Folk tale - The second Taishan Immortal Cave of the Legend of Taishan

At the top of Mount Taishan, there is a Jade Emperor Pavilion dedicated to the Jade Emperor, and in the southeast direction of the Jade Emperor Pavilion, there is a cave house, named: Immortal Cave. The origin of the Cave of the Immortals is related to the Qing Dynasty Immortal Sun Zhenqing, who according to the "Narrative of Mount Tai" written by Song Siren in the Qing Dynasty, sun Zhenqing was incarnated here. Let's tell you about the legend of Sun Zhenqing fighting demons on Mount Tai.

In the last issue, we told you about "One of the Legends of Taishan, Taishan White Dragon Pond", which tells the origin of the White Dragon Pond under the Dai Bridge in the Valley of Taishan Xixi Valley, which is worth seeing. The next issue will tell you about the final article of the legend of Taishan, "The Legend of Taishan No. 3, Taishan Welcome Pine", everyone remember to pay attention to see Oh, Xuan Ling is here to thank you! At the same time, you are invited to type out the Tarzan story you have heard in the comments section.

Legend has it that during the Ming Dynasty. In Fuyang County, Hejian Province, there is a scholar. His parents left one after another at the age of six, leaving only a lonely student, and at this time, at the age of 6, he miraculously did not eat or drink alone in the thatched hut at home, and survived by meditation for three days. Three days later, he was found by his neighbor Ah Niu, who rescued him and gave him temporary food and clothing. The 6-year-old boy is Sun Zhenqing.

But the good times are not long, A Niu in a mountain to cut firewood, unfortunately broke his leg, the family is already poor Ah Niu, now can only lie in bed to recuperate, not to mention to take care of Xiao Zhenqing, even his own eating has become a problem. Fortunately, the neighbors around them were more enthusiastic, and they heard that Ah Niu adopted 6-year-old Zhenqing, and learned that Ah Niu was now injured, so they sent food to him.

Under the conditions at that time, people's lives were very poor, a piece of clothing sewn and mended for many years, there was no food at all, not to mention a full meal, the family had some food, they were all kept to entertain guests, and they were not willing to eat at all. Although Sun Zhenqing was only 6 years old at the time, he already understood things, looked at the food sent by the neighbors, and then looked at the worried eyes of the villagers, silently shed tears in his heart, and made a vow that one day, he would repay the parenting grace of the villagers.

Time passed quickly, this year Sun Zhenqing has turned 17 years old, in these 11 years, Sun Zhenqing has always remembered the kindness of the villagers, studied hard, the only belief is to participate in the imperial examination, take the meritorious name, so that the villagers can live a good life. The villagers have also been taking care of him, saying that Zhenqing is talented and smart, and he will definitely be able to become a big official in the future, and joked that we can count on our little Zhenqing in the future! In the eyes of the villagers, Zhenqing has become their own child.

And Sun Zhenqing also lived up to the expectations of the villagers, successfully passed the township examination selection, and is about to enter Beijing for the examination. Before leaving, the villagers gathered together, took out the eggs they were reluctant to eat, took out the bottom of the house and brought silver and two to load, a big lady took Zhenqing's hand, with tears in her eyes, and said to Zhenqing: I regard you as a son, and now that you are in Beijing, I am worried. The road is difficult, people's hearts are unpredictable, now give you a jade bracelet, if you are in distress, sell it for safety (excerpt from the history of Taishan), which means that the big bride also gave the jade bracelet she married to Sun Zhenqing, so that when there is difficulty, it is sold for silver dual use, expressing the expectations of the villagers for Sun Zhenqing and their love.

Sun Zhenqing set out from Fuyang County and rushed to Shuntianfu (the capital of the Ming Dynasty, now Beijing) to take the exam, and on the way met Jiang Ruping, who also wanted to enter Beijing to catch the exam, and the two were like-minded, so they went together.

