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When Chu Jiaqiang came to the temple, the old village chief immediately instructed him to work, and asked him to help carry the props brought by the Taoist priest to the venue. Zhou Furong was carrying a black flag more than three meters high, embroidered with seven stars, which was the Big Dipper Seven Star Flag. This flag is also one of the most important flags, which was known to Zhou Furong, and he rushed to carry it first, taking the lead in showing off his might in front.

"Doesn't it smell like an ancient general?" Zhou Furong said to Ye Jisheng in the back. Ye Jisheng was carrying an ordinary cyan corner flag, and his expression was a little depressed.

Ye Jisheng replied angrily: "I can't see it, but I have the potential to be cannon fodder." ”

Zhou Furong shook his head and said with a sigh: "I know that you can't eat grapes that are sour!" Forget it, I'm too lazy to tell you, the ones behind me are following. Who's that, play the drums to give some strength! ”

It was Chen Wu and Li Quan who carried the drum, Chen Wu had learned to play the drum with an old man in the village before, so Li Quan was in the front, he was in the back, and he was beating the drum all the way to follow behind.

The two giant bears were used for heavy work, and they carried an eighteen-meter-high giant log. The wood is full of holes hewn out of the wood, which are used to install sharp knives. It is one of the props used to go up the knife mountain, after installing the knife, put a small flag on the top, and then stand up.

"Brother Zhou, take the flag bearer to the north." When he was about to arrive at the venue, Chu Xianmao shouted loudly to Zhou Furong. The Big Dipper Flag is the azimuth flag of the north, which can guard the north.

Zhou Furong led the flag bearers to the north in high spirits, and finally scattered the flags on the field to the north. During these three days, he will act as the king of the North Road Banner Regiment.

In addition to his road, there are also three roads, east, west and south, and the most important yellow flag. Guarding the center of the field, it can command all directions. Many people in this flag are greedy, and there was almost a fight just now.

The West Road Banner was led by Tang Liye, and this guy was a little depressed, because the flag-bearers behind him were all children, with a group of small soldiers, and anyone would be depressed. And these little guys are playing around along the way, not as neatly as other teams.

"Little ones, get in order. Okay, Uncle Tang invites you to eat. As a last resort, Tang Liye had no choice but to use this trick to rehearse his team.

This trick was tried and tested by the child, and the little ones who were playing around finally settled down and followed honestly. made Tang Liye's face rise sharply.

The East Road is also a more important direction, led by Chu Jiacheng, which was fought for by the old village chief, and it is a green dragon flag. The South Road Flag King was snatched away by Jackton and was the standard-bearer who fell behind the last break. The yellow flag in the middle was temporarily carried by Chu Xianmao, and the back was transferred to Chu Jiaqiang's control.

When they came to Liang Yu, they also wanted to carry the flag all the way, but Chu Xianmao said that this work could only be done by men. This made the women present very helpless. With such obvious sexism, this god is also a bit unfair!

The villagers carried the bodhisattva and landed in the middle of the procession, accompanied by the Taoist priests. Now the fanfare is to invite the gods to the venue.

on the field. The tables used are all the same Eight Immortals table. Everyone worships the gods on it and puts a few incense burners for everyone to light incense. There are also a few buckets of water on the side for everyone to wash their hands. In the countryside. Before praying to the gods and worshipping the Buddha, you should wash your hands. to show respect for the gods.

After the gods were placed, those Taoist priests began to stage a show of eight immortals crossing the sea for everyone, which can be regarded as a kind of dance created by Taoist priests! One by one, they stepped on the eight immortal steps, dancing in a complicated but chaotic manner. Each person also has a musical instrument in their hands, and they dance and play at the same time.

The Eight Immortals are the eight immortals in myths and legends. That is, Tie Guan Li (Li Tie Gui), Han Zhongli (Zhong Li Han), Zhang Guolao, He Xiangu, Lan Caihe, Lu Dongbin, Han Xiangzi, and Cao Guo's uncle.

