Liu Xiu left Luoning (folklore story)

? Collected and compiled by Li Qingping

? Yaotou

Wang Mang chased Liu Xiu away. Liu Xiu ran to Sanxiang, Luoning. It was getting dark. Liu Xiu passed through Sanxiang and reached a high slope. He heard Wang Mang's men and horses driving over. The horse ran for seven or eight miles northwest of the mountain ridge, followed the path down the mountain, and crossed the river. There was a high cliff with a black kiln hole at the root.

Liu Xiu reined in his horse and walked forward, but the horse disobeyed and ran into the kiln. Liu Xiu didn't know how deep the kiln was. The horse ran in and kept running.

Wang Mang's men saw Liu Xiu entering the kiln, guarded the entrance of the kiln, and shouted into the kiln: "Liu Xiu, you can't run away this time, come out and surrender!"

Shouting , shouted, but there was no movement; shouted again, but there was no movement. Simply, guard the kiln entrance until daybreak.

Liu Xiu ran, ran, ran, ran, saw a bright light, and ran out of the kiln in a moment. After leaving the kiln, you will reach the boundary of Yiyang.

Wang Mang's men and horses guarded the whole night, but there was no movement. At dawn, he also entered the kiln. He walked, walked, walked, walked, and saw the light. After a while, he walked out of the kiln. He arrived after leaving the kiln. Yiyang territory. Where is the kiln? It's a hole with breathable air at both ends. Just live there and have disappeared long ago.

? Later, people called that place Yaotou, and called it Yaotou. People kept moving in, and the village became a village, also called Yaotou.

Sheep Valley

Wang Mang chased Liu Xiu away, and Liu Xiu ran into a ravine in Guanling Village, Xiaojie Township. Wang Mang was about to chase him away. Liu Xiu saw an old man herding a group of sheep. He quickly told the old man that Wang Mang was coming and wanted to behead them, and begged the old man for help. The old man took off his tattered clothes and asked Liu Xiu to put them on. He also gave Liu Xiu a sheep-herding whip and asked Liu Xiu to lead the sheep to the outside of the ditch to meet Wang Mang.

Liu Xiu and Wang Mang walked towards each other. Wang Mang just thought he was a sheepherder, so he didn't care and let Liu Xiu go from under his nose.

? Later, people called this ditch Sheep Valley.

Sheep Climbing

Liu Xiu waved the sheep whip and shouted the sheep out of the sheep ditch. He was afraid that Wang Mang would chase them away, so he kept urging the sheep on their way step by step. People often say that a sheep will be full after traveling ten miles. The sheep walked and ate until they were 12 miles west of Xiaojie Village. They ate so much that they could no longer walk, so they crawled underground and refused to move no matter what Liu Xiu yelled.

Liu Xiu became anxious and said, "Sheep, sheep, don't lie down. Wang Mang is here to kill me." The sheep suddenly got up and moved forward again. Later, people called this place Sheep Climbing. Screaming, shouting, shouting became Yang Pan.

? Wachuan

As Liu Xiu ran, Wang Mang was about to chase him away. There was fog in the mountains, which separated Liu Xiu and Wang Mang. Wang Mang's men and horses were driven into the fog, unable to discern their direction and lost their way. Liu Xiu disappeared.

Later, people called the mountain and river Wuyachuan, and they called it Wachuan.

Fuxing Village

? Wang Mang chased Liu Xiu away. Liu Xiu ran to a place and felt that Wang Mang couldn't chase him away for a while, so he asked his men to stop and have a rest.

Liu Xiu walked out of the village, and an old man with long hair and white beard came from the east. Liu Xiu asked the old man Bai Hu: "What do you do?"

The old man Bai Hu said: "I am a fortune teller. What do you do?"

Liu Xiu hummed Heng Nuan didn't dare to answer truthfully.

The old man with a white beard said: "After falling down and getting up, your life is still in danger. But with God's help, the danger can be turned into peace. The country of Han Dynasty will definitely be revived."

