Once upon a time, there lived three sisters on Penglai Immortal Island in the East China Sea. The eldest sister was called Jinlian, the second sister was called Hualian, and the third sister was called Honglian. The three sisters practiced every day on Immortal Island but never became immortals. They went to ask Empress Nuwa, and Empress Nuwa said that you can ask Jiang Taigong, who is in charge of the matter of consecrating gods in the world.

According to the guidance of Empress Nuwa, the three sisters finally met Jiang Ziya, Taigong Jiang, in Emei, Immortal Mountain in Shu Zhong. Jiang Taigong said to them, "Cultivation of immortals is based on self-improvement, virtue, and disaster relief for the people. Although your sister has practiced for many years, she has not been able to solve disasters for all living beings in the world, so she has not been able to achieve positive results and be ranked in the immortal class." Hearing Jiang Taigong's words, the three sisters discussed how to relieve suffering for the people.

The eldest sister said, "Let's go and grow food, so that the poor people in the world can have food to eat." The two sisters shook their heads and said, "How much can the three sisters grow in the boundless land in the world?" The second sister said, "Let's go weaving cloth, so that the poor people in the world can have clothes to wear." The eldest sister and the third sister waved their hands and said, "There are tens of thousands of poor people in the world, how much cloth can the three of them weave?" The third sister said, "It's better to travel all over the five lakes and the four seas to drive away the disease for the people." The eldest sister and the second sister said in unison: "It's still the third sister's way."

So the three sisters, head wearing white scarf, wearing a white dress, waist wearing white silk, back medicine chest, the ends of the earth, climbing mountains and rivers, everywhere to treat people.

On this day, the three sisters came to Yangzhou, Jiangsu. The scenery here is beautiful, the market is bustling, and the streets are bustling and bustling. They chose a place at the intersection of the cross street, hung up the white cloth curtain of "cure and save people, bring them back to life", and set up a medicine stall to see and distribute medicine to people. Their attitude is kind, and their medical skills are really good. They follow the doctor when they come, and the medicine is cured. When they encounter poor people to see a doctor, they don't take a penny, and soon it spreads all over the city. Common people come to ask for treatment, either with their children and daughters, or with sticks and sticks.

At this time, there was a big rich man in the city who did all kinds of evil and oppressed the people. There was a big sore on his chest, which was bleeding heavily every day, and the pain was so bad that he invited famous doctors all over the city. Not only did he not cure it, but the more he treated it, the worse it became. He heard that three girls who were very good at healing had come, so he immediately sent someone to invite the three sisters to treat him. After the three sisters arrived, they looked at the rich man's soreness and said, "You have a rotten heart sore. If you don't treat it in time, you will rot in the heart, liver and five internal organs."

When the rich man heard this, he quickly begged, "Your medical skills are excellent, please cure my sore quickly!" The eldest sister said, "Your soreness is almost rotten to the heart, and it is not easy to cure!" The rich man heard this. His face turned blue with fright and said: "You can only cure my sore, and I will give you whatever you want." The second sister said: "Your sore can only be cured with heart-changing soup. It's just that there are a few medicines that are difficult to match." The poster said: "Which medicines do you want? Tell me quickly, I have money, no matter how expensive it is, I can buy it."

The second sister flattened her mouth and said, "It's hard for you to buy these medicines even if you have money." The rich man said, "I don't believe it, a few medicines can be more precious than gold and silver?" The third sister said, "Although not more expensive than gold and silver, it is rarer than gold and silver." The rich man said anxiously, "Say it quickly!"

The third sister sneered and said, "First, I want five dollars for your calluses."

The rich man said, "I've never done a day's work, calluses on my hands?"

"Second, I want you to sweat twice."

The rich man Bu Gaomi said, "I have people who fan in hot weather, and I never sweat."

"Third, I want half a catty of fresh meat on your legs."

The rich man was stunned for a long time and said, "The medicine you use is really strange."

The third sister said, "Because you have a strange sore. So you have to use a strange medicine." The rich man asked, "What's wrong with this sore?"

The eldest sister said, "Your hands are poisonous and you have done bad things, so you have a rotten heart sore. If you want to cure the sore, change the black heart first."

When the rich man heard this, he was furious: "You three bastards, where did you come to treat me, you clearly want to take the opportunity to kill me. After saying that, he shouted to the servants, "Quickly tie them up!" Those servants and thugs came up together. The second sister pointed with her hand, and for some reason the servants and thugs tied me up, but I tied you up, but tied myself up.

Seeing that the servants were tied up, the rich man shouted, "Come on people!

