As early as the Ming Dynasty, "Golden Horse in the Morning" and "Blue Chicken in the Autumn" were regarded as places of interest in Kunming.
There are two main contents in the legend of Golden Horse Chicken circulating in Kunming: First, it is said that ancient Kunming was a desolate and barren land with no trees and flowers on the mountains.
One day, the sun rose, and a fine horse flew out of the sun with a "rumbling" noise; When the moon came out that day, a rooster carved in jasper flew out with the sound of "Hua La".
As a result, Kunming is full of golden flowers, mountains and golden fruits, dams and blue seas, birds flying and fish and shrimp jumping.
Secondly, according to legend, King Yong of Wu married Princess Wang Meili of Ailao, and Golden Horse and Blue Phoenix were the dowry given to King Dian by Ailao.
Later, because the king of Dian had two princes, they both gave way to the throne.
The old king of Yunnan accepted the prime minister's plan and asked the two princes to look for the golden horse and the blue chicken in the mountains.
As a result, the two princes never came back after they went to find Jinmabi Chicken, which became the reason why many folk customs in Kunming commemorated Jinmabi Chicken.
The legend of Golden Horse and Golden Rooster has a long history, and it was circulated among the people as far back as the Western Han Dynasty BC.
According to historical records, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty listened to the alchemist's statement that there was a chicken in the south of Yunling, with green feathers, which could break stones and fly in the air, dazzling and lasting forever.
Xuan Di, Emperor of the Han and Yuan Dynasties, appointed Wang Bao as an admonition officer and went to Yunnan to seek audience.
Wang Bao did not arrive for some reason, but also wrote "Ode to Golden Horse and Chicken" as a eulogy.
Chang Qu in the Eastern Jin Dynasty said in Huayang Guozhi that there are dragons and horses in Dianchi Lake, and the mating of dragons and horses gives birth to good horses, which can be called "500 Ali Days".
Li Daoyuan (472-527 AD), a geographer of the Northern Wei Dynasty, also mentioned that there was a golden horse and a blue chicken in Yushan, Dayao, which was "common among the people".
After the Tang and Song Dynasties, this wonderful legend was used by Buddhists, saying that the Golden Horse was the "god horse" of the Buddhist Ashoka.
After the Tang Dynasty, there were temples such as Golden Horse and Biji in the East and West Mountains of Kunming, and people regarded them as deities.
Scholars in past dynasties chanted many poems about Golden Horse and Blue Phoenix.
2. Legend of Yuantong Temple: According to legend, there was a heavy rain in downtown Kunming during Jiajing period of Ming Dynasty.
The next morning, a monk walked out of the monk's room, only to see leaves everywhere in the yard. When he turned to the main hall to burn incense, he only saw two mud dragons dripping water on the wooden pillars, as if they had just returned from the water.
The monk was shocked and turned to report to the abbot. The abbot was dubious, so he led a group of monks into the hall and found two dragons covered in water with moss (seaweed and the like) stuck to their scales.
The dragon's chest gasped together.
When the monks saw this scene, they were shocked and did not dare to vent their anger.
One of the little novice monks looked around curiously. When he walked out of the temple, he saw a thick water trail on the ground, extending out of the temple along the mud dragon wrapped around the post. Little novice monk pointed to the monks, who seemed to understand, and crept along the water trail together to find the root cause.
A group of people came to the Jiulongchi bank of today's Cuihu Lake (northwest of the slope of Yuantong Street), and a large group of people talked about it on the shore.
It turned out that when it rained heavily last night, many people heard the dragon roar, and the sound of fighting lasted all night.
Others picked up several bowls of Long Lin shells on the shore, and the monks suddenly realized that these were two mud from this temple. Long Ben went into the sea (Cuihu was originally called Cai Haizi) and expelled a dragon that occupied Jiulong Pool.
Before that, Kunming was often flooded by dragons, flooding half of the city streets, and people complained bitterly.
