"Mackerel Princess" image from an ancient legend, meaning profound, beautiful, symbolizing peace, mackerel circle is also named, renowned at home and abroad. "Mackerel Princess" sculpture as an important part of the Bohai Sea Pearl Scenic Area, east and Wang'er Mountain look forward to each other, the north and the fish leaping Dragon Teng sculpture, is the classic masterpiece of the mountains and the sea culture, fish and dragon culture blend each other, is the mackerel this seaside tourist city's iconic architecture.

Legend

Legend is said to be a long time ago, this area of the coastal reefs jagged, waves and shoals dangerous, the people are few and far between, the scene is bleak. There was a mountain named Taizi Mountain (now known as Duntai Mountain), but it was adjacent to the fairyland island of Immortals. There was a family living under the mountain, only a father and son, the father had passed the age of old age, but the son was in his youth, and they lived by fishing all the year round.

Later, the young man thought of his father's aging, and suffered from eye problems, so they only let the old man stay at home, and in his spare time, he can also take care of the surrounding fields, and he carries a flute, out to the sea under the nets and fishing, fishing songs and flute music every day, year after year, the days are also a happy life.

This day, the wind and sunshine, the sea is as flat as a mirror, the young man as usual, carrying a flute boat out to sea. After searching for a good net, the young man sat on the bow of the boat and took out his flute to play leisurely. After playing a piece of music, the young man started to lift the net. But this time, when he lifted the net, there was not a single fish in it.

The young man then changed places, as usual, to watch the flow of the net, play the wooden flute, and when he put away the flute to lift the net, it was again as the first net.

The young man could not help but wonder, several times in a row to change the place, several times under the net up net, see the sun over the sky, most of the day has passed, but still a fish have not been able to catch.

The young man became more and more upset and continued to do as he had been doing. In his great disappointment, this net, but suddenly found a small Spanish mackerel in the net, bright body, head a round-shaped bulge, fluorescent green, strange and unusual. The young man was so excited that he hurriedly grabbed a small Spanish mackerel and put it into the fish basket.

At this time, suddenly a voice came, the young man did not feel alarmed! Who is talking? The young man was shocked to hear a voice coming from the fish basket. The young man rushed to pick up the fish basket to peep inside, and saw a wisp of green smoke from the boulevard rose, and in a flash the little Spanish mackerel no trace, a beautiful girl has stood in front of him, begging him to be released into the sea.

Originally, this little mackerel is the East China Sea Dragon King sent to govern the Bohai Bay general mackerel king's daughter mackerel princess. This day because of the sea level, clear water, light and color, she will bring a group of partners to swim to the offshore play, do not want to encounter a few sharks attack. In order to prevent her partners' lives from being threatened, Princess Mackerel fought with the sharks until she was physically exhausted and traumatized.

At this critical moment, a burst of melodious flute from the surface of the sea, the sharks know that there are human beings to come, fear, and hastily fled. And although the mackerel princess is to avoid a disaster, hiding in the depths of the tune themselves, but do not want a torrent came, straight into the net she washed ......

The girl spoke in this way, the eyes unconsciously dripping tears of sadness. The young man heard, the heart was born mercy, thought for a moment, then without hesitation nodded to do should. The girl was so happy that she bowed y to the young man in gratitude for saving her life, and then jumped into the sea and disappeared.

The young man stayed in the bow, looking straight at the sea, suddenly woke up, pulled out the flute will play up, seems to escort the girl all the way ...... also do not know after a few incense sticks time, the young man thought of the fish is not caught, turn around and put away the fishing gear, back to the beach, only to pick up some conch shells and other sea creatures, hastily back home.

The Spanish mackerel princess was rescued back to the king of the Spanish mackerel, after the king of the Spanish mackerel house, the father of all this happened to inform the king of the Spanish mackerel. King mackerel heard this great anger, immediately vowed to snow this great insult for his daughter, and promised his daughter later personally take her to thank the benefactor. Not many days later, on the fifteenth day of the lunar calendar, the king of the Spanish mackerel really came to the distance from this place dozens of nautical miles to the south of a small island to seek assistance, he knew that their strength alone is difficult to defeat the shark tribe.

This island is the Island of Immortals, named for the eight immortals who come here from Penglai every fifteenth day of the lunar calendar. On this day, Zhang Guolao and the other eight immortals were on the island, King Mackerel reported his intention, and was promised by the eight immortals. King mackerel then returned to his house to mobilize troops, personally led the army to go on a crusade against the shark tribe. The two sides from morning to night, the war is very fierce.

At sunset, the sharks were defeated. Just when the sharks retreat, a red light from the immortal island flying out, straight down to the immortal island and the sea between Mount Taizi, but it is the eight immortals to help with the Zhenhai jewel, eliminated all the sharks, but also this section of the coast blasted into a half-moon shape. From then on this section of the reef jagged coast, into a curve of golden sand, which is the origin of today's Crescent Bay.

