Stories and legends of Yantai

First, the story and legend of Yantai: Jiexi Shen Yao

In Liucun, the resident of Five Buddhas in Guocheng Town, Laizhou, there is a mountain called Xieshan, and there used to be the Xieshan Queen Mother Temple above it.

Legend has it that one day a monk from Wutai Mountain visited here and decided to build a temple on the mountain.

When raising materials, the monk came to the brick kiln in Xitou Village, Jiejie, and made bricks for the kiln owner: when the bricks are finished, I will bring my own donkey and fill the basket on the donkey with bricks.

The kiln owner thought that only a few bricks were needed to fill the basket, so he made an appointment with the monk 998 1 day to pick up the bricks.

When we talk about Jiexi brick kiln, we must first talk about the kiln owner.

During the reign of Emperor Qianlong of Qing Dynasty, there was a famous man in Jiexi, whose name could not be tested.

This person is honest and powerful, nicknamed "Sugiyama Roll".

When Sugiyama was young, she went to the Liulintou theater in the home 15 one night. When she got there, it was already midnight and the play was over.

Cunninghamia lanceolata sighed and turned to go home, only to see a square rock with a sunken top in the corner of the stage.

At first glance, this stone can be turned into a mortar with a little carving. If you put it at the end of your own aisle, it can be convenient for daily use in the neighborhood.

Sugiyama picked up this 300-catty stone, pulled Lapu Wozi and carried it back in one breath.

When Shanshan was a little older, she saw the rocky cliffs in the west of the street, which was desolate, so she decided to build a brick kiln here.

The day when the monk came to melt bricks happened to be the day when Shanshan Brick Kiln started construction.

The brick porcelain burned in the first kiln is solid and thick, and the collision sound is as clear as a bell.

"The brick kiln on the west side of the street burns a good brick kiln." Everyone rushed to tell each other, and the monks came from the east, only to see all the donkeys brought by the monks along the road.

When Shanshan promised the monk to fill all the baskets on the donkey with bricks, I didn't expect the monk to bring countless donkeys.

Shan silently kept his promise, greeting the waiter to serve tea for the kiln owner and monk, and greeting the kiln tooling bricks.

I don't know how many bricks are installed. When the first donkey has returned to Xieshan to unload bricks, the last donkey is still loading bricks in the kiln.

Then something strange happened: only bricks came out of the kiln, but no blanks.

A kiln was filled with bricks for three days and nights.

After loading the last donkey basket, Shanshan went to the kiln to check and found that there were not many bricks in the kiln! When I turned around, the monk and the donkey had disappeared.

A year later, the monk gave a banquet to treat the benefactor, and the mountain went to rest.

The Xieshan Temple at the top of the mountain has been built, tall and majestic, with flowing eaves.

When he was beaming, the monk in Xikou personally gave a banquet to Sugiyama and told the guests that all the bricks used in 7749 temples in Xieshan Temple were distributed by Jiexi Shen Yao.

"Jiexi Shen Yao" has been famous ever since.

Today, although Xieshan Temple is no longer there, the custom of catching up with Xieshan Temple on the sixth day of June has been kept in Shili Eight Lane.

Although the legend of Shen Yao is mysterious, the brick kilns in Jiexi do exist.

At present, several areas under the cliff in Xitou Village of the street are later called Dongye, Xiye and Nanye.

Before collective labor, ravines were criss-crossed and spread all over the ditches, with a maximum width of 6 meters, and then calamus was planted.

Relatively large earth ditches, such as Dongwan in the eastern wilderness and Triangle Bay in the southern wilderness, have the largest area of Tantan Bay in the western wilderness, about 5 mu. It is said that these are all traces left by Jiexi Shen Yao burning bricks and taking soil.

Second, the story of Yantai-the legend of Yantai Mountain

Generally speaking, Yantai is named after Yantai Mountain, which is a smoke pier designed to prevent Japanese pirates. Whenever there is a shipwreck, it will put a wolf smoke alarm there.

In fact, Qi Jiguang's Anti-Japanese War was in the Ming Dynasty, when Yantai was just a small fishing village. Whether it is necessary to set up a military checkpoint here is still a question mark.

