In the history of our country, there is also a great man riding a donkey backwards, that is, Zhang. There are many legends about Zhang. His donkey is no ordinary thing. It can be "tens of thousands of miles every day". You can also fold it up and put it in your pocket when you rest. If necessary, you can "smash it with ice and turn it into a donkey." This donkey can even cross the ocean and do anything.
According to legend, there is an ancient temple on the hillside of Cai Li. A long time ago, there was an old monk in the temple with three monks. Zhang, the youngest monk, not only waits on the old monk, but also does chores such as chopping wood and carrying water. One night, Zhang filled the jar with water. The next day, a drop was useless, and there was nothing in the jar. The old monk called him lazy.
Zhang didn't know why, so he had to fill the tank again. The next day, the water in the jar was used up again. The old monk got angry and beat him up. Zhang was very wronged, surprised and determined to find out. At night, he picked up a full tank of water and hid in the dark to peep. In the middle of the night, two chubby, light-skinned children suddenly ran into the jar from outside the temple and put their heads into the jar to drink water. Zhang stepped forward to catch him, but he disappeared in an instant.
When Zhang walked out of the temple gate, he saw a donkey tied to a tree. He took out the soup left in the pot and gave it to the donkey. Then he rode on the donkey's back and fled to the east. Afraid that the old monk would come after him, he rode his donkey backwards to look back. Later generations said that Zhang's immortal became immortal after drinking the soup, and the donkey became a god donkey after drinking the soup. Since then, Lao Guo has traveled around the world on a donkey.
Why do two generations ride donkeys backwards? I remember he once told his students, "if I ride a donkey and face forward, you will fall behind me;" If you walk in front of me, I can only see your back. So I chose the best way to ride a donkey, which is more convenient and polite to talk to you!
So the two of them are riding donkeys backwards for different reasons.