Ten: Red Lady Temple

The legend of the 'Cake Selling Bridge' is a long time ago. At that time, there were only mountain names and no place names.

People who come here say that there is a bridge to the northeast of Red Mountain that sells steamed cakes. It's a lively place. Especially on the day of the temple fair, it is crowded with people. The stalls alone are miles long.

After a long time, people naturally became customary, and called this place the cake selling bridge.

It was already a thriving market town with a large number of people and was known as the 'Cake Selling Bridge', but it is not on the official map.

When the official place name was set here, it was thought that 'Selling Cake Bridge' was not easy to make a place name. If you change the name, the outsiders can't figure it out, and the locals have opinions.

They went here to investigate and saw that there was a river here, and across the bridge from north to south was the Red Hill Heights. Beyond the Hongshan Heights is the Xuanwu Lake, which goes straight to the Taiping Gate and enters the city of Nanjing.

This is the only way for merchants to get from Swallow Rock Pier to the city. The bridge is also the main road connecting the two sides of the river.

Red Mountain is a waterside highland called Gao, and they rhyme to write Maigao Bridge. Maigao Bridge means a bridge to the high ground, a bridge to the heights. It means backgammon.

The water flows to the lower places and the people go to the higher places, which is a good place name.

How many years have passed, and the bridge is gone. The temple is gone, but the name of Maigao Bridge has been handed down.

After the legend of Fazi was finished, he asked Wang Mingming: "How is this legend?" Does it sound good? I know you love to hear such legends. I love collecting, too.

"You just have to savor it and you will feel that there is something new about this legend. It's worth your collection.

"I still know a lot of legends like this, and I'll tell you one after another in the future. I'll help you collect some when I have some free.

"I hope you will publish a collection of Jinling legends. This big episode must be a hit. ”

Seeing that Wang Mingming didn't react, Fazi noticed that Wang Mingming was completely attracted by the legend. She kept her head down and immersed herself in the plot of the story. She listened to God and forgot that she was waiting for the bus.

Fazi's question woke her up from a dream, and she looked around at the people around her, and it turned out that the car had already arrived, and there were no passengers yet.

She smiled embarrassedly and asked, "Do you know where that temple was built?" I don't know. If you want me to say that it should be built on Red Mountain, it is called the Red Lady Temple. ”

She said with a smile. Apparently she was deliberately holding her hair. It means don't think you know a lot, there are things you don't know.

Hair knows that this story has touched her heart. Fazi smiled happily and said, "It's called the Red Lady Temple as you said."

"When I have the conditions, I will rebuild the Red Lady Temple in Hongshan to make this legend complete. Let future generations know this legend. ”

The ticket was checked and boarded. Fazi said, "Look, get in the car." Get in the car. ”

Wang Mingming stood up and said, "Fazi, I'm in the car, thank you for telling such a beautiful story." You should go back sooner. Stay safe on the road. I arrived at school early on Monday morning. ”

Wang Mingming got into the car and found a seat to sit down, and when she saw that Fazi was still standing under the car looking at her, she smiled at him embarrassedly and waved her hand slightly. The car started.

Hair waved away at her. Wang Mingming watched him get into a car. The car was Fazi's own car, and she was relieved.

At this time, the speed is very slow, and thirty kilometers an hour is very good. In addition, the road is narrow, there are many markets along the way, and the car drove for a long time to reach the "door slope".

Hundreds of years ago, it was the Yangtze River. The ramp here is very steep, and the driver slows down and drives very carefully.

Now the river has receded to the north of the town of Yanziji. If the Yangtze River is flooded, the river can still rise to the bottom of the slope.

Wang Mingming's home is in Yanziji Town, and the west of the town is Yanzijitou. The area of Jitou is not large, and it is surrounded by rivers on three sides. The mountain stone stands upright on the river, resembling a swallow spreading its wings and wanting to fly, because it is called swallow rock.

It is one of the three famous rocks of the Yangtze River.

The high and steep slope in the south of Yanziji is connected with the Yangtze River embankment, and it is the only way to go up to Yanzijitou.

The ancients had built a narrow and steep road here, and every day tourists followed it with great difficulty to climb the rocks to enjoy the scenery.

When it comes to the holiday season, tourists are even more crowded. The road is even more crowded.

