Folk stories about Yunnan

Yunnan is a tourist destination in China. Do you know the folk stories in Yunnan? The following is a folk story of Yunnan that I share with you. Welcome to reading.

Yunnan Folk Tales: The Legend of Yuantong Temple

According to legend, during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, it rained heavily all night in downtown Kunming. The next morning, a monk walked out of the monk's room, only to find leaves all over the yard and turned to the main hall to burn incense. I saw two mud dragons dripping water on the wooden pillars, as if they had just returned from the water. Frightened, the monk turned and ran to report to the abbot. The abbot was dubious, so he led a group of monks into the main hall and found that the two dragons were covered in water, and moss (seaweed and the like) stuck to scales. The dragon's chest gasped together. Seeing this, the monks were dumbfounded and dared not vent their anger. One of them is little novice monk, looking around curiously. When he walked out of the temple, he saw a thick water trail on the ground, extending out of the temple along the mud dragon coiled around the post. Little novice monk pointed to the monks, who seemed to understand, and crept along the water trail together to find the root cause. A group of people came to the Jiulongchi bank of today's Cuihu Lake (northwest of the slope of Yuantong Street), and a large group of people talked about it on the shore. It turned out that when it rained heavily last night, many people heard the dragon roar, and the sound of fighting lasted all night. Others picked up a few bowls of dragon shells on the shore, and the monks suddenly realized that it was two mud in this temple, Long Ben, who went into the sea (Cuihu was originally called Caihaizi), who expelled a dragon that occupied Jiulong Pool. Before that, Kunming was often flooded by dragons, flooding the streets of half the city, and the people complained bitterly. After this war, the dragon disappeared and the people lived and worked in peace.

Behind the main hall of Yuantong Temple, there is a curse dumpling platform. According to legend, a long time ago, it was a big cave hidden by dragons. The dragon occupies a commanding height. It often plays pranks and hurts people. There is a Panlong Temple about 40 kilometers south of Kunming. The monk's name is Azanli. He knew the ancient Xia Wen, which recorded the process of Dayu's water control in detail. Among them, there is the curse of dragon. The elderly in Kunming built a dragon platform here to collect dragons, and respectfully invited Li Zan to recite the scriptures day and night on the platform. A few days later, the effect of Dharma Mantra appeared. The dragon fell from the hole to the ground for mercy, and Li Zan waved it away. Since then, the dragon flood disaster has disappeared.

Yunnan Folk Tales: The Legend of Kunming City

Facing the old map of Kunming, people will find that the whole city of Kunming is completely like a turtle, which is really amazing. Kunming, an ancient city on the plateau, adds a bit of mystery. Why should the ancient city of Kunming be built in the shape of a turtle? A distant historical story solved this strange and ancient mystery:

During the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, Mu Ying, a general guarding Yunnan, decided to build a good city in Yunnan. How to build it? He didn't have a good plan, just when he was anxious about it, one night, he had a dream:

A python, with a long body, is sucking in Kunming with its mouth open. The treasure in the city was completely swallowed into its stomach. Mu Ying was furious and shouted loudly, "Where is the demon python that dares to suck the treasure in our city and make our people poor?" The python replied, "I live in the mountains north of the city, with my tail in Sichuan and my head in Yunnan." I eat in Yunnan and travel in Sichuan. What is it to you? " Hearing this, Mu Ying drew an arrow to cut the python, and the python rolled on the spot and became a black-faced man. He was killed in a fight with Mu Ying. I saw Kowloon riding a turtle in the Kowloon Pond of Bihu Lake. The turtle finally stopped the python.

When Mu Ying woke up, he felt very strange, but he couldn't explain his dream, so he invited Wang Zhanhai, a famous geomancer at that time, and begged him to break his dream. Wang Zhanhai pondered for a moment, counted with his fingers, and then plausibly said, "This is the Changchong Mountain in the north of the city. Look at it, its head is facing Yunnan City, and it feels like it is going to swallow the ancient city. " MuYing a listen to, surprised, hurriedly ask how to remove. Wang Zhanhai said: "The best way to get rid of it is to divert and turn harm into benefit." Then he said his own opinion: it is unlucky that Changchong Mountain winds from the northeast, but in my eyes, it has gathered into a powerful auspicious dragon god over the ancient city. This is a once-in-a-lifetime "Ziweilong" pulse. Python is a long-lived thing, but it is also a feminine body. It has a strange personality. If it is eased, it will certainly hurt the Lebanese people. In this way, there must be a spirit to overcome it, to transform it, to supplement it and to change it. This role must be played by Linggui, who is also an immortal thing, but has a masculine body. Under the guidance of Wang Zhanhai, Mu Ying built the old Kunming into the shape of a turtle. The south gate is the turtle's head, the north gate is the turtle's tail, and the big east gate, small east gate, big west gate and small west gate are the turtle's four feet. In this way, at the foot of the winding Changchong Mountain in the north, the old Kunming city is connected with its blood, forming a state of intersection of turtles and snakes, which makes Kunming have a momentum made in heaven, with mountains and waters far away and everything integrated. Wang Zhanhai stood on Wuhua Mountain, looking at the well-organized Kunming City, smiling. He proudly said: "The dragon spirit in Kunming is getting stronger and stronger, and Feng Shui will definitely benefit the people of Yunnan. I believe that after 500 years, Yunnan will definitely win Jiangnan. "

Yunnan Folk Tales: Tales and Legends of Goddess

Lion Mountain is the name of Yongning people, because looking from the east of Yongning Bazi, it looks like a lying lion, holding its head high and majestic, hence the name Lion Mountain. However, due to the prevalence of marriage and matriarchal system among local Mosuo people, the local mountains and rivers are branded with women. The largest lake is the mother lake, and the largest lion mountain is called "dry firewood", which is a mountain and "firewood" is the mother. Together, it is the mother mountain or the goddess mountain.

Ganmushan, also known as fox hill, is 3993 meters high and consists of limestone, with volcanic rocks in the north and depressions in the middle and northwest, that is, craters. People think it is like a sign of yin, so it is called Nvshan.

There is a vivid myth and legend about Ganmushan.

In ancient times, there was a beautiful girl by Lugu Lake. She was clever and ingenious. She can speak seven days after she was born, and her words are as beautiful as birds singing. Three months after I was born, I learned a lot that most adults can't compare with. By the time I was three years old, I looked like a fairy, and everyone around Lugu Lake knew it. When she was eighteen, she was already a local beauty. All the young men who met her came to please her and pursue her, and all the gifts she gave were piled up. But girls just don't talk, and boys can only keep outside the door and pursue them. This girl's name is Ganmu. She is diligent. As for spinning and weaving, it is said that she can weave 100 belts a day. In the process of knitting, she saw clouds, sun, moon and rainbow in the sky, and these patterns were also woven on linen; When she saw flowers, trees, birds and animals on the ground, she would also weave colorful threads on linen, so all the boys by Lugu Lake liked and pursued this girl. She is not cold to the young man. Anyone who pursues her will be treated well and get a belt as a symbol. Love on the earth also seduced the gods in heaven. One of the gods also courted the girl and set off a whirlwind that swept her to the sky. But the residents of Lugu Lake were angry and rushed to the earth. The gods were afraid and put her back, but she did not return to the earth, but attached herself to it.

The earliest goddess of dry wood should be a mountain left by nature, which was later called Lion Mountain. With the development of folklore, Ganchai Mountain gradually personified, and the image of goddess appeared. She is riding a white horse with a lotus in her left hand and an arrow in her right. At first glance, it looks like a hidden goddess, but it is actually a Mosuo female costume.

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