On this day, I walked to a mountainous dense forest, only to see a black fog above the forest covering the sky, like a vicious beast, with a vicious face! And there was a white mist next to it, which suddenly appeared, and there seemed to be someone inside the white fog, which was extremely mysterious. The white mist gradually approached the black fog with the wind, and this seemed to cause displeasure to the black fog, changing the fierce appearance of the black dragon towards the white fog, and the moment of contact with the white fog, the sky that was originally a sunny day was instantly covered with dark clouds, lightning and thunder! This scene frightened the two students, who quickly found a large rock to hide behind. And as the two clouds of fog continued to collide, lightning became more and more frequent, thunder became louder and louder, and the sky became pitch black! Only when the lightning appeared, through the light it seemed that two people above the forest in front of them could be seen fighting. That scene was simply earth-shattering! Mortals looked as small as dust in front of him. Slowly the thunder became less, the lightning decreased, the sky gradually returned to clarity, and the woods in front of it, after the fight that had just taken place, should have been grassy, but now it was as if nothing had happened, the sun was shining, accompanied by the chirping of birds.

These two people still hid behind the big stone for half a day without slowing down, the rest of their eyes were surprised, both of them were full of poetry, which believed in what demons and ghosts. But just now I saw it with my own eyes, how to make people not be shocked.

At this time, a call broke the minds of the two people, only to see an old man, dressed in white robes, walking towards them with a smile, and when he arrived, he directly said the names of the two people, and the two were quite surprised, and asked: How can the old man who has never known know his name? The old man replied: The old man has been practicing here for a thousand years, and I know where you two come from, where you are going, and what your fate will be in the future. Haha laughed.

At this time, Sun Zhenqing asked: Is the fight in the forest just ahead related to the predecessors?

The Daoist replied: There was originally an elf in Mount Tai, who had been deceived by the spirit of the worm and now had become a demon, and often came out to plague the people, and when the old man learned of this, he wanted to take it down, but this elf was powerful and powerful, and had the help of the spirit, and I was now a thousand years old, and my mana was no better than it was then, and I was defeated after the first world war, so I was wounded here. The black mist you just saw was just a protector of the elf, and the elf instructed him to come and arrest me, but he was inferior to me and had been subdued by me.

Sun Zhenqing asked again: Then if the elf is left unchecked, what will be the consequences? How can I take it?

The Daoist looked at Sun Zhenqing, then at Jiang Ruping, and said, "Actually, I am here today, but I am also waiting for you two, if you want to subdue this elf, you must be able to do it."

After hearing this, the two of them were even more confused, and Jiang Ruping asked: The two of us can't do magic, and the other can't do martial arts, and now that we've read some books, how can we possibly fight this demon and ghost?"

The Daoist laughed and said: At the cost of a hundred years of cultivation, I broke the heavenly opportunity, and the two of you, Jiang Shi, will definitely win the imperial list, but you can get the gift of the current emperor, the emperor is a human dragon, and the gift to you is equivalent to giving you a talisman, the demon cannot get close, and it cannot hurt you. And Sun's future is not in the career path, but in the cultivation, and the future cultivation will not be under me, so to destroy this demon, you two must join forces.

After saying that, he used spells to conjure up the picture of a number of demons such as Taishan elves and oyster spirits harming the common people, one scene after another was shocking, the two people who watched opened their mouths, and one of them suddenly appeared a picture that shocked Sun Zhenqing, that is, he saw his village from the picture, and was invaded by demons just after he set out, and the unexpected thing was that before the picture, all the demon invasions were slaughtered by all the villagers, and this time it only captured a group of villagers, not slaughtered, including Ah Niu, including the big lady who gave her bracelet!

It turned out that the Tarzan spirit had actually figured out that Sun Zhenqing would be his great enemy in the future, and had taken away Zhenqing's villagers, hoping to blackmail Sun Zhenqing with this.