Wang Mingming remembered that in early May, the head teacher led the whole class to come here for an outing. The students got off the train at the station, and the squad leader beckoned everyone to form a line.

The head teacher said, "We have arrived at Swallow Rock. When going up to the head of the swallow rock, the students should support each other and take care of each other.

"Be sure to stay safe and don't play around. Everyone said yes. ”

The students unanimously shouted yes.

The head teacher is about twenty-four or five years old, and he has long coiled hair. He has clear eyebrows and fair skin. She wears light sneakers and a Western-style vest over her jacket.

She has bread, cakes and sandwiches in her backpack. She walked among her classmates. When she was on the swallow rock, she often turned around and pulled the little classmate.

Climbed up to the head of the swallow rock, and everyone suddenly felt the cool river breeze blowing in their faces. The extreme view is the sea and the sky.

The students couldn't help jumping and shouting to express their inner passion.

The head teacher stood in front of the Imperial Tablet Pavilion and said, "Students, let me tell you about the origin of this Imperial Tablet Pavilion and the stone tablet in the pavilion. Would you like to hear it?

The students unanimously shouted yes.

The head teacher said: "The Imperial Tablet Pavilion of Yanziji was originally called Daguan Pavilion. Later, it was renamed the Imperial Tablet Pavilion, and there is a story about the Qianlong Emperor who went to the south of the Yangtze River six times and stepped on the swallow rock head five times.

Legend has it that Emperor Qianlong stepped on the swallow rock head and was deeply attracted by the beautiful scenery here, and wrote many beautiful poems under passion.

When Emperor Qianlong climbed the head of Yanziji for the third time, he inscribed "Yanziji" three big characters under the passion.

"The prefect of Jiangning carved the three big characters of Qianlong's handwriting into a stone tablet, erected it in the Daguan Pavilion at the peak of Yanziji, and renamed the Daguan Pavilion as the Imperial Tablet Pavilion."

A classmate asked: "Class teacher, why did Emperor Qianlong go down to the south of the Yangtze River five times and step on the swallow rock." Was he attracted by the scenery? ”

Another student said, "Class teacher, I know. Emperor Qianlong went down to the south of the Yangtze River five times and stepped on the head of the swallow rock five times, because of the shogunate mountain south of the swallow rock.

"There is a cave at the bottom of the mountain called Toudai-dong, and on the rock to the east of it is a temple called Yeongji-ji. The Kannon Pavilion of Yongji Temple is the best place to see the river.

"In the summer, when the flood came up, the torrent rushed from the front of Yongji Temple to the east. The ancients called it 'Yongji River'.

"The original name of Yongji Temple was Hongji Temple, and the father of Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty became a monk in Hongji Temple. Emperor Qianlong went through great hardships to find his father, and he wanted to recognize his father.

"His father did not recognize Emperor Qianlong for the sake of Emperor Qianlong's future. Emperor Qianlong had no choice but to change the name of the temple to Yongji Temple to show that he would never forget.

Later generations wrote this legend into a book, and some people wrote it into a play. Homeroom teacher, I'm done. ”

The class teacher asked everyone, "Have any of you seen this play?" ”

One of my classmates said, "Teacher, I've seen this play. The emperor raised a daughter, and Chen Gelao, a minister of the Yongzheng Dynasty, raised a son at the same time.

"The emperor devised a plan for the sake of the heir.

He first announced that he had raised a son, and then set up a royal banquet to celebrate his noble son, and the emperor invited the minister Chen Ge Lao to bring his son to the banquet to celebrate, and the emperor secretly changed Chen Ge Lao's son at the imperial banquet.

Cheng Ge Lao knew that his son was dropped by the emperor, and he was afraid that his surname would be endangered, so he returned to his hometown and returned to his home in Cheng Ge Lao Lane, Xinjiekou, Nanjing.

"His son inherited the throne when he grew up, and he was Qianlong. Cheng Ge Lao hid in Hongji Temple to practice for the safety of his son. ”

The teacher said, "Okay, the two students just now said it very well. I'm sure many students know this legend. This legend is very moving.

"A man who has become an emperor knows his own background, and he risks losing his imperial power and killing his head to find his own father, which is filial piety that we should affirm.

This legend is a model of the feudal dynasty ruling the country with filial piety. Good. I'm going to talk about the rolling hills on the other side of Eijiji Temple, which is Shogunate Mountain. ”