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After hearing this, Liu Xiu felt happy, laughed loudly, and shouted: "The country of Han Dynasty will definitely be revived! ”

Turning around, the old man with the white beard was gone.

People called this village Fuxing Village, shouting, shouting, and called it Fuxing Village.

Liu Xiuwa

Wang Mang chased Liu Xiu away, and Liu Xiu ran to a depression with water and grass, high on the sides and low in the middle. It was estimated that Wang Mang would not be able to find this place for a while. p> Liu Xiu asked his men to stop and let the horses graze.

Liu Xiu'ao was located in the southeast of Jiankou Township. Old Sword Pit

Wang Mang chased Liu Xiu into the mountains and chased him. When his enemies met, he slashed with his sword and fought to the death. Liu Xiu lost his hand and the sword fell into a puddle next to him. When the men saw it, they quickly reached out and fished it out. They used their swords on the left and right to fight their way out and rescued Liu Xiu.

Everyone called the sword pit. It was called Laojiankeng.

Pulling Down the Well

Liu Xiu ran to Wangzhao Village in Jinmen Valley, his mouth was dry and his tongue was burnt. A well appeared in front of him. Feeling happy, he dismounted and ran to the well to see that the water was very clear, but the well shaft was more than ten feet deep, so he couldn't drink from it. He said, "It would be better if this well could be lowered a little." "The well really tilted slowly, as if it had fallen over, and the well water flowed out of the well shaft.

Liu Xiu's men drank the well water. To this day, the well is still there.

? People called the well "Take Down the Well"

Liu Daotou

It was late autumn when Liu Xiu ran to Lu Village in Madian Township. It was so tight that I couldn't even eat, so I had to pick some fruit trees to eat. To pick fruit trees, you have to hold the fruit tree branches in your arms. People call this place "Ludaotou". p>

? Anlezhuang

Liu Xiu ran to an inconspicuous small village along the Luo River. It rained heavily. The Luo River swelled and most of the villages along both sides of the river were flooded. The dam collapsed, and the crops were washed away. Only the village where Liu Xiu was hiding and the adjacent Taiping to the west were not damaged.

Liu Xiu said with emotion: The villages on both sides of the Luo River were flooded. , only the village in the west is peaceful and happy.

People call the village where Liu Xiu escaped from the disaster Anlezhuang.

Xiwang Village.

After avoiding the rain in Anlezhuang and heading east, Tan Ma came to report that Wang Mang's army was coming from the east. Liu Xiu hurriedly ordered to cross the river south. After asking, he found out that he did not dare to go east. Urging the horse to go west, he said to his men: "If we look to the west for a village, we will be saved. "

There really was a village, and Liu Xiu took his men into the village to escape. Rendu Village was called Xiwang Village. It was called Xiwang Village.

Nanfeng

Liu Xiu ran to a village, stood under the tung tree at the head of the village, observed the terrain, and chose where to go.

Liu Xiu said: Without sycamore trees, it is difficult for the phoenix to come. Although there are no phoenix trees here, it is really a treasure to attract the southern phoenix.

People call this place Nanfeng. , called Nanfeng.

? Zhiguoshi

Liu Xiu took his men to rest for a while in Nanfeng, then ran south and hid in the mountains.

Entering the mountain from Dagoukou, the empress was unbearably hungry and thirsty, so Liu Xiu ordered a pot to be cooked on the bluestone beside the Black Dragon Pond to serve her.

People call the bluestone slab the Guo Stone.

? Pain Groove

? After eating, continue walking forward. The empress had a severe stomachache. After a while, the bubbles burst and blood flowed out. The little prince was about to be born.

People call this place the Pain Gulch.

The queen’s blood flowed to the ground, and the stones and sand were all dyed red.

Taiziping

The empress endured the pain in her stomach and ran another two or three miles until she came to the flat ground, where she gave birth to the little prince.

