One summer day, the sky was so clear that there was not a single cloud, and the sea was as calm as a mirror. The first thing you need to do is to get your hands dirty. The old man on this day and take the raft out to sea, came to a sea, played a few nets, a net a empty, the old man disappointed to put down the net. Chagrin for a while, he changed another place, another net down, pulling the net, the old man is also pulling the hope. When he pulled the net up, it looked like there was nothing in it. The old man fumbled with the net in disappointment. Suddenly, he found a bright little Spanish mackerel in the net, about a foot long and still bouncing around. The old man was happy, and was just about to put it into the fish trap, when suddenly he heard a voice speaking, "Old Grandpa, let me go, how I want to go back to the sea!"
The old man was startled, and when he listened more carefully, the sound sounded like it was coming from the mouth of a small Spanish mackerel. Then look at the little Spanish mackerel, eyes sad, two gills open and close, breathing difficulties, strange poor. The old man picked up the little mackerel and gently put it into the sea. The little Spanish mackerel saw the water, active, hit a wave, looked back at the old man, and disappeared in a flash.
That night, the old man was unhappy because he didn't catch any fish, so he scalded a pot of wine, made some food, and drank a mulled wine. Gradually, the old man heard the sound of waves outside his house getting louder and louder, and he knew it was high tide. The island where he lives is connected to the land at low tide, but becomes an isolated island at high tide.
It was late at night and the lamp oil was running out, but the old man was still drinking. Suddenly, he seemed to see someone in the house, walking slowly towards him. The old man thought his eyes were blurred, but when he looked closely, it was a middle-aged man and a young girl, both of whom were looking at him in a peaceful manner. I heard the middle-aged man say, "Don't be afraid, old man, I am from this neighborhood, and this is my daughter." The old man thought to himself, "I've lived here for so long, I've never seen anyone else living here. But the old man was not afraid, and he invited the middle-aged man to drink with him, while the maiden poured the wine. The young girl poured the wine. The middle-aged man and the old man had a good conversation.
When the wine was finished, the middle-aged man and the maiden said goodbye to the old man, and in the blink of an eye, they were gone. The old man then felt strange: the tide is rising outside, the island is not connected to the land, how did these two people come up, and how did they leave?
After this, the middle-aged man often came to the old man, and the old man to drink, time, the two became good friends. The old man did not think about who this person is, how to come and how to go, anyway, has become a very close drinking buddy, knowingly.
The days went by like this. There was a time when the old man did not catch any fish for several days in a row, and he was very worried. That night, the middle-aged man came again. The old man told him about his failure to catch fish. The middle-aged man smiled and told the old man to go somewhere tomorrow to fight, and there would be fish. The next day, the old man did as he said, and indeed he caught a lot of fish, and the old man was very happy.
That night, the middle-aged man happily came to ask the old man how many fish he had caught, and the old man thanked him and asked him, "How do you know where there are more fish?" The middle-aged man said, "Old man, to tell you the truth, I am the king mackerel of the sea, and I have jurisdiction over this area of the sea. I am very grateful to you for releasing my daughter. You are too kind and I would like to make friends with you. If you have any difficulties in the future, just tell me and I will help you." The old man was surprised. From then on, the king mackerel and the old man became closer. From then on, the old man put the mackerel into the sea when he caught them and stopped eating them. After a while, the old man thought that the king mackerel had not been coming for many days and wondered in his heart. He also found that the sea was rough these days, and sometimes there were blood stains floating on the surface of the sea, as if there was a battle going on in the sea.
One night, the old man was sitting under the lamp when the king mackerel came again. He was not as calm as before, and his face was scarred. The old man asked him, "Did something happen?"
The King Mackerel said solemnly, "Old man, I want to ask you for a favor."
The old man asked the original question. The King Mackerel said, "Recently, a shark spirit with thousands of sharks broke into this area of the sea, devouring the fish in the sea, scourging the sea with no peace. I led the fish in the sea to fight with them a few times, but they were unable to defeat the ferocity of the sharks and lost the battle. If we don't exterminate these sharks as soon as possible, the fish in the sea in this area will be eaten up and this place will become a dead sea."
The old man asked, "What is the best way to defeat them?"
The king mackerel said, "I will give you these two sea-quenching stones, you go to the east mountain and boil and refine these sea-quenching stones with the water from the sacred well, until the stones are transparent and emit red light, the immortals on the island of Penglai, which is separated from the sea, will see them and come to help in the battle, and they will use these sea-quenching stones to destroy these ugly types."
After the King Mackerel handed the two egg-sized sea stones to the old man, he added, "Please, old man. After this sea-quenching stone has been refined, its divine power is extraordinary, so if it falls into the hands of the enemy, it will be a bad thing. I trust you old man. When the time comes, let my daughter lead the Immortals to you to fetch the Sea Suppressing Stone." After saying that, he arched his hand in farewell and suddenly disappeared.
