Lu Ban was anxious and went into the house and said to his old mother: I don’t know what happened today. Look, the rain is heavy and lighter, and it’s hard to stop when it gets down. It’s really anxious.
Lu's mother asked: What time is the first day today?
Luban said: July 7th.
Lu’s mother said: Ah! I can't blame the rain in the sky, and today is the day when the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl reunite. The couple, and their two children, can only meet once a year. I couldn't help crying endlessly when I met. This rain is the tears of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl crying!
Luban asked again: Why do they only meet once a year? Why can't we meet every day?
Lu's mother said: Weaver Girl is the daughter of the Queen Mother of Heaven . She secretly came to the world without her parents' permission and saw the mountains, rivers, beautiful lakes, beautiful as picturesque, and often attached to the leeks. I also met a cowherd who was strong, open-minded, loyal and kind, and hardworking, and was even more reluctant to leave. So, he made his own decisions and became a kin to the Cowherd and gave birth to a man and a woman.
Later, she was discovered by the Queen Mother and sent a heavenly soldier and general to capture the Weaver Girl back to the Heavenly Court. The Cowherd didn't want the Weaver Girl to leave, so he carried his two children on a shoulder pole and chased them to heaven.
In order to punish them, the Queen Mother pulled out the green jade hairpin from her head, drew a Tianhe River (Galaxy), and separated the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl on both sides of the straits. He also said: Never come together again.
Later, because the Weaver Girl was eager to miss her son and begged hard, the Queen Mother allowed them to meet once every July 7th. Before July 7th, all the magpies on earth flew to the heaven. On the morning of July 7th, I set up a magpie bridge on the Tianhe River, and let the Cowherd take his children to the center of the magpie bridge to meet the Weaver Girl. The couple and two children can only meet once a year. Can they not cry after meeting?
After listening to the story told by his mother, Lu Ban felt very sympathetic to the experience of Cowherd and Weaver Girl, and had the idea of helping Cowherd and Weaver Girl build bridges.
said: Queqiao can only be a temporary bridge, why not build a permanent stone bridge for them?
Lu’s mother said: The sky is not like the human world, how can there be so many stones? Besides, no one will arrange it for them?
Lu Ban said: Mother, Lu Ban is willing to go to heaven and ask the Queen Mother to agree and build a permanent stone bridge on the Tianhe River for the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl. This way, the couple can meet at any time. I wonder if I agree or not?
Lu's mother said: My son's idea is good, but it's a pity that you, an ordinary man, can you go to heaven and meet the Queen Mother?
Lu Ban said: I don’t have to worry, my child has his own way to go to heaven to see the Queen Mother.
Lu's mother said: That's OK. Don’t worry about me, just go there with confidence. "
After getting permission, Lu Ban wore a hat and tied his legs and tied his clothes. He said goodbye to my mother, got up early and went to bed late again, traveled through mountains and rivers, and walked eight or nine hundred miles before he arrived at Tiantai Mountain .
Then he pushed the thorns and treaded vines and stones, and climbed up step by step. It took another half a day to climb to the top of Tiantai Mountain. After reaching the main peak, he adjusted his clothes and faced the south, and gave a great gift of three bows and nine o'clock to Nanhai Guanyin Bodhisattva .
silently said: " Guanyin Bodhisattva has high magic power, and it is praised for the benefit of living beings. Today, Lu Ban is in heaven, hoping to give clouds and mist to the sky. "
After a while, a colorful cloud flew over. Lu Ban stepped onto the clouds and drifted away in the long wind. In half an hour, he arrived at the Heavenly Court.
arrived at Nantianmen . Lu Ban hurriedly asked the fairy boy to report to the Heavenly Palace. He said: There is a mortal craftsman named Lu Ban, who is requesting to see the Queen Mother."
Queen Mother was very surprised when he heard the Fairy boy's report. I thought to myself, how could a mortal craftsman come to the Heavenly Palace? But when I thought about it, it must be the immortal man who helped him.Since you are here, you should also see what this person looks like? I would like to ask how I could come to the Heavenly Palace. So the fairy boy brought Lu Ban into Yaochi .
After Lu Ban saw the Queen Mother, he hurriedly knelt down and paid homage to the Queen Mother.
Queen Mother carefully measured the young man in front of her. I saw that the Lu Ban star was full of heaven, with a square radius of , magnificent figure, a handsome man with both eyes, and a very craftsman's demeanor. Question: "Who craftsman comes to the Heavenly Palace?"
Luban replied: "Verb Luban, come to the Heavenly Palace to pay homage to the Queen Mother."
Queen Mother said: "Who is the god who helps you to the Heavenly Palace? What business do you do when you come to the Heavenly Palace to find me?"
