What is the legend of Turtle and Snake Mountains?

The Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge lies between Guishan Mountain and Snake Mountain. It is extremely majestic and spectacular. Guishan Snake Mountain, which is the north and south base of the bridge, also has a magical legend.

A long time ago, the two generals Turtle and Snake under the Dragon King of the East China Sea were at odds with each other. They looked down on each other and praised their own abilities and often quarreled. One day, the two of them had a big quarrel again. The turtle general held his sword and the snake general raised his spear and started fighting. The waves in the dragon palace were stirred up. Even the throne of the old Dragon King shook, and some fish and shrimps were accidentally injured. Aqua. The old Dragon King was furious and issued an edict. He sent the second prince to tie them up and take them to the banks of the Yangtze River in the mortal world. One town was on the bank of Hanyang and the other on the bank of Wuchang, so that they could think about their mistakes here. From then on, they became two mountains, a turtle and a snake, facing each other across the river.

Although they were punished, they were still dissatisfied with each other. They were still angry with each other across the river to see who could change the mountain and grow faster. So the Turtle and Snake Mountains grew bigger day by day and night, and the tops of the two mountains stretched as far as possible into the river, both wanting to reach across the river quickly and bite each other. This was bad news. The waterway of the Yangtze River became narrower and narrower. In less than half a year, it was almost as narrow as the Han River. Discharge was not smooth in the upper reaches, and many villages with fertile farmland were submerged by the river, causing people to complain.

Lu Dongbin woke up in Lu Zu Pavilion and found out about the incident. He thought to himself, how can they be so reckless if they do this? If they were to touch each other head-to-head, wouldn't the river be cut off in the middle, and the ten thousand hectares of land upstream wouldn't be completely transformed into a country? He transformed into an old man collecting herbs, carrying a medicine bag on his back and a silver hoe on his shoulder. He walked out of Luzu Pavilion and came to the middle of Snake Mountain. He held a silver hoe in his hand and dug a hoe at the snake's waist. The snake shook its whole body, and the snake bones in its waist were broken. The pain was unbearable, so it had to shrink its head quickly until it reached the Wuchang shore, where it could no longer move. Therefore, in the middle of Snake Mountain, it is still much lower and looks like it is broken.

Lu Dongbin crossed the river again and arrived in Hanyang. He hired skilled craftsmen to build a "Temple of King Yu" on the top of Turtle Mountain overnight. He invited Dayu to live in the temple and restrain the turtle generals. The turtle was crushed to the point of numbness and slowly shrank toward the bank of Hanyang. When it reached the shore, it no longer had the strength to shrink. So to this day, Guishan has left a sandstone in the river, which is the turtle head.

The two generals Turtle and Snake gave way to the waterway, and the Yangtze River rolled eastward for thousands of miles, no longer hindered.