The terrain here is neither dangerous nor steep, so setting up military checkpoints may not work.

On the contrary, there is a stone with ancient characters engraved on it, which shows people that it is called "Yanertai" rather than "Yantai".

There are various legends about "Yan 'ertai", all of which are related to swallows.

Standing on the top of Huang Yu, the commanding height of Yantai, overlooking Yantai, I found that she was like a swallow spreading its wings and diving into the blue waves of the North Sea.

The swallow's head is Yantai Mountain.

Legend has it that a long time ago, there lived a fisherman at the foot of Yantai Mountain.

A family of three, a loving couple and a fat boy, although life is difficult, can be carefree, warm and comfortable.

Who knows that there are unexpected events in the sky, and fishermen go out to sea to fish and are swallowed up by huge waves.

The woman was in great pain and cried her eyes out.

The sea casts the strong character of the seaside woman, and the blind mother only eats chaff and swallows vegetables to raise her son.

My son is not only handsome, but also very skilled.

The sea can make eight winds and the land can open eight stone bows.

What is more valuable is a pair of golden eyes. Whether it is dry or calm, or the muddy waves are empty, he can tell at a glance whether there are any fish under the water, how many fish there are and what fish they are.

As long as he casts a net, the net will not fail.

Everyone is willing to go fishing with him because he has such "eyes" on the boat.

The young man has no name since then, and people just call him "God Eye".

Old people say that God's eyes actually have two pairs of eyes, one is his own, which is soaked in seawater; There is also a pair of mother's, which have been soaked in bitter water.

With such a pair of eyes, not only fish, turtles, shrimps and crabs can't escape, but also the tortoise bastard wearing embroidered robe and jade belt will make him tear off the painted skin at a glance.

"Eye of God" therefore offended the East China Sea Dragon King.

Among the sea dragon kings, the East China Sea Dragon King is the most respected and powerful.

The jade emperor named him "the head of the dragon" and specially gave him a fire.

With this fire, both the North Sea Dragon King and the West Sea Dragon King have to obey the East China Sea Dragon King.

The reason is simple, water and fire are incompatible.

Although the dragon king can cross the river to make waves, he is at a loss in the face of fire.

Since the fire was blown to the gods, the dragon kings can only shudder at the smell of the fire and call the dragon king of the East China Sea Big Brother.

The Eye of God doesn't buy it.

Sail by boat in the East China Sea every day.

It's not wrong to catch the dragon king, the soldier crab and the fisherman.

What's more, this is also a disrespect for the Dragon King of the East China Sea.

Which of those treasures in the Dragon Palace is not bejeweled? Can let the "eye of god" see it, and then despise: "What treasure? Aren't they all clams? "

People at the seaside worship the Dragon King so much that the Eye of God doesn't agree: "Where is he?" Just trick everyone into eating.

Which spring did he not fool around with the mountain gods? He never plays practical jokes seriously. You have to kowtow to him. "

A pair of discerning eyes saw through the hypocrisy of the East China Sea Dragon King, and the East China Sea Dragon King was determined to punish this "god eye".

He made waves and made it freezing on Sunday.

That gust of wind, as tight as a gust of wind, roared against the coast, set off rows of muddy waves and flooded the coast.

The "Eye of God" boat is swaying in the wind and rain, where can it withstand such divine power?

With the ability of "God's Eye", the rough waves can cope, but the cold can't stand it, and the "God's Eye" can't help shivering.

This scene made Yuyan feel pity.

This jade swallow has a little history.

It was originally under the jade emperor's porch. After thousands of years, it has cultivated into a beautiful, dignified and charming girl.

The Dragon King of the East China Sea reports to heaven. When he caught a glimpse of it, he had the cheek to ask the jade emperor for it, and the jade emperor naturally rewarded him.

Unexpectedly, this jade swallow is really pure and unappreciative, and refuses to do it with the East China Sea Dragon King.

In a rage, the Dragon King of the East China Sea demoted Yu Yan to a maid.

Yu Yan is clever and handy, and soon she did needlework in the East Palace.

Needless to say, because of her understanding, she won the favor of Lao Zhen, the mountain god of the East China Sea Dragon King.