After the war, the dragon disappeared and the people lived and worked in peace.
Behind the main hall of Yuantong Temple, there is a curse dumpling platform. According to legend, a long time ago, it was a big cave hidden by dragons. The dragon occupies a commanding terrain, and it often plays pranks and hurts people.
There is a Panlong Temple about 40 kilometers south of Kunming. The monk's name is Azanli.
He knew the ancient Xia Wen, which recorded the process of Dayu's water control in detail.
Among them, there is a magic spell to subdue the dragon.
The elderly in Kunming built a jiaozi platform here to collect dragons, and respectfully invited Li Zan to recite the scriptures on the platform day and night. A few days later, the effect of the Dharma spell appeared. The dragon fell to the ground for mercy, and Arizan waved it away.
Since then, the dragon flood disaster has disappeared.
According to the legend of Ashima, the Bubala family proposed to Ashima, but it didn't work out, so they took Ashima away.
After learning about this, Ahei climbed over 749 mountains and rushed back from a distant pasture to save Ashima.
After returning home, Ashima has been robbed for three days and nights.
He rode across the 998 1 river to catch Bubala's home.
After many twists and turns, Ashima was finally rescued.
Ashima was saved, and the two brothers and sisters rode home happily.
I don't know how many roads they have walked, crossed several major ditches and climbed several mountains. It was dark and windy. They kept walking in order to get home as soon as possible.
Walking, after a gust of wind, dark clouds rolled in the sky and thunder rumbled in the fields. Seeing that the storm was coming, they had to both dismount, but they couldn't see anything in the dark. As a result, they both lost their way.
At this time, the wind and rain are urgent, so you can't see it, but don't shout.
When flash floods broke out, the water became deeper and deeper. Once they are separated, no one can find anyone.
It was not until the flood receded that Ashima and Ahei met again.
But both of them lost their way and shivered with cold. They're worried.
At this moment, a buzzing little bee flew towards them.
After the bees circled around them three times, they began to talk: "Buzz, buzz, come to my house to rest tonight." My house is in the cave. " After speaking, it landed on the Baotou of Ashima. Ashima picked it up with her hand and walked towards the direction where the bees were flying at the Algarve station.
Bees brought Ahei and Ashima into the Stone Forest. It is wet and slippery here. Ashima reached for a stone to help, but she stuck to the cliff and couldn't get down any more.
She had to say sadly to Black Brother, "Black Brother, Black Brother, find a way to save me and find a white pig and a white rooster to sacrifice to God." Brother hei was sad and anxious after hearing this. He dried his tears, climbed over 49 mountains and 8 1 river, and finally found the white rooster. However, after visiting nine villages in Shibuya village, the white pig was still not found.
No choice but to find a black pig and dig a basket of white mud on the mountain.
He mixed mud into slurry, coated it on black pigs and filled it with white pigs, so there were white pigs and white chickens. But when he was happy to return to Shilin, he was too tired because of running around for days. After climbing the last mountain, he fell asleep as soon as he sat down.
At this time, there was another heavy rain without Spama (God). The rain woke him from his dream. When he went to see the pig, the white mud on the black pig was washed clean by the rain.
Cliff gods can't sacrifice, and Ashima can't be saved. Ah hei regretted it. He cried bitterly, but if the cliff god didn't let go, Ashima would stick to that big stone forever.
After a long time, it was washed away by the rain, which formed what we see now.
The pond water next to the Ashima stone statue was deposited by the rain that washed the white pig into a black pig at that time.
4. Legend of crossing the bridge rice noodle: It is said that there is a scholar in Mengzi County who is handsome and smart, but likes to play and doesn't want to study hard.
He has a beautiful wife and a young son.
Between husband and wife, the feelings are very deep.
However, his wife is deeply worried about the fun and boredom of scholars.
