Folk tales of the Western Palace

There is a main hall in Xiyang Village in Zhushan, Qingyuan, called "Western Palace". There is a bottle of god statue in the sacred cupboard in the temple, which is the mushroom god worshiped by the mushroom people - Wu Sangong.

Wu Sangong went to the fairy world to learn the art of making mushrooms, and passed it on to the people of Long, Qing and Jing counties. After the death of Sangong, the mushroom people discussed building a temple to worship their ancestors. They first invited Mr. Yin and Yang to step on the ground, and finally stepped on the tail water entrance of Xiyang Village.

Mr. Yin Yang also left a message, saying that three hundred cedar trees without tails would be used for the main hall. This stumped the person in charge, so he sent people to inquire around. They visited many prefectures and counties and visited hundreds of hills, but they could not find three hundred tailless fir trees. Once, a beggar passing by said: "A dragon wind just blew on a mountain in Pucheng, Fujian. The tops of the trees were all cut off by the dragon wind." The mushroom farmers found the mountain, bought it with silver, and cut down the trees there. After more than a month of chopping, chopping, the roots of the trees were as thick as barrels and as long as the sky. The entire mountain bend was filled with trees. But the journey is so long, how can this tree be sent to the West? No one among the mushroom people can think of a good solution.

On this day, the mushroom farmers were in a daze in the mountain hut. Suddenly they saw an old man carrying a load of food up the mountain. The old man disappeared when he walked to the pile of wood. The mushroom farmers went over and took a look. They saw a head of rice and a vegetable placed on the pile of wood. They also saw a big hole sinking next to the pile of wood. The hole was dark and unfathomable. The mushroom farmers had not had good food for several days, so they untied the old man's rice bag and started eating. After a while, the meal was finished, and when he looked back, the pile of wood had disappeared. It turns out that the wood had already passed through the tunnel and been sent back to the West. The old man is the incarnation of Wu Sangong. Now, there is still a section of the well outside the Western Palace. The well was left when Wu Sangong made wood.

When the wood arrived, the mushroom people invited the best local carpenters and stonemasons to build the temple. However, there were no villages around this place in Xiyang, so they could not buy good food, and the craftsmen suffered a lot. One day, a beggar stayed in the work shed and refused to leave. Seeing that there were not enough manpower, the steward left him to help with cooking. Strangely enough, the beggar grabbed some shavings and pounded them in the pot every day, and then he became A pot full of pork, sprinkle a few handfuls of sawdust into the water, pound it three times and then make another pot of shrimp skin soup. From then on, the craftsmen had good meals every day. A large hall was soon completed. After the main hall was built, the Buddha Sculptor made a statue of Wu Sangong in the hall. It is said that the "Five Manifestations God" gave Wu Sangong a black tiger to patrol the mountains and manage mushrooms. Therefore, the statue of Wu Sangong also rode on the black tiger. On the tiger's back. He also held a steel whip for chasing tigers in his hand.