Fuqing is located in the sea, since ancient times, there is a shortage of water, ten years and nine droughts. As Ye Xianggao, the first assistant of the late Ming Dynasty cabinet and a native of Fuqingyi, said in "Rebuilding Tianbaopi Ji", "Wuyi is on the coast, the soil is barren, and the fresh spring source is beneficial for irrigation." From time to time, the rain is falling, and the seedlings are standing up."
In the face of years of bitter drought, in ancient times when science was not prosperous, the ancestors of Fuqing could only pray for God's gifts, and worshipping dragons and praying for rain became the norm.
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To worship the dragon and pray for rain, it is necessary to choose the so-called place where the dragon is infested. Therefore, in Fuqing, it is said that many deep mountains and deep pools have been infested with dragons, and have become the resorts for worshiping dragons and praying for rain, and these places are collectively called "Dragon Pond".
According to the Qing Dynasty Qianlong Ding Mao edition of "Fuqing County Chronicles", there are more than ten "dragon ponds" in ancient Fuqing where dragons pray for rain, and the excerpts are as follows:
Huang Barberry Pond, in Qingyuan, go to the county thirty-five miles. The stone wall is steep, and the flying spring hangs down the cliff like a waterfall, and it is divided into two pools. In case of drought and rain, pray for rain. Song appeased Cheng Maili as Longtang, appeased Shi Haofu and increased his strength, and Xu Shiren remembered it as Fenglang Xu, and later Liu Zhensun changed his name to "Jiuyuan No. 1". Ye Xianggao once traveled to the scenic spots here, and left the poem "People see the mountains and rains in the day, and the streams and mountains float to people".
Stone pool, after the stone temple in Fangxingli. There are three pools, the north pond is a dangerous stone sandwich path if a ladder, can not be climbed, pray for rain repeatedly. There is a poem signed "Yi people, young teacher university scholar Ye Xianggao" on the stone. According to research, the cliff stone carving is the hand trace of Ye Xiang, entitled "Traveling with filial piety and honesty to the stone view of Longtan", a total of four songs and seven uniques.
Dongfangtan, in Zunyi, go to the north of the county for twenty miles. Cyron is found in the Mahayana Middle Village. The people of Yi prayed for rain in their place, because of the dragon hall to worship it. Dongyu Temple, also known as Dongjian Temple, was built in the first year of Tang Zhen (785-804), located in Shangting Village, Yangxia Street, Fuqing, and was built by the mountain. Because there is a deep pond dragon king pit nearby, the legend of the dragon pond is "unfathomable, throw down a flat shoulder, you can flow into the sea from the Haikou bridge", so it is also called the dragon king palace. In 1987, Dongjiao Temple was listed as the second batch of cultural relics protection units in Fuqing County.
Longwotan, in Fangchengli, go to the east of the county for twenty miles. In the ninth year of the main road, the county ordered Liu Dun to pray for rain and set up a dragon hall. At the beginning of Chunxi, Fan Zai was enshrined in righteousness.
Wumatan, in Xinfengli. There is no fixed place in the pool, pray sincerely, and the spring will be answered. On the top of the Wuma Mountain, when there is a drought, there is a cloud cover that is rain.
Baishan Pond, under the Longtang Mountain in Futangli, goes to the south of the county for thirty miles. In the old legend, there were five dragons flying in the meantime, praying for rain and responding. Yi Ling Qiu and Ling Shiyun: "I heard that there are five dragons flying here, and this dragon has been connected with the sea god." It may be to borrow back the power of heaven and beg for the southeast to get the wind of the southeast. ”
Longmen Pond, in Yongfuli, go to the northwest of the county for ten miles. Pray for the rain. In the sixth year of the main road, the county ordered Wu Hong to establish a dragon hall to worship him.
Ruiyuntan, in Xin'anli, go to the east of the county twenty miles, there is a dragon in ancient times.
Da Lantan, in Xunyang, go to the south of the county for twenty miles. Repeated prayers for drought in the year. In the first year of the main road, the villagers built a stone room to worship it.
Hengshan Pond, in Sutianli, go to the southwest of the county for thirty miles. There are two immortal traces next to the pool, each one foot and two inches long. The word "double" springs up on the stone, its large surplus ruler, the calligraphy and painting are two points high, and the viewer is solemn. The villagers prayed for rain, and there was a spiritual response. Its pond has a double shadow, so it is called the double shadow dragon pond.
Fumentan, in Anxiangli, go to the southwest of the county thirty miles. In case of drought, pray for rain.
Lingyan Pond, behind Lingyan Mountain in Futangli. Taishi Shi Zhao Angle is the spirit, and the prayer for rain is answered.
Jiuyuan Pond, in Qingyuan, Huang Bai Wuyun Peak. It is the hometown of the immortal Chen Jiulang. The pond is unpredictable, and the prayer person may get it in the grass by the field, and he will not respond.
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Longtan Landscape Scenic Area, located in Fuqing East Zhanglingshi National Forest Park, is composed of two parts: Longtan Pit and Xilongtan. The Dragon Pond is characterized by waterfalls and steep mountains, while the Dragon Pond Pit is known for its strange rocks and quiet pond water. All the way the ancient trees are verdant, full of greenery, the mountains and rivers reflect each other, and the ancient tea listens to the spring, which has become a poem and a distant place that attracts many young tourists.
Longtan Waterfall Scenic Area is located in the territory of Shouxi Village, Fuqing City. Along the newly built wooden boardwalk in the village, you can reach the edge of the waterfall. After the spring water, the water is murmuring, which is a good place for families and parents to play. Along the way, there are theme parks built along the stream, the "Great Wall Road" that climbs slowly, and the Shouxi Ancient Bridge, which is listed as an immovable cultural relic. The bridge deck is made of all stones, and local legend says that a parent built it in the old days to make it easier for their daughter to return home.
In Xiye Village, Shapu, Fuqing, there is a Longtan Temple, also known as Tanxia Temple. The temple was built in an unknown age, covers an area of 7,277 square meters, is the revolutionary base during the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the War of Liberation, and has witnessed the glorious history of the revolutionary struggle on the Longgao Peninsula in Fuqing.
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In fact, these Yuantan, which are called "Dragon Ponds" in Fuqing, are just legends. The so-called "praying for rain" and "praying for rain" are not so effective, and they are just a kind of spiritual sustenance when they are helpless in a drought year.
Only today, under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, the people of Fuqing have used their diligence and wisdom to build hundreds of large and small reservoirs and ponds such as the Dongzhang Reservoir, and have made concerted efforts to complete the cross-century project of the Minjiang River water diversion project, truly locking the dragon of the Longjiang River, and drawing the dragon of the Minjiang River into Fuqing, so as to bring the rain that will never dry up to the sustainable development of Fuqing.
Author: Yan Jiamei, one of the first social science experts in Fuqing City