The legend of "hail fighting" in Nanlai Village

"Nanlai Village early bone pile, see rain on the gun, black wind cold rain on the top", this is still circulating in Nanlai Village about hail slip. The old man in the village said that there was a wind and rain club in Nanlai Village, which was organized for beating hail, and every year before and after cutting wheat in May, there would be professionals sitting on the ground to watch the sky, and when the northwest wind rose, and there were red clouds, green clouds or black clouds in the sky, as long as they shouted a few times "hail" at the mouth of the village, the whole village would put down the agricultural work in their hands and work together to fight hail. When it comes to hail, people in the village will tell such a story.

According to legend, a long time ago, a large python came up from the tugang of Nanlai Village, and it was active on the post during the day; at night, it haunted the village entrance, and the villagers who came and went frightened the nearby people who did not dare to go to the post to collect firewood; at night, they tied the door early and did not dare to leave the village. At that time, the people in the village were talking about python discoloration, and they were worried that they might be buried in the belly of the python one day. As a result, the villagers spontaneously organized into a python removal team. Several strong men took ropes, nets, knives, forks, and swords to kill pythons, and just walked out of the distance, only to see the black wind blowing, and everyone felt a strong suction force sucking them forward. One of them, a timid and fearful man, hid in a tree and watched from a distance, and when he saw the black wind just rising, he ran away with a rolling belt, and he was the only one who climbed back alive. The people in the village heard that the black clouds covered the sun, and after a fierce wind blew, the people were gone, and they were even more panicked, closing the door, and the whole village was silent and dead. There is a descendant in the village surnamed Meng, who earns a living by going to work every day to collect firewood in exchange for food, and this python also cuts off his dead end. He pondered for several days, thinking about himself, and also thinking about the people of the whole village, and finally Meng Housheng decided to kill the python only on his body. So Meng Housheng sharpened the double axe he usually used for firewood on the stone for half a day, and the polish was incomparably bright, and when he saw that the object was cracked, he inserted the double axe in his waist and hid it at the mouth of the village. At night, when the night gradually darkened, the surrounding area was still surprisingly quiet, the insects were all silent, and when it was not long, the fierce wind suddenly emerged, and the later life took advantage of the moonlight to see the python spitting out the core and rushing straight to himself, he did not allow deep thoughts, so he raised the sharp axe to the core, and the python retracted the core. At this time, the wind was stronger, and the afterlife could not stand, but he was determined to get rid of this scourge, so he did not care about his own life and death. In a hurry, he shook the axe flat in his hand, and without resisting, ren python sucked him into his mouth, and when the python swallowed him, The later life used all his strength to cut open the python's abdomen, and suddenly the blood was everywhere, and the python fell to the ground, at this time the heavy rain poured down. When the wind and rain subsided, it was the next morning, and the villagers found Housheng lying in a pool of blood in the middle of the python's body, and people were crying. In gratitude to housheng for eliminating harm to the village, the villagers built a temple for Housheng and offered a pair of sharp axes to remove pythons from Housheng to the temple, and offered fireworks every day. When the gods of heaven learned of this, they made Meng Housheng a general, in charge of the fierce winds and cold rain. Since then, whenever they encounter strong winds, cold rain or bad weather, the villagers will be at peace whenever they run to the General Temple and take off their double axes and cut three axes at the black clouds. A porcelain puller pushing a mahogany cart in Shandong, passing through this place, heard about this incident, and sneaked into the temple in the middle of the night, took off the double axe, and rushed back to Shandong overnight. The next morning, when the villagers entered the temple to incense, they found that the general's double axe was missing. The villagers united to prepare to return the general's axe, so they took dry food and rushed to Shandong non-stop, finding the corner tower where the axe was placed, and when the villagers put their axes on their backs and prepared to go downstairs, all the doors were gone when they suddenly came, and people went to look for them separately, but they still ran into walls everywhere. At this time, only someone was heard: "Go back!" The people of Shandong treat each other with great kindness, I can't ignore it, after you go back, when you encounter black wind and cold rain, you will shoot a few three-eyed guns, and I will immediately rush to the rescue of you. "Weird! When the villagers lowered their axes, the door immediately reappeared and people returned empty-handed. After that, whenever there was bad weather, the villagers took out three-eyed guns and fired a few shots, and the disaster would be avoided. Hail with a three-eyed gun is a beautiful legend, but it is a scientific activity of local farmers fighting against natural disasters, which ensures the harvest of crops, south to Fuyang and Wanzhang; north to Guanglu and Qugou; east to Gaozhu and Shilipu Crops will be protected. Every year on the fifteenth day of the sixth month of the lunar calendar, people send grain to Nanlai Village as a token of gratitude.