Mountain gods like swallows to be quiet when they land, and they will never disturb her and the East China Sea Dragon King.

She forced Swallow Girl to leave the Dragon King and became a handmaid.

However, the East China Sea Dragon King mercilessly blinded her eyes.

This is not only because the East China Sea Dragon King wants to protect his "respect" face, but his affair will always be poked in his eyes by his maid.

But also because he really disturbed Miss Swallow's eyes, so that when he hugged the mountain god, her handsome eyes flashed before his eyes.

When the Dragon King of the East China Sea was stirring up blood rain to kill the "Eye of God", the mountain god came with the swallow.

The blind swallow knows by feeling that the person who fights with the Dragon King is really fierce. He is not only superb in martial arts, but also courageous.

In a short time, the turbid waves pushed the "eye of God" to the top of the wave, and the "eye of God" stood proudly like a commander in chief; After a while, the huge waves suddenly pushed the "Eye of God" into the wave valley, and the surrounding wave hills were about to collapse, and the "Eye of God" would be buried immediately. But the "eye of god" firmly grasped the wooden rudder and jumped to the top of the wave again through the wave slope, and Miss Swallow was enchanted. She is integrated with the "eye of God", making it more and more like a petrel in the waves.

But unfortunately, the chill of the East China Sea Dragon King made the "God's Eye" tremble-

Fortunately, at this time, the enchanting mountain gods greatly increased the sexual desire of the East China Sea Dragon King, and he couldn't wait to meet the mountain gods.

The opportunity was rare, and Miss Swallow hurried to visit the "Eye of God".

Two people with similar fates are soul mates with few words.

"Eye of God" said, "The East China Sea Dragon King is really bad. He buried many big stones under the waves to deal with fishermen.

The boat broke down and the man fell into the sea so that he could feed his soldiers and crabs. "

The swallow said, "I knew he was bad." Unfortunately, I'm blind. Otherwise, I will stand here and tell the passing fishing boats not to hit the rocks! " "

"Eye of God" gratefully took the swallow's hand: "Your heart is so good. If I give you my eyes, you will become the patron saint of the ship."

Miss Swallow wondered, "What would you do if you gave me your eyes?" ? Isn't it just like mom? "

"Eye of God" said, "I don't care, anyway, I'm going to ... the Dragon King won't let me live. His mouth and eyes are getting cold. "

"Never mind!" Swallow girl said flatly, "I'll steal it!" " Steal his fire.

Light a small fire, huh! It's no use him making waves again! "

"That how line? You can steal anything from the Dragon Palace. What's more, it is a sacred object given by the Jade Emperor! "

"I don't care.

I am willing to die for you. "

Later, Miss Swallow did steal the fire.

Tired of being a mountain god, the East China Sea Dragon King played a prank again. Just as he was showing off, he suddenly saw smoke rising from the rear, which covered the sky.

His chill swept away.

Until now, Yantai is still a rare ice-free port in northern China. No matter how the cold current attacks, there is still no frozen sea, just because the fire was stolen by Miss Swallow.

The fire in Yantai Mountain is still burning, but ordinary people can't see it.

When the fire was stolen, the Dragon King sued the court.

Swallows are caught, and they want to go to heaven to blame.

She shouted at the seaside; "The elder brother of the eye! Farewell! " The voice was so harsh that even Tashan cried together.

The Eye of God appeared.

Seeing Miss Swallow tied by chains, she was in great pain and quickly shouted, "Wait a minute! I'll give you eyes-"

Where will the heavenly soldiers wait? They push Swallow Girl on the road like tigers and wolves.

Swallows broke free from the heavenly generals and threw themselves at their hearts with open arms.

King Li Tian of Tota, the head of the heavenly army, hurriedly threw down the pagoda to suppress it.

That's great.

The "eye of God" and the swallow immediately turned into stones.

The "Eye of God" is today's Zhifu Island, and the swallow has become today's Yantai Mountain.

So the real name of Yantai Mountain is Yanertai.

Today, Yanertai has a tall modern lighthouse. In fact, in the past, some lights went out one by one.

That's the swallow girl winking.