Yilu Empress Temple Song Yuewu Yang Yongxin collected and compiled excerpts from "Selected Legends and Stories of Shenyang: Collection of Scenery" There is a Yilu Village in the northern suburbs of Shenyang. It is surrounded by mountains and rivers and has charming scenery. Once

Yilu Empress Temple

Song Yuewu Yang YongxinCollected and organized

Excerpts from "Selected Legends and Stories of Shenyang: Collection of Scenery"

There is a Yilu Village in the northern suburbs of Shenyang. It is surrounded by mountains and rivers and has charming scenery. Once upon a time, there was a temple on the mountain behind this village. Speaking of the Empress Temple, there is another story that is even more beautiful than the green mountains and beautiful waters.

According to legend, a long time ago, there was a lively market to the west of Yilu Village. The main street of the market leads directly to Shenyang City. On every first and fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year, this place becomes lively, and villagers from eight villages within ten miles come here to attend the market. One after another, there are pushers for shopping, and the shouts of hawking fill the streets.

In a small village three miles away from Yilu Village, there lived an honest and kind young man. The young man came from a poor family and supported his elderly mother by pushing a cart on the market. In this way, the young man is already in his twenties and has not yet married a wife.

On a crisp autumn market day, Xiao Qiuzi pushed the wooden cart to market again. Before leaving, he said to his mother: "Mom, I'm walking along the street and maybe going into the city. Don't worry about it if I come home a few days late." After that, the young man was on his way.

He shouted all the way! "Pulling feet, any master, madam, young master, or lady is pulling feet? Is there anyone who pulls feet?" But business is really not good today. He shouted for a long time, but he didn't attract any customers. Two people who came over to ask about the price saw the young man's broken-down cart and made three squeaking sounds before they shook their heads and walked away.

It's noon. The young man's stomach was so hungry that he kept growling. When he saw that his business was hopeless, he turned around and started to push home. He had just taken a few steps when he saw a fairy-like girl walking lightly across from him. The girl was extremely handsome, with an oval face, a cherry mouth, and a pair of big, fluffy eyes. She came to the young man's car with a smile. The young man quickly pulled out the cart to make way for her. Unexpectedly, the girl lifted her skirt lightly and sat on the young man's wooden cart without saying anything. The young man's face turned red and he didn't know what to say. At this time, the girl glanced at the young man with a smile, and nudged north with her red lips.

Then, the young man seemed to have drunk too much wine and felt hot in his heart. He quickly pushed the car. Ho! Even though she is a girl, her body is really heavy, making the cart creak under her weight. But the young man was full of energy and his feet felt windy along the way. The cart was pushed steadily and quickly. There was only the sound of the wheels turning, but the two of them remained silent. The girl glanced back at the young man from time to time. The young man immediately lowered his head, his face flushed with embarrassment and he was sweating. The girl quietly threw a piece of ropa over, and the young man took the ropa, but forgot to wipe off the sweat, and the cart pushed faster. He pushed the cart as the girl pointed out to him. When the sun went down, they came to a village. The young man took a closer look and was stunned. He felt so strange that after wandering around for a long time, he suddenly returned to Yilu Village in Jibei? The young man was wondering when the girl got off the car and wanted to stay in a hotel to rest. She also told the young man to wait for her outside the store tomorrow morning and offered to take his car on the way.

Early the next morning, Xiao Qiuzi waited for two hours, but the station lady did not come out of the store. He was anxious and went into the store to ask. The waiter said: "There were no girls staying here last night." The young man was stunned. He searched the village but couldn't find it. At the end, he left Yilu Village as if he had lost his soul. When he came to the foot of the mountain in the north of the village, he saw a lot of people gathered around the mountainside, and the village was densely packed with darkness. The young man also ran over curiously. He opened the gap between the people and squeezed in. He saw a group of people surrounding a girl. The girl was neither shy nor shy, and she still had a smile on her face. She looked familiar to him. When he rushed forward, he saw, "Ah!" It was the girl he had pulled yesterday.

The young man quickly pushed through the crowd and squeezed forward. He said to the girl, "Why did you come up the mountain by yourself? It made me suffer so much." But the girl smiled and didn't answer. "What, you don't recognize me? This...this is your Ropa!" Xiao Qiuzi quickly showed her the Ropa that the girl threw to him yesterday. The girl remained silent. The young man was anxious, so he pushed the ropa into the girl's hand.Suddenly, Lopa became hard and could not be removed anymore. The young man took a closer look and found out that this girl was an iron man.

After the young man returned home, he got angry and fell ill. At night, he vaguely saw the girl arriving on colorful auspicious clouds. She said to the young man affectionately: "I was originally a goddess sent by Guanyin Bodhisattva to Phoenix Mountain. When I passed by this place, I saw that you were honest and honest, and you were hard-working, so I was moved by your mortal heart. Who knows, when Guanyin learned about it, she punished her. I am determined to stay in Beishan and will not go to Fenghuang Mountain again. That’s fine. Although Beishan is not as famous as the mountains and rivers, I may see you often, but I am satisfied.” The young man was shocked when he woke up and realized that it was a dream. But since then, the young man has gone to Beishan every day to keep her company, for fear that she would be lonely. Later, when the villagers found out, they pooled their money to build a temple for the Iron Buddha and named it Yilu Niangniang Temple. Many villagers in the village advised the young man to find a wife and start a family. But the young man said stupidly: "Unless the Iron Buddha becomes a living person again, otherwise, I would rather not marry for the rest of my life." Strangely, soon, the villagers discovered that there was a girl in the neighboring village who looked exactly like the Iron Buddha. , so after everyone talked about matchmaking, she got married to the young man.

After getting married, the couple's life was like burning coals. People said that the station girl was the incarnation of the Iron Buddha.

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