Baogong Lake

Baogong lake is an inner city lake in Kaifeng City, Henan Province, located in the southwest corner of the ancient city in Song Dynasty. The whole lake presents a northwest southeast trend, like a reclining gourd. To the west of the middle, there is a north-south road across the lake, Yingbin Road. To the southwest, there is Baogong Hunan Road. Around the lake are Baogong temple, Yanqing temple and other places of interest.

Baogong Lake

Baogong lake is an inner city lake in Kaifeng City, Henan Province, located in the southwest corner of the ancient city in Song Dynasty. The whole lake presents a northwest southeast trend, like a reclining gourd. To the west of the middle, there is a north-south road across the lake, Yingbin Road. To the southwest, there is Baogong Hunan Road.

Around the lake are Baogong temple, Yanqing temple and other places of interest.

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The legend of Baogong Lake

It is said that when Baogong was a child, his second sister-in-law coaxed him to play by the well for fear that he would grow up and divide his family property, and pushed him into the well. Fortunately, it was a dry well, but Bao Gong didn't hurt himself when he fell to the bottom. Suddenly there was a light in front of him. He picked it up and looked at it carefully. It turned out to be a crescent shaped ancient mirror. The bright mirror reflects the scene of the second elder brother and sister-in-law plotting against him repeatedly. They are drinking and celebrating in the room. Bao Gong knew that it was a strange mirror, which was precious on his forehead. Strange to say, the mirror could not be removed any more, but grew on his forehead. Later, when Bao Gong became the magistrate of Kaifeng, he relied on this treasure land to break the Yin by night and the Yang by day. He had a clear insight and found out numerous suspicious cases and upheld justice for the common people. When Bao Gong was dying, he was afraid that his successor would take bribes to sell the law and harm the good people, so he took off his mirror from his forehead and ordered people to hang quietly in the main hall of Kaifeng mansion, and then he closed his eyes safely. There is a folk song among the people

Bao Qingtian, South Street,

He is selfless and holds the king's law.

Dragon, tiger and dog,

The common people are happy and the treacherous are afraid.

I don't know how many dynasties passed. A guy named Qian Ruming spent 5000 Liang to become a Kaifeng magistrate. He planned to work for three years and two years and make a windfall. As soon as he took office, he met two brothers of Kaifeng village who were fighting a lawsuit for their family property. They danced happily and immediately went to court to ask a case. Qian Ruming knows that the "God of wealth" is also an Iron Rooster and a glazed cat. If he doesn't knock, he won't bleed. He did not ask, a slap startled, angry shout: "for petty gain, forget brotherhood, come on, each hit forty big board!" The brothers begged for mercy. Qian Ruming said: "I see you are very pitiful. I'll send you the forty board to give you a chance to repent. It depends on which of you is reasonable!" After that, he ordered to withdraw.

When my brother came home, he thought that governor Qian had something to say. Realizing the mystery, he sneaked into the Yamen through the back door overnight to see Qian Ruming. He handed a post and said, "all the wrongs of villains are written on the paper. Please have a look!" Qian Ruming opened it and saw that it was a silver note of three hundred taels. He could not help but smile with his beard. The next day, as soon as he ascended the hall, Qian Ruming yelled angrily at his younger brother: "Du, you have no elder brother in your eyes. You are greedy. You are a thing that you can't open your eyes to!" He took out the bamboo stick and raised it, but did not throw it down. The younger brother was so scared that he sat down on the ground and suddenly saw a mirror hanging above the hall, which reflected the scene of the elder brother sending the money ticket to the magistrate. He suddenly realized, and quickly cried: "my Lord, please give me another chance to repent!" As soon as Qian Ruming heard that there was a door, he said, "you should wake up as soon as possible, so as not to suffer from skin and flesh." Then he pointed to the sleeve to withdraw. That night, my younger brother also sent 500 Liang silver in the name of complaint. When he was promoted again, Qian Ruming glared at his elder brother and said, "as your elder brother, you take the lead in making trouble. It seems that you have to fight this board!" The elder brother thought to himself, why did the magistrate change his tone overnight? He looked up and saw clearly in the mirror that his younger brother sent money to the magistrate. He quickly bowed his head and kowtowed: "villain is confused for a moment, please give me a chance to repent."

In this way, eight hundred of you, one thousand of me and two brothers started a tug of war. Qian Ruming saw that he had almost squeezed the oil and water, so he decided to close the case. In order to show his fairness and integrity, he invited the "God of wealth" to come to the Yamen and specially announced that the common people could watch the trial in the Yamen. There are many people inside and outside the Tianfu Yamen. On the lobby, Qian Ruming, with a serious face, said slowly: "friendship should be the most important thing between brothers! One person and half of the real estate, live and work in peace and contentment, do not make trouble. I'm generous. I don't want to pursue it any more. Let's go down to the hall! " When the two brothers were ruined, they realized that they had been cheated and cried out in unison: "my Lord, I won't fight this lawsuit. Give us the money back quickly!" Qian Ruming didn't expect them to reveal the truth on the spot. His face suddenly changed color: "nonsense, bloody mouth.". My house is clean and spotless. Who has collected your money? " The brothers pointed up and said, "the mirror is high, and the evidence is as strong as a mountain!" All eyes focused on the lobby. Baojing gave the brothers money again. The corruption and bribery happened again. Suddenly, the inside and outside of the lobby were fried. Qian Ruming didn't know what was going on, so he left his seat and looked up. When he saw that the mirror had exposed his ghost trick and revealed his true appearance, he was terrified and all over softened. "Plop" fell to the ground, unconscious. The scandal spread all over the city like wings, and no one could but scold Qian Ruming.

Qian Ruming was scared and scared, and he was bedridden from then on. The treasure realm swayed in front of him all the time, repeating his ugly deeds and bad deeds in Kaifeng. When he closed his eyes, he saw Bao sunspot glaring at him. The Dynasty and Mahan wanted to cut him with tiger's head. No matter who he met, he got up from the bed and knelt down to beg for mercy: "Mr. Bao, please forgive me..." One morning, in front of the yamen, the people found that Qian Ruming was naked and out of breath.

"Dead Baogong killed the living magistrate", the people of the whole city are very happy and sing a song everywhere

Kaifeng palace, mirror photo,

It's a man or a ghost.

Yanluo temple, heilaobao,

Corrupt officials are not lenient.

Later, when the Yellow River burst, Funan Yamen in Kaifeng became a pool of water, and the mirror sank to the bottom of the lake, so the water was as clear as a mirror. It is said that those who have done bad deeds never dare to pass by the lake, for fear that the mirror will reveal their privacy and will be severely punished by Bao Gong. People call this lake Baogong Lake in memory of Baogong. In recent years, through dredging, renovation and beautification, a tourist area with many buildings and pleasant scenery has been built.

Address: Hubei Road, Baogong, Kaifeng, Henan

Longitude: 114.34359741211

Latitude: 34.788230312096

Traffic information: No.16, No.28 and No.24 buses can get off at Baogong temple.

Ticket information: Free

Opening hours: all day

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