Cangshan has nineteen bottles, one of which is called Yunnongfeng. There is a clear spring about two or three feet wide in Yunlong, protected by dense trees. Lush branches and leaves obliquely cover the spring. When the trees bloom in March and April every year, the soft green branches are dotted with pale yellow flowers. It has a beautiful name, and people call it butterfly spring. There is such a touching legend about the origin of the name butterfly spring.
This spring was not originally called butterfly spring. At first, because its spring water was clear and bottomless for many years, no one ever knew how deep it was, so people nearby called it bottomless pool.
There lived a farmer named Zhang by the deep pool. Only father and daughter live together and live on a few acres of thin land. His daughter's name is Wen Gu. Her appearance is so beautiful that even delicate flowers should be ashamed; Her heart is pure and kind, even the crystal clear pool is not as pure as her.
She helps her father farm during the day and spins and weaves at night. Her reputation for diligence and beauty has spread far and wide. Girls regard her actions as their role models, while boys miss her day and night, dreaming of her love.
There lived a young woodcutter named Xia Lang in Yunxiang. He lives a lonely life, without a father or a mother. He has many advantages, not only loyalty, kindness, diligence and ingenuity, but also his singing is beautiful, euphemistic like a lark and melodious like a nightingale. Every time he sings, the birds on the mountain will be quiet and listen to his beautiful and moving songs silently.
Every few days, Xia Lang will carry firewood into the city to sell, always passing through a bottomless pool. Xia Lang, like other young people, loves Wen Gu deeply. Every time he passes by her house, he can't help glancing at her secretly.
Wen Gu also worships Xia Lang. Whenever he walked by the pool singing, she stopped what she was doing, leaned over the windowsill to listen to his beautiful singing and looked at him affectionately.
As the days passed, both young people had pure love in their hearts.
Once, on a moonlit night, Wen Gu met Xia Lang by the pool. In the thick shade of trees and in the soft moonlight, they exchanged love. Since then, they often appear on the bottomless pool water, and often leave their footprints under the shade.
At the foot of Cangshan Mountain, there lived a ferocious Yu Wang. He is the overlord who rules the whole Cangshan Erhai Lake and the devil who oppresses and exploits the people. Every grass and tree under his rule was soaked with the blood and tears of the people. People hate Yu Wang, which is higher than Cangshan Mountain and deeper than Erhai Lake.
Wen Gu's beautiful reputation also reached Yu Wang's ears. This evil demon took his dog's leg to the bottomless pit, wounded the old man and snatched the jade, and planned to make him his eighth wife.
As soon as Wang Yi of Yu saw it, he was immediately fascinated by her beauty, drooling like a dog, and brazenly said, "My family has inexhaustible treasures of gold and silver, inexhaustible delicacies and inexhaustible silks and satins. As long as you promise to be my wife, I guarantee your prosperity and enjoyment. "
Vivian gu, disdain ground to say:
"To tell you the truth, I have long fallen in love with my brother Xia Lang. No matter how much treasure you have, you can't buy my love for Xia Lang. "
Upon hearing this, Yu Wang flew into a rage:
"Hum, I am rich and powerful, and my power is higher than the sky. When I stamp my foot, it shakes. I'm not as good as Xia Lang, the woodcutter. If you don't obey me, you can't escape from my palm. "
Without fear, Wen Gu said firmly, "No matter how powerful you are, you want me to promise you, that's daydreaming."
Yu Wang carrot and stick, but can't shake Wen Gu's loyal heart. In this way, after three days and three nights, Yu Wang became angry from embarrassment, told the dog leg to hang Wen Gu, and tried to force Wen Gu to submit by corporal punishment.
Words are divided into two ends, but Xia Lang came to the bottomless pool with excitement and expectation to meet Wen Gu, but he didn't see Wen Gu. He didn't know what had happened, so he went to Wengu's house and saw that her house was a mess. The dying old man Zhang struggled to tell him about the robbery, and then he died.
Pain and hatred seared Xia Lang's heart. After he buried Lao Zhangman, his anger has made him ignore life and death. He grabbed the axe and ran angrily to Yu.
In the dark, I climbed over the high wall and found myself hanging high in the stable. He cut the rope with an axe and escaped with Wen Gu.
Wen Gu and Xia Lang ran wildly on the dark road, and Wang Yu followed with a vicious dog and soldiers.
They fled to the mountain, and Yu Wang followed them to catch up with it. They fled down the canyon, and Yu Wang followed them to the canyon. Yu Wang triumphantly shouted behind:
Even if you are in heaven and earth, you can't escape from my palm.
Finally, Wen Gu and Xia Lang fled to the bottomless pool, and there was no way to go. Lord Yu's dog legs surrounded them tightly and asked them to kneel down and beg for mercy.
At this time, Wen Gu and Xia Lang hugged each other tightly and jumped out of the bottomless pool.
The people in the bottomless pit heard the news of the young man's death. Everyone praised him and could no longer restrain their hatred. They took up arms and broke into Wang Fu, killing Wang Yu and his dog leg.
The next day, people went to the bottomless pool to salvage the bodies of Wen Gu and Xia Lang. Suddenly, the water in the bottomless pool boiled and a huge bubble appeared in the pool. There is a hole under the bubble, and a pair of colorful butterflies fly out of the hole and chase and dance by the pool. After a while, many butterflies, large and small, came from all directions and flew around the pool and under the tree. People say this is the embodiment of Wen Gu and Xia Lang.
From then on, people changed the name of the bottomless pit to butterfly spring. Every March and April, all kinds of beautiful butterflies fly to the edge of butterfly spring and fly up and down in the clouds. In spring and its surroundings, the mountains and plains are everywhere, completely turning into a colorful butterfly world and becoming a rare and moving beautiful spectacle.