Legend eight immortals respectively represent men, women, old, young, rich, noble, poor, cheap, because the eight immortals are mortals to get the Tao, so the personality and the people are closer, late for Taoism in the very important representatives of the immortals, many places in China have eight immortal palaces, the gods are indispensable to the eight immortals.

"This is the Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea?" A tourist takes pictures with a camera.

"Huh! Then you have to ask the group of Taoist priests. The other person was also very interested, and found that everyone's movements were very different, and they seemed to have a tacit understanding with each other.

Many people know the legend of the Eight Immortals crossing the sea, it is said that the Baiyun Immortal has returned to Penglai Immortal Island when the peony is in full bloom, invite the Eight Immortals and the Five Saints to participate in the grand event, and on the return trip, Tie Guan Li suggested not to take a boat and each to find a way, which is the origin of the later "Eight Immortals crossing the sea, each showing their magical powers" or "Eight Immortals crossing the sea, each according to things".

"When the Eight Immortals crossed the sea, legend has it that they had a big fight with the Sea Dragon King." There was a young man who remembered that the story was like this, but the end result was not very clear.

At that time, Li Tie threw down his other magic weapon, some people said that it was a gourd, Han Zhongli threw a banana fan, Zhang Guolao put down his mount paper donkey, and other immortals also threw their magic weapons into the water and crossed the East China Sea. From the East China Sea, the Dragon King of the East China Sea was of course angry, after all, it was other people's territory, and others could not be arrogant. Zhou Furong said.

"And in the end?" Someone who didn't know the story immediately asked.

Hong Lao then told these curious people that because the actions of the Eight Immortals alarmed the Dragon Palace, the Dragon King of the East China Sea led the shrimp soldiers and crabs to the theory, but unexpectedly there was a conflict, Lan Caihe was taken back to the Dragon Palace, and it was also said that the magic weapon was robbed. After that, the Eight Immortals went on a killing spree and angrily slashed the dragons, while the Dragon Kings of the East China Sea cooperated with the Dragon Kings of the North Sea, the South China Sea, and the West Sea, and the waves were stormy for a while.

At this time, Uncle Cao Guo took out the jade board to open the way, forced the huge waves to both sides, and crossed the sea smoothly. In the end, the South China Sea Guanyin Bodhisattva intervened and asked the Dragon King of the East China Sea to release Lan Caihe, and the two sides ceased fighting.

"Strange, how did I hear different before?" At this time, some people are puzzled.

"Ugh! How many versions are there? "There are people on the side who question it.

"Huh! Stories are mostly fictional, not to mention mythological stories. The legend will be a little different from place to place. Hong Lao smiled and explained.

There is a more true legend about this story. During the Northern Song Dynasty, Shamen Island was the place where the imperial court imprisoned prisoners, and from the third year of Jianlong, all soldiers who broke the law were assigned to Salmon Island. Year after year, more and more prisoners are getting on the island. However, the imperial court only allocated rations to 300 people on the island every year, so the food was becoming more and more insufficient.

Later, Li Qing, the head of the Shamen Island's guards, came up with a vicious method: when there were more than 300 prisoners, he tied some of them hand and foot and threw them into the sea to drown, so that the prisoners on the island always remained within 300 people, and the number of prisoners killed in this way reached more than 700 within two years.

Once, when more than 50 prisoners got the news that they were about to be killed, they took advantage of the clear sky and the moon to avoid the guards, jumped into the sea with gourds and logs, and swam in the direction of Penglai Mountain. In the end, there were only eight people left who were strong in martial arts and full of physical strength.

The next day, the fishermen found them, when they heard that the eight people from Salmon Island swam across the sea, they were all amazed, and called them "gods", this matter spread among the people, and the more and more the gods were spread, they were called "eight immortals", evolved into today's "eight immortals across the sea" story.