One day, he said to the scholar, "You play all day, don't want to make progress, and don't want to compete for your wife and children?" Hearing his wife's words, he was deeply ashamed, so he built a study room in Nanhu, lived alone and studied hard. His wife shared her troubles with him and sent him three meals a day.
With the passage of time, students have made great progress in their studies, but they are getting thinner and thinner.
Seeing his eyes, his wife was very distressed and thought about it.
One day, chickens were slaughtered to simmer soup, sliced meat, and rice noodles to send breakfast to scholars.
When his son was young, he played with sliced meat in the soup. When he got a wife, he forgave his son's prank, and quickly picked up the cut meat, saw it, cooked it, tasted it, tasted it, and felt happy.
That is, carry a can and a basket to the study.
Overworked, he fainted on the Nanhu Bridge. When he heard the news, he rushed to Asia. When he saw his wife wake up, the soup and rice noodles were intact. The noodle soup was covered with oil slick, without a trace of hot air. He suspected that the soup was cold, so he covered the soup pot with his palm. The soup pot was very hot. He was very surprised. He asked his wife about the whole process of production, and she explained them one by one.
Scholars have always said that this meal can be called crossing the bridge rice noodles.
Under the careful care of his wife, the scholar won a scholarship as a juren and was told by the local people as a story.
Since then, crossing the bridge rice noodles has spread like wildfire and become a famous meal in Yunnan.
5. Legend of the West Temple Pagoda: In the center of Kunming, apart from the Golden Horse and Biji Square, which have splendid scenery only once every 60 years, the most famous historical site is the East West Temple Pagoda, which is hundreds of meters apart and echoes from a distance. The legends of the dragons in these two pagodas are well-known in Kunming, making "Cycas blossom and horses have long horns" a popular story in Kunming's citizen culture. ! ! I have heard a saying that the black dragon under the East West Temple Tower is so powerful that the Twin Towers can't suppress it. In order to appease the black dragon, only a well can be drilled in the middle of the twin towers, and if necessary, the cover can be opened to ventilate the black dragon and make sacrifices. 6. Legend of Black Dragon Pool: A long time ago, Kunming was often dry, and once it didn't rain for several months.
In a rage, a young man named Little Black wrote a doggerel and scolded the Dragon King: The Dragon King was killed by a knife and there was famine everywhere. I pulled out your scales when I met you! Brother Xiaohei told the villagers not to look for water.
There is no airtight wall in the world. When Brother Hei scolded the Dragon King, the pockmarked Old Dragon King on the Five Old Mountains heard about it, and he was very angry.
But he was in charge of the storm in Kunming, and the old dragon king decided to punish the little black brother.
So he became a pockmarked old man with white hair, sitting at the mountain pass waiting for little black brother.
Black brother saw the pockmarked old man, asked him about the water source and asked him to lead the way.
The old man led little black brother into a dark mountain. When he reached the bottom of the mountain, he saw a pool of spring water. Little black brother was about to drink water when he heard a crash. Little black brother was tied up by a thick and long chain.
The pockmarked old man said, "I am the Dragon King. If you dare to scold me, I will throw you into this deep pool and drown! " "Hearing this, the little black brother was furious and gritted his teeth and said," I just want to scold you, the immortal dragon king! "The pockmarked-faced dragon king said," You and I have no complaints in previous lives, and we have no complaints in this life. Why did you scold me? " The little black brother said, "If it doesn't rain for half a year, you will kill a common people. Who will you scold if you don't scold? " The Dragon King said, "When it is dry, it will rain, and when it rains, it will rain. These things are exhausting.
As an old man, I really can't control it. "Little black brother is very angry." You don't care, I'll handle it. ""You can do it, but please promise me two things. " "What is it?" "Rain is what dragons do. If you want to rain, you must become a dragon first. This is the first thing.
