you should take good care of grandma and let the old people live a good old age. You must not be lazy! " The dragon with its tail cut off became a bald-tailed dragon, but it could talk instead. It climbed to the door of the blind grandmother, kowtowed again and again, and said, "Grandma, I will be your son from now on, and I will call you Mom." Damn, I was wrong! Your little granddaughter walked past my cave entrance in a red dress. I mistakenly thought it was pig blood sent by Dong's father, so I swallowed it in one gulp. Old Dong has punished me; He cut off my tail and I became a bald-tailed dragon. Mom, I will take care of you all my life. I don't think I can steal other people's chicken and duck food for you, nor can I send you flowers with other people's gold and silver. I'm going to get some gold and silver from the seaside and put them in a big and deep cave behind my house. You go to the cave to get gold and silver, let the villagers buy rice for you to eat, and buy cloth for others to make clothes for you. If you need me, just knock on the copper basin with a wooden stick. Mom, I know you can still see something in your eyes. You raise your crutch and take out the gold and silver from the hole. You raised your crutch and asked the villagers to help you. They will help you. Mom, you must never tell anyone about the gold and silver in the cave behind the house, in case the bad guys steal it. Mom, you can spend your old age with peace of mind! "

Blind grandma heard that her little granddaughter was eaten by a dragon, and she was heartbroken and wanted to kill the dragon. Her tears flowed out, and she shed three pots. Listening to the dragon's confession, it is another cry of left mother and right mother. Her heart softened again. The old man punished Dong with a hand. The little granddaughter died and could not be resurrected. The dragon is willing to be a son to take care of himself, so the grandmother stopped crying. She wiped her tears and said, "Let's live a good life, son."

In this way, the bald-tailed dragon got into the bottom of the sea every day, fished up gold and silver, came to the foot of Alishan and hid in the cave behind grandma's house.

There is a kind little girl in the village who volunteered to take care of her grandmother. She knows nothing about gold and silver. So grandma lived comfortably in her later years.

Bald-tailed dragons go to the sea to get gold and silver every day. The big and deep cave behind the blind grandmother's house is filled with tens of thousands of gold and silver. Every time, the old woman quietly helped herself with the gold and silver, keeping it from the little girl for fear that she would tell the bad guys. The blind grandmother is getting older and older. The bald-tailed dragon said, "Mom, Mazu in heaven asked me to go to heaven to guard the gate of the Heavenly Palace for her. Sit on my back and go to the heavenly palace. When I arrived in Tiangong, I was bright and healthy. " The blind grandmother said,' The little girl takes good care of me, and I can't bear to leave her. "The bald-tailed dragon said," Take her to the Heavenly Palace, too. "

As soon as the bald tail of the bald-tailed dragon swept to Ali Mountain, the deep hole behind the blind grandmother's house was completely covered with stones and mud.

The blind grandmother rode a little girl on the waist of the bald-tailed dragon, flew into the sky, crossed the white clouds and entered the Heavenly Palace. The gold and silver in the deep hole behind the blind grandmother's house was taken from the bottom of the sea by the bald-tailed dragon, so it was stained with a lot of dragon saliva. Gold and silver gradually expanded, and the originally low Alishan was arched high, becoming a long, big and high mountain in the center of Taiwan Province Province. There is also a folk song circulating here:

Bald tail bubbling in Longshan,

Alishan has a lot of money in his stomach.

Dig a hillside with a hoe,

There is nothing you can do about it!