What are the myths about Luoyang, Henan Province? Attention is a myth! ! !

The Chinese mysterious god "Hetu Luoshu" appeared here. According to legend, during Fuxi's time, Fuxi taught people to "knot ropes into nets for fishing" and raise livestock, which promoted the development of production and improved people's living and living conditions. Therefore, the auspiciousness rises one after another, and it is a divine gift from heaven. There is a mythical beast with a dragon's back and a horse's body. It has two wings, is eight feet and five inches tall, has dragon scales on its body, walks on the water as if walking on flat ground, carries map points on its back, enters the Tu River from the Yellow River (now Mengjin County, Luoyang City, Baihe , Shuangzhuang Township), swimming in the Tu River. People call it dragon horse. This is what later generations often call the "dragon and horse negative picture". After Fuxi saw it, he drew a pattern according to the points on the dragon's horse's back. Then, another divine turtle appeared from Luoshui carrying a book. Fuxi received this God-given book represented by symbols, and drew Bagua based on it. This is what is recorded in "The First Chapter of the Book of Changes", "The river produces pictures, the Luo produces books, and the sages follow them." That is to say, Fu Xi "made Bagua to communicate the virtues of gods and imitate the emotions of all things." Therefore, later generations built a negative picture temple at the place where Fuxi's dragon and horse negative picture was located. To commemorate Fuxi's achievements in pioneering civilization. Hou Yi shot down the sun. In the time of Yi Fangxun (Yao), there were ten suns in the sky, which burned the grass and trees and withered the crops. Yi Fangxun invited Hou Yi and shot down nine suns in succession. From then on, the climate on the earth was suitable and all things could grow. . He also killed ferocious beasts and poisonous snakes to eliminate harm to the people. Therefore, the people regard him as the "Arrow God". According to legend, Hou Yi later rescued Concubine Mi in distress from the hands of He Bo of the Yellow River and punished He Bo. Then the two settled in Luoyang and lived a happy life. In recognition of their meritorious service in punishing He Bo, the Emperor of Heaven also made Hou Yi the God of Zongbu and Concubine Mi the God of Luo. According to legend, Hou Yi lived in the time of Yao. The myth says that during the time of Yao, ten suns appeared in the sky at the same time, scorching the land and drying up the crops. People were so hot that they couldn't breathe and fell to the ground in a coma. Not awake. Because of the extremely hot weather, some strange birds and beasts also ran out of the dry rivers and lakes and flaming forests, killing people everywhere. The disasters on earth alarmed the gods in heaven. Emperor Jun ordered Hou Yi, who was good at archery, to come down to earth to help Yao eliminate the suffering of the people. Hou Yi immediately began to shoot the sun. He took off the red bow from his shoulder, took out the white arrows, and shot them one by one at the arrogant sun. In an instant, nine of the ten suns were shot away, just because Yao believed that one sun should be left behind for the people. It was useful and stopped Hou Yi from continuing to shoot. This is the famous story of Hou Yi shooting the sun. However, Hou Yi's great achievements made other gods jealous. They went to the Emperor of Heaven to slander him, so that the Emperor of Heaven finally alienated Hou Yi and finally demoted him to the human world forever. The Legend of Dukang For thousands of years, folktales and legends about Dukang have been circulating in Ruyang area and even throughout Henan. These stories and legends are not only large in quantity but also of high quality. In the process of continuous interpretation, they gradually formed the unique Dukang culture. The origin of Luoyang peonies. Wu Zetian demoted the peonies from Chang'an to Luoyang. The origin of White Horse Temple. It is said that when Emperor Liu Zhuang of the Han Ming Dynasty slept in the Nangong at night, he dreamed that the golden god's head would emit white light and fly around the palace. The next day, he learned that the dream was Buddha, so he sent envoys Cai Yin, Qin Jing and others to the Western Regions to pray for Buddhist teachings. Cai, Qin and others met Gaishmateng and Zhu Falan, eminent monks from Tianzhu (ancient India) who were traveling and preaching in Yuezhi (today's Afghanistan). Cai and Qin invited Buddhist monks to China to preach Buddhism. They used white horses to carry Buddhist scriptures and statues, and traveled across mountains and rivers to the capital Luoyang in the 10th year of Yongping (67). Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty ordered the construction of temples imitating the Tianzhu style. In order to remember the merits of the white horse carrying scriptures, the temple was named "White Horse Temple". Starting from the White Horse Temple, monasteries in my country have been generally called temples, and the White Horse Temple is therefore considered the birthplace of Buddhism in my country. Eminent monks from past dynasties and even famous foreign monks have come here to read scriptures and seek Dharma, so Baima Temple is respected as the "ancestral court" and "source of Buddhism". 1. The legend of Luo Shen. On both sides of the Luo River, there is a story about Mi Fei, the Luo Shen who was popular among the people. Concubine Mi was originally the daughter of the Fuxi family. She was infatuated with the beautiful scenery on both sides of the Luo River, so she came to the world and came to the bank of the Luo River. At that time, there was an industrious and brave nation living in the Luo River Basin, including the Luo family. Concubine Mi joined the Youluo clan and taught the people of the Youluo clan how to make nets and fish. She also taught the people of the Youluo clan the good methods of hunting, raising livestock, and herding that she learned from her father. On this day, after everyone was working, Concubine Mi picked up the lyre and played beautiful music. Unfortunately, the melodious sound of the piano was heard by Hebo in the Yellow River. The prodigal son sneaked into Luohe River, saw Mi Fei, and was immediately attracted by Mi Fei's beauty.