After seeing Sun Zhenqing, he immediately knelt down on one knee and asked the Daoists to accept the disciples, teach the Dao Fa, and go to save the villagers. The Daoist slowly lifted Zhenqing up and said, "I am not qualified enough to be your master, because your future is above me, but I can help you." I will teach you my lifelong spell, you are born with a Daoji, and you have more extraordinary ability to comprehend, after passing on your Dao Fa, you only need to understand seven days and forty-nine days to master, but the mastery is not enough, you still have two things to help you to accept it.

Sun Zhenqing asked busily: Which two things are there?

The Taoist priest said: First, it is the gift of the human dragon to Jiang Ruping, and when you fight with the demon, the gift of the human dragon can protect the lives of the villagers. The second is the old man's life, I have been practicing for a thousand years, my body is as strong as a diamond, I need to integrate my body into your body, you can cast spells, subdue demons, both are indispensable.

After listening to Zhenqing, he quickly refused, saying: I was supposed to save people, but now I want to sacrifice you, then this is absolutely not possible.

The Daoist laughed: The old man has lived for a thousand years, his life is about to come to an end, and in his lifetime, it is my wish to help you.

After saying that, he passed on all his cultivation to Sun Zhenqing, and finally his body turned into a wisp of green smoke and drifted into Sun Zhenqing's body.

Then the two went their separate ways, Jiang Ruping continued to go to Beijing to take the exam, while Sun Zhenqing came to Mount Tai and built a crown tomb for the old Daoists in the cave next to the Jade Emperor Pavilion on Mount Tai, worshipped every day, and began to cultivate in the cave.

In the blink of an eye, seven days and forty-nine days had passed, and Jiang Ruping did indeed enter Beijing to take the high school imperial list, and was appointed by the emperor as a prefect, responsible for governing the Taishan area.

On this day, Sun Zhenqing found Jiang Ruping, and the two of them jumped into the air together, and came to the old lair of the Taishan elves, and the fighting method with the Taishan elves and the oyster spirits was dark, the storm was stormy, the lightning and thunder were roaring... Because Jiang Ruping protected the villagers, the fighting method did not hurt the innocent. After ten days and ten nights of such a fierce battle, the python essence was finally subdued, and a group of small demons scattered and fled.

And that Tarzan spirit was originally a Taishan spirit, it was because the python spirit used spells to seduce, now that the python spirit is dead, the spell of deception has disappeared, and the elf has gradually regained his clarity, seeing that he was deeply guilty of what he did during the period of being seduced by the ant spirit, so he told the villagers that he would think about it in the face of Mount Taishan, and in the future it will benefit all the villagers, if everyone has difficulties to go to Taishan to make a wish, he will try his best to help the villagers achieve it.

It was not until the winter of the fortieth year of the Kangxi Dynasty, that in 1701 AD, Sun Zhenqing was feathered and ascended to immortality in the cave where Taishan was cultivating.

So the wish to Taishan was passed down, and in order to commemorate Sun Zhenqing, people also called the cave house where Sun Zhenqing practiced: Immortal Cave. And give the cast stone statues to worship.

It is said that more than ten years after Sun Zhenqing's feathering, his disciples opened his coffin to see, still dignified, so they specially built a shrine to enshrine his body, the deeds spread, many people came to worship, incense was flourishing. In 1950, his body was moved to the Penglai Pavilion of the Queen Mother Pond, but unfortunately it was transported to Jinan in 1964, and its whereabouts are still unknown.

The above is the story of Taishan Immortal Cave, I don't know if you are reading the article, you also climbed Up Mount taishan to see this Immortal Cave, leave your comments Oh, if you want to hear the story, you can also type it out in the comment area, Xuan Ling will tell you about it.

The last issue told you about "Taishan White Dragon Pond, one of the legends of Taishan", which tells the origin of the White Dragon Pond under the Dai Bridge in the Xixi Valley of Taishan, which is worth seeing. The next issue will tell you about the final article of the legend of Taishan, "The Legend of Taishan No. 3, Taishan Welcome Pine", everyone remember to pay attention to see Oh, Xuan Ling is here to thank you!

We'll see you next time.

The story is folklore and pure fiction.