Seek the legend and introduction of Lijiang River in Guilin.

When the boat passed the big beach, it saw a mountain across the left bank of the Lijiang River. The stone wall of the mountain near the water is high and steep, and the stone lines outline the horses. This is the famous landscape map of Lijiang River. Speaking of it, this "Mountain Horse Map" has a history.

There are many old people guarding apples in the sky.

Take the Lijiang River passenger ship to Langshitan. Between the grotesque peaks on both sides, there is a mountain that looks like a big apple on the table. Next to this mountain, there is a mountain where an old man sits. Everyone connected the two mountains together, gave them a name and told the old man to look at the apples, and a story spread.

Once upon a time, there was an old man named Uncle Changfu. He and his wife are both fifty years old, but they don't have a young master yet. The couple tried their best, but the bamboo pillow was still empty. One day, they heard that the nine sons of Xishan are in good spirits, and they can get money if they want money, and they can get children if they want children. The couple prepared incense sticks and offered fruits and went to Jiuzi Niangniang Temple to burn incense. They lit incense and walked slowly back along the Lijiang River. When they arrived at the ferry terminal, they suddenly saw two fruits floating in the river. Uncle Changfu fished it up and saw that it was two pink apples. He thought, this kind of fruit can't be found in the south. It must have fallen from a ship sailing smoothly from north to south. The fruit is light and floats fast, so the boat must be behind. Why don't you give the boat to its owner when it comes? After making up their minds, the old couple sat on the dock waiting for the boat. I don't know, I waited all afternoon, but I still didn't see the shadow of the ship. At this time, Aunt Changfu was too hungry to walk. Uncle Changfu gave his aunt two apples. Then, cross the river and walk home in the dark.

Strangely, Aunt Changfu is 50 years old and got pregnant after eating two apples. Ten months later, she gave birth to two boys. The old couple are happier when they are old than when they dig a gold pit. The two masters are getting older, strong and well behaved. They look exactly alike, but their personalities are quite different. Boss Gui Bao's mouth is delicious, like a cat stealing food. When it sees something to eat, it will put its hand down its throat. Doing things, but lazier than a snake in winter, can't even pry a stick. The second child is as frugal and diligent as an ape. He can't stop all day, either doing this thing or doing that. In a blink of an eye, both young masters are eighteen. Uncle Changfu thought: These two sons were born after worshipping the Nine Empresses, and now it's time to worship the Nine Empresses again. Uncle Changfu told the aunt this meaning, and the aunt felt even more guilty and said, "It's best to get two apples for the Nine Empresses." Uncle Changfu thought it made sense, so he tried to ask someone to get two apples from the north.

When the incense is ready, Chang's father and mother take their two sons to Jiuzi Niangniang Temple to burn incense.

When they arrived at the temple, they offered fruit sacrifices and burned incense. The two old men took their sons and kowtowed three times to the icon of Jiuzi Empress before receiving the fruit. Aunt Changfu picked up two apples, one for Gui Bao and the other for Jiansheng. Gui Bao, the eldest son, picked up the apple, wolfed it down and ate it up in a few bites. The second son, Jiansheng, looked around with a red apple and played around, always reluctant to eat it. Gui Bao swallowed several times, so he couldn't help it. He ran over and grabbed the apple from his brother, trying to have a bite. Uncle Changfu was so angry that he reached for the apple and gave it back to his second son. Gui Bao saw his father helping his brother grab the apple and threw it away angrily. Strangely, the apple seems to have wings, flying in the air, and finally landed on a mountain fort and became as huge as a mountain. Uncle Changfu and aunt were scared when they saw this strange thing. They quickly packed their things and went home with their two sons in one breath.

When I got home, my eldest son Gui Bao was still thinking about the apple that had flown away. Without telling his parents and brother, he climbed up the mountain quietly in the dark to see what the apple looked like after flying up the mountain. When he got to the mountain, he saw that the apple was as high as the mountain, with red skin and blue skin and shiny wax. The saliva in Gui Bao's mouth flowed out like noodles, and I couldn't wait to open my mouth and take a bite. I just realized that apples are big and small, and you can't break the skin by chewing them horizontally and straight. A hungry man has his own ideas. He found a tea tree to cut into a chisel, a big stone as a hammer, hammered and pried the apple, picked a big piece and lifted it to eat. It tastes crisper than Sydney and fresher than oranges. While eating, he felt that he grew taller and taller. He also saw that the apple in front of him was slowly turning into a stone. In a blink of an eye, he became an old man with white hair and beard. He wanted to walk still and escape, so he had to sit stupidly next to Apple Hill.

