Chapter 518 Yao Chi Fei Chi (I)

We were amazed by the grandeur of the Soaring Treasure Hall, a building built on top of a pond and supported by tall columns without surrounding walls.

"Looks like there's nothing here." Dazhe said.

"Is this the end?" Yun Ximing asked.

"No, there are no walls around here, and I haven't seen Zuo Ci's coffin, and he won't put his coffin in the god he admires the most, so I think there must be another place to go around here." I say. Before I finished speaking, Dazhe had already taken the lead. He stepped on those cloud-like cloud platform stone pillars, and disappeared behind the Lingxiao Treasure Hall in three steps and two steps.

"There's still something here, and there's a palace." Dazhe said.

"There is also a palace, how can it be completely invisible." Min Lan said and followed.

Everyone also followed, bypassing the Lingxiao Treasure Palace, we saw the palace behind, this palace is built on a large platform, and the open Lingxiao Treasure Hall is different, it is a closed palace with walls around it, although it is much smaller than the Lingxiao Treasure Palace, but the same gold carving and jade masonry, the style is extraordinary. Dazhe was about to enter, but was stopped by Yun Ximing.

"The situation inside is unknown, don't do it." Yun Ximing said that it was rare for Dazhe to be so obedient and retreat. We looked up and saw a plaque horizontally on it, with four big characters written on it, Yaochi Holy Land.

"Yaochi, isn't this place the territory of the Queen Mother, on Kunlun Mountain." Dazhe said.

"Yao Chi has many positions in the legend." Yun Ximing said. "Yao Chi is the name of the pond on Kunlun Mountain in ancient Han myths and legends, and the beautiful pond where the Queen Mother of the West lives is said to be located on Kunlun Mountain. The tall and majestic Kunlun Mountains seem to come from nine heavens away, and the snow-capped Muztag Peak is even more towering. It was recorded in the "Notes on the Classics of Mountains and Seas" that although the Queen Mother of the West took Kunlun as her palace, she also had her own cave to leave the palace and a place to rest, and she did not live in a mountain. In other words, she has multiple residences, and Yao Chi is also considered to be the first heaven in the heavenly realm, the end of the extreme south. It is the heavenly court of Beppu, where the Queen Mother rests. Named. There is no cave, this is also the location of Yao Pond. ”

"There are a lot of ancient texts that record Yaochi in ancient times, and I have read them in the library." I said, "In the "Historical Records: The Biography of Dawan Lie", it is said that Kunlun is more than 2,500 miles high. The sun and the moon are hidden from each other for light. There are Liquan and Yao Pond on it. In the third volume of "The Biography of Mu Tianzi", it says: Yi Chou. The Son of Heaven is the Queen Mother of the West on the Yao Pond. Tang Taizong's "Dijing Chapter" poem preface records: Loyalty and goodness can be received. Why bother with fairies on the sea? Feng Ho can swim, why bother on the Yao Pond? also about the fourth fold of Han Qing's "Pei Du Returns" said: Yaochi descended to the Jade Heavenly Immortals, and tonight the high gate recruited the champion. It can be seen that the ancients yearned for Yaochi. But what exactly Yaochi looks like, I'm afraid no one knows. ”

