Who is Lu Ban’s apprentice Zhao Qiao?

Lu Ban is a legendary skilled craftsman in Chinese history and the ancestor of stone and carpentry. He had an apprentice named Zhao Qiao, who was smart, capable, and very vain. He surpassed his master in craftsmanship in many woodworking tasks, so he became proud and often attacked his master Lu Ban. One year, his master and his apprentice went up the river to Shuangjiang. They saw these two caves near the river with a beautiful environment, so they came up with the idea of ??carving stone Buddhas in these two caves and enshrining them as temples. The upper cave is named Shangyan Temple, and the lower cave is named Xiayan Cave. The two masters and apprentices agreed that Lu Ban would build the Shangyan Temple, and his apprentice Zhao Qiao would build the Xiayan Temple. They could only start construction at midnight and finish it when the rooster crows. They wanted to see who could build it faster and better. In fact, it was the skill of the two masters and apprentices. game. Zhao Qiao knew that the master was good at his craftsmanship and had rich experience, but he was afraid of falling behind the master, so he did not abide by the agreement and started carving stones and building as soon as it got dark. According to the agreement, Lu Ban started construction at midnight. Before the rooster crows, Zhao Qiao has completed the repair and carving of Xiayan Temple. There are three seated Buddha statues inside, 500 stone Arhats are lined up on both sides, and Jialan Dharma protectors are standing in an orderly manner. The ancient Buddha with burning lanterns on the stone wall outside the cave is solemn and kind. style. When he saw the ugly scene, he ran to the Yangtze River opposite Shangyan Temple and pretended to crow. Before the rooster crows, other chickens hear the rooster crow and start crowing accordingly. When Lu Banzi started to work, the rooster's crow suddenly came early. Seeing that he could not finish the work at all, he felt annoyed, so he picked up a stone and threw it towards the place where the rooster crows on the other side. This stone was the huge marble stone that later stood on the bank of Xiaopantuo River. Due to Zhao Qiao's mischief, the stone carvings in Shangyam Temple were half-finished. The stone statues were roughly carved and the various Buddha statues were in a disorderly manner. When I went to Sangam Temple to play as a child, it was desolate and shapeless inside. In Xiayan Temple, the stone Buddhas are arranged in an orderly manner, the carvings are exquisite, and the arrangements are orderly, attracting endless visitors. According to the elders, Lu Ban was already aware of his disciple Zhao Qiao's act of overturning Tianyin, and at the same time he was very saddened by the deterioration of this promising disciple. Later, the Dragon King of the East China Sea asked Lu Ban to help him make a lampstand. After Lu Ban finished the work, he called Zhao Qiao and gave him two lampstands. He asked him to give it to the Dragon King and let him choose one. He also said that of the two lampstands, one was better and the other was worse. It was best to take back the worse one. There is a water avoidance mechanism inside. Zhao Qiao came to the East China Sea and opened the water-avoiding mechanism of the lampstand. The sea water immediately separated into a waterway, and Zhao Qiao came to the Dragon Palace from the waterway. Lu Ban asked him to give the good lampstand to the Dragon King. Zhao Qiao was smart enough to give the inferior lampstand to the Dragon King, but he took the good lampstand back in his arms. Unexpectedly, the good lampstand had no water-avoiding mechanism at all and could not separate the water, so Zhao Qiao could never return to the ground. Zhao Qiao was clever but was misled by his cleverness, but remained at the bottom of the sea forever. This is the allusion that people later said: "Zhao Qiao sent a lampstand, and once it left, it never came back."