Wangfu stone

From the northeast of Houcun village in sanpanwei to the back of the mountain, stands a statue of human rock, like a fisherman with long hair, facing the south, gazing at the sea attentively, eagerly waiting for the safe return of her fishing husband. The fishermen's wives share this common aspiration. When the moon is bright and the stars are dim, this Wangfu stone becomes an old mother calling on her son again. Her hoarse voice is drowned by the waves. She holds her eyes full of tears and hopes that the other side of the Strait will return soon.

Wangfu stone

Wangfu stone is the most famous one in Tushan. The story of "Dayu controlled the flood and never entered his home three times" is well known in China. However, if not carefully considered, few people would think that the place where this story happened was not the hometown of the Yellow River, but on the Bank of the Huaihe River. Tu Shan is the witness of this story for more than 4000 years.

Tourism information

This mountain close to the Huaihe River is Tushan, also known as Dangtu mountain. It is located in the southeast of Huaiyuan County, on the East Bank of Huaihe River, and is only ten kilometers away from Bengbu City in Anhui Province. This is where the ancient Tushan kingdom is located. The mountain opposite to Tushan is called Jingshan, and between the two mountains, the Huaihe River flows to the northeast. It is the so-called "two towering peaks, overlooking the Huaihe River.". Jingshan gorge, the second gorge of Huaihe River, was formed. Although today's Tu Jing two mountains are facing each other from east to west, in the legend of the distant Yao and Shun dynasties, they are connected as one.

Historical legend

It is said that more than 4000 years ago, the Yellow River Basin in China had a series of extraordinary floods. The Yellow river changed its course to the South and captured the middle and lower reaches of the Huaihe River

Swimming in the river, the Yellow River grabs the Huaihe River into the sea, which makes the whole nation fall into unprecedented disaster. At this time, Yao presided over a meeting of tribal alliance to study the flood problem. People unanimously recommended that the leader of Xia nationality, who had the tradition of water control, was Yu's father. The method of "blocking" was used to build dams to block the flood. But the flood was so fierce that the dykes built were frequently washed down by the flood. He was put to death because of poor water control.

Yu inherited his father's ambition, determined to cure the flood and benefit the people. In order to find a good way to control the flood, he trudged thousands of miles from the Yellow River basin to Tushan on the edge of the Huaihe River. In the end, with a piece of loyalty, Yu got the secret collection of "water classic" from the Tushan chieftain Meng, and won the heart of Meng's beloved daughter. Meng's beloved daughter is also Sima Qian's record of "emperor Qi after Xia, son of Yu" in Shiji xiabenji. His mother is the daughter of Tu Shan

Yu married Tu Shan's daughter, and soon after his marriage he left home to control the water. He did not return home for 13 years. Yu used the method of dredging to control the flood. He opened channels to drain and dredge the river, leading the flood all the way to the Yellow Sea. In order to dredge the Huaihe River, Yu split Jingshan and Tushan. From then on, the two mountains were opposite to each other. At this time, his wife, Tu Shanshi, also gave birth to his son Qi. The baby was crying. Yu passed by the door. Hearing the cry, he didn't go in to visit him. The eternal story of "going through the house three times but not entering" has spread.

Tu Shan's daughter looked at the direction of her husband's flood control day and night, but when she looked through the autumn water, she did not see Yu's return. After thinking about it all the time, she finally turned into a stone to look out for her husband and sat at the east end of Tu mountain. Later generations called it Qimu stone. Tu Shan's daughter has been looking at this for more than 4000 years.

Historical records

Wangfu stone is a historic site. There are many places, all belong to folklore, that women stand to watch their husband for a long time and turn into stone. Volume 5 of Chuxueji quoted youminglu written by Liu Yiqing of the Southern Song Dynasty: "there is a Wangfu stone in the north mountain of Wuchang, which looks like a man standing. Gu Chuanyun: Once upon a time, there was a Zhenfu, whose husband was in service and went to the national calamity. He took his weak son's preserves to Beishan, and set up a stone to look after her husband. "The Wangfu stone of Wangfu mountain in the southwest of Xingcheng City, Liaoning Province, is said to be formed by Meng Jiangnu. Others, such as the southwest of Longde County, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, the water of Changshan gorge, Fenyi County, Jiangxi Province, beiguding store, Guiyang City, Guizhou Province, and Qingyuan City, Guangdong Province, have Wangfu stone. Refer to Jiaqing Yitong Zhi. Jinzhou Fu, Pingliang Fu, Yuanzhou Fu, Guiyang Fu and guangdongxinyu. Wangfushi by Qu Dajun in Qing Dynasty. Later, it is used to describe a woman's memory of her husband's loyalty.

Historical records

Cao Pi also recorded the legend of Wangfu stone in the biography of Lieyi. Original text: there is Wangfu stone on the north mountain of Wuchang new County, which looks like a person standing. It is said that in the past, there was a Zhenfu, whose husband was in service and went to the national calamity. The woman took her young son's preserves and sent them to this mountain. She stood up and turned them into stones. "Zhen" refers to unswerving will or integrity

Write poems here

Wangfu stone has become a symbol of loyalty in people's eyes. Many poets and poets have written here. Even the romantic Emperor Qianlong left his own imperial title on the Wangfu stone.

