Stone turtle
The stone turtle is what we call the yellow-throated water turtle, which is water The most ancient and primitive species of turtle, the stone turtle to be introduced in this article is not this guy. The stone turtle in this article is a real "stone turtle".
"Although the turtle has a long life, it still has its time." People will understand at a glance that this is a famous line in the poem "The turtle has a long life" by Cao Cao of the Three Kingdoms.
The turtle is long-lived, but in recent years people have become fond of it, not just because it symbolizes longevity and safety, but more importantly because Its simplicity, its sincerity and kindness.
The stone turtles sunk under the monument include round, flat, large, small... So, how big is the largest stone turtle?< /p>
The largest stone turtle ever created is the stele-carrying turtle in the imperial stele pavilion of Nanyue Temple in Hengshan Mountain. The stone turtle is 4 meters long, 1.4 meters high and 2 meters wide, weighing more than 28,000 kilograms. On its body, it carried a stone tablet weighing more than 10,000 kilograms, which was engraved with the personal inscriptions of Emperor Kangxi.
Turtle carrying a stele
Folk rumors about stone turtles
There is a stone turtle near the imperial well on the West Street of Puyang County. A long time ago, a great man went to visit his friends. When he walked to the West Street of Puyang Old City, his mouth became dry and he fell asleep. He pointed to the ground, and immediately a clear spring gushes out. After he finished drinking, he was about to take back the spring water. By chance, a mason walked up to him and said, "Let's build a well here. It will also be convenient for pedestrians." This white-bearded man The old man felt that what the mason said was right, so he and the mason built a well where there was a spring. After the construction was completed, the old man with a white beard took the mason to build the bank.
I don’t know that a few years later, Emperor Zhenzong of the Song Dynasty went on a personal expedition, and Kou Zhun came to Puyang with his soldiers. One day, Kou Zhun went to the well to drink his horse, and something happened. Because Kou Zhun’s horse was a horse from the sky. The giant broke the rules of heaven and hit a horse in the world. When he saw that the water in the well was not ordinary, he transformed his true soul into a horse with long hair and big ears. It often caused strong winds in Puyang City, flying sand and rocks, and people did not dare to go out. Son, there was no harvest in the fields, so people joined forces to catch him, and he killed them all at the well. In the end, people were afraid of him, so it was easier to burn incense to him.
The masons built the immortal body all day long and went down the mountain. They passed by the well. I heard that the strange horse was causing trouble. I was very upset. When I went to the well, I saw the strange horse sleeping soundly. After chanting a spell, he took a huge stone from the mountain and carved it into a turtle. With a finger, he found that the turtle was right on top of the strange horse. From then on, he never caused trouble again. Later, Emperor Song personally marched through the well. It is said that the fairy well drank the water from the well, so people later called it the royal well.
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