Wu Chengen wrote "Journey to the West", saying that Sun Wukong's golden hoop stick was borrowed from the Dragon Palace to set the sea god needle, and also said that the magic needle was left by Dayu to control the water. Why did Dayu use the magic needle to set the sea, there is a legend when it comes to it.
Dayu opened the mountain and split the mountains, dredged the river, and did not enter the house three times, and finally drove the Yellow River Yellow Dragon, the Long ** Dragon, the Pearl River White Dragon, and the Heilongjiang Black Dragon into the sea. There are no floods in the land of China, and the people live a happy life.
One day, someone suddenly came to report that there was another flood along the coast. The Jade Emperor sent Dayu to govern. Why are there floods along the coast? It turned out that after the four dragons were driven into the sea, they were very unconvinced. They promote the dragon as the dragon king of the East China Sea, recruit shrimp soldiers and crab generals, and make waves on the seaside. As soon as they work together, the power is great! For a time, the turbid waves were monstrous, hitting the coast, flooding countless fertile fields along the coast.
Dayu came to the beach to take a look, the sea is boundless and unfathomable. The dragon is hiding at the bottom of the sea, how to subdue them? Carrying a sword, he walked along the seashore, trying to find a way to the bottom of the sea. Unknowingly, I came to Penglai Immortal Pavilion and met Yuan Shi Tianzun. Yuan Shi Tianzun said to him: "I know that you are worried about the flooding of the sea, and I am waiting for you here. Dayu was happy when he heard it, and hurriedly asked: "So you have a way to eradicate the dragon?" Please tell me quickly! Yuan Shi Tianzun smiled and said, "Yu, you have killed the dragon, who will go to the rain?" Without them, there would be a great drought in the world. Dayu said: "I don't want to kill them anymore, but I have to restrain them!" Yuan Shi Tianzun said, "I'll tell you a way. There is an iron mountain in the southwest of 800 miles from here, and if you light a fire in the south of the mountain and refine it for 333 days, you will become the Dinghai Divine Needle. If you throw the magic needle into the sea, the dragon will be honest, and the sea will not be able to set off big waves. ”
Dayu said goodbye to Yuan Shi Tianzun and went to find Tieshan. After walking for seven days and seven nights, I came to the foot of a crimson mountain. The mountain was so high and steep that it looked like a pillar had been buried in the ground. Dayu inquired about it, and it was the iron mountain he was looking for. He came to Shannan and gathered men and horses to cut down wood and light a fire. The trees that had just been cut down were not piled together, so they brought some black stones and burned them. Strange as it may seem, the black stones soon caught fire and burst into a green flame that was stronger than the burning of wood. Dayu immediately ordered to stop cutting down trees and let people move black stones to burn.
Dayu burned for three hundred and thirty-three days, burning an iron mountain red and translucent, turning it into a large pillar with the thickness of a basket. Dayu stepped forward and wanted to carry it and send it to the East China Sea. He stretched out his arms, hugged the pillar, shook it three times, shook it three times, and the pillar did not move at all as if it had been rooted. He was in a hurry, and suddenly turned into a big black bear, desperately hitting the pillar. Everyone hurriedly found ropes and tied them to the pillar. I only heard a boom, and the Dinghaishen needle was pulled down. But how can you send it to the East China Sea? Dayu was worried. At this time, the women brought food. Seeing the gourd they were serving, Dayu suddenly had an idea. After eating, he asked everyone to split up to find the big gourd, and found thousands at once. He instructed everyone to move the needles to the bank of the river, and then tie the gourds to the needles one by one, and then lift them into the river. Thousands of gourds floated on the water, dragging the needle down the river and towards the East China Sea.
When he arrived at Haikou, Dayu jumped on a big gourd with a sword. After drifting for about another day, about touching the top of the Dragon Palace, Dayu picked up the sword and cut the rope of the gourd, and swam ashore with a gourd.
Besides, after the Dinghaishen Needle broke away from the gourd, it quickly sank towards the Dragon Palace. I only heard a boom, nailed in front of the Dragon Official Palace, and shook the Dragon Palace to the ground. The Dragon King of the East China Sea was shocked, and hurriedly summoned the Yellow Dragon, the Black Dragon, and the White Dragon, and transferred the shrimp soldiers and crab generals to pull it out. Can you pull it out? Since then, the four dragons have been honest and no longer dare to fight with Dayu. The sea has calmed down a bit, and crops have grown again in the fertile fields along the coast.