Princess of Spanish mackerel saw his father's king led the troops to defeat the sharks avenged, but delayed to mention the matter of taking her to thank the grace, but do not dare to face his father asked, can not help but feel depressed. She is unforgettable day and night to save the benefactor, that athletic figure, that handsome cheeks, always from time to time in front of the eyes, appeared in the dream.

How she would like to swim closer to the beach and catch a glimpse of the young fisherman, or swim up to the surface of the sea to listen to the melodious sound of his flute. But since the last time that had happened, King Mackerel had never allowed her to take a step away from the royal residence. In this way, Princess Mackerel was suffering from lovesickness ......

The young man, although he noticed the sudden change in the area, was unaware of all the changes that had occurred, and went out every morning and returned every evening to fish and play the flute as usual. One day, the young man drove his boat to an area of the sea relatively far from the shore, wanting to catch more big fish. Unexpectedly, because the young man is not yet familiar with the underwater situation after the change of the seabed, just as the net was set, a strong current rushed over.

The young man saw the situation is not good, struggling to get up the net intends to return, but how can the boat is small current, only a moment will be overturned on the sea floor. At this time again good water is helpless, the young man gradually lost consciousness ...... I do not know how long, the young man suddenly felt a chest a loose, a light in front of his eyes, he violently opened his eyes, but a rich and elegant house, a beautiful girl is sitting on the jade drum on the side of his upper head.

The young man a burst of surprise, seems to know each other, and fiercely remembered that he had saved the girl, they want to speak. The girl hurriedly stopped him, and told him what had happened before--

The girl was the mackerel princess that the young man had saved. That day, after the young man sank to the bottom of the sea, he was found by a group of shrimp soldiers and crab generals, who brought him back to the King Mackerel's mansion to report to the King Mackerel. At this time precisely by the Spanish mackerel princess encounter, see is their own life-saving benefactor, will rush to the father king to explain the original story, and pleaded to bring back to their room to help. The king of Spanish mackerel knew that his daughter's savior, of course, thanked him, agreed, and personally escorted to his daughter's room.

When the young man was just laid flat on the bed, Princess of the Spanish Mackerel spat out an emerald-green pearl from her mouth, and then quickly filled his mouth. At this time, the king of the Spanish mackerel intended to stop, it is too late, the original, the green pearl is the princess of the Spanish mackerel thousand years of cultivation, lose it, will shorten the life of the princess of the Spanish mackerel.

But things have come to this point, the king of the Spanish mackerel can only give up, although grateful, can be related to the daughter's life, can not help but feel resentment, resentment, whisked his sleeve away.

The young man rushed to thank, each other some polite. The Princess of Spanish mackerel daily how to take care of the young man, not to mention, only a few days later, the young man's body has been completely recovered. The two of them have been inseparable ever since, without saying a word to each other, but they have annoyed the King Mackerel.

The King Mackerel has no intention of letting his daughter and young people to interact closely, after all, there is a difference between man and God, fearing that it would be a bad thing for the rules of the sky, they thought of ways to begin to expel the guests.

The King of Spanish Mackerel has been in love with the young man for a long time, and is not happy with his father's behavior, so he boldly declared his own heart to his father.

The king of the Spanish mackerel heard, annoyed and angry: I think my king of the Spanish mackerel's daughter, this is a fairy, how can you intermarry with this mortal? Which also regarded its etiquette, wrathfully sent his men to the daughter back to the boudoir imprisonment, straight to let the young man quickly return to earth. The young man had no choice but to ask King Mackerel to allow him to say goodbye to Princess Mackerel in person. The King of Mackerel, mindful of the fact that he saved his daughter's life, reluctantly agreed to do so.

The young man was two shrimp soldiers to the Princess of the Spanish mackerel boudoir window, in the face of the Princess of the tearful face, has no words to comfort, only slowly from the bosom of the beloved flute, and coughed up the green pearl returned to the Princess of the said, "I will always remember you". Princess mackerel see this, is more sad and happy, whimpering: "I accept the flute, this pearl you quickly eat, otherwise, you will be smothered to the bottom of the sea."

The mackerel princess reached over a hand to pull the young man, continued, "Remember, in the east mountain not far from your home there is an eye spring, you go back to this bead immersed in the spring, and then drink it, can cure your father's eye disease, but also can protect your health." After the princess finished speaking, the two were already sobbing uncontrollably. Shrimp soldiers see this situation, more and more impatient, and hurriedly dragged over the young man, and brought him to the coast to return to earth.

Since the separation of the two, the Spanish mackerel Princess all day in tears, handheld the flute carefully scrutinized can not bear to leave the hand, and gradually, lovesickness into a disease, a lying down. And the young man was in accordance with the Princess of Spanish mackerel, came to the East Mountain that is today's Qinglong Mountain, to find the spring. But the spring was as deep as a well and did not overflow, so the young man threw the pearl into the spring and drank the water with his father.

After a few hours, his father's eyes were restored to their original brightness, and he looked younger. This matter spread, ten miles eight villages of the townspeople all come to ask for water, in order to health, blessing peace, and the more rumors of the more magical, time, people will be accustomed to call it "God well", which is the "God well" legend of the origin of the story, this is a later story.