"I also know a lot of sayings, saying that there is a **** hanging in the sky above Yao Chi, called Lingyun stalactites, with magnificent colors, and the pool below is as calm as a mirror. Lingyun stalactites absorb the essence of heaven and earth, and it takes a hundred years to condense a drop of holy water. The holy water has been filtered for a hundred years, pure and flawless, and the water of Yao Chi has been refined by holy water, which is clean into clouds, widely spread between heaven and earth, and becomes the boundary of heaven and earth. It is also regarded as a heavy heaven. Yun Ximing said, "There are still several speculations about Yao Chi, Tianshan Tianchi, Qinghai Lake, Lian Lake, Mengda Tianchi, and the Black Sea, all of which were once believed to be the location of Yao Chi. And in Chinese myths and legends, the Virgin of Yaochi is also known as the Golden Mother, the Queen Mother of the West, in the heart of the Chinese, the image of the Virgin Mary is graceful and luxurious, the status of the transcendent goddess of kindness, immortal dwelling in the holy realm of Yaochi in Kunlun Mountain, the territory is planted with three thousand years of flowering, three thousand years of fruiting of the Queen Mother Peach, the food of immortality, in the ancient Chinese "Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty", said that the Virgin Mary is stunning and amazing, once gave the peach to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and in the "Biography of Mu Tianzi" recorded, the Virgin Mary was elegant and gentle in words and deeds, and invited King Mu of Zhou to have a banquet in Yaochi, but it was recorded in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas", Our Lady of Yaochi is like a human, with a leopard's tail and tiger teeth, a roar that shakes the sky, her long hair flies, she bears the mandate of heaven, is in charge of human punishment, and is responsible for spreading plague viruses and disasters. Describing Yao Chi, the lake water is sparkling, green and dyed, clear and translucent. Water birds gather, or soar on the surface of the lake, or play in the water, the golden wind is cool, the air is steaming, a peaceful scene, the lakeside water and grass are abundant, wild yaks, wild asses, brown bears, yellow sheep, Tibetan antelopes and other animals are infested, the weather is thousands. There is a platform next to the lake, the legend is that every year to the third day of the third month of the lunar calendar, the sixth day of the sixth month of June, the eighth day of the eighth month of August, the Queen Mother of the West specially set up a peach festival here, and the gods and goddesses from all walks of life come to the birthday of the Queen Mother of the West who created the world, and it is very lively. Yun Ximing said.

"I don't understand, what kind of peach is that, is it really that magical?" Dazhe asked.

"Peach is a peach food in ancient Chinese myths and legends. Legend has it that March 3 is the birthday of the Queen Mother of the West, and on the same day, the Queen Mother of the West had a grand event, with peach as the staple food, and invited the immortals, and the immortals rushed to celebrate her birthday. Therefore, it is called the Pan Tao Club. The peach meeting is grand and solemn, and the low-level immortals should pay attention to their behavior at the peach meeting, otherwise it is easy to cheat and be severely punished. For example, according to the authoritative history book "Journey to the West" in the divine realm, the general of the rolling shutter, who later became the monk Sha, was punished into the mortal world just because he accidentally broke a glass cup at the Pan Tao Meeting, that is, a glazed vessel for holding things, which was actually a lamp; And Marshal Tianpeng Zhu Bajie was punished for being reincarnated in the mortal world because he was drunk, and he was reincarnated into a pig because he was drunk ****** the number one courtesan of Tiangong, Miss Chang'e of Toad Palace. Monkey King was also not qualified to participate in the Pan Tao Club because of his low status, which caused him to be angry and disrupted a Pan Tao Club, and was captured and sentenced to death. Dongfang Shuo, a famous witty writer in the Han Dynasty, also infiltrated the Pan Tao Society, successfully stole peaches, and soared to become a fairy. And the Queen Mother lives in Yaochi, so she is also called Yaochi Niangniang. She held a peach victory party in the Yao Pond and feasted all kinds of immortals, but unexpectedly the Monkey King disrupted the peach event. The peach she planted is the most magical, the small peach tree is ripe for 3,000 years, and people eat it and keep fit, and become immortals; The average peach tree is ripe once in 6,000 years, and people eat it and rise in the day, and they are immortal; The best is 9,000 years old, and people eat it with the same life as heaven and earth, and with the sun and the moon. She is the most revered goddess in the heavenly palace, in charge of banqueting all kinds of immortals in the sky, and in charge of marriage and childbearing in the world. Sister Wang Na said.

"Sister Wang Na, how do you know so clearly?" I asked.

"I've heard a lot of folklore like this." Sister Wang Na said.

"That's right, the Queen Mother of the West is a fairy living in the Kunlun Mountains in western China, and every year on the 18th day of the seventh lunar month is the Christmas of the Queen Mother of the West in Yaochi. The Queen Mother's peach orchard has 3,600 peach trees. In front of 1,200 plants, the flowers and fruits are tiny, and they ripen once in 3,000 years. There are 1,200 plants in the middle, which are ripe for 6,000 years, and people eat Xiaju and soar, and they are immortal. There are 1,200 plants in the back, purple veined fine nucleus, 9,000 years of ripeness, people eat and live with heaven and earth, the sun and the moon are the same. Legend has it that the Queen Mother will be a peach, and the story of Sun Wukong stealing peaches has been sung by the folk for a long time, adding charm to people's peach tasting. Folk, people use peaches to pray for blessings, and call Shou Tuan Shou Tao. It's always a must-have at a birthday party. In the traditional New Year's paintings, longevity peach is the expression of content, such as the peach and Ganoderma lucidum called Xianshou, and the bat is called Fushou, which is a place to prolong life, so peaches are always connected with immortals and longevity. Legend has it that those who have enjoyed immortal fruits and peaches in the mortal world, one is King Mu of Zhou, and the other is Emperor Wu of Han. I said.