Luban replied: "Nanhai Guanyin Bodhisattva helps the mortals come to the Heavenly Palace. Luban heard that Cowherd and Weaver Girl only has this year On July 7th, the magpies set up a magpies bridge on the Tianhe River and met. After meeting, they cried very sadly, so they came to the Tiangong to pay homage to the Queen Mother and asked the Queen Mother to allow Lu Ban to build a permanent stone bridge on the Tianhe River. In the future, the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl can meet at any time, so as not to miss them on the moonlit night and be sad again. "
Queen Mother said: "The sky is wide and the water is deep and the bottomless . How can you build a bridge like an ordinary person? "
Lu Ban said, "Please rest assured by Queen Mother, Lu Ban will definitely build a bridge."
Queen Mother said, "Do you dare to bet with me?"
Lu Ban said, "I don't know how to bet? Please tell me."
Queen Mother said, "I want you to build a bridge overnight. If If it is done, I will reward you with a pair of cloud embroidery shoes. If it is done, you can fly the clouds and fog and you can come to the Heavenly Palace at any time. If it is not done, I will drive you back to Dongtu Lu to farm. I will never talk about the bridge building. "
Lu Ban said: "If it is done, when will the cloud embroidery shoes be awarded to vanfu Lu Ban?" "
Queen Mother said: The steel beam grinding needle will naturally be achieved when it is done. Make a pair of embroidery shoes at dawn. Bridge Achievement Award. "
Lu Ban said: "Saw, chisel, plan, and nail carving, work hard to build a bridge to dawn. Say to create. "
The Queen Mother said: "I don't really believe it yet. Since you said that it can be done, you can build a bridge in the mortal world first and let me see. If it can be done, it will not be too late to build it on Tianhe. ”
Luban said: “Okay. May I ask the Queen Mother, who asked Lu Ban to build a bridge on the mortal river? "
The Queen Mother said: "I want you to build a stone bridge on my hometown Gantao River (now known as Zhihe). "
According to legend, the hometown of Queen Mother is Qiangsang on the bank of the West Sea (inland lake). In ancient times, floods flooded, flooding overwhelmed the farmlands on the coast. When Dayu controlled the flood, he dug up the remaining veins of Mount Yu (now known as Ma'anshan) on the east bank of the sea and dug out a river. The water in the northwest valley surging out, rushing out into a river called the Qianchi River (now known as Hutuo River ). The river flows through the Jizhou Plain Enter the North Sea ( Bohai ). A stream of water descended from the southern valley and flowed into the Gantao River. Qiongsang is located at the intersection of the two rivers. Shaoman and Emperor both lived in Qiongsang.
The Queen Mother of the Queen Mother is a native of Qiongsang, with a surname Qiu and his name was Hui. He was born in the Year of the Tiger. When she was young, she learned piano, chess, calligraphy and painting with famous teachers. Because she was very smart, she could understand at a glance, so she learned her skills. The songs were also melodious and melodious, with the charm of attracting dragons and phoenixes. No Fortunately, both parents died at the age of nine.
The brother and sister-in-law were unvirtuous, and they forced Qiu Hui to shed cattle by the sea all day long. One day Qiu Hui put the cows in the grass and ate grass by the water. At this time, a Diaohu ran over and took away the little Qiu Hui. Diaohu wanted to leave Qiu Hui for the tiger cubs to eat, so he hid it in the "sun cave" of Tiantai Mountain.
The next morning, Qiu Hui took advantage of the Diaohu going out and the tiger cubs sleeping soundly, walked out of the cave, climbed to Tiantai Mountain, Beitai to pick wild fruits Hungry, rescued by South China Sea Guanyin . Guanyin Bodhisattva led him to Kunlun Mountain and placed it in the cave of Yushan in the west of Kunlun.
Qiu Hui ate wild fruits and drinks springs in the mountains every day. One day at noon, the weather was so hot that Qiu Hui climbed Shaoshi Mountain, drank the fresh jade paste from the top of the mountain, and became a fairy.
In the evening, the Dongwanggong, who lived in the deserted mountain in the northeast of Kunlun Mountain, was named Huang Ni and named Yin Ming.When I went to the Baihai shore to play, I suddenly heard the melodious and beautiful song of "Yanyan Flying" and searched towards the direction of the sound and saw a beautiful girl singing by the sea. After the song stopped, he went forward to answer, communicated his names, and invited Qiu Hui to play chess on the beach for a long time, without a chance to decide the outcome. Both praised each other for their wise chess and developed a love affair.
Since then, the two often meet at the beach together and finally get married in Qionghuaque. He became a god because he often ate the rare immortal fruit " Huang Zhongli " on the Kunlun Mountain. Huang Ni became the Jade Emperor , and Qiu Hui was also given the title of Queen Mother.
After hearing the Queen Mother's words, Lu Ban said, "Okay, please give the Queen Mother the Queen Mother's advice to the vanguard Lu Ban."