People call the place where the empress gave birth to the prince Taiziping. The child was the True Dragon Emperor, and the place where the prince was born has never been able to grow a single blade of grass.

Water Splashes Stone

Liu Xiu was particularly happy after giving birth to the little prince. He wrote on an outward-sloping stone slab:

Liu Xiu hid from his pursuers and came to this mountain.

After passing Qiliping,

The queen has a stomachache.

Peace gives birth to a dragon son,

The Han Dynasty hopes to be revived.

Over the years, the handwriting has been lost and difficult to see. In the early years, if you splashed it with water, the handwriting could still be preserved.

People call this place Shuipishi.

? Fengyikou

Liu Xiu ran to the hillside north of Yukou Village, Changshui Township, and saw the wild jujubes turning red. He got into the jujube thorn cage to pick and eat wild jujubes. When I came out of the jujube thorn cage, I felt pain on my face and there were some cuts made by the jujube thorns. There were also some cuts on his hands and feet called Zao Cicada. The clothes were rotten with jujube thorns, and the buttons on the clothes were all broken.

Liu Xiu said: "It would be great if these wild jujube trees don't have barb thorns." Later, no barb thorns grew on the wild jujube trees on this slope.

Liu Xiu hid in the mountains for a while, then went down the mountain to Yukou Village, where the Lu family's daughter-in-law was doing needlework.

Liu Xiu asked the Lu family’s wife to sew his clothes. The Lu family's daughter-in-law mended Liu Xiu's clothes and sewed on the buttons. People call Yukou Village Sewing Button. Screaming, shouting, shouting became Feng Yikou.

Temple of the Sewing Lady

After Liu Xiu ascended the throne and sat in the imperial court, he returned to Fengyikou Village, Changshui Township, and thanked the Lu family’s daughter-in-law. Upon inquiry, he found out that the Lu family’s daughter-in-law had passed away long ago. . Liu Xiu was very distressed, and he named the Lu family's daughter-in-law as the Sewing Lady at any time, and built a Sewing Lady Temple four miles northwest of the village.

? Longtou Mountain

Liu Xiu ran to a hill and was tired. He stopped, took off the cloth robe he was wearing, threw it on the hillside, and rested for a while. .

People called that mountain Longpao Mountain, and they called it Longtou Mountain.

Liu Po

The place where people put down their robes for Liu Xiu was called "Liupo". They shouted and called it "Liupo". Later, a family named Liu settled there and became Liu Po.

? Sweet noodles

Liu Xiu ran into the deep mountains and forests, hiding here and there. He was tired and tired, could not eat, and was hungry and uncomfortable. I thought that even if someone had eaten leftovers, they would be lucky. Thinking, thinking, I saw a three-hole kiln in the Yayayuan.

Liu Xiu walked into the courtyard and found his wife in the house. The wife asked: "Guest, where are you from? What do you do?"

Liu Xiu was afraid of being exposed and could not tell the truth. Zaili said: "I'm on the road and haven't eaten for several days. I want to ask you to cook me a meal."

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The wife said: “I come from a poor family and don’t have anything good to cook, so I just make sweet noodles.” "

Liu Xiu said: "Chinese. "

My wife lit a fire, added water, washed her hands, kneaded and rolled the noodles. Liu Xiu said: "There are some garlic cloves hanging on the wall outside. You peel a few cloves and pound them into minced garlic. Mix it into a paste. Garlic water tastes good when you dip it in it. ”

Liu Xiu peeled the garlic cloves, pounded the garlic, and mixed it into garlic water. His wife took out the dough slices, cooked them, and fished them out for Liu Xiu. Liu Xiu dipped them in the garlic water and ate them in one go. Two big bowls. He kept saying: "It's delicious, it's delicious."

When Liu Xiu became emperor and served as a court official, he specially invited his wife to live in the palace and make sweet noodles for him on the 135th day of the lunar calendar. Eat.

This is Luoning’s famous sweet noodles.

