What does Langya mean? (Except for the five heroes of Langya Mountain)

The legend about Langya Mountain

Many years ago, there was a treasure mountain in the Dragon Palace of the East China Sea. This mountain is more majestic than the coral tree and more exquisite than the Pearl Tower. When the Dragon King of the East China Sea is happy, he always goes to watch and watch to add interest; when he is depressed, he also goes to wander around the treasure mountain to relieve his sorrow and boredom.

But this sacred mountain feels helpless and lonely. One day, while the Dragon King of the East China Sea went to have a drink with Guanyin in the South China Sea, he secretly ran out of the East China Sea and came to the land to enjoy the flowers and scenery. It also wants to worship the three southern mountains as brothers and compete with the northern five mountains. When the Dragon King of the East China Sea heard the news, he was so angry that his dragon whiskers trembled. He immediately asked for a mountain-fixing needle from Mother Guanyin, hoping to pin the treasure mountain to the land and prevent it from running around. Therefore, this mountain neither stayed in the south of the Yangtze River nor went to the north of the Yellow River. It was nailed to Chuzhou between the Yangtze and Huaihe Rivers and became the Western Mountain of Chuzhou Prefecture.

Since the establishment of this mountain, the scenery of Chuzhou Prefecture has become very beautiful. The Western Mountain stretches across the north and south, like a green screen. It looks vast and green from a distance, but it's a dark color up close. Strange trees, strange rocks, red flowers and clear springs can be seen everywhere on the mountain. The white clouds in the sky wrap around the mountainside, and the birds in the sky fly in groups to build nests on the mountains, unwilling to leave.

One day, a wandering monk saw how beautiful the Western Mountains of Chuzhou were, so he built a temple on the mountain called "Xishan Temple". He also took in a young monk, named Chao Ran, and learned to chant sutras from him. This little monk looks like a clever guy, but he is too stupid to realize what he is doing. You can teach him how to recite sutras, but he will forget them as soon as he catches his breath. After teaching "Amitabha" for several months, he forgot two of the four words and mispronounced one. He can only say "Motuo, Motuo". The old monk had no choice but to shake his head and sigh. I thought to myself: Forget it, this little Chao Chao is simply like a tree with a crooked neck - it cannot be straightened. The old monk patted his butt in anger and went down the mountain to travel around alone.

The old monk stayed outside for more than half a year. On this day, I heard that there was a locust plague in Chuzhou. The old monk became worried and thought: I blame it on me for having Mars on my forehead and abandoning Transcendence to stay in the temple. There is a high chance that I will starve this time. Thinking about it, the old monk hurried back over mountains and rivers. When I returned to the temple, I saw that Xiao Chaoran was taller, bigger, whiter and fatter than before. He didn't look like he was hungry at all.

The old monk said: "Transcendental, I have been away for such a long time as my teacher, what did you eat to look so good?"

Transcendental still said the same thing: "Mo "Motuo, Motuo."

"What Motuo can satisfy your hunger?"

The young monk pointed to several colorful stones and said: "Motuo, Motuo." "

The old monk shook his head and said, "It's a joke, how can stones satisfy hunger! Disciple, please don't lie to me."

When the young monk saw that the master didn't believe it, he turned around and went outside the courtyard. A pile of stones will be picked up and placed in the pot. While the little monk was cooking the stone, he was chanting: "Motuo, Motuo." After a while, a stream of aroma came out of the steaming pot, which made people drool. The young monk filled a bowl full of food and brought it to the old monk. The old monk was tired and hungry from walking down the mountain. When he saw that the cooked stones were yellow and fragrant, he grabbed one and put it in his mouth to taste. Unexpectedly, this thing is as yellow as an apricot, as soft as a taro, and as sweet as a peach. The old monk ate everything in the bowl in two mouthfuls, and then stuffed the rest of the pot into his mouth. After eating it, the old monk felt refreshed and even the wrinkles on his face disappeared.