That honest old man was determined to live up to the mackerel king's trust, and the next day in the early morning light, the old man's figure appeared on top of the east mountain. He finally found the sacred well, and beside it he set up a cauldron, filled it with water from the sacred well, put the sea stones in it, and burned wood under the cauldron. In this way, a blazing fire burned on the east mountain, and the red coals of the fire seemed to be the old man's heart of sincerity. The water in the pot dried up and then added, added and then dried up. I do not know how many pots of water burned dry, the old man's eyes boiled red, face blackened. It burned for nine days and nine nights. When another pot of water burned dry, two red light from the pot straight to the sky, the old man surprised.
The old man was happy when he suddenly realized that two strangers had appeared behind him. These two people took out a big bag of gold and silver, saying that they wanted to exchange the old man's refined Zhenhai stone, where the old man would not agree. The old man would not agree. The two men looked fierce and came to snatch it. Suddenly, a rainbow appeared in the sky, leading from the west side of the sea to the old man. Eight immortals were coming over the rainbow. In front of them, a graceful maiden was guiding them. When the two strangers saw this, they fell to the ground at once and turned into two sharks.
The fairies stood on the clouds, and the maiden came to the old man and said to him, "Old man, you recognize me, do you not? I have been ordered by my father to come to you to fetch the sea-quelling stone so that I can go and destroy those abominable sharks." The old man knew that the immortal had come, and he gave the Princess of Spanish Mackerel the stone he had made. That Princess Mackerel took the sea-suppressing stone, set up the colorful clouds, and with her sash fluttering up, guided the immortals to disappear among the clouds.
After finishing the big task entrusted to him by the king of the mackerel, the old man's heart dropped a stone to the ground, and he happily returned to his hut, singing a ditty while drinking to himself.
At this time, night covered the sea. The King Mackerel appeared again in front of the old man, he arched his hand to thank the old man, and told him, "Old man, tomorrow I will lead the fish in the sea, and start a duel with the sharks, and the fairies will use the sea-quenching stone to wipe out the sharks that are surrounded by the shore, so you have to leave this place for a while and take cover, so you won't be hurt by mistake." After the king mackerel left, the old man was so happy that he did not close his eyes in the middle of the night, and he looked forward to the day to dawn soon so that he could see how the sharks would be wiped out.
The next day, when the first rays of the morning sun had just appeared in the east, the old man went to the top of the mountain (later known as Tun Tai Shan) and looked south, only to see the fairies stepping on the colorful clouds and slowly landing on a small island (later called the Immortal Island) in the south, which was connected to the land.
The sun rose, the calm sea, suddenly the waves rolled, the hidden scene of many fish and sharks tearing and fighting. The sea was flooded with crimson waves. Densely packed fish under the leadership of the king mackerel, constantly surrounded, and both sides suffered many deaths and injuries. At this time of victory and defeat, the colorful clouds floated in the figure of the mackerel princess, she fell straight to the sea, transformed into a mackerel, leaped into the water to participate in the battle. Gradually, the sharks were outnumbered, divided into two groups, retreated to the coast. One group gathered on the north side of the mountain, the other on the south side.
Suddenly, two red lights flew out from the island where the immortals were standing, one going straight to the beach south of the mountain, and the other to the beach north of the mountain. Only to hear the earth-shaking sound of two booms, two pieces of the town sea stone eliminated all the sharks, but also the south and north of the mountain respectively, the coast bombarded into a half-moon shape, one into the crescent moon bay beach, one into the starfish village northwest of the bay. People say, the crescent bay beach those colorful crystal sea stone, is that the two pieces of the town sea stone blasted into pieces.
Since then, this area of the sea no sharks appear. The sea is peaceful, all kinds of aquatic breeding habitat. Spanish mackerel, yellow croaker, jellyfish, shrimp, crabs more than a year.
People also said that the beautiful and brave, flavorful Spanish mackerel Princess in the fight with the sharks gave his life, her body into the reef in the Bay of Crescent Moon. What about that old man? Some say that he followed the immortal drifted away. Generations of people praise the Spanish mackerel princess dedication, praise the old man pure and simple goodness, righteousness and trustworthiness, remembering the king of the Spanish mackerel and the immortal saved the sea here. And because of the semicircular bay related to the mackerel princess and the king of mackerel, they named the place Mackerel Circle.
Star shift, the vicissitudes of the world. How many years have passed, mackerel circle bay that agitation of the waves, the sky on the flying white clouds, as if still telling this beautiful and touching story. According to the early Republic of China in the late Qing Dynasty local history records, in Gai County, Gaizhou town 25 kilometers south, now Yingkou City, Mackerel Circle District, the number of houses in the village there is an ancient bridge called Xianshui Bridge. The bridge was built on the Coldwater River, stone, about 500 meters long, the construction is very grand. Bridge under the water, cool and bone piercing in summer, no one dares to enter which, so the name of the cold water river. But the winter months do not freeze, is really strange.
