History of Lingyin Temple

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I don't know how many years ago there was a young man in Zhuji named Shiwa. He was smart and strong, not only an expert in farming, but also a stonemason with outstanding craftsmanship. Every morning and evening, he always brought a hammer and chisel, and called the young people in the village to to the mountains to chisel rocks. No matter spring, summer, autumn or winter, no matter the wind, frost or snow, there was no break in a day. Slowly, he made the mountains around the village beautiful and beautiful.

In the village where Shi Wa lived, there was a girl named Hua Mei. The flowers looked like peonies that had just blossomed. She was ingenious and embroidered very well, and no girl could catch up with her. Every day, Hua Mei and the girls in the village sat at the window embroidering flowers, embroidering and embroidering. They embroidered all the beautiful flowers on the brocade, and then made these beautiful brocade into clothes to wear, and everyone dressed up beautifully.

Flower girls can also sing, as long as she opens her mouth to sing, the flowers will bloom, the birds will fly, and the men, women and children in the village will laugh. Shiwa was chiseling stones on the mountain, and her neck grew bigger when she heard her singing.

The stone baby loves the flower girl, and the flower girl likes the stone baby, and they have a common wish; they must wait until the stone baby has chiseled all the stones on the mountain. Wait until the flower girl has embroidered all the flowers in the four seasons, and then they will get married. The whole village likes the flower girl and the stone baby, saying that they are a natural couple.

The good day has finally come. This day is the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15th. After Shi Wa hewed the last stone and Hua Mei embroidered the last silk thread, they both ran to the small stream outside the village. Hua Mei spread her braids and let the clear spring water wash her long hair. Hua Mei's long hair was soaked in the water, and the stream swirled, "whoosh, whoosh" laughed non-stop; the peach tree by the stream, seeing the beautiful flower girl, blossom a particularly bright peach blossom on the top of the tree. Shi Wa climbed up, plucked the peach blossom, and inserted it into the hair roll that Hua Mei rolled up for the first time. The moon shone in the sky, the stars blinked and smiled, and the fairies in the sky looked up one by one. Who wouldn't envy this pair on earth?

Thor, standing in the clouds, saw it too; Shiwa and Hua Mei were so happy and close. The more he looked, the more jealous he became, and he thought bitterly: There is someone in the world who is happier than me, that's not possible, such a beautiful girl should belong to me! So he wiped his black face, turned into a thick black-faced man, and went underground.

Hua Mei dressed up and returned to the village with Shi Wa. The villagers carried them to the most beautiful hill, where a new house had been built for them. The men, women and children of the whole village spent the night happily on the mountain until it was almost dawn before they gradually dispersed.

The guests were gone, Shi Wa and Hua Mei were about to enter the house, when suddenly the moon disappeared, the dark clouds pressed down on their heads, and they could only hear a terrifying sound rolling in the distance. Thunder God appeared on the top of the mountain, and Thor God smiled and went to La Hua Mei and said, "Beauty, follow me to the sky." Hua Mei was anxious and angry, and reached out and slapped her twice. Shi Wa rushed over. One arm knocked him far away. Thunder God was beaten, how could he stop? As soon as he rolled his eyes, there were two lightning bolts, and when he opened his mouth, there was a sound of thunder; as soon as he waved the sleeves of his robe, the wind blew and the rainstorm fell. Lightning pierced people's eyes, thunder shocked people and deafened people, the wind blew so hard that people could not stand, and the rainstorm hit people could not lift their heads. Hua Mei and Shi Wa snuggled tightly, vowing not to separate! Thunder God used his hand to split between Shi Wa and Hua Mei, and "suddenly" a blue light flashed, and the mountain was split into two halves; Thor blew a breath, and the half of the mountain where Hua Mei was standing immediately flew up. Shi Wa cleverly jumped up and climbed to the vines on this half of the mountain. Fly, fly, fly faster and higher. Shi Wa only heard the wind whirring in his ears, and gradually his head became dizzy and his eyes blurred. His hands unknowingly turned into two wings, and he could no longer climb. He clenched the vines tightly with his teeth, but his mouth grew longer, sharper, and harder... Finally, this half of the mountain flew over Lingyin in Hangzhou, and fell to the ground with a "boom", causing Shi Wa to faint.

Shi Wa woke up and felt very sad to see that he had become a bird with a long mouth. At this time, he vaguely heard a burst of singing, how familiar the singing was! So he spread his wings and flew to the top of the mountain, looking around: the stone carvings on the mountain were carved by himself, and the trees on the mountain were planted by himself. He recognized it when he went down. This is the half of the mountain that flew from his hometown! He pressed his ear to the rock to listen, and the singing became clearer. No matter how thick the rock wall was, the flower girl must be at the bottom of this mountain! Shi Wa heard a position, so she pecked on the rock, pecked for a day, and pecked another day, until the rock was full of sparks.

Hua Wa was singing when he suddenly faintly heard the sound of "Tuk, Tuk" above his head. He held his breath and listened quietly, which was not bad at all! The sound was clearer than the sound, and the sound was louder than the sound. These must be Shi Wa chiseling stones! Hua Mei was very happy! She plucked the silver hairpin from her head and dug it up at the place where the sound was made at the top of the cave. He wanted Shi Wa to spend less effort and chisel through the rock as soon as possible. In this way, Shi Wa went up to the top of the mountain to peck, Hua Mei dug in the cave, the sharp beak of the stone baby was broken, and the silver hairpin of the flower girl was also ground to a short section. After an unknown number of timesShi Wa pecked a silver hairpin, and the rock was finally pecked through! A ray of warm sunlight shot into the black hole, and the stone baby flew into the hole from the gap. After flying three times beside the flower girl, the flower girl immediately turned into a beautiful bird, both facing the sun and flying towards the sky.

Fly, fly, Shi Wa and Hua Mei broke through the blue sky, passed through the white clouds, and flew all the way to the sky. They found Thor, flapped their wings and rushed together, "Tuk, Tuk" two sounds, blinding Thor's two bronze bell eyes. From then on Thor became blind, and could only roar in the sky, never daring to come down to the ground to do evil.

There is still a "half mountain" outside Zhuji City; the other half of the mountain that flew away from there is now the "Feilai Peak" of Lingyin Temple in Hangzhou. There is a small hole in Feilai Peak called "One Line Sky", which is where Shi Wa rescued Hua Mei back then.