Since ancient times, the Zhangzhou plains on both sides of the Xiangjiang River, the four seasons like spring, is a sweet flowers and fruits of the countryside. Legend has it that the Dragon King of the East China Sea was greedy for this piece of "blessed land", on the pretext of celebrating the birthday of the Queen Mother, to cultivate all kinds of flowers and fruits in the Dragon Palace, and wanted to transfer the goddess of water springs, who is the goddess of the southern townships of Zhangzhou, to Narcissus, who is the guardian of the blessing of Zhangzhou. However, Narcissus did not listen to the transfer and refused to enter the Dragon Palace. The Dragon King of the East China Sea sent the Nine Dragons to take away her spring pearl and imprisoned her in the Lotus Stone in the Plum Grove, leaving only a bucket of water to sustain her life. This place is called "Lotus Bucket of Water".
Since then, Zhangzhou water sources are dry, the fields lack of water, crop failure, fruit trees withered, flowers and plants withered. Farmers were forced to go out and look around for water to relieve the drought. At this time, a young man named Chen Long, also about his partner Su Po and Lan Rui came to the "Lotus Fighting Water". The three swung a sledgehammer against the iron burin to slash the lotus stone, played for half a day and not a little break. When they are exhausted, in a cloud of smoke suddenly appeared an old woman. She smiled and said: "Any of you with great strength, but also can not split this stone." Chen Long asked, "Why is that?" The old woman said, "The divine spring in this plum forest was originally in charge of Narcissus, because she disobeyed the Dragon King's command was taken away from the spring pearl, imprisoned in the lotus stone prison. Only by going to the dragon pool to retrieve the treasure pearl, can we knock open this stone and rescue the water fairy, the south township will not be afraid of no water source."
The three of them were listening intently, the old woman suddenly disappeared. Su Po touched his head and said, "Is this a dream?!" Lan Rui then said, "How can three people have the same dream?" Chen Long said, "Let's go to the Dragon Pool and take a look." Su Po said, "Okay, let's go retrieve the Yongquan Treasure Pearl and crack open the Lotus Stone!" Lanrui said, "Right! We have to do everything we can to find the water!"
The Dragon Pool to seize the pearl
The next day the sky was just hazy, the three came to the Dragon Pool, and saw that there was a dragon head in the clouds that was shooting flames into the woods, a moment later, this dragon spat a radiant pearl on the stone cliff, and used a few streams of clear spring gushing out of the pearl to wash down the coolness, and after that, the dragon barged into the woods to seek and eat the burnt birds and beasts. After a full meal, it returned to the title away from the treasure beads jumped into the pool. The dragon pool restored calm, Chen Long's heart tide but surging boiling. He said anxiously, "Go, go back to the long folks to discuss."
A few days later, Chen Long led hundreds of townspeople from Nanxiang to Longtan. Su Po commanded a group of archers in ambush at the edge of the dragon pool; Lan Rui in the stone cliffs around the bead cave, placed a lot of chicken fried sesame oil and chaff made of "bait" (which is wrapped in poisonous dragon medicine). We have made all the preparations to get rid of the dragon and seize the beads.
The day just dawned, the pool appeared more than ten feet high column of water, the fire dragon rushed out of the surface of the pool. As soon as it smelled the fragrance of fried chicken, immediately swooped down to the rocky cliffs, spit out the spring beads in the rocky caves, and then gobbled up and ate a ball of fragrant bait. Soon, the poisonous dragon drug in order to make, the fire dragon head a sinking, and rolled down the pool. At this time, Chen Long eyes and hands fast, climbed up the rock cliff to take the spring beads, legs fast run a few miles.
The sound of the crowd cheering the victory of the beads woke up the nine dragons in the pool. It rushed to put the dragon head out of the water to see what happened, but unexpectedly immediately by a few poisoned arrows shot. The fire dragon roared and roared, soared up, and more flying arrows plunged between its scales and armor. It no longer had the strength to shoot flames, and had to flee along the dry river bottom toward the East China Sea.
The immortal bead bond
The townspeople flanked Chen Long and others back to the South Township, and together they came to the "Lotus Fighting Water" in front of the center of a large bead, surrounded by eight small beads composed of the Chungquan beads, knocking on the Lotus Stone. A loud bang, the immortal stone to the four sides of the crack, the center of the water out of the divine spring. At once, the plum forest flowers, water as bright as a mirror, a group of Lingbo Fairy drew out the Narcissus girl, walked to the front of the townspeople, to thank the grace of rescue. The townspeople saw the Lingbo Fairy dancing, the divine spring surging like a stream, everyone cheered.