Queen Mother said, "I'll go to my hometown with you, and also visit my brother, sister-in-law and neighbors."
On a calm and cloudless day, Lu Ban followed Queen Mother's Queen Mother, walked out of the Yao Pool, rode the wind chariot out of the South Heaven Gate, and then took the auspicious clouds to fly over the sky. Soon, he landed on Tiantai Mountain, and then climbed down the mountain along the strange trail on the southwest side of the mountain. Drinked a sip of sweet clear spring water by the sea eye spring. Then, crossed the Linchi River and returned to Qiongsang Village.
The Queen Mother asked about the names of her brother, sister-in-law and neighbors in the village, but no one knew about it. Later, I found a centenarian Sang Chengchun to explain his life experience. When I asked about my brother and sister-in-law, Old Man Sang only recalled it.
said, "Listen to the old man, Qiu Hui, the daughter of Qiu family in this village, was lost five hundred years ago while she was shepherding cattle by the sea. The neighbors helped her brother and sister-in-law search for more than a month, but they could not find Qiu Hui. I didn't know that you went to the Heavenly Palace to be the Queen Mother, so blessed! Blessed! This is also the blessing of the whole village in Qiansang."
The villagers also came out to pay homage to the Queen Mother when they heard this news. Soon, after the whole village agreed to change the village name to Queen Mother Village. The village is still called Queen Mother Village.
In the evening, Lu Ban followed the Queen Mother to the Gantao River southeast of Queen Mother Village, pointed to the Dragon King Hall on the other side and said, "You are below the Dragon King Hall and start building the experimental bridge."
Lu Ban said, "Okay. I will prepare the wood and stone immediately."
Lu Ban first went to Guanglu Mountain to cut down many logs, built a boat, and loaded the wood to the construction site. I went to Matou Hongshan to mine a lot of stones and transported them to the construction site by boat. Then I started digging the trough to lay the foundation. Because of a happy mood, she sang gently: The sun, moon, stars and sky are far away, the mountains and rivers are beautiful, and the scenery is beautiful. Now that ordinary people have come to this, the Queen Mother promises to build a stone bridge.
After dark, Queen Mother thought to herself, I made a bet with Lu Ban and said that I would make a pair of embroidered shoes tomorrow. It is not difficult to make a pair of embroidered shoes alone, and it will definitely be done tomorrow. However, it is not possible to grind the steel beams with iron into embroidery needles overnight. what to do? what to do? Could it be that the Queen Mother of the Heavenly Palace will lose to the vanguard Luban? No, no! cannot! After thinking for a moment, he said to himself: Yes, there is.
Lu Ban used a shovel to dig troughs on the east and west sides of the Gantao River to lay the foundation. Suddenly I heard: Gugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugu Gugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugugu The rooster crowed and the sound of Sichuan was so scared that Lu Ban was stunned. Then, he said to himself, "What? The rooster has cried twice, and it is about to brighten the sky. The bridge I built has not yet been horoscoped. It seems that I can't build this bridge tonight, and I must lose to the Queen Mother. Alas! Luban! Luban. You blew the big talk. If you lose, you will be punished by Queen Mother. How can you be worthy of your master and Guanyin of the South China Sea? How can you hand it over to me when I get home? ? After thinking about it, I had no good idea. Finally, I thought of it, so I had to admit defeat, so I put the stone and wood into the boat, drifted down the Gantao River, and fled to the southeast direction.
When Luban escaped for nearly 200 miles, I saw a small house at the ferry by the river, and the lights in the house were still bright. So I leaned on the shore. I walked up to the hut and asked, "Hard-driver, what is the state here?" "
The shipkeeper said, "This is the Jiaohe Ferry Crossing outside the Nanguan Pass of Zhaozhou. "
Lu Ban asked again: "What time has it been updated? "
The shipkeeper said again: "The state just had the second update."
Lu Ban sighed: "Oh! It turned out that the weather was still early. It must be the Queen Mother who sent someone to urge the chicken owner Si Chen to urge me to leave the country. stop! stop! stop! It is impossible to build a bridge on the Gantao River, the hometown of Queen Mother. Why don’t I build a bridge here? It’s better to explain to my mother when I go home. "The idea was decided, Lu Ban immediately started to build a bridge on the southern river of Zhaozhou City.
Lu Ban still started from the survey of the hanging line between the north and south sides of the 月文 , first excavated the foundation trough of the beach bridge. He then moved saw wood and built a wooden frame bracket across the two sides. Then, he reconciled plaster , carried stones, and built up layer by layer. He shoveled plaster and moved Stones, build up. The straight dry waist was sore . The legs were sore . I still refused to rest for a while. Sweat flowed down my cheeks, rushing down my eyes, and wiped them with my hands and then started to dry. The sweat dripping in the river merged with the river water, causing ripples, rolling towards the distance.