The next morning, Uncle Changfu and his aunt got up and saw that their son's baby was gone, so they asked the second son to scrimp and save. The answer is also three words-Xiao Bu. The family was in a hurry and hurried around to look for it. Looking for it is like looking for the moon under the water. Later, Uncle Changfu stood at the door and looked up. He saw a man as big as a mountain sitting next to the big apple that was thrown on the mountain yesterday. He looks like his eldest son, Gui Bao. Uncle Changfu and aunt hurried up the hill frugally. "ouch!" ! It's really my eldest son who is lazy and put a note on his body: "Laziness will come to no good end, and greed for apples becomes a mountain!" " Uncle Changfu and aunt were sad and angry. They ignored it and went home. Then! This mountain is called apple-keeper lazy man, and everyone thinks it is not nice. After shouting, it is changed to apple-keeper old man.

Meet monks and nuns

Once upon a time, there were two craftsmen in Xiping (now Xingping), one was a florist and the other was a carpenter. The flower tailor has a daughter named Wan Lang, and the carpenter Wan has a child named Wan Lang.

Ancient paintings and Wan Lang lived together, played together, loved each other and were inseparable. Everyone in the village praised them as a natural couple. The flower tailor and Wan Carpenter were very happy to hear that. As soon as they discussed it, they recognized their in-laws and booked the wedding without looking at the eight characters.

Unexpectedly, one year, the flower tailor and Wan Carpenter got an acute illness at the same time, and the treatment failed and they died. Wan Lang and ancient paintings were separated. One lives with his aunt and the other lives with his uncle.

Wan Lang's aunt is an honest farmer. Although life is not rich, she is thrifty and housekeeping, and her life can get by.

The uncle of the ancient painting is a patriarch, rich and powerful, and ruthless. Everyone in the village is afraid of him and calls him Huahu.

Time passed year by year, and both ancient paintings and Wan Lang grew up. In a blink of an eye, the ancient painting turned into a flower, and Wan Lang became a handsome young man.

Wan Lang wants to be a flower aunt and let her go to the greenhouse as a matchmaker. My aunt knew that the ancient painting and Wan Lang were engaged, so she ran across the river to find Huahu and said, "The children are all grown up, let them get married!"

Huahu suspects that ten thousand families are poor. Knowing that the flower tailor was verbally engaged to ten thousand carpenters, he lied and said, "No, no!" " "

My aunt said, "The whole village knows about the marriage of Huajia and Wanjia. How can I change my mind? "

The tiger raised his lantern eyes: "What if the whole village knows?" ? I just don't agree without three media and six certificates! "

My aunt had no choice but to go home and tell Wan Lang in detail. Wan Lang refused to accept it and ran across the river to find a tiger to judge. He was scolded by the tiger with a straight face, a pair of "poor bones" and a pair of "beggars". Wan Lang was so angry that he wanted to cry. When he got home, he was ill.

Huahu was afraid of sleeping, so she quickly chose a day and married the ancient painting to Chang Li's son.

Let the ancient paintings know about it. She was so noisy that she cried her eyes out. On the wedding day, the ancient paintings didn't dress up, didn't dress up, cried out to their parents, and cried out to Wan Lang. Crying and shouting, my heart is horizontal and my feet are hanging. Fortunately, the maid found it early, and there was still a breath when she untied it. When the bride's sedan chair was carried into the house, it was not the bride, but a half-dead person. The groom was so angry that he cursed the tiger and then carried the empty sedan chair back.

Huahu had a boring discussion. Aunt Hua, Aunt Hua refuses to accept; Curse ancient paintings, but ancient paintings won't listen. Finally, I came up with a soft way to send the ancient paintings to a nun in Houshan, and gave old ni nine bamboo whips, asking old ni to take strict care of the ancient paintings.

After a while, Wan Lang recovered. Upon inquiry, I was very sad to learn that the ancient paintings were persecuted for themselves. Despite his aunt's obstruction, he also went to Camel Mountain to become a monk.

In this way, two hearts are separated by a river, and Tuoshan is on the side of nuns, ancient paintings and Wanlang.

The days passed day by day. The flowers on the shore withered and the grass on the mountain turned yellow. But Wan Lang and Gu Hua still think of each other.

One day, Wan Lang went to the river to wash vegetables, and ancient paintings went to the river to fetch water. Wan Lang saw the ancient painting, and the ancient painting also saw Wan Lang. Two people across the river, dare not speak, dare not call, just nodded to each other. Wan Lang thought: If I can cross the river to see ancient paintings, I am willing to die! Ancient paintings are also thoughtful in my heart: if I can cross the river to see Wan Lang, I will not be afraid of all difficulties and obstacles!

This incident touched the lion at the entrance of the monk temple. One evening, the lion suddenly said to Wan Lang: "Wan Lang Wan Lang, I miss my sister and my heart is broken;" Do you dare to see ancient paintings? " Wan Lang saw the sincerity of the lion and replied, "Lion, lion, I am not afraid to die if I can meet Aunt Hua." The lion put his head a little bit, landed on all fours, told Wan Lang to ride on his back, and flew to the other side with a whoosh.

