The legend of the sow slope is that there is a small village in the Taihang Mountains, called Dongyi Village. To the south of the village, there is a small winding river, and to the north is a small rolling hillside, and the color is like ink

The legend of the sow slope

There is a small village in the Taihang Mountains, called Dongyi Village. To the south of the village, there is a small winding river, and on the north side is a small rolling hill, and the color, as if it is stained with ink, is pitch black. On the hillside, there is a cyan stone. The shape of this hillside is like a pig lying there, so it is called "sow slope". It is said that the bluestone on the hillside is the navel of the pig. When it comes to sow slope, there are a few stories:

During the Qing Dynasty, the Eight-Nation Alliance invaded China, killing people and setting fires to Beijing , when both the Guangxu Emperor and Empress Dowager Cixi fled to Xi'an for refuge. One day, a pig was walking in the street with a big swing, and the imperialist officers and soldiers saw it and surrounded it to catch it. But the pig's body was so bare that it could not be tied to a rope, the bayonet could not be pierced, the gun could not penetrate, and the imperialist robbers burned it. Although this was an unusual pig, it could not withstand a fierce fire, and it struggled a bit, then cocked its tail, pricked up its ears, howled like thunder, and ran south. After running for nine days and nine nights, I stopped at the north side of Dongyi Village and became a sow slope.

At that time, people were touched by this incident, and everyone said: "Pigs still know how to resist foreign invading forces, let alone people." People then raised their red guns and shouted slogans: "The Qing Dynasty government is not as good as a pig..." "The foreign invading army is not terrible, and it cannot kill a chinese pig." Soon, anti-Qing and anti-Foreign movements were launched all over the country. Since then, people have had great respect for this sow slope. Legend has it that it manifests itself when the country is in crisis. Sure enough, during the War of Resistance Against Japan, the Japanese implemented the "three-light policy" of burning, killing, and robbing the light in China, and this sow slope became a living slope. Whenever the Japanese entered the village, the people around them ran uphill, holding a rooster feather, touching the tail of the feather, and saying, "The chicken feathers are high." "The slope is getting higher and higher. The Japanese saw that there were people above, and it was always impossible to reach them with gunshots, so they set out to fly. At this time, everyone touched the chicken feathers again and said, "The chicken feathers are flat." "The bluestone field on the hillside immediately opened a door, and everyone went inside safely. The plane saw that there was no one on the slope and had to fly away in frustration. After the Japanese plane left, people touched the chicken feathers again and said, "Chicken feathers are low, chicken feathers are low, and the sow slope gradually lowers like a pig squatting down, and the people go home separately." Since then, people have said that this sow slope is a sacred slope.