Why can the ancient well in Huojing Town, Qionglai City, Sichuan Province breathe fire?

It is said that there is a special ancient well in Qionglai, Sichuan. How amazing is this well? Let me tell you slowly. Fire and water are incompatible since ancient times, but there are rumors in the local area that water wells can make fire and water live in harmony. This is very interesting. Come into Qionglai with me and see what's the secret of that ancient well.

One day, a person went to visit Qionglai City, Sichuan Province. He visited a place called Huojing Town and happened to see a very magical ceremony. A group of people wear strange clothes and do some incomprehensible actions, such as praying for rain. What are these people doing? It turns out that they worship Vulcan (Vulcan is generally called Zhu Rong and Huo Dexing Jun).

But the locals said that they were not worshipping the Vulcan gods. Are there any other Vulcan gods? They worship fire well in the pictures below. The local people explained that this well not only has water, but also emits a raging fire. This well has always sheltered the local good weather and safe homes, and it can also bring inexhaustible wealth. This village is called Huojing Town because there is such a Huojing.

Since the local people say that the fire pit is so magical, our expedition will certainly not miss this place. Soon the expedition arrived in Huojing Town, and everyone was even more puzzled when they arrived at the scene, because the appearance of this fire-breathing well was very ordinary, and the place exposed to the ground was about half a meter high, and the fire well was empty.

Just when everyone was wondering, the local people provided a clue, a local story that they were good at in the Tang Dynasty? Feng Jian? Yuan Tiangang, a strange man who is proficient in physiognomy, is the magistrate here in Huojing County. Because of his growing fame, Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong, also recruited him into the palace as a counselor. After working in Li Shimin for two years, he returned to the then Huojing County as the county magistrate. So everyone wondered with Bian Xiao why Yuan Tiangang didn't continue to be a big official, but returned to Huojing County as a small county magistrate. Originally, Li Shimin sent Yuan Tiangang back to Huojing Town to guard this fire well that can bring wealth to people.

About these statements, there are some records in the local county annals. According to the county records, the fire pit did spray fire a long time ago. At that time, the ancients didn't understand and confirmed that ghosts were at work, so they called these fires? Ghost fire? . These fires have existed for a long time, and the ancients gradually got used to their existence. No longer afraid, but also cooking with this fire water.

Then the question is, why can this ancient well breathe fire? Local people guess: Could this ancient well be an ancient iron smelting furnace or mine? Because there is also a famous ancient well in Qionglai, this well is called Wenjun Well. Qionglai is named after the hometown of Zhuo Wenjun, a famous talented woman. It is recorded in Huayang National Records that there are iron mines in Qionglai, Sichuan, which have been rich in iron mines since ancient times. Zhuojia took the lead in mining ore, and? Fire together and turn into a stream of iron? . Whether this guess is correct or not needs further verification. After investigation, the investigation team found that both the bottom hole and the shaft wall were silt, and no excess iron was found in the silt. That is, this ancient well is not directly related to iron smelting. Could there be gas or other substances burning at the bottom of the well?

After re-investigation, it was found that there was no underground coal seam around the ancient well and at the bottom of the well. At this time, someone provided clues, and a villager in Nanbaoshan Town, Qionglai also had a fire pit. Experts rushed there, and after some tests, they found that the natural gas spilled from the shallow layer began to burn after being struck by lightning. The fire pit is located right on the fault zone, and there is enough gas supply below it, so it can continue to burn. The fire well in Huojing town and the fire well in this villager's house are one reason. Here, the cause of the blowout fire was completely solved.