So He Bo turned into a white dragon, caused an uproar in the Luo River, and swallowed up Concubine Mi. Concubine Mi was taken into the deep palace of Shui Mansion by He Bo. She was depressed all day long and had no choice but to play the lyre to relieve her sorrow. At this time, Hou Yi came to Mi Fei's side. Hou Yi was originally a god who was good at shooting. Because he shot nine sons of the Emperor of Heaven to death, he was demoted to the human world with his wife. Hou Yi's wife Chang'e secretly took the elixir and returned to the Heavenly Palace alone, leaving Hou Yi alone in the human world. . Hou Yi was very angry when he heard what happened to Concubine Mi. He rescued Concubine Mi from the palace, returned to the Youluo family, and fell in love with Concubine Mi. He Bo was already very angry, and when he heard about the love affair between Hou Yi and Concubine Mi, he became even more furious. He turned into a white dragon and sneaked into the Luo River, devouring many fields, villages and livestock. Hou Yi was filled with anger and shot He Bo in the left eye, and He Bo fled in panic. He Bo knew that he was no match for Hou Yi, so he had to go to the Emperor of Heaven to complain. The Emperor of Heaven had long known what had happened and did not speak to He Bo. Now He Bo could only return to Shuifu in despair, no longer daring to care about Hou Yi and Concubine Mi. From then on, the couple Hou Yi and Mi Fei settled in Luoyang and lived a happy life. Later, in order to commend them, the Emperor of Heaven also named Hou Yi the God of Zongbu and Concubine Mi as the God of Luo. People on both sides of the Luo River built a magnificent "Luo Temple" in Dongguan, the old city (near my home, haha). The story of Luo Shen Mi Fei has been passed down from generation to generation. 2. Cuiyun Peak, where Laozi made alchemy. Cuiyun Peak on the top of Mang Mountain, 4 kilometers north of Luoyang City (have been there), is said to be the place where Taishang Laojun made elixirs. Lao Tzu, named Chong'er and courtesy name Boyang, was a native of Qurenli, Ku County, Chu State. Legend has it that his mother was pregnant by a meteor and was born congenitally. His mother was pregnant with him for 72 years, and she cut open her left armpit before he was born. He was born with white hair, so he was called "Laozi". His mother went to the plum tree to give birth to him. He could speak after falling to the ground, pointed at the plum tree and said, "This is my last name." His ears have three holes, and his eyes are Chong'er without wheels (hence the name Chong'er, also called Dan); his eyebrows are like a Big Dipper, green in color, with purple hairs in the middle, five inches long; his eyes are square pupils with green veins running through them, and there is a purple light; his nose is double Pillar; square mouth, 6,814 teeth, the forehead is like a square hill, and the cheek is like a horizontal ridge... He was such a magical person, so he became the responsible official "History under the Pillar" early in the "Wangcheng Keeping Room" of the National Library of the Zhou Dynasty. In 520 BC, when I was 52 years old, the Zhou Dynasty was in trouble internally and externally, and internal strife broke out for the throne. All the classics in the collection room were taken over by the princes and other dynasties and transferred to the Chu State. The