Legend has it that King Mu of Zhou passed by Kunlun Mountain, and was once entertained by the Queen Mother of the West, and drank and wrote poems on the Yao Pond, and lingered for many days. Later, King Mu of Zhou passed through Kunlun Mountain again, looking for Yaochi Pan Taoyuan everywhere, but he couldn't find anything, so he had to leave reluctantly.

According to the "Internal Biography of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty". In April of the sixth year of Yuan Feng, the Queen Mother of the West had met with Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and gave Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty four peaches. The Queen Mother of the West informed: The ground is thin in mid-summer, and the peach seeds do not grow. After that, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was greedy for the delicacy of peaches, and sent his minister Dongfang Shuo three times to travel long distances to Kunlun in the west and steal peaches. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty also carefully collected the peach pits he had eaten, one by one, and passed them on to the Ming Dynasty. I said.

Speaking of which, I have to say that Emperor Wu of Han doesn't know if he really ate it, but King Zhou Mu does have an allusion. I think Zuo Ci also believes in this allusion, you look there. I pointed to a stone sculpture outside the palace gate, and saw that it read "Mountain of the Queen Mother of the West".

"There are no mountains here, what kind of allusion is this?" Yun Ning asked.

"Zuo Ci naturally can't move the famous mountains and rivers here, this is just a model, and this does have an allusion." I said, "Yaochi is the place where the legendary Queen Mother of the West lived, located on the Kunlun Mountain. There are many places in the legendary Yao Pond of the Queen Mother of the West. Because although the Queen Mother of the West takes Kunlun as the palace, the largest Yao Pond of the West Queen Mother is considered to be Qinghai Lake, and the oldest Yao Pond of the West Queen Mother is considered to be the Chain Lake of Delingha City, the beautiful and wonderful Yao Pond of the West Queen Mother is Mengda Tianchi, and the mysterious and highest Yao Pond of the West Queen Mother is the Black Sea at the source of the Kunlun River. Legend has it that more than 3,000 years ago, King Mu of Zhou, the son of the Western Zhou Dynasty, once sat on eight horses traveling 30,000 miles a day, set off from the capital, traveled thousands of miles, along the Tianshan Mountains to Yaochi to meet the leader of the Western Regions Tribal Alliance, the Queen Mother of the West. When King Zhou Mu and his guards arrived, the Queen Mother of the Western Dynasty, dressed up, stood on the edge of the Yao Pond and greeted the distinguished guests from afar with the most solemn tribal etiquette. Yao Pond is like a mirror, the green grass is like a tree, people blow the sheng drum spring, and the center soars. King Zhou Mu brought a large number of silk fabrics and precious gifts such as gui and bi to the Queen Mother of the West, and the host brought out a variety of sumptuous Western dishes, special milk wine and wine to entertain him. The vast Shenchi of Yaochi, such as the strange scenery of the heavenly mirror floating in the air, made King Zhou Mu fascinated and forgot to return. Happy days are always very short, King Zhou Mu has to return to the east, and the Queen Mother of the West held a grand farewell banquet. After a three-year appointment, the Queen Mother of the West and King Zhou Mu reluctantly parted to each other. Before leaving, King Mu of Zhou also planted a locust tree with his own hands, and set up a stone tablet, which was engraved, the mountain of the Queen Mother of the West, five big characters. It's a pity that King Zhou Mu was not able to come to meet the Queen Mother of the West at the end of the period, leaving only these two good verses that have been praised through the ages, giving people infinite flaws. However, Ji Man is quite magical, and he does have a lot of connections with this queen mother. I said.

"Who is Ji Man?" Dazhe asked. (To be continued.) )