Zhou Cang, whose ancestral home is Yuncheng, Shanxi, is a fellow villager of Guan Yu. He is the sword bearer for Guan Yu. He is also a loyal, courageous, brave and resourceful hero. He has indeed helped Guan Yu to make plans in many critical situations. Get through it.

For thousands of years, Guan Yu has been the embodiment of loyalty, and now he is the protector in the hearts of the people.

However, you will find that whether it is the statue in Guandi Temple or the divine code posted at home, Guan Erye has a man carrying a big knife next to him, that is Zhoucang .

Zhou Cang, whose ancestral home is Yuncheng, Shanxi, is a fellow villager of Guan Yu, and he carries the sword for Guan Yu. is also a loyal, courageous, brave and resourceful hero. He has indeed helped Guan Yu in many critical situations. Make suggestions to tide over the difficulties.

Today, we are mainly talking about a legend about Zhou Cang. The time was before he met Guan Yu. At that time, he was still young. Because his hometown was the main salt production area, he made a living by selling a little private salt. However, selling illicit salt is risky. Not only will officials investigate, but bandits will also come to rob you.

For safety, he often traveled over mountains and ridges at night, carrying a heavy load, covering more than ten miles at a time. It was tiring, but he had practiced hard kung fu, and his limbs were like diamonds, especially his hands, which had the strength of a thousand pounds.

In addition, he is also bold and decisive, and is known for his bravery.

Legend has it that one night, when he and his companions were about to arrive home from carrying salt, they were encountered by a group of bandits. They were so numerous that Zhou Cang and others knew they were outnumbered, so they had to take the best option.

The companions were in front, and Zhou Cang was behind, fighting and retreating. However, the burden of carrying salt was really too heavy, and the companions could not run away at all, and Zhou Cang could not abandon his companions, so he was very anxious. In the blink of an eye, the bandits were close at hand again. The situation was very urgent. In the midst of the crisis, Zhou Cang shouted, pulled out a long pole that could carry a thousand kilograms of salt, and swung it hard into the ground. Lightning flashed, thunder flashed, and flames shot into the sky. Suddenly, a huge fire broke out. A long deep ditch was "drawn" on the ground.

The bandits were separated by a deep ditch, so naturally they could not chase Zhou Cang, so they were saved.

Legend has it that the deep ditch opened by Zhoucang at that time was the nationally famous Yuncheng "ditch" we see today, also known as "Zhoucang ditch". It runs north-south, is about ten kilometers long, and is wide. More than fifty meters long, straight and without bends, located outside Xiqi Village.

There is a temple as evidence. It is said that in order to commemorate Zhou Cang, people built the Zhoucang Temple next to the ditch in the Tang Dynasty. This is the only Zhoucang Temple in the country. Of course, what we see now is the newly built one. It is said that the old temple was destroyed during the Cultural Revolution.

This legend is the same as The Queen Mother used a gold hairpin to draw the Milky Way , but one is to harm people, and the other is to save people. Those who harm others are despised by the world, and those who save others are worshiped by the world.

Now that the Internet is developed, some people have seen this deep ditch and said that it was the Han boundary left when Liu Bang and Xiang Yu were at war. It is also called the gap. This is wrong. The gap is in Henan and this is Shanxi.

Some people say this is a river, which is not correct. The river is U-shaped.

Of course, some people really believe that Zhou Cang used a pole to cut it open. This is wrong, because Zhou Cang himself was fabricated by Mr. Luo Guanzhong, the author of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Mr. Luo Guanzhong did not exist in history.

I personally think that this is caused by the movement of the earth's crust. The specific point is that it was cracked by earthquakes. I don’t know what everyone thinks?

Let’s finally appreciate the legendary “ditch”. My name is Li Yinling. Everyone is welcome to leave comments, comments and follow me.