The young man was cured of eye disease, the heart quite comfort, but every time I think of the Spanish mackerel Princess, but also tea and food, daily fishing is always distracted, often looking at the sea. All of this has not escaped the eyes of the Eight Immortals.

One day, the young man is sitting in the bow of the boat listless, suddenly saw a golden auspicious clouds from the immortal island to him, fixed eyes, but the eight immortals. The eight immortals pressed down the cloud, the young man promised to convince the king of Spanish mackerel, in order to complete the beautiful marriage of the two. The Eight Immortals then hid themselves in the sea and headed straight for the King of Spanish Mackerel's mansion.

The king of Spanish mackerel, although stubborn, see the eight immortals personally boarded the mansion to lobby the matchmaking, but also not good to refuse a thousand miles, only to be, but a condition attached to it, but let the eight immortals also for a difficult to come. This is a what kind of conditions, even make the eight Immortals also difficult to resist? It turned out to be the king of the Spanish mackerel proposed: "as long as the young man is willing to change into my Spanish mackerel clan can be married!"

How could the Eight Immortals not know this mystery, but since they had already made a promise to the young man, they had no choice but to go back to him. Unexpectedly, the young man heard this and responded without thinking, "For the sake of the princess, I would rather become an ugly fish!" After saying this, the young man then asked the Eight Immortals for permission to go home and bid farewell to his old father.

The Eight Immortals followed the young man to his home, but the young man went to his father and quickly knelt down, after bowing and bowing, he told his father the reason for the incident, expressed his intention to go, and asked him to take care of himself. The father knew that the child is to live up to the mackerel Princess that true love, and have the help of the gods, then also do not stop, will be sent to the beach, until the disappearance of the trace.

The young man followed the Eight Immortals to the King Mackerel's house and paid his respects to the King Mackerel. King mackerel king smile, then ordered the king's house up and down the great feast, as for how to arrange the wedding thereafter, and press not to say. But said the young man because the pearl stayed on earth, not a day that is transformed into a mackerel, and the mackerel princess also lost the cultivation of the pearl into an ordinary mackerel.

Later, the Eight Immortals could not bear to let the love of the defenders of early aging and death, so the mackerel Princess had been holding in the hands of the flute cast a spell to bless them with immortality. And this flute, and thus blessed this sea peace, the green pearl left on earth, has become a symbol of local well-being and happiness, prosperity and affluence.

From then on, they love each other, reproducing offspring, and generation after generation to reproduce, so that this sea mackerel more than a year. In order not to forget the human beings have been to them to raise and protect, they would rather with their own flesh to return to the people here.

And the people here are also very precious to them, only once a year in the late fall this time of year to catch Spanish mackerel, and put them as a good gift, used to give friends and relatives.

Afterward, there were more and more people living here. In order to commemorate the young man and the Spanish mackerel princess for the peace and wealth brought here, to praise their diligence and goodness, trust and righteousness of the character and dare to dedicate themselves to the spirit of praise this magical and touching love story, they gave this place a mysterious name - Spanish mackerel circle.

Expanded Information

Art comes from life and is above life. The ancient legend of Princess Mackerel gives life and soul to a sea sculpture. In the sea, the beautiful Princess Mackerel is wearing a fringed jacket with Chinese characteristics, holding up a colorful boulder with both hands, with a resolute expression and full of infinite tenderness.

At night, the boulder held up by the Princess of Spanish Mackerel is exquisite and dazzling. The fins and tail emit a light halo, illuminating the mackerel princess as if the seabed rising fresh state. When the tide rises and falls, the tail of the sculpture appears and disappears, adding a touch of mystery and tenderness. Between the sea and the sky, it exudes a unique charm.　　

The background of the construction of "Princess Mackerel" originated from the severe natural environment facing the coastline of Mackerel Circle at that time. At that time, the coastline was being eroded by the waves at a very fast rate, and in the long run, the beaches of Mackerel would no longer exist.

After listening to the advice of experts, the municipal government decided to build a diving dam, and as an opportunity to create a coastal scenic area with iconic art landscape. The "Spanish Mackerel Princess" sea sculpture stood out among the many landscape proposals.

To mention the original design concept, as "Princess of Spanish mackerel" designer, Beijing Konaté Modeling Art Company Limited, Mr. Zhongma revealed his heart: art can enhance the city's image, a city if you want to get a unique city synonymous with the need to tap into the local culture, to establish a unique city character, and landscape Sculpture can do just that.

The legend of the Spanish mackerel princess is unique to the city of Spanish mackerel culture, an ancient story, only to leave a modern imprint to be remembered by future generations. Therefore, as a modern landscape, mackerel princess sculpture of every detail of the design reflects the modern and traditional and comprehensive reflection of the beautiful legend.

Vast Bohai Sea, Princess of Spanish Mackerel stands proudly, showing the world that the city is striving for strength, peace-loving, perseverance, the pursuit of excellence in the era of style.

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