Huchi

The more Liu Xiu ran to the west, the higher the mountains, the steeper the slopes, and the deeper the trees. There were fewer people. He wanted to cry, but he didn't dare to cry loudly for fear that Wang Mang's men would hear him. Liu Xiu was tired from riding for a long time, and it was very difficult to go up the hill. /p>

People called this place Huchi, and it became a village after people lived there.

Lijiugou

< p> Liu Xiu ran to Lingxi Village and saw Wang Mang coming. The terrain was open and flat, and there was no place to hide. An old man was plowing most of the land. Liu Xiu ran to the front of the plow animal and lay down on the plow. In the ditch, the animals hid Liu Xiu, and the new soil under the plow covered Liu Xiu. p> Wang Mang's men came and asked the old man: "Did you see a person running past here?" "

The old man said: "No. "

The Cucumber Powder flew out and shouted: "Furrows, furrows..."

Wang Mang looked around and saw that most of the land was covered with furrows. Where to look for it? In a dilemma, the magpie flew over and shouted: "Prick, stab..." Wang Mang took the spear, pointed it down, and pointed it at the plowed ground, and was about to prick Liu all over the ground. After showing off his body, the turtle dove flew out and shouted: "Confused, confused..."

Wang Mang thought about it and the turtle dove was right. If such a large plot of land were to be pricked next to each other, how long would it last? After fighting to the end, there was no time left for Liu Xiu. After leaving the land, he mounted his horse and drove him elsewhere.

Liu Xiu emerged from the furrow and said, "I'll punish you with spring water." You can't drink, you can't eat grass seeds, you can climb trees to catch bugs. "He said to the magpie: "As a punishment, you will not drink water during the three-day period and will not enter the nest during the three-nine days. "He said to the turtle dove: "I grant you that the magpies can occupy the mountains and forests of the world as they please. He said to the white horse that was covering his body, raised his hoof, and could not bear to put it down for fear of stepping on him: "You can rest without even one hoof touching the ground. You can stand at any time to rest." ”

From then on, the turtle dove always occupied the magpie’s nest, and the good horse did not lie down, but always rested standing up, raising a hoof without touching the ground.

People gave The land where Ligou and Liu Xiu were hiding is called Lijiugou

Lingxi Village and Lijiugou are both located in Changshui Township.

? Lijiugou

When Liu Xiu came out of Lijiugou, he was hungry and thirsty. There was a pear orchard on the roadside. ”

The old man picked some pears and gave them to Liu Xiu. After Liu Xiu ate the pears, he was no longer hungry or thirsty. People called the pear garden for the pear rescue. Shouting, shouting, shouting

Big cry? Little cry?

Liu Xiu ran to the Little Pelican ditch, looked up, and couldn't help but cry in a low voice: "The mountains are higher than the sky. The ditch is deeper than the well, the tree is thicker than the barrel, the grass is thicker than cow hair, the slope is steeper than the wall, and the road is thinner than a snake. How can I cross the ditch? ”

No matter how sad it is, you can still get through it. However, Wang Mang is here and you can’t live.

Liu Xiu went through all kinds of difficulties and dangers, crossed the Little Pelican Valley and came to the Big Pelican Valley. Big Pelican Gully is more difficult than Little Pelican Gully. Liu Xiu stood on the edge of the ditch and did not dare to look down. He cried again and said: "The mountain is higher than the sky, the ditch is deeper than the well, the trees are thicker than barrels, the grass is denser than cow hair, and the slope is steeper than the wall. , the road is thinner than a snake. How can this happen?"

Hearing Wang Mang's troops coming behind him, Liu Xiu ignored the high mountains and dangerous roads, and the steep slopes and deep ravines. He was climbing and rolling. Passed the Great Pelican Gulch.

People call the small Pelican Ditch the Little Crying Ditch, and the big Pelican Ditch the Big Crying Ditch.

Big Cry and Little Cry are both located in the northernmost part of Luoling Township.

Collected and compiled at Zhengzhou South Railway Station on October 25, 2020