Since the introduction of Buddhism to China, Taoism has been declining day by day. In the Tang Dynasty, the emperor worshiped Buddhism, and Taoism plummeted. This is a big deal for the Taoist ancestor Li Laojun, and Lao Jun wants to accept a closed apprentice, pass on his skills to him, and be taught by the apprentice Guangdao.
Li Laojun rode a green ox down to the Heavenly Palace, inspected the five states, and did not find a person with a backbone, so he was very depressed, so he rode the ox to his hometown Bozhou. Standing on the slope wall and looking south, Lao Jun's eyes were attracted, only to see a clear lake on the side of dozens of acres of turquoise, surrounded by a small village, weeping willows fluttering, quiet and vulgar: the lake is full of lotus leaves, dancing with the wind like a green umbrella; The green leaves are full of red and white lotus flowers, and the fragrance wafts out for dozens of miles, refreshing people's hearts. Li Laojun couldn't help but praise: "Good place: Good place!" What a place to cultivate! ”
As soon as the words fell, I saw a girl walking out of the flowers and willows in the village, and I saw that her nose was like a hanging gall, her eyes were like silver stars, black and white, and her teeth were white and her lips were red. is not only beautiful, but also looks at her charm, Li Laojun was surprised: although she is young and has no vulgar manners, if she is a cultivator, she will definitely become an immortal! Li Laojun was about to turn her up, and suddenly thought to himself: She is a beautiful girl, and it is not easy to preach. After a little thought, I had an idea. Seeing that the little girl went straight to the lake, she hurriedly took out an elixir from the medicine gourd on her back and bounced it into the lake.
The little girl came to the water's edge, took out the clothes she brought, and was about to wash them, when she suddenly saw a lotus flower floating in the heart of the lake, she picked it up casually, and suddenly smelled a fragrance, and couldn't help but get close to her nose and smell it, and saw that the flower core was red and gorgeous, and she couldn't help but put it on her lips and lick it. She smiled and washed her clothes. Li Laojun was even more happy when he saw it: "This girl is not strange, and her concentration is excellent." After being happy for a while, I didn't mention it when I returned to the Heavenly Palace.
When the girl came home after washing her clothes, she felt hot in her belly, but she didn't care. After a few months, my abdomen gradually bulged and my breasts became taller. At first, my father thought she was sick, and asked my husband to have a pulse, and my husband said that it was a "happy pulse", and my father and mother were angry and ashamed, and asked her who made her when no one was there. She cried and said, "My daughter is innocent. "Daddy ** willing to believe? Her father thought about it and felt that he couldn't afford to lose this person, so he said to her: "If you have a conscience and feel sorry for your father, don't wait for the child to be born, jump into the lake and die!" ”
The girl had a hard time arguing, so she had to bow down to her father and mother, and walked to the lake alone. When she came to the lake, the girl plunged into the lake. Before she could sink down, several large lotus leaves grew under the water, lifting her out of the water. She didn't want to live anymore, and she was about to jump down as soon as she picked up the lotus leaves, and suddenly heard a child's voice in her stomach say: "Mother, you can't find a short-term view!" ”
The girl was taken aback and asked, "Who are you?" ”
A child said in a milky voice: "My son is my mother's surname, I am your son, Chen Shuya:" After a pause, the child said: "Mother, you can't die, how can I live if you die?" ”
So what do I do? The family kicked me out! ”
Mother, don't worry, I'll feed you! As soon as the words fell, the girl suddenly felt a shake, and the lotus leaf under her body was like a small boat, sailing towards the depths of the lotus.
The girl lives on a lotus leaf boat in the middle of the lake, and the lotus leaves around her hold an umbrella in dense layers, like a green house. Every morning, schools of fish brought tender lotus seeds to her; At noon, the bees send the honey syrup to the lotus leaves; In the evening, the fish brought the tender lotus root to satisfy her hunger. It's late autumn in the blink of an eye. The lotus leaves in other lakes are all broken, and the lotus flowers in this lake are still blooming, and the people in the village are very strange.
On October 15, Chen Tuan said to the girl: "Mother, I'm going to be born!" ”
The girl said, "Son, I can't keep you in the water." ”
Chen Shu said: "It doesn't matter, grandpa will pick you up right away." The girl was skeptical, so she had to resign herself to fate. After a while, the fish in the lake flocked to the lotus petals, and the lotus leaf boat was a few feet thick, and it was softer than a new flower quilt.
Early this morning, the people on the village suddenly smelled the fragrant fragrance wafting in the lake, they were very strange, gathered at the lake to see the end, only to see the lotus leaves were exceptionally green, the lake water was exceptionally clear, suddenly, the lotus flowers in the lake suddenly bloomed, either red or white, hundreds of acres of water surface became a sea of flowers, the fragrance was compelling.
When everyone was in shock, there was a loud birdsong in the center of the lake, and hundreds of egrets were crying happily, clustering a small boat with lotus leaves. When they arrived at the lake, everyone saw that the boat was covered with a thick layer of petals, and on the petals sat a beautiful woman with a white fat boy in her arms. When everyone saw that her mother and mother were living on lotus leaves like fairies, and knew that they had received help from the immortals, they all said that the girl had been wronged, and blamed her father for not driving his daughter out of the house. Everyone happily took Chen and his wife back to the village.
Because Chen Tuan was born in the lotus bush, the people of Maozhou said: "Ten miles of lotus flowers come out of Chen Luan". Until modern times, every October 15, Chen Tuan's birthday, still held a temple fair in Chen Tuan Temple.