At this point, Mr. Yung asked Narcissus, on behalf of the townspeople, to take back control of the spring, settle down on earth, and make the beads of immortality a bond for the benefit of all the people. Narcissus was excited but hesitant. Chan Lung offers her the pearl of the spring and introduces the story of how the dragon took the pearl, so that she can be relieved of her worries. The fairies and townspeople are also enthusiastic to help and encourage her. Only then did Narcissus approach Chen Long with great joy, accepting and holding the pearl with both hands, and all the nectar sprinkled over the earth. Su Po and Lan Rui dressed up as "Harmony Immortals", dancing with embroidered balls and ribbons, pulling Chen Long and Narcissus, to marry in public. The nymphs danced and danced with their sleeves, and everyone sent them back to their hometowns with great enthusiasm.
Nine treasures into a lake
Shui Xian with eight fairies settled in Nanxiang after the Xiangjiang River on both sides of the beautiful scenery, the four seasons of the flowers and fruits more lush,. They also according to the nine kinds of "treasure fruit" produced here (lychee, longan, pineapple, banana, pomegranate, mandarin oranges, pomelo and peaches, plums) in the shape of each into a lake, the storage of immortal water released from the divine spring, so that the water supply of Nanshiang will never dry up. Narcissus is in charge of a good and happy water source, year after year the wind and rain, the nine lakes are full of water; Chen Long and all the townspeople hard work, the South Township around the grains, all the prosperity, and all the things are renewed.
Three years later, Narcissus and Chen Long gave birth to a pair of fat dolls like flowers and jade, the male called "gold and silver marigolds", the female called "Jade Linglong". In order to thank Narcissus and all the fairies for bringing happiness to the South Village, this year's winter solstice, the townspeople sent a variety of rich fruits and valuable gifts to the children to add the year, and wished for the future years of good harvest, live a good life.
Flying Mountain Pressing Spring
Just as the four townships were full of guests, a sound of celebration, all of a sudden, a bolt of thunder from the clear sky, the sky and the earth were darkened, and a fierce storm made the townspeople scatter and go away in fear. From the East China Sea side of the black pressure of a dark cloud appeared in the sea turtle phase. It read the decree of the Dragon King of the East China Sea: "Narcissus disobeyed the rules of heaven, privately releasing water for the benefit of the people, and immediately recovered the precious pearl, sentenced to a thousand years of imprisonment, and the round mountain flew to fill up the nine lakes, and shall not be allowed to transcend life for ten thousand lifetimes." Then, thunder and lightning flashed, sand flew, dust covered the sky, and the spirit ao on the East China Sea brought a big mountain to fill in above the immortal spring. Knowing that disaster was inevitable, Narcissus hurriedly hid the precious pearl in her flesh and delivered her two sons and daughters to Chen Long. By this time, she had already been swept away by the raging waves and engulfed in ten thousand hectares of furious waves.
Overnight, the change was unpredictable. A large round mountain appeared on the plains of Zhangzhou, and the Nine Lakes disappeared from the plains of Nanxiang. From then on, the source of water from the God's Spring was cut off, the sea water flooded over the fields, there was no harvest for the grains, and all the flowers and fruits withered. The tragic scene of the calamity reappeared in front of the townspeople. Chen Long lost Narcissus and felt infinite grief; the child did not see his mother and cried day and night; the townspeople lost the Pearl of Happiness and had to leave their homes once again. In order to get back the pearl and rebuild the beautiful home, Chen Long has to go to save Narcissus even if he has to go through fire and water. He entrusted the gold and silver calabash and jade linglong to Aunt Lanrui to raise, and asked Su Po to take his weapons and walk with him towards the East China Sea side, searching everywhere for traces of Narcissus.
Swallowing a pearl and turning into a dragon
Chen Long and Su Po had been walking along the East China Sea for three days and three nights when they suddenly saw a pair of danding cranes circling above them. Su Po said curiously, "Raise your head and ask the white cranes, where are the water fairies?" The white cranes warbled, "If you want to see the face of Narcissus, go up to Baizhang Rock." Chen Long happily shouted, "The crane is here to point out the way, leading the way to fly in front." Soon, they arrived in front of Tai Mo Shan, only to see a tall stone wall blocking their way. As the immortal crane disappeared, an old woman appeared before them. Chen Long paid his respects and asked to be introduced to Narcissus. She says, "Narcissus is truly strong, enduring fire and knives, but not offering the precious pearl." Chen Long pleaded, "As long as I can see Narcissus, I am willing to break my bones!" Suddenly, there was a rumbling sound, and the stone prison appeared in front of us. Chen Long slashed the cell door and rushed in calling, "Narcissus--" A faint voice came from the bottom of the cell, "Quickly bring back the precious beads to preserve the source of happiness." A string of beads flew in the darkness, Chen Long hurriedly hid in his arms and said: "Buffy, I'll save you out!" Narcissus exclaimed sharply, "Hurry up and run away, save the lucky beads!"