The shipper who was watching the ferry at the cottage on the shore saw him nervously, I couldn't sit still, so I went up to help. The blue marble was neatly covered with the bridge deck, and the jade (marble) railings were also erected on both sides of the bridge. It was about to be dawn, and Lu Ban built the last railing stone. Finally, before dawn, the stone bridge was built. Lu Ban straightened his waist, walked to the bridge, sat down and sighed a long time. Then, he fell to the ground and fell asleep.
It was dawn and the sun rose from the east. People from all villages on the south bank of the Ye River, from three or five groups, walked out of their homes and headed towards Zhaozhou City. In the past, I had to take a boat to cross the river first. Only after landing on the shore could I enter the state. When I arrived by the river today, I saw a stone bridge with exquisite construction technology that was mounted across the river.
couldn't help but talk noisily: "Why, a stone bridge was built overnight? "
" This time, you don't have to worry about crossing the river. "
" I wonder which immortal appeared? Build such a good bridge for us? "
The old salesman listened to everyone's discussion and pointed at Lu Ban who was sleeping soundly on the ground and said, "It's the bridge this living god built for us! "
After hearing the old shipwreck's words, the villagers knelt down on the ground, burned incense and offered sacrifices, thanked the living Bodhisattva who benefited the people, and then went to the state to go to the market. At noon, Lu Ban woke up and opened his eyes and saw many offerings on the ground. He smiled slightly and said, "The villagers regard me as a god. I am not a god, but an ordinary person. "
Thinking that he hadn't eaten for a day or night, he didn't care whether it offered or not, he picked up the hemp candy , steamed buns, etc. on the ground and ate it in big mouthfuls.
Zhaozhou Bridge After it was built, it happened to meet the educator Confucius traveling around the world to pass by. Confucius listened to the discussions of the villagers and looked at the rare stone bridge in the world, and was also excited and could not bear to leave. So he picked up his pen and painted the posture patterns of double dragons wrapped around the railings on both sides of the stone bridge, which were lifelike, realistic and unique.
On the Tiao River outside Zhaozhou City, the news of building a stone bridge overnight soon spread. 1. After the news reached the Heavenly Palace, Queen Mother was quite uneasy when she heard that Lu Ban ran to Zhaozhou and built the bridge overnight. So she sent Zhang Guo Lao and Chai Prince 2 to check it out.
Zhang Guo Lao deliberately wanted to joke with Lu Ban to test the solidity of the Zhaozhou stone bridge. So she rode a donkey backwards, installed the "sun" on one side of the donkey's back, and installed the "moon" on one side of the donkey's back; Prince Chai was pushing a wheeled cart, carrying Dongyue Taishan and Xiyue Huashan on both sides of the cart. The two gods walked to the bridge and said to Lu Ban: "Can the stone bridge you built withstand the passage of us? "
Lu Ban didn't know that the two were immortals, but he thought they were ordinary passers-by. He answered, "My stone bridge is very strong, and thousands of troops pass by, it's okay. You two old men ride a donkey and push a cart across the bridge, which is unbearable! ”
Zhang Guo Lao raised his whip and drove the donkey. Prince Chai also raised his car, stepped on his hooves, and walked towards the bridge in a row. After a while, he walked to the bridge, pressing the bridge to a shaky point.
When Lu Ban saw that the situation was not good, he hurriedly jumped to the heart of the river and supported the bridge with his hands, which made the two immortals cross the bridge. From then on, Zhang Guo Lao's donkey hoof prints and round pits made of a straw hat falling from the bridge; the ditch formed by Prince Chai's cart that was too hard and kneeling on the ground; and the fingerprints of Lubantuo Bridge were left on the bridge.
After crossing the bridge, Zhang Guolao said, "Verity Luban, you have built this broken bridge in the world that can't stand the storm of donkeys and carts. How dare you talk about building a bridge on the Tianhe River?"
Luban was shocked when he heard this. I thought it must be the Queen Mother who sent the immortals here. So he hurriedly saluted the two great immortals. He said, "The mortal Lu Ban has no eyes. I don't know how many offenses the two great immortals passed by this bridge. They are guilty! Sin!" After saying that, he punched his left eye with a punch and blinded his left eye. Since then, in order to commemorate Lu Ban, all carpenters and stonemasons always close their left eye when measuring the line and use only one of their right eye to see objects.
Lu Ban's idea of building a stone bridge for the Cowherd and Weaver Girl on Tianhe was intervened by the Queen Mother and criticized by Zhang Guolao. He felt that his bridge construction technology was really poor, so he dared not mention building a bridge on Tianhe. To this day, the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl are still separated from each other on both sides of the Tianhe River. They can only look at each other from afar, but cannot be reunited.