The next day, the old monk said: "Transcendental, the 'Modha Sutra' you recite is the true sutra, and you have become a Buddha. From now on, we will all recite the 'Modha Sutra' ', this temple should also be called 'Motuo Temple'."

From then on, the incense of Motuo Temple became more and more prosperous day by day, and people changed the name of Xishan to "Motuo Mountain". Time flies like water, and the sun and moon fly like a shuttle. In the blink of an eye, we arrived at the end of the Western Jin Dynasty. At that time, there was a king named Langya in Shandong, named Sima Rui. He was seized of power by the Eight Kings and his life was in danger. I had no choice but to pack up and flee south. Along the way, I hid in deserted temples during the day and walked along the path at night, one foot high and one foot low. On this day, I came to live in a broken thatched shed under Motuo Mountain.

Unexpectedly, due to the fatigue of running around for days, King Langya suffered from heartache in the middle of the night. The pain caused cold sweat to break out on his head and body, and his face was as yellow as paper. He rolled over and rolled in the shed until dawn. By chance, a water-carrying monk from Moduo Temple saw it and ran back to the mountain in a hurry. After a while, a bowl of fragrant tea was brought from the mountain for King Langya to drink. After a moment and three quarters, King Langya stretched his arms and straightened his back. He felt that his heart no longer hurt, his body felt energetic, and he was no longer sick at all.

King Langya said to the monk: "Thank you, master, for saving my life. I have been suffering from heartache since I was a child, and I haven't seen it for ten days and a half. I have eaten a lot of medicinal herbs, but my disease is getting worse and worse." I wonder what magical medicine the master used has such a miraculous effect?"

"As a monk, it is better to save a life than to make a seven-level pagoda. It is cooked with stones from the mountain and various herbs. It can remove the roots of any disease."

"Why, the stones from the mountain can also cure diseases?"

The monk asked the monastery's founder. The story of Master Modu boiling stones to satisfy hunger was told from beginning to end, and he added: "Nowadays, although stones cannot be cooked to satisfy hunger, it is because Master Modu poured the water for boiling stones on the front and back of the mountain, and the mountains grew taller. It’s full of exotic flowers and plants, so the flowers, roots and stones can all cure diseases. But I don’t know if the donor’s name is not local, so why is he living in the wilderness?”

Wang didn't dare to tell the truth, so he made up a story and said: "My surname is Liu and my name is Liu Shun. I live in Juye County, Shandong Province. Because I wanted to visit relatives and friends in Jiangnan, I ran out of money and had to endure hunger all the way. I'm cold. I want to find some work here and go to Jiangnan when I have enough money."

The monk said to King Langya: "Don't worry, the donor will spare no effort to come to Chuzhou. There is no need to worry about food and clothing. There is a saying in this place: "A carrying pole and two ropes are needed to support the poor in Chuzhou." You see, there are firewood, grass, and medicinal materials on Motuo Mountain, and rabbits and pheasants are everywhere. "What a treasure mountain."

Sima Rui, the king of Langya, looked up the mountain and saw that there were men and women chopping firewood, cutting out herbs, and harvesting jujubes, and bursts of folk songs came from the green trees. From then on, King Langya pretended to be a firewood collector and lived in the mountains. While gathering brothers from all over the world, he also gathered grain and stationed troops in the mountains, training day and night. Not long after, Sima Rui led his troops to cross the Yangtze River and established the Eastern Jin Dynasty in Jianye City. Sima Rui became the first Eastern Jin emperor.

One day, Emperor Sima Rui of the Eastern Jin Dynasty led hundreds of civil and military officials from Jianye to Chuzhou to view the scenery of Motuo Temple in the West Mountain. Sima Rui recalled the past when he was stranded here and had to gather troops and food, so he issued an imperial edict: expand the temple on the mountain by 100 rooms, change "Motuo Temple" to "Langya Temple", and change "Motuo Mountain" to "Langya Mountain" ". He also ordered the imperial doctor to live in Langya Mountain to collect herbs in the mountains and compile it into "Langya Grass and Trees", which was widely spread throughout the world to save the sufferings of people everywhere.