Want to know the legend about Lijiang?

Lijiang, also known as Lishui, is named after the winding Yangtze River. Lijiang has many long-standing legends, including Tiger Leaping Gorge, Yulong Snow Mountain and Laojun Mountain.

First, the legend of Tiger Leaping Gorge in Lijiang

Legend has it that Master Mu, the ruler of Lijiang at that time, was extremely rich and surrounded by talented people. One of them can tell a fortune. One day, I calculated it for Master Mu. It is said that Master Mu was rich when he was born, but there was no coffin available after his death. Master Mu was frightened. From then on, wherever he went, he put a coffin every ten miles to fight against his fate.

One day, the weather was fine and Master Mu was in a good mood, so he rode his mount, the tiger, along the Jinsha River. The river is surging and picturesque. When the tiger came to a narrow reach, he jumped on a big stone in the middle of the river.

The tiger went ashore, but people never went ashore with the tiger at the same time, but fell into the rolling river. Time has passed, Master Mu and his tiger have long been lost, but they have left imaginative names such as Tiger Leaping Gorge and Tiger Leaping Stone to future generations.

Second, the legend of "Three Gods" of Yulong Snow Mountain in Lijiang

There is a very capable hunter who hunts in Xuelong Mountain with his hounds every day. On the eighth day of February, she happens to belong to the sheep. She saw a strange snow stone on the snowy mountain. It is big, like a burly military commander, but it is so light that she can lift it with one hand. The hunter was very surprised and carried it down the mountain by the way.

At the foot of the mountain, the hunter put down the snow stone, smoked a bag of cigarettes, and carried it on his back. The place where he might be back seemed to have taken root. No matter how hard he tried, people thought it was the embodiment of God, so he built a shrine on the spot to offer sacrifices.

From then on, people often see a god wearing white armor, white helmet, white spear and riding a white horse: when fighting, he leads troops to help; When a fire broke out, he flew snow from the clouds to put out the fire; When the plague was prevalent, he rode the wind to disperse miasma; When there was a flood, he took a white man to guide him at night, so he was respectfully called the protector "Apu Sanhua" and offered sacrifices once a year, asking him to protect him.

Sanduo God has also become the highest protector, god of war and deity of Naxi people, and the embodiment of Yulong Snow Mountain.

Extended data

Besides the Han nationality, there are more than ten ethnic minorities living in Lijiang, including Naxi, Yi, Lisu, Pumi, Bai and Tibetan. In the long-term production and life, all the fraternal nationalities have shown their unique national customs. Ninglang Yongning Mosuo matriarchal family is the only matriarchal clan living fossil in the world.

The holiday torch of Yi compatriots in Xiaoliangshan brings people into ancient and magical legends and feels the fiery heart of worshipping the fire nation. The frog-shaped sheepskin shawl of "Dai Yue wears a star" not only symbolizes the hard work of Naxi women day and night, but also has something to do with the early totem worship of Naxi people, which is unique among the 56 ethnic groups in the motherland.

The romantic "youth shed" in Yongsheng County is a wonderful flower. The Lisu people's song and dance at dawn in Yulong County are enthusiastic and unrestrained, and the performance of "going up the knife and going down the sea of fire" is amazing. The custom of "giving sheep seeds" in the funeral of Pumi nationality in Ninglang permeated the consciousness of seeking roots in life into the cultural body of the descendants of ancient Qiang nationality. Colorful ethnic customs greatly add points to the trip to Lijiang.