Legendary Prose Tuo and Xiaolongwan

A long time ago, Lan Xiao Tuo Village, Laoguantuo Town, Liaozhong County, Liaoning Province, was a desolate place, with weeds and thorns everywhere, roe deer wandering, raccoons chasing, rabbits flying and jackals wailing.

According to legend, in the eighth year of Shunzhi in Qing Dynasty (A.D. 165 1 year), severe famine occurred in Shandong and Hebei. In order to alleviate the poverty and hunger brought by famine to the people in these places, strengthen the cultivation of vast fertile fields in Kanto, facilitate the court's command of Kanto land, completely change the reality that mountains are high and emperors are far away, and effectively resist foreign invasion, Emperor Aisingiorro Fu Lin, the ancestor of the Qing Dynasty, issued an imperial decree ordering most victims in Shandong and Hebei to migrate to the east of Shanhaiguan. Now, Liaoning, Jilin and Heilongjiang provinces have settled down and taken root, naturally forming villages and reclaiming land by themselves.

As the saying goes: the people follow the grass and move with the wind. In ancient feudal monarchy, the emperor was the real dragon emperor, and he was the king of all things. As a humble right-hander, how dare you disobey the imperial edict and fall into the crime of decapitation? It is difficult to disobey the imperial edict. Driven by the imperial edict, in order to get rid of the suffering caused by famine, most people in Lebanon have left their homes and traveled all the way to Kanto. The common people call this large-scale migration "dragon".

At that time, in Xinghualing, Xiaojiazhai, Licheng County, Jinan, Shandong Province, there was a farmer named Xiao who read a lot of poems since he was a child. Like other immigrants, he took his wife and children, shouldered the burden, trudged all the way, worked hard day and night, and came to this vast land of Kanto.

One day, their family walked in this desolate wilderness, hungry and thirsty, tired and tired. Finally, they came to rest in front of a big willow tree on a big mound covered with vetiver grass. They each cut some sticks, cut some wild Artemisia weeds, set up shacks, set up stoves and made a fire to cook.

After dinner, a hard day sent the whole family to a sweet dream. A strong wind suddenly blew in the middle of the night, and then dark clouds rolled in the northwest, followed by lightning and thunder, and it rained cats and dogs. The whole family was awakened in a deep sleep. Through the cracks in the shack, they clearly saw a dragon in the boundless rain and fog. After several ups and downs, winding and playing, it finally swooped down and landed in a grass in the northwest about 500 meters away from the shack. This scene amazed the whole family and made it difficult to sleep for a long time.

The next morning, after the rain cleared, a colorful rainbow appeared in the sky On the branches of willow trees, several magpies chirped, indicating the arrival of good luck. Strong curiosity drove the whole family out of the shack and rushed to the place where Xiaolong was pumping water in the rain last night to see what had happened. But this is a big pond full of lotus flowers. The lotus flowers in the pond are in full bloom, and the flowers are overflowing, which is refreshing. The morning breeze blows these green lotus leaves, crystal water drops roll back and forth on the lotus leaves, couples of mandarin ducks play on the water, strips of red carp swim around in the water, and flocks of wild ducks fly down from time to time. ...

Facing the beautiful scenery before us, the whole family was intoxicated. Xiao was full of joy and said emotionally to his wife Yang (formerly known as Yang), eldest son Xiao, second son Xiao, third son Xiao, fourth son Xiao Wende and fifth son Xiao Wenxiu: "Last night, in the heavy wind and rain, the scene of the dragon landing here was very real for our whole family. This is our blessing. The dragon can land here, which shows that this place is a treasure trove of geomantic omen. Besides, Zhi, Lan, Lotus, Carp, Yuanyang and Magpie are all symbols of kindness, virtue, wealth and good luck. Our whole family left their hometown and went all the way to find this treasure house that can bring us wealth and good luck and live a good life of contentment, food and clothing, and living and working in peace and contentment. From then on, our ancestors, generation after generation, will cultivate the land in this land of geomantic omen, survive and multiply, and create a happier and better life with our hardworking hands. Cheese and orchids are two kinds of herbs. They are good and good. Tuo means hill. This big mound full of garden grass has been called Lan Xiao Tuo ever since. This bay is a winding river pond. Besides, the dragon fell here last night. So, this beautiful dragon-shaped pond is called Xiaolongwan, which is our village river and village river ... "

History is developing, years are moving, stars are changing, and things are changing. With the evolution of the world, more than 360 years have passed in a blink of an eye, and this coastal family has been thriving in the hard years of thatched huts, earthen pots, scoops, fishing with roe deer, pheasants flying into electric cookers and sparsely populated. The water and soil of Tuo and Xiaolongwan in Lan Xiao have nurtured the Xiao family for generations.

For more than 360 years, it has been impossible for future generations to verify whether dragons really fell from the sky, nor have people seen them with their own eyes, nor have they publicized feudal superstitions for them. Instead, they have realistically restored the authenticity of their historical legends from the standpoint, viewpoint and angle of dialectical materialism and historical materialism. The story of Lan Xiao Tuo and Xiaolongwan is true, but the story of Longjishui is not false.

With the development of science, it is now called an illusory view of nature caused by heavy rain caused by tornado, that is, "dragon pumping". From the superstitious point of view, the ancients believed that real dragons descended from the sky, which was the limitation of historical and scientific development at that time, so we don't need to delve into it.

Up to now, the beautiful and moving legends of Tuo and Xiaolongwan are still widely circulated among the people.

-originally published in the "pu river legend"