Many cities in China have their own nicknames. For example, Guangzhou is also known as Wuyang, Wuyang City, and Suiyuan. Why is Guangzhou called the City of Five Rams? This starts with an ancient legend. A long time ago, there was a great famine in Guangzhou. People had no rice for several days. But the official is like a robber, still asking for food from the people. At that time, there lived a father and son at the foot of the hillside in the city. Because he could not hand over the food, the father was arrested. The official asked the son to hand over the food within three days, otherwise his father would be killed. This young man was very filial, but there was nothing he could do to save his father. He was so anxious that he burst into tears. One day passed, and two days passed. His cry moved the five immortals in the sky. The immortals rode five sheep of different colors and carried ears of grain to the boy's home. They gave the ears of grain to the young man and asked him to plant the grains into the soil quickly. At dawn tomorrow, they would be able to harvest a lot of rice. They also told the young man that if he encounters difficulties in the future, he should go to the foot of the mountain to look for them. After saying this, the immortal disappeared. The young man planted the grains according to the immortal's instructions, and he harvested several large baskets of rice the next day. The young man handed over all the rice to the government. The official couldn't believe his eyes. He felt very strange, so he asked with a straight face the origin of the rice. The boy was a child after all, and under his coercion, he had no choice but to tell the truth. After hearing this, the official thought secretly: If he catches the five immortals, wouldn't he be able to make a fortune? So he released the young man and his father, and immediately ordered the officers to go to the foot of the mountain to capture the immortals. The young man felt that something was wrong, so he hurried to the foot of the mountain and told the immortals to leave quickly. The immortals nodded, thanked the young man for his care, and then told him to scatter the remaining grain seeds into the ground so that the government could not take them away and the common people could have something to eat. While they were talking, the guards arrived, and the five immortals rose into the sky. The guards had nothing to do. The five sheep brought by the immortal were left on the grass. When the guards were about to catch them, the five sheep gathered together and turned into a big stone. Today, we can still see the five stone sheep on Yuexiu Mountain in Guangzhou. The ram in the middle holds ears of grain in its mouth and holds its head high. However, this is not the immortal's five sheep, but the artist's masterpiece. It is said that five sheep turned into stones are in the Five Immortals Temple at the foot of Poshan Mountain. You may wish to go and have a look. This legend of the five sheep is a "prehistoric colonization story" of Guangzhou. Through "the five sheep carrying the grain and gathering it in Chu Ting", it reflects that in the Western Zhou Dynasty, due to the rise of the princes, the people were in dire straits, and the people of the Central Plains took their livestock and crops southward. The fact of migration expresses the ancient Guangzhou ancestors' yearning for a better life. Today. Wuyang has become the city emblem of Guangzhou. Careful tourists will find that the nickname "Yangcheng" has penetrated into all aspects of life in Guangzhou: the book "Yangcheng Ancient Banknotes", the publication "Yangcheng Ancient and Modern", the newspaper "Yangcheng Evening News", and the "Eight Scenes of Yangcheng" ; Even many building trademarks, companies, associations, and places of interest are named after "Yangcheng"; the "Five Immortals Temple" still exists today, and the "immortal thumb traces" can still be seen; Xianhu Street, Xianlin Lane, Wuxianmen, etc. are still there. There is a bit of "immortality" in it - the myth of the "Five Sheep Immortal" has a profound influence.