Folk story: Once upon a time, in Yongping Prefecture in the north of Youzhou (now the place name is Funing District, Qinhuangdao City), there was a village called Fujia Village. In the southeast corner of the village lived a family named Fu, with only one elder in the family. The

Folk story: Once upon a time, in the territory of Yongping Prefecture in the north of Youzhou (now the place name: Funing District, Qinhuangdao City), there was a village called Fujia Village. In the southeast corner of the village lived a family named Fu. An old woman and her son lived together. The son’s name is Fu Tanxin. Because the family only has two or three acres of thin land, they produce little food and live in poverty. The old mother is kind-hearted. Sometimes she would rather not have enough food for her family, but she would also give out some rations to help those in greater need.

One day, the old woman was sitting on the stone slab outside the gate and saw an old man with white hair walking from west to east. When I arrived, I saw the old man walking with a cane and a limp. The clothes were shabby and had many patches. His body was thin and his back was deeply bent.

The old woman asked: "Brother, where are you going?"

The old man replied: "I, I don't know where to go. My children were unfilial and kicked me out of the house, so I had to beg for food."

" Hi! There's really nothing we can do in this world. You must be hungry, right?"

The old man nodded. The old woman brought the white-haired old man into her home and cooked sorghum rice for him. She also turned a stone mill and ground tofu for the guests to eat. The guest ate half a bowl of dry rice and a bowl of crumbled tofu. Eat well. Before leaving, she also gave the guest half a bag of and millet . The white-haired old man was overjoyed. When he walked out of the door, he came back, took out two gourd seeds from his pocket, and said, "To thank you for your kindness to me, which I can't repay, I will give you these two gourd seeds!"

Gourd Seeds

"Is it the kind of gourd used to make gourds?" the old woman asked.

The other party replied: "No! Do you know the origin of the Purple Mountain in the south of your village?"

"Oh, I know that mountain, but I don't know what other origin it has."

"I remember when Sun Wukong was great When he was in trouble in the Heavenly Palace, hundreds of thousands of heavenly soldiers and generals captured him, including the pagoda king Li Jing. Li Jing used the pagoda in his hand to cover Sun Wukong. Unexpectedly, Sun Wukong ducked and the pagoda cover became empty and fell from the sky to the ground. , formed this Purple Mountain. "

Sun Wukong

"Oh my God! "I didn't expect this?" There are many gold and silver treasures hidden in the caves. There is a lively golden horse colt, which is worth more than 10,000 palaces. These two gourd seeds are very important and rare, and are unique in the world. They are divided into one female and one male. The male has green flowers and green gourds; the female has red gourds. The flowers bear red gourds. This gourd must grow for a hundred days before it matures.

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When it matures, you hold these two gourds and wave them against the Purple Mountain three times, silently saying, "The sky is opening, the earth is opening." , the gate of Purple Mountain is also opened, Taishang Laojun Urgent as a Law Order "mantra", a gap three feet wide and four feet high will be opened at the root of the mountain, and then put two gourds in the gap, you Then you can get into the hole and get the treasure. But be careful: don’t be greedy for too much, and stop eating in moderation. Because the gourd can only last for half an hour at most. "After that, the white-haired old man walked out of the door and walked to a path in the southeast.

Fu Tanxin's home

In the evening, his son Fu Tanxin came back. The mother told her son what happened today. The son was very happy when he heard about it. . He said: "If what the old man said comes true, our family will make a fortune! "

" How can you make money without getting rich? The old man advised not to be greedy but to stop in moderation. "

" Mom, I know. But who wouldn’t want a little more? "

In the spring of the second year, the couple chose a sunny place in the yard, dug the soil very soft, and carefully sowed two gourd seeds. The seedlings emerged after a few days. After hard management, the gourd seedlings gradually grew up and soon The buds and flowers will bloom soon.

太上老君

金马 Ju

The gourds came out, and it turned out to be a red gourd and a green gourd.As the gourd continues to grow, Fu Tanxin looks forward to the moment when he opens the underground treasure cave of Purple Mountain every day. Looking forward to it, he was a little impatient. When the gourd reached the ninety-ninth day of growth, he couldn't wait to pick it off, and was scolded by his mother. He wants to go to the Purple Mountain to get the treasure. His mother told him to listen to his grandfather and never be greedy. Just take a little to make a living for our family.

The son nodded in agreement. His mother handed him a small wooden bucket, but he didn't take it. Instead, he picked up an empty bag and walked towards Zijinshang.

The farming life of ancient people

Fu Tanxin came to the foot of the Purple Mountain, holding a green gourd in his left hand and a red gourd in his right hand. He crossed them three times and murmured: "The sky will open, the earth will open, and the gate of Zijin Mountain will also open." Open it, Supreme Lord, you are as urgent as the law!"

After reading, there was a bang bang sound, and a door was really opened at the bottom of the mountain, about three feet wide and four feet high. He hurriedly put the two gourds in the entrance of the cave, bent down and got into the cave.

The cave is not dark, the gold and silver treasures illuminate the cave very brightly. Piles of gold and silver treasures were everywhere. He opened the mouth of the bag and filled it continuously. A bag was packed, weighing about seventy or eighty kilograms. But he was still not satisfied, he still wanted to find the golden pony.

Treasure in the Purple Gold Cave

In another storage room, he finally found many golden horses. He ran over and was about to pick one up, but he didn't expect that the golden pony was alive, so he couldn't hold it and ran away. A dozen other golden ponies also started running. He chased it until he was so exhausted that he was sweating profusely and even fell down many times without catching it. Finally, he finally caught one, but when he came to the mountain gate with the golden pony in his arms, before he could walk out of the mountain gate, he heard a click, the two gourds shattered, and the mountain gate was closed. Fu Tanxin was locked in a cave and could never go home.

Purple Mountain Cave Entrance

In fact, Fu Tanxin did not miss the time. There were still five minutes left before the prescribed half hour. Because the gourd had not fully grown, it was shortened by five minutes.

When the mother saw that her son had not come home for a long time, the mother stood at the door and looked in the direction in which her son was leaving. She kept looking like this, but his son did not come back.

Later, Fujiacun was renamed Wangerzhuang, which is now Nanwangzhuang located east of Funing City. Message from the author of

: People, remember not to be greedy. The key is to take care of yourself. You must know that greed is also a big disaster!