Second, after Jackie Chan, you have been locked in this Longtan, and it rains only once every six months. "Brother Black said," I promised you everything, but I can't wait six months. I'm going to rain today. " "But today is not a rainy day. You can leave if you want. If you don't rain once, your chain will gain 1000 pounds. Will you do it? " "fuck! The pockmarked-faced dragon king nodded, untied the chain on little black brother with his fingers, and let him drink three mouthfuls of Longtan water.
Little black brother suddenly turned into a big black dragon, rushed into the air and began to rain.
It has been raining for three days and nights. The villagers have been saved and the crops have come back to life.
After the rain, little black brother was locked under the Longtan.
Whenever there was a drought, Little Black Brother went to rain without permission, and the chain increased by 1000 kg. Every time he tried to break the chain, he struggled in Longtan, because it was a black dragon and his sweat was black, which made Longtan black.
This Longtan is called Black Dragon Pool. In memory of Little Black Brother, the Black Dragon Palace and the Dragon Spring View were also built. 7. The legend of Sleeping Beauty: Xishan Mountain has dense forests, lush flowers and plants, beautiful scenery and excellent scenery. In ancient times, it was known as "the first beautiful place in central Yunnan".
Seen from the southeast of Kunming, Xishan looks like a beautiful woman lying on both sides of Dianchi Lake.
Her head, chest, abdomen and legs are vivid, and her hair floats in the waves of Dianchi Lake, which makes her look elegant and charming, so she is also called sleeping beauty.
According to folklore, in ancient times, a princess couldn't stand the loneliness in the palace and secretly left the palace to marry a young man.
Later, the king ruined the happy marriage and killed the young man with a trick.
The princess was heartbroken and began to cry. Tears merged into Dianchi Lake, and she also fell on her back and turned into Xishan.
(Remarks: Actually, this story is based on a joke played by Guo Moruo when he visited Kunming. It belongs to a legend that is really out of thin air and has been circulating for less than 30 years. ) 8. The Legend of Dianchi Lake Long ago, there were no lakes or streams in Kunming, only a barren land.
Thousands of acres of forgotten land depend on the weather for food. I don't know when it will stop raining here and the fields will become dry and barren.
A young hunter walked for many years to find water for Kunming and bid farewell to his new wife.
Finally, he came to the East China Sea. He saw an eagle pick up a small red fish from the seaside. He shot down the eagle with one arrow and saved the little red fish. Unexpectedly, the little red fish turned out to be the third princess of the East China Sea Dragon King.
Seeing that the young hunter was brave and kind, the Dragon King wanted to marry his daughter to the young hunter, but the young man refused, so the Dragon King turned the hunter into a little yellow dragon.
Little Huanglong can't forget his thoughts about his wife and hometown.
One day, while the Dragon King was unprepared, he drank enough water from the East China Sea and flew back to Kunming.
However, his wife died of excessive thoughts and became Sleeping Beauty Mountain (now Xishan near Dianchi Lake).
Little Huanglong was heartbroken.
After spitting the seawater in his stomach, he crashed into a mountain and died.
The East China Sea water he spit out merged into Dianchi Lake.
Since then, Kunming has become rich and beautiful with Dianchi Lake water.
9. According to legend, there is a small village with a quiet environment at the source of Panlong River-Nanying Village.
Here, people live in harmony with nature.
Especially in Nanying Complete Primary School, there is a pool of semi-clear spring water surrounded by green trees, which is particularly quiet during the school holiday.
However, it is not always so quiet and harmonious.
Legend has it that long ago, there was no such spring here.
There is a dark and huge cave among the green trees here. The mouth of the cave was cold and windy, and there lived a greedy and ferocious python in the cave. Therefore, the locals call this cave "snake cave".
As long as someone walks through here, the python will open that horrible maw at the mouth of the cave and suck it gently, and passers-by will take off from the ground without knowing it. At this moment, I can only see the maw full of fangs, but the outside world is getting farther and farther away ... passers-by are swallowed into the python's stomach.
Many villagers lost their relatives as a result.
