Followed by the story of the dragon. There are many stories about dragons in Dali, especially around Erhai Lake. This is fully reflected in the volume of County Records. Such as Nine Dragons Myth, Carving Ji Long, Throwing Beads, Dragon King in Langli, Little Huanglong and Big Black Dragon, Jade Cabbage and so on.
Once again, this is the main story. Jehovah is the god worshipped by the Bai people. This main story is the largest and most distinctive among Dali folk stories. The main stories are included in most county volumes in Dali. Such as the Great Black God, Prince Bai Ya, King Hong Shashi, King Shi Bao, King Desert, Duan Chicheng, Du Chaoxuan, Lady Bai Jie, Duan Zongda, Duan Siping, dutiful son and General Dong.
It is suggested to buy books such as Selected Stories of Dali, Encyclopedia of Folk Stories of China: Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture, and Selected Stories of Bai People.
Such as: the story of forgetting my husband's cloud
There are 19 peaks 18 streams in Cangshan, Dali, covered with green hills, and one of them is called Yuju Peak. Every winter, there will be a wisp of white clouds on the Jade Bureau Peak, which is graceful, just like a beautiful woman, standing on the Jade Bureau Peak overlooking Erhai Lake. The scenery is very charming. This cloud also has a touching name, called "Wang Miyun". According to legend, more than a thousand years ago, King Nanzhao had a daughter who was nineteen years old and smart and beautiful. At the grand gathering around Sanling, the princess met the young hunter of Jade Bureau Peak, and they fell in love at first sight and were soul mates. Unexpectedly, King Nanzhao had betrothed the princess to the general and had chosen a wedding date. The princess and the hunter fled to Jade Bureau Peak. They became relatives in the cave and lived a happy life. However, the good times didn't last long, and the Nanzhao king couldn't find the princess, so he invited the mage of luoquan Temple in Haidong. The treacherous luoquan mage saw the princess and the hunter live in Jade Bureau Peak with a magic lamp, so he sent a crow to inform the princess to hurry back to the palace, or else he blocked Cangshan with heavy snow and froze her and the hunter alive. The princess said that life and death should be with the hunter. So, Master luoquan made the sky snow heavily, and the whole Cangshan Mountain was covered with snow. In order to protect the princess from the cold, the hunter braved the snowstorm and flew to luoquan Temple to steal the eight-treasure cassock, which was warm in winter and cool in summer. When the hunter flew back over Erhai Lake, Master luoquan caught up with him, read a spell, drove the hunter into the bottom of the sea with a futon, and turned him into a stone mule. Every day, the princess stands on the top of the mountain and looks around, waiting for the hunter to come home. Finally, she jumped off a cliff and died, turning into white clouds. This cloud rises and falls on the peak of Jade Bureau, as if visiting the depths of Erhai Lake. Every time Wang Mi-yun appears, Erhai Lake will be attacked by a hurricane, which will blow away the seawater. Now it is a stone mule in the sea.
The Legend of butterfly spring in Dali
Butterfly spring, formerly known as bottomless pool, is surrounded by a woodcutter, Father Zhang, and an orphan girl, Wengu. One day, father and daughter went up the mountain to cut firewood, and suddenly they saw an injured deer running over and lying beside Wen Gu, whining. Soon, a hunter with a bow and arrow followed. Wen Gu picked up the poor deer and begged the hunter not to kill it. The hunter's name is Xia Lang. He accepted Wen Gu's request, that is, to give a gift to the deer, and take out the medicine powder from the medicine bag to treat the deer's injury. Aunt Wen is very grateful to Xia Lang. Since then, they often meet by the bottomless pool. Wen Gu also gave Xia Lang a "Hundred Butterflies" embroidered with one hundred butterflies as a symbol of love.
Who knows that Yu Wang in Dali has long coveted the beautiful Wen Gu. After his proposal was rejected, he made an excuse for Wen Gu to embroider butterflies and took her away. Zhang's father came forward to save him, but was killed by soldiers. Seeing this, the humane deer immediately flew up the hillside to look for Xia Lang, grabbed his clothes and dragged him down the mountain. Xia Lang came to the bottomless pool and saw Wen Gu's legacy. He buried the old man first, then rode to Wang Fu with a bow and arrow on his back and a knife. In the dead of night, Xia Lang rescued Wen Gu. Yu Wang knew, so he sent a general to chase after him. Xia Lang drew an arrow with his bow, and this arrow hit a pursuer ... but the pursuer was outnumbered, so Xia Lang had to protect Vivian, fought and retreated, and finally retreated to the bottomless pool. At this time, Xia Lang's arrow was shot out and the knife was cut off. When there was no way out, Xia Lang Wen Gu hugged himself and jumped into the bottomless pool. The deer also jumped into the pool to die for its owner. Strangely, just as they were about to jump into the pool, the clear sky in Wan Li suddenly turned into thunder and lightning, and it rained heavily, scaring off the general manager and soldiers in Yu Wang.
After a storm comes a calm, birds are singing and flowers are fragrant. A pair of big butterflies fly in the pool, and then a butterfly flies out. According to legend, it was created by butterflies and Luxiang Xialang brought by Xia Lang and Wen Gu.
In order to commemorate Xia Lang and Wengu, people not only renamed the bottomless pool butterfly spring, but also went to the spring to pay their respects on April 15, the day when they jumped into the pool for double suicide, in order to commemorate the strong and unyielding lovers. Couples are lovers. On this day, they will go to the fountain to get together, sing songs, dance and pour out their love. On this day, colorful butterflies from all directions also fly to meet in spring and become one of the unique landscapes in Dali.