The wind is bleak and the trees roar at the setting sun,

He is still in mourning.

For thousands of years, I have no intention to boast of righteousness,

Death is the cardinal principle.

It's called Jiang Nu from this day,

Do road cry Qi Liang that year.

It is a common practice to uphold the justice of Yi,

It doesn't matter if there is false information.

Chinese Allusions

Wuchang north mountain stone, such as people, famous man stone. It is said that there was a virtuous woman in ancient times. Her husband was stationed in the army. She stood in the north mountain, looking forward to her husband's return.

Later used to refer to the wife's deep love for her husband's return.

Shu Ting, a modern poet, wrote such a poem: "it's better to cry on your lover's shoulder than to show on the cliff for a thousand years", in order to publicize the value of women's individual life.

Folktales

Version 1 Wangfu stone stands on a hill to the southwest of Shatin, Hong Kong. The stone is about 15 meters high and looks like a woman with a child on her back. The tragic story of wangfushi is well-known to the family, especially to the residents of Shatin. It is said that in Shatin, a poor rural family, her wife died after giving birth to a baby girl, leaving her baby girl. Her neighbor's wife also gave birth to lin'er. She pitied the orphan girl and nursed her. The two children have been together since childhood. Soon after, the girl's father also died. The orphan daughter became the neighbor's "child daughter-in-law". When she grew up, she married the boy and had a pair of sons. One year, there was a drought, and the crops were lost. In order to survive, her husband was forced to leave his wife and children and go abroad with his fellow countrymen to make a living. But he never came back. Every day a woman has to carry her eldest son with her young son in her arms, climb mountains, look far away at the ocean, and hope for her husband's return. One day, when they were climbing the mountain as usual, the mother and son suddenly met with a storm, thunder and lightning. They suddenly disappeared in the world. However, a huge rock appeared where they stood, which looked like the missing mother and son. The legend is that he moved the sky deeply, turned them into rocks and guarded the mountain forever.

Version 2: Meng Jiangnu finally came to the foot of the Great Wall. But by that time, it was already late, and the city gate was closed, unable to pass. Mengjiang girl was very anxious, unable to sleep at night, so she climbed the Phoenix Mountain, stood on a big stone and looked at the Great Wall in the distance. But the night was so vast that she could not see it. She was so anxious that she wrote to walk back and forth on the big stone, hoping that the sky would light up soon, so that she could pass the customs as soon as possible and get together with her husband. Don't want to overnight, the footprints were deeply imprinted on the stone, so later generations called this big stone Wangfu stone.

After the back hall of mengjiangnu temple, there is a big stone with several stone nests on it. It is said that it is the footprints left by mengjiangnu's stone watchman. There are also three big characters on the stone -- "Wangfu stone" written by Bai Hui of Shanshi road in the eighth year of Shunzhi. All visitors here usually leave a shadow beside the Wangfu stone to express their good wishes. It seems that only in this way can Meng Jiangnu temple and his party not be wasted.

Version 3: the rocks in Guilin are strange and have their own characteristics. There is also a "Wangfu stone".

The gorge under JIUNIULING on the edge of Lijiang River in Guilin is called huangniu gorge. Along the gorge, you can see such wonders as "dragons playing in the water" and "frogs crossing the river". Then you enter doumi beach. In doumitan, you can enjoy Wangfu stone.

There are many legends about Wangfu mountain, one of which is: according to legend, there was a young couple with their newborn child in a boat. When they were passing by, the boat ran aground. Seeing that only the last bucket of rice was left in the ration, the husband climbed to the top of the mountain and looked around to find the rescue boat. Always keep there, always can't wait, heart a urgent then turn into a stone. When the wife saw that her husband had not returned for a long time, she carried her child up the mountain to look for him. As soon as she got to the mountainside, she saw that her husband had become a stone man. She was heartbroken and made a stone. Li Bingli, a poet of the Qing Dynasty, once wrote a poem: "at the head of the river, where you look at your husband, fossils are shaped.". Two wash bun servant girl wet, smoke horizontal Dai Mei green. The spirit of separation is solemn and stirring, and the spirit of Xiang is resentful. Why is it so far away from tourists.

There is also a saying that: before, there was a couple who lived by boat. In the winter, they sailed against the current and suffered a lot. In the evening, when the couple moored their boat by the river, they met an old woman who came to beg for rice with her children. When the couple saw that they were really poor, they gave the old woman their only bucket of rice.

After the couple ran out of food, they only hoped that there would be ships to help them. But at that time, there were no ships. It was the leakage that caused the continuous rain at night. So her husband climbed up the mountain every day to watch the boat. One day, the wife saw her husband didn't go down the mountain for a long time, so she went up the mountain to look for him. As a result, she found that her husband had been frozen by the snow and died of starvation on the mountain. In a hurry, the wife died beside her husband.

People in memory of this pair of good hearted husband

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