This village is shrouded in the fear of death ... In Nanying village, an old man went door to door and made a living by selling north and south groceries.
The only relative of the old man is the little donkey who lives alone with him.
In order to kill the people, the clever and brave old man came up with a way to subdue the python.
The old man found the little donkey and many powerful explosives, which were enough to level a mountain bag. The old man put the explosive bag on the donkey and drove the donkey to the hole near the python.
The old man took out the flint, lit the fuse and shouted, and the flame ran up the fuse. The old man waved his whip and gave the donkey a good beating. The donkey ran to the hole with a brush. At this time, the python thought that food was delivered to the door again, so it lazily opened its mouth and took only one sip. At this moment, the sky will fall and the smoke will be filled.
The old man's donkey died, and the evil python finally got its due punishment.
When pythons' purulent blood flowed out, people were surprised to find a bright spring here. Since then, Nanying Primary School has had this pool of spring water.
Locals call the spring water "snake cave spring", while the stream where the spring water flows is named "Golden Snake Creek".
Since then, people have lived by the water and finally lived a quiet and happy life.
However, people have not forgotten the wise old man and the brave little donkey.
People tell their stories from generation to generation.
People here cherish this spring water, and the sewage in the spring water is never discharged, because people hope to continue this quiet and happy life from generation to generation. 10. The Legend of Kunming Facing the old map of Kunming, people will find that the whole city of Kunming is completely like a turtle, which is really amazing. Kunming, an ancient city on the plateau, adds a touch of mystery.
Why is the ancient city of Kunming built like a turtle? A distant historical story solved this strange ancient mystery: during the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, Mu Ying, a general guarding Yunnan, decided to build a good city in Yunnan.
How to build it? He has no good plan himself. Just as he was anxious about it, one night, he had a dream: a long, tailless boa constrictor was sucking Kunming City with its mouth open. The treasure in the city was completely swallowed into its stomach. Mu Ying was furious and shouted, "Where is the demon python that dares to suck the treasure in our city and make our people poor?" The python replied, "I live in the mountains north of the city, with my tail in Sichuan and my head in Yunnan." I eat in Yunnan and visit Sichuan. What is it to you? " Upon hearing this, Mu Ying drew an arrow to cut the python, which rolled on the spot and turned into a black-faced man. He was killed while fighting Mu Ying. I saw nine dragons riding a turtle in Green Lake and Kowloon Pond, and the turtle finally stopped the python.
Mu Ying felt very strange when he woke up, but he couldn't realize his dream, so he invited Wang Zhanhai, a famous geomancer at that time, and asked him to break his dream.
Wang Zhanhai pondered for a moment, counted with his fingers, and then plausibly said, "This is Changchong Mountain in the north of the city. Look at it, its head is facing the city of Yunnan, and it feels like swallowing the ancient city. " Hearing this, Mu Ying was shocked and quickly asked for advice on how to crack it.
Wang Zhanhai said: "The best way to solve the problem is to divert attention and turn harm into benefit." Then he talked about his own opinion: Changchong Mountain winds from the northeast, which is really unlucky, but in my eyes, it has gathered into a powerful auspicious dragon god above the ancient city.
This is a once-in-a-lifetime pulse of "Ziweilong".
Python is a long-lived thing, but it is also a feminine body. It has a strange personality. If it is eased, it will certainly hurt the Lebanese people.
In this way, there must be a spirit to overcome it, transform it, supplement it and change it. This role must be played by a turtle, who is also a long-lived thing, but has a male body.
Under the guidance of Wang Zhanhai, Mu Ying built the old Kunming into the shape of a turtle.
The south gate is * * *, the north gate is the turtle's tail, and the big east gate, the small east gate, the big west gate and the small west gate are the turtle's four feet.
In this way, at the foot of the winding Changchong Mountain in the north, the old Kunming city is connected with its blood, forming a state where turtles and snakes intersect, giving Kunming a momentum made in heaven, with mountains and waters far away and everything integrated.