After the lion carried Wan Lang across the river, he stood on the high slope of the river to monitor Wan Lang and ancient paintings.

A pair of lovers finally met! Wan Lang and the ancient paintings are both happy and sad. They are bitter face to face, full of words, endless complaints.

Let old ni know about it. Monks and nuns dating privately, not bad! She picked up nine bamboo whips and ran angrily down the hill.

As soon as old ni left the temple gate, he was discovered by the lion on the high slope. The lion hurried to tell the news, raised his head and roared in the air. When Wan Lang and Gu Hua heard the lion roar, they knew something was wrong. They broke up and ran away in a hurry, but it was too late. I saw old ni turn nine bamboo whips, Wan Lang and ancient paintings, together with lions, into stones. There are many immortals, and some draw immortals. But the ability to draw celestial immortals is really limited. Painting mountains is not like mountains, and painting flowers is not like flowers. I helped the Jade Emperor draw a portrait, which looks like a chinemys reevesii. I am so angry that the jade emperor's beard has become warped. In a rage, I sent him to paint immortals and set fire to the old gentleman.

Later, the jade emperor wanted to build an imperial garden in the sky, and there was no painter in the sky, so he sent Taibai Venus to find a master on earth.

Taibai Venus bid farewell to the Jade Emperor and hurried to earth. As the saying goes, the battlefield that has been fought for many years will be famous, and there must be painters in places with beautiful scenery. As soon as Venus Taibai came to the earth, she asked around, where is the most beautiful scenery? Everyone said that the landscape on both sides of the Lijiang River was the best in the world, so he rushed to the Lijiang River to find a painter.

There really is a famous painter on the bank of Lijiang River. People don't know his last name and first name, so they call him Hua Lang. This painter is just like what he painted.

Taibai Venus came to Hualang's house and watched him paint for three days and nights. Seeing that he painted really well, he said, "I am a fairy from heaven." The jade emperor wants to build an imperial garden and wants me to invite you to paint in the sky! " Hearing this, Hua Lang smiled and said, "There is no beauty in heaven. I don't want to go to heaven, but I want to paint on the earth. " After that, I just want to draw his paintings.

Taibai Venus decided that Warren would be in great trouble in three days, so he prepared to rescue him at that time and then invited him to heaven. So, Taibai Venus took out a scroll of silk and asked the painter to draw a horse, saying that he would pick it up in three days.

Hua Lang helped Taibai Venus draw horses, drawing three horses a day and getting nine horses in three days. Some horses in the painting bow their heads to drink water, some hold their heads high and scream, some roll and some run wildly. Even the painter is reluctant to let go.

Draw a picture of a horse and wait for Taibai Venus to pick it up at home. I don't know if the fairy family didn't wait. It's a disaster. It turned out that the government sent him to paint last month, but the painter didn't go because he thought the government was a corrupt official who killed ordinary people. As a result, he offended the government. Tianfu Taiwan sent soldiers to surround Hualang's house, trying to arrest him and punish him.

Hua Lang is holding a picture of horses. Just when he didn't know what to do, Taibai Venus shouted in mid-air, "Don't panic, tear up the horse and come up." Hualang shook off the horse, snorted, pulled off the horse painted on the top, and the horse came to life at once. Hua Lang soon got on the horse. The horse brayed, jumped over the soldier's head and rushed out of the tight encirclement. The government soldiers set fire to Hualang's house and chased after it.

Hua Lang rode a horse and ran, ran and ran to lengshuitan. There is Lijiang River in front, followed by pursuers, and Hualang is anxious again. I saw Taibai Venus standing on the high stone wall on the other side, shouting, "Don't worry about painting Lang, urge the horse to cross the bridge and climb the stone wall." Taibai Venus said, unbuttoning her belt, and it turned into an arch bridge in mid-air and went straight to the top of the stone wall. Hualang shook the reins, urged the horse to cross the bridge and climbed to the top of the stone wall. Taibai Venus closed her belt, and the soldiers of the government and Taiwan glared at each other on the other side, helpless.

Hua Lang jumped off his horse and handed it to Taibai Venus. Strange to say, the horse I just rode is back on the painting. Taibai Venus said; "You can't stay on the earth, so go and paint in the sky!"

Warren thanked Taibai Venus for saving him and agreed. He looked at the burnt-out house and said to Taibai Venus, "Xianjia, the only picture I drew is this one in your hand. Let it leave a memorial for the world! " "

Taibai Venus nodded, unfolded the horse herd diagram and threw it up. The horse herd diagram became bigger in mid-air, and fell with a "wow" and clung to the stone wall. Then, he went to heaven with Hua Lang.

Over time, the horse stuck on the stone wall merged with the stone wall. Now, we can still see nine horses on the stone wall of Jiumahua Mountain.