Suddenly, there was lightning and thunder, and the wind and clouds suddenly changed. Chen Long flew away with the pearl, but unexpectedly the turtle generals descended from the sky and surrounded by soldiers and horses. Chen Long put the pearl in his mouth and swung his axe to kill. The turtle general was trying to block the way. Chen Long struggled and tumbled to the bottom of the mountain. In the distance came Narcissus's cry: "Chen Long -" he was about to open his mouth to say yes, his throat opened, the pearl swallowed into the belly! At this time, just Chen Long from the head and body change into a white water dragon, roaring and roaring. General Turtle and the crowd of aquatic relative consternation, do not dare to approach.
In a few moments, Tai Mo Shan appeared under a dragon pool, the water tribe hidden in the pool. The water dragon tumbled into a river, spraying water into waves and heading straight for the Xiangjiang River. Su Po ran after him and returned to Nanxiang along the bank of the river.
The water returns to Nanshiang
The tributaries of the Xiangjiang River pass through Xintang and Cai Ban in Nanshiang, circling back to the foot of Mount Yuanshan. Folks who miss Chenlong and Shuixian say "the water returns to Nansiang" and refer to the Xiangjiang River as "Longxi" or "Longjiang".
Lanrui led her fellow villagers to develop a herbal garden in Pipa Ban, at the eastern foot of Yuanshan Mountain, where she planted a lychee tree called the "spring-returning fruit". Its fruit can be used as medicine to cure paralyzed patients; the townspeople also excavated an "immortal pool" on the round mountain, called "Ganlu Spring", which bears the "heavenly water" can be cured of heat and pain. They raised Jin Yin Zhan and Jade Linglong together and encouraged them to practise their skills and grow up to save their mother.
Pipa Flying Fairy
One night during the Mid-Autumn Festival, the townspeople were taking Jin Yin Zhan and Yu Linglong to sing and dance to the bright moon. The konghou on the pipa ban and the wutong tree soughing, a burst of fairy music came, floating down with the wind eight flying fairies riding on a golden phoenix and holding a pipa. It turned out to be the Lingbo Fairy of the Plum Grove, who came voluntarily to bring Jin Yinzhan and Yu Linglong to rescue Narcissus.
The golden phoenix carried Jin Yin Zhan, Yu Linglong and all the fairies to fly over the nine mountains, the moon at night broke free from the dark clouds to illuminate the way for them, and the sun in the daytime hid the flames to let them shade, so they soon flew over the ten thousand feet of rock on the Taimushan Mountain, and came to the door of the stone prison. When they saw the lion's head in front of the prison spewing out flames, Jin Yin Zhan immediately sprinkled "Manna Spring" to extinguish the flames. All of them rushed into the stone prison and found the dying Narcissus in the deep pool at the bottom of the prison. Yu Linglong quickly offered the "Spring Fruit" for Narcissus to take and cured her paralysis; Jin Yin Zhan also sprinkled the "Manna Spring" to revive Narcissus. Ling Bo Xian helped her to meet with her daughter and hugged her with mixed feelings of grief and joy. In order to get out of danger, they also rushed out of the stone prison, sitting on the back of the golden phoenix back to the South Country. Flying over the winding Dragon Ridge, the winding Dragon River has appeared in front of them.
Flower sweet water
Suddenly, the East China Sea on the rise of a fire dragon on the golden phoenix spraying flames, so that the burning golden phoenix together with the Narcissus mother and son and the Fairy of the Lingbo all fell down the Dragon River. At this time, the river rushed up a hundred feet of water columns, a white water dragon soared up, straight routed the fire dragon's ferocious flame. For a moment, the wind closed in and the clouds dispersed, the fire dragon disappeared into the East China Sea, and the water dragon returned to the Xiangjiang River. A series of daffodil bulb seeds surfaced on the surface of the water, pushing forward with the waves of the Xiangjiang River. Jin Yin Zhan, Jade Ling Ling and Ling Bo Xianzi danced and danced as the Chen Dragon called out the wind and summoned the rain, drumming up the wind and waves of the Xiang River to send them back to the southern townships, back along the Mei River around the rounded mountains to create a flower field in the foothills of the fields.
