Historical legends of sizhou city

When it comes to Sizhou City, you have to say Wu Cheng'en. In his The Journey to the West, you can find the beginning of the story about the flooded Sizhou City. Once in the Journey to the West, it was said that the King of Jinghe broke the prophecy of fortune-teller Yuan Shoucheng, and changed the rainy hour in Chang 'an privately, and deducted points. As a result, he was beheaded by Wei Zhi in his dream. As a result, Hongze people lasted for a period of time and became an ideal explanation for the inundation of Sizhou City.

Here's the story. In order to avenge the beheading of the Dragon King, the Jellyfish Empress fought in all corners of the country, ready to drown the world. I happened to meet Zhang on the road. Zhang is a strange old man riding a donkey backwards. He learned of the jellyfish queen's attempt and became a donkey dealer. He deliberately asked the jellyfish queen for water to drink. Seeing that she was a mortal donkey, the jellyfish queen agreed with him. In fact, Zhang's donkey is a magical donkey. In the blink of an eye, she almost drank two buckets of water from the jellyfish queen. The jellyfish queen was anxious when she saw it. She kicked the bucket to the ground, and the water left in the bucket was gone. Suddenly, the waves were huge and boundless, and Sizhou City was unlucky and sank to the bottom forever. And this piece of water is the Hongze Lake I see now.

After all, the story is a story, and the legendary twists and turns have become people's eternal memories. The city wall is still slightly out of the water, and the history is ups and downs. Just like the waves on this lake, how many magnificent waves and how many red dust have been washed away. I like listening to these legends very much. In my opinion, these are the living souls of the Chinese nation.

Sizhou City seems to be far away from Hongze Mouth, but it is only tens of meters deep from his ship. Right under the boat, right under our feet, who knows how many stories and how many spring and autumn seasons are buried there?