People believe that the water of the Cold Water River is a kind of God water, so the bridge is also known as the immortal water bridge. Local legend has it that Zhang Guolao riding a donkey roaming the land of God had been here, because of drinking too much, accidentally fell on the bridge, so they left Zhang Guolao's palm prints and donkey hoofprints on the bridge surface stones. Since then, people will Xianshui Bridge to Zhang Guo Xian Bridge, commonly known as Zhang Guolao Bridge, or Zhang Ge Lao Bridge. In fact, Zhang Guolao Bridge is not surprising, just because the people gave the magnificent mythological color, only to attract a lot of tourists, and therefore is listed as one of the eight Xiongyue scenery. Zhang Guolao Bridge built in what generation, no way to find out, the bridge has been completely decimated.
In 1993, Yingkou City Mass Art Museum Sun Zhenyuan, Yingkou City Bureau of Culture Gong Xijun after a long period of research on the cultural situation of the Yingkou area, according to the traditional ethical and moral concepts of the formation of the Chinese customs, drawing on the lessons learned from the business and cultural festivals around the country, put forward relying on the nationally known scenic spots Wang'er Mountain, held with the cultural characteristics of the Yingkou area of the Folk Festival The concept of "Mother's Day".
November 11, 1993, the author sent the program to the city's five major leaders for leadership decision-making reference. November 22, then Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee Guo Jun instructions: "Sun, Gong, two comrades of the 'Mother's Day' concept, first of all, is the embodiment of the spirit of positive initiative, the spirit of initiative. Secondly, it is the inheritance and carry forward the cultural heritage of the motherland, through the ancient and modern construction of the hometown, the benefit of future generations of people with a heart, rare and valuable. I intend to ask you to invite some celebrities, including the two of them, to open a seminar to study, a moment can not be done, it does not matter, can be done better, look forward to discretion. "Deputy Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee Zhu Dianwu, Vice Mayor Han Baotong have made instructions on the program. February 22, 1995, the Municipal Tourism Bureau according to the instructions of the municipal leaders and the National Tourism Administration on the "95 Folk Customs Tour" spirit, led by the town of Xiongyue held a "Mother's Day" seminar. Unanimously agreed that: the use of tourism resources and folklore psychology held "Mother's Day" is to promote the excellent traditional culture, the construction of the two civilizations of the favorable initiatives. Festival time is set during the World Mother's Day. After the convention, once a year to maintain the heritage and stability of the festival, the formation of new folk festivals. The theme of the festival is love of mother, love of home, love of the motherland.
May 6-11, 1995, by the Xiongyue Township Government and the City Tourism Bureau sponsored the first "Wanger Mountain Mother's Day" was officially held. This is the city's first government-organized carriers, scale, content, impact, and efficiency of the folk festival. Located in the Wanger Mountain Scenic Area in the country's first mother museum also opened to Chinese and foreign tourists on this day. The Cimu Pavilion was named by Chen Muhua, Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and Chairman of the All-China Women's Federation. After the opening ceremony, a large-scale Mother Worship Ceremony was held. Grand mother worship ceremony, wonderful cultural performances, prosperous bazaar trade, a wealth of science and technology publicity, various forms of investment activities, enriched the content of Mother's Day, attracted the masses and foreign friends more than 100,000 people. Provincial and Macao merchants in the Wanger Mountain Apartments held an economic and trade fairs; the Municipal Women's Federation held a commendation of 100 good mothers; People's Daily overseas edition, Hong Kong's Ta Kung Pao did a report on the festivities.
The first "Wang'er Mountain Mother's Day" was a success. Since the second time it was hosted by the municipal government, the festival has been more tightly organized, larger in scale and richer in content. The scope of the event has also expanded from Wanger Mountain to the entire Yingkou area. By 2014, twenty Wang'er Mountain Mother's Days had been held, attracting more than 700,000 people and nearly 200 international friends and compatriots from Hong Kong and Macao. The organization of "Wang'er Mountain Mother's Day" has accelerated the development of the city's tourism industry, promoted the city's economic development and raised the popularity of Yingkou. Advocated the traditional virtues of the Chinese nation accepted by the masses, respect for the elderly and love for the elderly in the folk wind, for the reform and opening up to create a kind and harmonious social atmosphere.
"Wang'er Mountain Mother's Day" has been listed as one of the top ten festivals in Liaoning Province, at the same time was included in the "China Tourism Yearbook", "the legend of Wang'er Mountain" was included in the elementary school language textbooks for the third grade, Wang'er Mountain scenic area was recorded into a special program on the CCTV "Orient Time" column broadcast. "Column broadcast.