People in order to mourn the daffodils, the fragrance of the exotic flowers - Zhangzhou daffodils, carefully cultivated, passed from generation to generation. Every year before and after the Spring Festival, every household uses the water and gravel of the Xiangjiang River to offer a few daffodils for "welcoming spring and good luck". The townspeople also engraved the word "Fuzhu" in two big seal script characters with double ditches on a stone wall with a pearl cave next to the Longjiang River's Manthan, which will be remembered for generations to come (the remains of which are still there).
"Longxi River flows with Guan Guan Guan incense, not to worship the Dragon King to honor Narcissus". The legend that the water of Longxi River is always accompanied by daffodils is still in circulation.
Poetry: Wang Chongdao sent fifty daffodils, and was delighted to be able to sing about them
Song Huang Tingjian
Lingbo Nymph with dusty socks, lightly stepping on the water to the slight moon.
Who recruited this broken hearted soul and planted it as a cold flower to send sorrow to the end?
Being a woman with a beautiful body, I would like to be in the city, and the alum is my brother, the plum is my brother.
Sitting on the real into the flower is annoyed, go out a smile across the river.
Water Fairy Flowers
Song Liu Kezhuang
The years have gone by and things are in the doldrums, but the breeze is absolutely pitiful.
It's not just the mud that invades the white pigment, it's all about the wind and the dew that makes it so beautiful.
The souls of the people in the city are all over the place, and the color of the jade is not as clear as it was in the moonlight.
But I laugh at Fulong for being too fat and powdery, and I mistakenly put the elegance of Cindy in the wrong place.
Daffodils
Song Liu Bangzhi
The water can be immortal heaven and strange, cold and lonely scent of ice muscle.
Who has the immortal style today? Lightly swept eyebrow Sun Wen a branch.
Daffodils
Yuan Yang Zai
Flower like a golden cup recommended jade plate, shining light on a court of cold.
There is a ladder of clouds in the world, and I offer it to Chang'e to see in the moon.
Narcissus flower four (one)
Ming Yang Shen
Ride carp qin high pick up new, azure sky less red dust.
Daffodils
Qing Tao Fu Yin
Panlan Yu Zhi is a neighbor, and it is doubtful that there is any dust in the stockings.
Last night, the moon was bright on the river, and I don't know who I gave it to.
Daffodils
Qing, Wang Fuzhi
What can be done about the red clouds, I don't know that there are spring waves in the world.
The heart of the world has been washed away, leaving a fragrant shadow, and the small ice skin of the jade is a shuttle.
Guang Qunfang Spectrum
Qing Liu Hao
Six out of the jade plate gold qu goblet, Qing Yao bush out of the flower branch.
The fragrance is confidently high in the group of products, so with the river plum and the same time.
Daffodils
Song Yang Wanli
Rhyme is still perfect, flower is clear, moon is not clear.
The heavenly fairy is not on the ground, and borrows the name of water.
Who is the companion of the opening? I'm not going to be able to get a hold of you, but I'm going to be able to help you.
The snowy palace is a lonely place, and the watery hall is deserted.
The Water Fairy Flower
Qiu Jin
Luopu Lingbo female, in the wind tired eyes open.
The petals are suspected to be a jade marigold, and the roots of the flower are the Yao Tai.
The white color of the snow should be deceived, and the fragrance of the plum is not allowed.
For the rest of my life, I have a penchant for flowers, and I've been wandering around for days.
Daffodils
Song Lai's
The Yaochi came to feast on the old immortals, and they were drunk on the calyx and green flower of the wind.
The white jade is broken and the golden halo is on top, and the flower of the daughter of the obsessed is transformed into the flower of the daughter of the obsessed.
Prose: Daughter's daffodils
Wang Qingming
I don't know much about flowers, and I don't like to raise flowers, and I've never been attached to write articles about flowers. I have been living in Zhangzhou City, the hometown of daffodils, for four years, I have seen daffodils, not to talk about viewing. Narcissus, by the elegant people called "year-end offerings", placed on the desk, I do not have the pleasure.
The second grade daughter of the winter vacation, the teacher assigned a question is to observe the daffodils, write a diary. So on the twenty-third day of the lunar calendar, I bought my first flowers, and I bought daffodils, and the task of raising flowers was given to my daughter.