There is also the story of Little Huanglong and Big Black Dragon.
Legend has it that there is a fierce big black dragon in Erhai Lake. It lost a precious robe and can't be found anywhere. In a rage, it blocked the end of Erhai Lake (Xi 'er River) and searched everywhere in Erhai Lake. The water in Erhai Lake can't flow outside, but it rises day by day. Many dam fields were washed away, many people were drowned, and even the Black Dragon Bridge was flooded.
This can be anxious for local officials. I have no choice but to make a leisure list. No one dared to reveal the list for several days, until one day, a child revealed the yellow list. This teenager is not an ordinary person. His mother used to wash vegetables in the ravine, ate a green peach transformed from a dragon ball washed down from the mountain and got pregnant. When he was born, a phoenix landed on the roof.
After he unveiled the yellow list, the official in charge of the list saw a little boy dare to tear it off, so he raised his hand and hit him. The onlookers quickly advised: "Don't fight yet, let him meet the county grandfather and see how he can take the big black dragon."
County grandfather looked at him and saw that the child was an elf, very capable, and might be able to subdue the big black dragon. Besides, no one else dared to hit the big black dragon, so they said, "Son, how can you subdue the big black dragon when you are so young?"
"Yes, as long as I say it and you follow it, you can conquer the big black dragon."
"Ok, you go."
The child said, "If you give me a bronze faucet, two pairs of iron claws, six sharp knives, 300 iron buns, 300 loaves of bread and three big grass dragons, I will definitely catch the big black dragon."
According to his words, the county magistrate got everything ready.
The child put on a copper faucet, iron claws, a sharp knife in his mouth, three sharp knives tied to his back and one sharp knife in each hand. Before entering the water, he said to everyone, "Throw three grass dragons into Erhai Lake. Let the big black dragon fight the grass dragon for a while first, and then let the big black dragon get tired. Also, after I go down, I will throw bread when I turn yellow water on the sea, and throw iron buns when I turn black water. " As soon as the child jumped out of Erhai Lake, it became a small yellow dragon, fighting with the big black dragon in Erhai Lake, and the water splashed dozens of feet high. Dali people rowed many wooden boats and followed the spray to help fight.
Little Huanglong was hungry and turned up a yellow splash on the sea. He put his head out of the water and opened his mouth to look for food. Everyone throws bread at Xiao Huanglong's mouth. When the big black dragon was exhausted, it turned up a black splash on the sea. It opened the brazier and looked around for food. Everyone throws iron buns into its mouth. Little Huanglong eats bread, and the more he beats it, the stronger it gets. The big black dragon ate the iron steamed stuffed bun, and his stomach was hungry and painful.
In this way, after three days and three nights of fighting, the big black dragon could not hold on. Little Huanglong is as flexible as a small snake. When the big black dragon was hungry and tired, it opened its mouth to look for something to eat everywhere and got into the big black dragon's stomach. Little Huanglong, with six sharp knives, rolled in the belly of the big black dragon. The big black dragon rolled painfully in Erhai Lake, and the sea water rose on the sea surface. The crowd sitting behind the waves on the wooden boat kept throwing iron buns at the turned-up black water. The big black dragon was attacked inside and outside, which was unbearable. He begged Xiao Huanglong to say:
"Little Huanglong! Come out quickly, I really can't stand the pain. You come out, I'll go, let you stay here, and I'll never come back. "
"Where do you want me to come from?"
"Get out of my anus!"
"No, people will say you answer the call of nature and solve me. This is insulting me! "
"Then, come out of my nostrils!"
"No, people will say you blow your nose and shit and blow me out. This is also insulting me! "
"Then, come out of my ear!"
"No, people will say you dug my earwax, no, no!"
"Little Huanglong, you are quick to come out, I really can't stand the pain. Come out of my eyes! "
Little Huanglong dug out one eye of the big black dragon and came out. From then on, the big black dragon turned into a cyclops, drilled a hole in the stone cliff below Jiangfeng Temple and escaped. All the way to the Nujiang River. The water that overflowed into Dali bazi also leaked out of this hole and followed the big black dragon.
Because Xiao Huanglong's mother is from Lv Tao village, he made an agreement with people before he surrendered to the big black dragon. He said:
"If I subdue the big black dragon, you can throw a pile of turf into the water and build me a temple where the turf floats."
After the little Huanglong subdued the big black dragon, he never became a man again and returned to the shore. His mother kept calling her son's name on the coast. Little Huanglong hid in the water and said to his mother:
"Mom, go home. I can't go home with you anymore. "
His mother said sadly with tears:
"You don't have to come back, but you have to show your head and let your mother see you again!"
Little Huanglong just put his head out of the water, and when his mother saw it, it was not his son's appearance, but a faucet, and he was scared to death.
Everyone was sad to see the dragon mother scared to death by her son, so they buried her. After the dragon mother was buried, they threw a pile of turf into Erhai Lake. Little Huanglong became a small snake, floating on the grass, drifting with the tide. Drift to Fengle Pavilion and stop. Everyone built the Longwang Temple for Xiao Huanglong there, and also built the Dragon Mother Temple in Lvtao Village (the birthplace of Xiao Huanglong) next to the Three Pagodas Temple in Dali, and regarded Xiao Huanglong as the main person.