Standing on Wuhua Mountain, Wang Zhanhai smiled at the well-built Kunming City.
He proudly said: "The dragon spirit in Kunming is getting stronger and stronger, and the wind and water will certainly benefit the people of Yunnan. I believe that in 500 years, Yunnan will win the south of the Yangtze River. " 1 1. Legend of the Golden Temple 1. During the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, Chen Yongbin, the governor of Yunnan, believed in Taoism. One day, he dreamed that the immortal Lv Dongbin would meet at the foot of Mingfeng Mountain about the next day.
The next day, Chen Yongbin waited at the foot of the mountain very early.
I saw an old man herding sheep and leading them with a rope. On the hillside, he used a casserole to deal with taro, and another pot was used as a cover. When he approached, the old man suddenly disappeared, and there was no sheep with a rope.
Chen Yongbin suddenly realized that these two pots together are the word "Lu", and the sheep holding the rope means "pure yang", which is the name. This old man is Lv Dongbin.
Lu Zhenren instructed him that Ming Fengshan is a paradise! So when he crossed Yang Qinghe and met Lv Dongbin, Chen Yongbin built Yingxian Bridge and built the Golden Temple on the mountain.
2. When Chen Yongbin was young, his family was poor and he wandered around. He believes in Taoism and worships the immortals who travel everywhere, come and go without a trace, are unpredictable and live forever.
He heard that there is a Taoist temple on Mingfeng Mountain, which is a treasure trove of geomantic omen. Lv Dongbin of the Eight Immortals lived there, so he stayed in the cave every day to study and practice Buddhism, hoping to meet Lv Dongbin one day.
A few years later, even Lv Dongbin disappeared, and he became impatient and easily lost his temper.
Seeing this, Taoist Taoist priests reminded him: "An angry person can't meet a fairy, even if he does, he won't recognize it." After listening to the Taoist priest's words, he felt reasonable, so he went back to the cave and wrote a few big letters on both sides of the cave door: "I want to see Lv Dongbin after I get angry." After a while, one day, he met an old man at the gate of the cave.
I see the old man is about eighty or ninety years old, but he is handsome and healthy.
At such an age, he came to this deep forest alone. Look at his saintly appearance. Is he a fairy? Chen Yongbin warmly invited the old man to rest in his cave.
In the cave, Chen Yongbin took out the old wine that he had been reluctant to drink for many years, poured a cup with the carefully collected heirloom Yulong glass, and respectfully handed it to the old man.
There was a bang, and the old man accidentally dropped the cup, and the Jade Dragon Cup broke.
Chen Yongbin was very angry. He shouted angrily to the old man, "This is my family heirloom. You have to pay for it!" "The old man stood up unhurriedly, even apologized, and said," I will pay you back, and I will pay you back twice. Please come with me. " Chen Yongbin thought that the old man would buy a jade dragon wine glass and return it to him, so he followed him to the mouth of the cave. Suddenly, the old man turned into a puff of smoke and disappeared.
Chen Yongbin realized that the old man was a fairy.
When he looked back, he saw the couplet on the cave door become: "After I set my heart on fire, I want to see Lv Dongbin.
See Lv Dongbin, my heart is on fire again. "Yong-bin Chen really regrets after watching.
He went back to the cave and drank all the wine.
He fell asleep drunk.
In the gloom, he dreamed that he was promoted to a higher position and became the governor of Yunnan.
After waking up, he was inspired by his dreams and studied hard for several years.
His dream has finally come true.
He won the first prize and later became the governor of Yunnan.
To commemorate his exploration with Lv Dongbin in Mingfeng Mountain, he built a golden palace on the mountain.
Basically, that's all I know, because I read a book before, which collected all the legends and old allusions of Kunming, such as Eight Gates, but I can't remember them all, so you should read it first.