I've read some poems written about daffodils before, and I have a deeper impression of Xiamen poet Shu Ting's "Narcissus": the south abounds in a kind of flower \ being wholesale being retailed to distant windows \ borrowing a bowl of water \ answering to a jasper leaf scutellum marigolds and silver brackets \ poor scented soul of a vein \ not better than the carving knife a thousand chiseled ten thousand cuts \ ...... the poet borrowed the Narcissus to write about a woman's tenderness and fate, highlighting her delicate and sentimental side, but I'm a bit skeptical, if Narcissus was not carved, would it still be this beautiful. My daughter was carefully carrying the daffodil pot with a smile on her face, and I naturally remembered the poem I had read in college.
The soil where the daffodils are rooted is the white daffodil bulb, which nourishes itself with water, and has no branches, only green leaves that reach up to the sky and then naturally drape down. The same is growing in the cold and windy winter, waxberry copper branches and iron trunk, like a sword like halberd, against the cold wind; Narcissus leaves long and thin green, like a dance, the wind whisked, on the dance shadow sideways.
The twenty-fourth day of the lunar calendar, my daughter changed the water, found that the top of the leaves spit out buds, screamed in surprise. I saw a few flower stems in the leaf clusters, which I originally thought were leaves, and now she is now vacating one or two small buds at the tip. When I went back to the daffodil buds with my daughter on the twenty-fifth, the small fire-like buds had taken the shape of puckered lips. I taught my daughter an idiom: to bud. My daughter wrote it in her diary. It's as if I see these puckered lips blowing and flowers spilling out, just as my daughter used to blow soap bubbles.
The morning of the twenty-sixth day of the lunar calendar, my daughter cheered: "Dad come and see ah, daffodils bloomed!" Daughter pulled my hand to the balcony, I saw two tiny flowers swaying in the wind. Flowers six petals, color white with some yellow, six-pronged jade plate; plate in the heart of the flower is golden, shaped like a wine glass, full of daughter's joy. I remembered that people compare daffodils to "jade table with golden marigolds" or "golden marigold with silver table", which is really apt. This daffodil is beginning to hold my joy, too.
At night, my daughter was sleeping in her dreams, and she probably dreamed of this ice-clear daffodil. I buried my head to write, suddenly remembered the daffodils, checked some daffodil information. My Putian hometown, Song Dynasty lyricist Liu Kezhuang in the "Narcissus" so write: the years of Chinese rocking things Xiaoran, a kind of wind absolutely pitiful. Do not allow the mud to invade the white pigment, all depending on the wind and dew hair quiet Yan ...... never raise flowers, I have a heart of daffodil love and compassion. I went to my daughter's room to help her cover the quilt, to see her sleepy look, I really want to kiss a bite. But I'm not used to this way of expressing love, silently withdrew, my heart is full of tenderness.
The smile of the daffodils is very contagious, not two days and four open, I am tired of writing, look at the daffodils on the balcony, as if I can hear them giggle together. In the hall, my daughter is watching TV, the plot of which makes her laugh from time to time. I got up, the hall TV is showing "Journey to the West", a little novelty in the plot will trigger her cheers and happy laughter. A carefree childhood, so good. I stroked my daughter's head and went back to my room to work.
Daffodil is my daughter's flower and mine. I decided to write some words to record the flow of these years. Happiness is not fleeting, but it is easily forgotten, and I am writing this article to leave this happiness in words.
I remembered that when I was in Zhangzhou, I saw flower farmers planting daffodils. Many people don't know that daffodils didn't grow in water at first, but were buried in the soil. The florists use a carving knife to carve the daffodil bulb, then bury it in the soil, wait until she grows roots and stems and leaves, then dig it up and nourish it with water.
The beauty of the daffodil is carefully sculpted, and the soil used to give her her earliest nourishment. It is up to the daffodil herself to open up, so let me be the original soil. I found the English poet Wordsworth's "Narcissus" and recited it softly:
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How many times since then have I lain in melancholy solitude,
feeling boredom and indifference of mind;
This scene flashed in my mind,
How many times have I been consoled for my loneliness,
My heart has been in the right place,
and my mind is in the right place,
There is no other place in the right place. p>
My heart danced with Narcissus again,
and my heart was filled with joy again.
Another daffodil opened on the balcony outside the window, leaves and flowers dancing in the cold wind. I find my heart as Wordsworth did, smelling the daffodil-like fragrance that emanates from the depths of my life, and am filled with joy again.
Done on Thursday, February 15, 2007 at 12:00 pm