water overflows golden hill(shuǐ màn jīn shān)

water overflows golden hill

Shuimanjinshan is a four character Chinese idiom, and its pinyin is Shu à m à NJ à NSH à n. That is, to submerge Jinshan Temple with big water is an ancient Chinese myth, which is widely spread among the people. It is a plot in the legend of the White Snake, one of the four famous love legends in China. It is the magic name used by the white lady when fighting against the sea. Jinshan is in Zhenjiang City, Jiangsu Province.

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The story comes from the Qing Dynasty's "white snow Yiyin · matoudio · Leifeng Pagoda": "when Fahai in Jinshan Temple sees Xu Xian, he looks like a demon and doesn't go down the mountain. Angry white snake, busy call green son, leading the shrimp soldiers crab general, this just flood the golden mountain

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It is very likely that the event of Shuiman Jinshan originated from the event of Mangshan giant snake "Shuiman Luocheng" in Tang Dynasty. According to the records of the two Tang Dynasties, during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Dynasty, a giant snake appeared in Mangshan Mountain of Luoyang, which was more than 3 meters high and 31.209 meters long. The eminent monk Shan Wuwei sighed after seeing him: "this giant snake is going to divert water to the city." So he attacked it with Tianzhu mantra, and the snake died a few days later.

Story content

In ancient Chinese folklore, the White Snake Lady and Xu Xian fell in love at first sight and then married.

When monk Fahai saw Xu Xian's evil face, he took him to Jinshan Temple to hide behind the throne. Lady White Snake led little green snake to find her husband, but Fahai didn't allow him. The White Snake Lady had no choice but to fight with Fahai, so the water flooded the mountain. The white snake moved to the Dragon King of the four seas and the shrimp soldiers and crab generals to help. Fahai moved the heavenly soldiers to fight against the white snake in the future and put the white snake under the Leifeng pagoda.

Place of occurrence

Jinshan is also known as "myth mountain". Every historic site on the mountain has charming myths, legends and stories.

This is the origin of the well-known Chinese classical myth "the legend of the White Snake", which is widely spread among Chinese people and adds a very charming color to this famous city.

In the novel Shuo Yue Quan Zhuan, Yue Fei visited the Jinshan historic site "Qifeng Pavilion", which has a pleasant scenery.

In the chapter novel water margin, Zhang Shun lies in Jinshan Temple in the night, and Song Jiang takes Runzhou city (that is, today's Zhenjiang City) wisely. Emperor Kangxi and Emperor Qianlong of Qing Dynasty visited Jinshan many times and left many "imperial" cultural relics. There are many folk tales about Qianlong in Jinshan, which makes Jinshan more famous.

Poets, calligraphers, celebrities and scholars of all ages, such as Bai Juyi, Li Bai, Zhang Hu, sun bream, Su Dongpo, Wang Anshi, Shen Tuo, Fan Zhongyan, Zhao Mengfu and Wang Yangming, visited the scenic spots and left many precious relics and popular chants. Since the Tang Dynasty, there has been an endless stream of international friends and tourists.

Yang xuezhou, a Japanese painting monk in the Ming Dynasty, lived in Jinshan for two and a half years. He painted "the picture of Jinshan Longyou temple in the middle of Yangtze River in the Tang Dynasty" and other paintings about Jinshan, which are now preserved in the temple.

Jinshan, a green snail like hill, contains a lot of romantic past events and has infinite charm, attracting numerous Chinese and foreign poets and tourists. Some people say that "if you don't go to Jinshan in Zhenjiang, you've never been to Zhenjiang". This has its own truth. When you visit Jinshan, you will understand the mystery.

Chinese PinYin : shuǐ màn jīn shān