Wen Shitai and | Taihe folk tales of Beacon Mountain and Liu Hong

The Wuyi Mountains stretch from the southeast, and the Luoxiao Mountains stretch from the northwest, and the remnants of the two are tied up in the southeast of Taihe County, where a magical Beacon Mountain rises in Shangmo Township. The peaks of Beacon Mountain stand majestically together, like a dignified pen holder, and like the tip of a row of brushes. Surrounded by mountains, layers of mountains and mountains, thousands of peaks and shows; the foot of the mountain is gentle and the wilderness is thousands of miles. A clear river flows from mountain streams and winds through fields and villages, carrying the essence of the sun, moon and stars, the nectar accumulated by rain and snow, nourishing the crops and people of this land for thousands of years. The Village of Qixingao under beacon mountain once had a famous "wizard in the world".

Beacon Mountain was originally named "Three Gu Mountain", which was renamed because of a "wizard" at the foot of the mountain. Two kilometers north of Beacon Hill is a thousand-year-old village, Laoju Qixingquan Village, which belonged to Yunting Township Xipingzhai during the Song and Ming Dynasties (present-day Guanchao Township, Shangmo Township, Shacun Township, and Shangyuan Township in Taihe County belong to the ancient Yunting Township). One summer night in the ugly year of the Ming Dynasty, a boy from a family of scholars was born, and it is said that after his birth for many consecutive days and nights, there were seven huge stars shining in several ponds around the village, and the villagers felt strange, thinking that it was the induction of heaven, and there were nobles descending to the village, so the village was renamed "Seven Star Valley Village".

The boy's name was Liu Hong, Ming Yunbiao, Zhen Hong, the Seven Stars Resident, Tomorrow Shun Ding Ugly Sheng (1457), Chenghua Ding You (1477) Jiangxi Township Trial Lifter, Zhengde Ding Jiao (1507), author of the Seven Stars Anthology (theorist Luo Qinshun wrote the preface, part of the articles in the Siku Quanshu).

Legend has it that Liu Hong could not walk at the age of three and could not speak at the age of seven. That year, Chinese New Year's Eve, his father wrote the Spring League in the hall, because the courtyard gate of his family was facing sangu mountain not far away, and the shanglian wrote: "Sangushan talent pen holder", but he always couldn't think of a proper lower link when he thought left and right, pacing in the courtyard, reading the shanglian while walking, at this time, Liu Hong returned to the courtyard, listened to his father read the shanglian, and immediately returned to the right: "Seven stars and a mound yu wen kui." His father was very surprised to see that his son could speak and open his mouth, and asked, "Who is Wen Kui referring to?" Liu Hong calmly replied, "Sangu Shan made a pen holder for me Liu Hong." ”

Although Liu Hong could not speak in his early years, he was brilliant, and after entering school, he studied harder, read poetry and books, and never forgot, at the age of 20, he was a man, talented, and famous in all townships. Since then, Sangu Mountain has been renamed "Beacon Mountain". In the middle of the Ming Dynasty, Yin Zhi of Gaolong Yinjia Village, Shacun Town, Taihe County, was a scholar of the Hanlin Academy, a Bingbu Shangshu, and a prince Taibao, and entered the cabinet. At that time, when the emperor's birth mother died, the emperor issued an edict ordering the Manchu ministers to make the best sacrifice text, but the sacrifice text written by the ministers was not recognized by the emperor. Elder Yin Ge said to the emperor, "Long live, since these sacrifice texts are not suitable, I recommend a person to do it, a young man in my hometown, erudite and talented." The Emperor said, "Hurry up and order him to do it." Therefore, Liu Hong traveled day and night, and arrived in the capital the day before the festival, Liu Hong immediately wrote the sacrifice text, and the next day after reading the sacrifice text with emotion, he moved the emperor and the Manchu ministers to tears, and indeed wrote better than others. Suddenly, a minister said, "He must have come from home, and if he is really talented, I will ask him to carry it from the back to the front, and I admire it if he can recite it verbatim." The emperor asked Liu Hong to memorize the sacrifice from the end to the beginning. Liu Hong really turned his back like a stream, and recited it word for word. The Emperor said in public, "Surely the wizards of the world!" Liu Hong first went to the imperial court, heard the emperor's praise and did not know how to kowtow to Xie En, and stood there in a daze, and the elder Yin Ge next to him immediately hinted that he prostrated his head and led the will, liu Hong quickly knelt down to thank Him, so he got the reputation of "Wizard of the World".