The legend about Xuanwu Lake in Nanjing?

According to the legend of the Black Dragon in Xuanwu Lake, during the period of Emperor Wen in the Southern Song Dynasty, because of the severe drought, the emperor ordered people to sacrifice jade in Xuanwu Lake for rain. As soon as Baoyu was thrown in, a black dragon suddenly appeared in the lake and swallowed the jade. Then he spit out the beautiful jade and smashed it in the middle of the lake. Xuanwu Lake was smashed into a big hole and water gushed out. After working in Jinling for several months, the weather is fine. When Song Wendi saw all this, he called Xuanwu Lake Black Dragon Lake.

Some people say that the black dragon of Xuanwu Lake has always wanted to absorb the dragon soul with Long Mai of Zijin Mountain. In order to suppress the Black Dragon and consolidate the throne, Zhu Yuanzhang built the Ming City Wall in the shape of his pig kidney face. Xuanwu Lake is his forehead, and some people say it is his eyes. Take a closer look, it really is.

Someone once posted on the Internet that a UFO was seen on Xuanwu Lake. This description is as wonderful as seeing an alien UFO. In fact, it's just a flying machine that young people like to play with. It's very common now.

Xuanwu Lake used to be a military base for training and reviewing the water army. Chen and Chen Zhuan once marched on the spectacular mountain in Shanglinyuan, with more than 500 warships waving flags and100000 elite soldiers on board. The scene is quite spectacular. Now you can go to the ancient Wutai in Xuanwu Lake to feel the grand occasion of the year and see the open Xuanwu Lake.

In order to verify the household registration and collect taxes, Zhu Yuanzhang made a pamphlet, which recorded the township, name, age, dingkou, farmland house, assets and so on in detail, and was called the imperial book. Because Xuanwu Lake has excellent geomantic omen, it is chosen to build the Yellow Book Museum here (equivalent to the current Central Archives). Xuanwu Lake has since become a forbidden area for generations, and the indigenous fishermen on the lake have also been expelled and isolated from the outside world for more than 260 years. Now, you can also find Huangshuguan in Liangzhou, Xuanwu Lake.

When Zhu Yuanzhang built the Huangshuguan, the fishermen on the lake were unwilling to move away. They also recommended a man named Mao Laoren to pray for the emperor's mercy, but Mao Laoren got off to a bad start and offended Zhu Yuanzhang. Finally imprisoned and starved to death. Later, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't bear to build a lake temple in memory of him, commonly known as Mao Laoren Temple. Now, next to Liangzhou Huangshu Museum is the site of Lake Temple. The copper hook well in front of it was built because a copper hook that is said to be the old man's tent hook was dug here during reconstruction.

Xuanwu Lake was once the backyard lake of Sun Quan, the king of Wu, and it was Sun Quan who ordered the water to be diverted into the lake, which made the lake take the form of a real lake. Xuanwu Lake is also called "Houhu" or "Beihu" because it is located in the north of Zhongshan, while the waters in the south of Zhongshan Botanical Garden are called "Qianhu" and "Nanhu".

Guo Pudun on the mainland around Xuanwu Lake is actually just his cenotaph. Guo Pu, the most famous alchemist in Jin Dynasty, was unlucky to give divination to Wang Dun, the general of Zhendong at that time, and Wang Dun was resentful. Guo Pu was finally killed by Xuanwu Lake. Later, when Jin Mingdi learned the news that Guo Pu was killed, he wanted to build a grave for Shanhaijing summarized, but the body could not be found. Linger, a woman who was saved by Guo Pu, gave Guo Pu clothes that had been preserved for more than ten years. Ming Di ordered people to bury their clothes on Xuanwu Lake, so there was today's "Overton".