power of the vassal states became more and more powerful, and they coveted (ji yu) imperial court. Seeing that the Zhou Dynasty was declining day by day, and that he had no books to manage, I had no choice but to leave Wangbori and go to the "Cuiyun Peak", the highest point of Mang Ridge in the north of the city, to meditate on elixirs and maintain health. There are lush pines and cypresses on Cuiyun Peak. From a distance, you can clearly see Luohe River, Longmen Mountain, Wan'an Mountain, Wangcheng Wells, etc., which makes people suddenly open-minded. After I was disappointed with my official career, I devoted my energy to alchemy. He built a Tai Chi Bagua furnace, using the eight directions of Qian, Kun, Li, Zhen, Gen, and Dui to mobilize the spirit of heaven, earth, water, fire, thunder, mountain, wind, lake, and cloud, and used the same principles inside and outside to refine it. . After practicing for ninety-nine and eighty-one days, there was a loud bang when the furnace was opened, like an earthquake, and thousands of golden lights were seen shooting into the furnace hall, shooting straight into the sky. I took one pill for myself, and my mortal bones suddenly fell off, and my face showed purple energy. When I went up the mountain, in order to calm my mind, I tied the green bull I was riding in a valley next to Cuiyun Peak. After the elixir was completed, I used the elixir to enlighten the green cow, and the green cow became a sacred cow. I rode the green ox out of Hangu Pass in a carefree manner, leaving behind a masterpiece "Moral Path" that has been handed down from generation to generation. Later, it was said that he traveled to Tianzhu to teach the barbarians. It is actually hidden in Laojun Mountain, the main peak of Funiu Mountain in Luanchuan County today (I have been there). During the Northern Wei Dynasty, the Laojun Temple was built on the mountain, and it was renovated during the reign of Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty. During the Ming Dynasty, ruins of medicine stoves and alchemy furnaces also existed. Now it has been renovated. In the Tang Dynasty, in order to commemorate the founder of Taoism, a temple was built on the top of Cuiyun Peak, which was later called Shangqing Palace. The "Green Niu Temple" was built at the place where cattle were tied, also called "Xiaqing Palace", and the valley where cattle were tied was called " Qingniu Valley". The Ming Dynasty poet Zhang Jianggu's "Green Bull Roaring Valley" describes this story: Where does the road go? An old man with a white head. His name is Fugitive Pillar, and he is the Cuiyun Palace of Alchemy Refining. The purple air rushes outside the pass, and the green bull roars in the valley. The quicksand travels thousands of miles, and I go west to find a vacuum. 3. The story of Zhougong Temple. Dayu controlled the flood and then cast nine large tripods. By the Shang and Zhou Dynasties, the nine tripods had become a national treasure. Whoever wanted to rule the world had to capture the nine tripods first. At the end of the Shang Dynasty, King Zhou was dissolute and immoral. King Wu of Zhou raised his troops to attack and destroyed the Shang Dynasty. After the destruction of the Shang Dynasty, the first thing King Wu of Zhou did was to move the Jiuding to Haojing (southwest of today's Xi'an City), the capital of the Zhou Dynasty.

