Let's talk about the stone monkey on the stone bridge of the Huangmiao Temple in Xiangcheng
The Yellow Temple is still the same temple, and it is dedicated to the King of Yama, who is in charge of life and death on earth. The stone bridge is still the same stone bridge, which was built at the end of the Qing Dynasty by the resident Li Jinrui. This has already been said in another article, and today I want to talk about the legend of the stone monkey on the stone bridge, which was one that my grandmother used to talk about when I was a child.
The stone bridge is more attentive because the fundraisers are more attentive, so the stone lion stone monkey and the dragon head are carved on the railing of the bridge. The craftsmen are exquisitely crafted, and these stone carvings are carved to life.
Because the Yellow Temple is full of incense, people north of the Mud River have to cross the stone bridge to reach the Yellow Temple, so the stone bridge is often crowded. Some people see business opportunities and start a small business on the bridge, and over time a small market is formed.
It is said that there is a pork seller here, and the stall is placed in front of the stone monkey. Cut a piece of flesh and cut a bone, and there will always be blood splashing on the stone monkey. Over the years, the stone monkey was contaminated with bloody qi, and slowly became refined, and he could also cultivate into a human form, which was a handsome man.
In fact, Grandma did not say whether this stone monkey cultivation adult is good-looking, to the adult's point of view objectively consider, this stone monkey cultivation of the person should not be good-looking, and it is bloody and monkey, the monkey in "Journey to the West" is also a stone monkey, people absorb the essence of the sun and the moon, is not also an ugly monkey-like.
But when I listened to my grandmother tell stories, I was still a child, and I didn't have too many concepts of beauty and ugliness, and the children all liked Sun Wukong, and Sun Wukong grew up like that, and we all still thought he was very handsome. So for the sake of the beautiful imagination of childhood, the stone monkey is written as handsome, and everyone tries to think of him as good-looking.
After this stone monkey cultivated into a handsome human form, it was a bit floating, and he didn't want to take the right path to cultivate to achieve positive results, but actually wanted to do bad things.
There is a rich family near the Yellow Temple, the husband and wife have not had children, and after the distress, the two donated money to build the temple and funded the construction of the bridge, and finally got a daughter. The husband and wife are very fond of their daughters, and this girl is raised as a bridesmaid, proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and looks like one of the best. As she grew older, the matchmaker who came to kiss her was able to break through the threshold of her house.
The girl occasionally went out and would pass by the bridge, and people who had seen her praised her for her good looks. The stone monkey, who had become a spirit, was also attracted to the girl, so he changed into a human form at night and went to the girl's room, and when the chicken was barking, he left, and told the girl not to tell him. In the end, the stone monkey was not practicing enough, and he could not get rid of the stone shell.
In fact, from here it can also be seen that the man cultivated by the stone monkey should be very good-looking, if it is really an ugly goblin appearance, the girl on the big night must not be frightened, must have shouted all over the courtyard to know, and how can it be so obedient to no one to say it
But after all, people and demons can not last long, with the increase of the two meetings, the yang qi on the girl's body is gradually sucked away by the stone monkey, and soon a serious illness and then a disease can not be stopped, and it is useless to ask for medicine.
Seeing that their daughters are getting weaker and weaker, the parents' eyes hurt in their hearts. When the mother cried and asked her daughter what was wrong, how she suddenly fell ill.
Watching her parents be heartbroken because of her illness, and getting so old at once, the girl finally told the truth to her mother, only to say that every day a man came to the chicken at night and left, not knowing who it was or where home was.
The parents had eaten more salt and walked more roads, and after a little thought, they knew that their daughter was entangled in evil things, so they instructed their daughter to inquire into the man's details at night.
At night, when the man came, the girl tearfully said that she was not in good health, afraid that her life would soon be over, and wanted to know what the lover's name was and what he did before dying, and where his family lived, and that he could find a place to meet after death. This stone monkey only said that he was also a Yellow Temple person, and nothing else was said. It can be seen that a monster is a monster, always lacking a little bit of humanity, selfish and cruel.
Because nothing was asked, the family was helpless, and finally the mother thought of an idea, picked up a long thread tassel for weaving, wore a needle at the head of the line, and arranged for her daughter to pin the needle to the man's clothes at night, and then find his residence along the thread in the morning.
That night, the girl did follow her mother's idea and secretly pinned the needle to the man's clothes when he was leaving. After dawn, when Daddy went along the line, he was looking for the stone monkey on the stone bridge, only to see a bunch of threads wrapped around the stone monkey. When Daddy saw what else he didn't understand here, he was angry in his heart, and he found a hand to smash the stone monkey, and a lot of blood flowed from it.
I heard Grandma say that the stone monkey on the stone bridge was really broken by someone before, but I don't know if anyone has rebuilt it later.
Of course, since the stone monkey was broken, the handsome man had never appeared again, and the girl's body was indeed slowly getting better.
In fact, this stone monkey in the story is also regrettable, because of the incense of the Yellow Temple, it has gained spirituality, and because of the opportunity to be contaminated with bloody qi, it has become a spirit. This was not easy, but he didn't know how to cherish it, and in the end, because of greed, his little cultivation was completely ruined. Sure enough, it was a knife on the head of the color character.