I saw the eldest sister take out a herb from the medicine cabinet and sweep it on the rich man's bed. The rich man suddenly shouted, rolled from the bed to the ground, and the sore on his chest broke, and a black heart was exposed to his chest. After struggling a few times, he cried out in sorrow.

The three sisters punished the rich man and caused two harm to the local people. As soon as they walked out of the rich man's house, they saw an old man with sores on both legs sitting by the roadside. The third sister asked him, "What kind of sores do you have on your legs, old man?" The old man said, "My family lives at the foot of Mount Emei, and because of sores on both legs, they have not healed for many years. I heard from Shanju that three sisters came to Yangzhou City, and their medical skills are excellent, so they came all the way here to seek medical treatment." So the three sisters immediately treated him. Within a few days, the sore was healed.

When the old man was about to leave, he begged the three sisters, "We have many patients there, if only you could go." Hearing this, the three sisters discussed, "Since there are many patients in Mount Emei, and Taigong Jiang was also enlightening us in Emei at that time, then let's go to Mount Emei for treatment!" So the three sisters,

From Yangzhou, they came to Mount Emei. The people around Mount Emei heard that the three girls were excellent in medicine, so they all came to ask for treatment. They always treated patients with care and patience. One day, the three sisters had just returned from seeing a doctor outside, and suddenly a red-faced man came to them and said, "I am the god of the sky. I have come to pass on the will of the Jade Emperor: Your sister eliminates diseases for the people, and her merits are complete. She should be included in the immortal class. You and the other three will go to the Lingxiao Temple at noon tomorrow, and the class will be arranged and heard."

After saying that, they went to the sky on a colorful cloud. The three sisters were very happy, thinking that their wish for many years was about to come true. The next day, they got up early to pack up and prepare to go to heaven to hear the seal.

At that moment, there was a sudden knock on the door: "Girls, save my child!" The three sisters opened the door and took a look. It turned out that a child from a nearby family had a sudden illness, his whole body was burning black and purple, his eyes were closed, his breath was weak, and his life was in danger. The three sisters also did not bother to pack their things and were busy treating the child. The eldest sister cut the child's pulse, the second sister took medicine for the child, and the third sister gave medicine to the child. It was busy until the sun was almost at its peak, and the child hadn't woken up yet.

When the third sister saw that noon was almost here, she said to the two sisters, "We should go to the sky to hear the seal first, and then continue to treat the child when we come back.

When the child's parents saw that her sister was leaving, they begged with tears, "If my child is not treated in time, he will not survive. Please cure my child before leaving!"

The three sisters were in a dilemma at this time, so they should continue to treat the child. If they miss the opportunity to become immortal, they should die." The child's life was in danger.

When the three sisters saw it, they hurried to rescue and forgot about the heavens. When the child was brought back to life, the time for the heavens to hear the seal had long passed. At this time, the three sisters thought that we did not become immortals to relieve the suffering of sentient beings. Although we lost the opportunity to become immortals, we saved a person's life. As the saying goes: "Saving a person's life is better than creating a seventh-level budur." This is exactly what immortals do. So the three sisters never wanted to go to heaven to become immortals and gain the way. They wanted to stay in the world forever to relieve people's pain. From then on, they have been healing the people on Ezi Mountain until they finally died on the mountain.

After the death of the three sisters, people buried them in one place with grief. Later, on the side of the three sisters' grave, three small trees more than a foot tall grew. The small trees were lush with branches and leaves, dark green in color, and had a very bitter taste. People said that it was a medicinal tree that grew out of the three sisters' essence to heal people. So every time someone was sick, everyone went to the three sisters' grave to pick some branches and leaves of the small trees to dispense medicine for the disease. Treating one, one is good, and it is very effective. In order to commemorate the dedication of the three sisters to healing people, the three small trees were named after the three sisters: Golden Lotus, Hualien, and Red Lotus.

Because the root of the golden lotus is as thin as thread, people also call it the golden thread lotus flower; the leaves of the lotus are very beautiful, so people also call it the flower leaf; the leaves of the red lotus are wider, and people call it Dahongpao.

Later, the medical scientist Sun Simiao came to Mount Emei. Hearing the deeds of the Huang Lian sisters, he was very touched and exclaimed, "Sisters are not greedy for the immortal position, and grow up to be connected to the hearts of the people." He also saw that the concoctions boiled by these three medicines were all yellow and bitter, and had the same medicinal properties. In order to facilitate the prescription, they were collectively referred to as "Huanglian" to indicate that the three sisters were connected to the hearts of the people. In the future, people will call them like this.

It is said that until now, these three kinds of Coptis chinensis still grow like siblings in the peaks of Mount Emei, contributing their branches, leaves and roots to people's healing.