Unexpectedly, the nine big cauldrons are like small iron mountains, which are difficult to move and transport. King Wu organized a large number of troops. It is said that one tripod mobilized eighty or ninety thousand people, and it took several months to get it to Luoyang. When they were about to pull towards the west again, no matter what method they used, the big tripod seemed to have taken root and stayed there. When King Wu heard about this, he sighed and said: "The Jiuding is the treasure of the country. There must be a reason why they did not go west when they arrived in Luoyang. The capital of the Xia Dynasty is in Luoyang, and Luoyang is located in the world. Could it be that God wants me to move the capital to Luoyang? Not in Luoyang? If so, just put the Jiuding in Luoyang." Unexpectedly, just as King Wu was preparing to hold the ceremony to place the Jiuding, he unfortunately died of illness. King Zhou Wu's son, King Zhou Cheng, succeeded to the throne. With the assistance and help of Zhou Gongdan, he built a magnificent hall in the Taimiao Temple. On a good and auspicious day, he summoned all civil and military officials and princes from all over the world to hold a grand ceremony for setting the tripod. , indicating that the Zhou Dynasty had completed the great cause of destroying the Shang Dynasty and conquered the world. Later, in order to commemorate Zhou Gongdan's contribution to assisting King Zhou Cheng in "Dingding Luoyang", people built a splendid Zhougong Temple. The main hall in the temple was called "Dingding Hall". To this day, the Zhougong Temple is still located outside Xiguan in the old city of Luoyang for people to visit. The road in front of Zhougong Temple is named Dingding Road. 4. Hetu Luoshu It is said that a long time ago, in Mengjin on the north side of the Yellow River in Luoyang (passing by when returning to his hometown), a big monster crawled out of the Yellow River one year. This monster was so huge that it could swallow a living person with just one opening of its mouth and destroy all the crops in the field. From then on, the fields here gradually became deserted, and the people suffered a lot, unable to make a living. The monster made trouble and everyone had no way to survive, so they had to find Fuxi. After hearing what everyone said, Emperor Xi hurriedly took his sword and came to the river. The monster turned out to be a dragon and horse in the Yellow River. When he saw Emperor Xi standing in front of him waving his sword, he knew that he could not escape. He hurriedly fell to the ground and begged for mercy, begging Emperor Xi to let it live, and promised: "If you let me go, I will take it from the Yellow River." A treasure for you!" Emperor Xi heard it and said, "I don't want any treasure. As long as you promise not to harm the people, I will let you go." Longma agreed to sneak into the river. A few days later, it was indeed carrying a jade tablet and presented it to Emperor Xi. Fuxi couldn't figure out the black dots and patterns on the jade plate for a while. He only knew that it was a treasure from the Yellow River, so he called the jade plate "River Picture". After that, Emperor Xi formed a deep friendship with Long Ma, and Fu Xi often visited Long Ma. One day, Fuxi carefully looked at the patterns on the dragons and horses, and then pondered the patterns on the river map, and suddenly realized the Bagua map. It is said that Fuxi once wrote a book called "Book of Changes" based on his knowledge of the Eight Diagrams. Later, during the Shang Dynasty, King Wen of Zhou Dynasty perfected it and turned it into today's Zhouyi (Book of Changes), which has been widely circulated. As for "Luoshu", it needs to be Let's start with Dayu's flood control. One summer, Dayu opened Longmen, and the lake formed by the Yi River in the south of Longmen flowed into the Luo River. When the lake gradually became shallow, a turtle as big as a millstone emerged from the bottom of the lake. When Yu's men saw it, they hurriedly slashed with their swords, but Dayu stopped him. Seeing that the turtle had never done anything bad to the people, Dayu put it into the Luo River. Not long after, one day, the whole turtle died. The city of Luoyang was shrouded in heavy fog. Dayu led his men to the bank of Luo River to check the water conditions. Suddenly, a beam of colorful light rose in the foggy Luo River, and then the heavy fog in the sky disappeared. Dayu took a closer look and saw a turtle emerging from where the treasure light was rising. It turned out that the turtle was holding Dayu in his arms. I specially presented this jade tablet and called it "Luo Shu". There were 65 red characters in "Luo Shu". Dayu didn't recognize any of them. Later, after repeated speculation, he sorted out nine aspects of the content. There are calendars, grain cultivation, laws and regulations, etc. Later, the ancients compiled a scientific code called "Hong Fan Pian" based on the nine chapters of "Luo Shu". Interestingly, this book has been passed down to this day. Jade pieces and jade turtles dating back 5,000 years were unearthed from the tombs of the late primitive society in Lingjiatan, Hanshan County, Anhui Province. According to expert research, they were the primitive ancestors of the pre-literate era who combined heaven and earth, Beichen, four dimensions, four seasons, eight directions, eight festivals, and eight trigrams. The cosmic schema integrated with Luo Shu's numbers is also the original Luo Shu and Bagua diagram. The jade tablets and jade turtles unearthed were about 1,000 years earlier than Dayu's flood control in the Changshui area of ??today's Luoning County. "Luo Publishing House" has two stone tablets. During the reign of the Yellow Emperor, "Cangjie followed the emperor on a tour to the south, climbed the Yangxu Mountain, and came to the water of Luona, Xuanlu. The spirit turtle carried the book, and the red armor and green inscriptions were given to it." Cangjie. He was the historian of the Yellow Emperor. He created a generation of hieroglyphics based on the Hetu Luoshu, which became China's earliest counting script and Chinese characters. The site after Cangjie created the characters is also located in the east of Yangyu River, Xinghua Township, 30 kilometers southwest of Luoning County.