The legends of Sun Moon Lake are also very rich, and many legends in Taiwan Province are continuous. The legends of Sun Moon Lake mentioned below are related to the legends of Alishan mentioned earlier.

Sun Moon Lake was originally called Shuishe Lake. According to legend, more than two hundred years ago, a pair of dragons who were shot and wounded by Abari in Alishan fled to the north. When they came to Shuishe Village, they saw a pool of clear water below, just like grabbing a life-saving straw, and they both plunged into the lake to raise their wounds. Therefore, people call Shuishe Village Longhu.

One evening, the sun was passing by the lake. As soon as Long Gong saw the red sun like a big hydrangea, he stretched out his claws and caught the sun in the lake. After a few hours, the moon passed by the lake again, and the dragon mother stretched out her claws and caught the moon in the lake. From then on, heaven and earth were dark, and they could no longer distinguish between innocent days and night. Orion can't catch prey, farmers can't grow crops, and fishermen can't catch fish and shrimp. Abari heard that the dragons were doing evil again and vowed to conquer them. He lit a torch under the guidance of Mazupo. Bend the iron bow on his back, insert the golden arrow and set off for Shuishe Village. I don't know how many days, Abari came to a clear water stream, and the wide and deep stream blocked his way. Just as he was looking at the vast stream and worried, suddenly a bright fire appeared opposite, and a small fishing boat was rowed at the fire. A pretty girl stood at the bow and nodded and smiled at him. The girl's name is Shuishemei, and she came to meet him at the order of Mazupo. So Abari jumped into the boat and crossed the stream. When they came to Longhu, two shiny things suddenly appeared in front of them, rolling up and down in the lake. This is the sun and the moon, which were swallowed by two dragons. Abari took off his bent iron bow from his back, took a golden arrow, aimed at the water in the north for a while, and then at the water in the south for a while, but did not dare to shoot the arrow. The girl in the water club had already guessed Abari's mind, knowing that he was afraid that the dragon would bite the sun and the moon when it hurt. So she quickly took out two embroidered hydrangeas from her arms, one to Tannan and the other to Tanbei. When the two dragons saw the colorful colored balls, they quickly spat out the sun and the moon and held on to the colored balls. Passing 18-wheeler, the girl in the water society looked into the eyes of two dragons and pulled out two embroidery needles. The dragon was hurt by the embroidery needle and rolled in the water. At this time, Abari sounded the bowstring, and two golden-headed arrows went straight to the heads of two dragons. With a loud roar, the two dragons fled to a nearby Qingshui stream in the clouds. The longest Qingshui River in Taiwan Province, after the dragon churned, became a turbid river.

Alibaba and the girl from the Water Society rushed to the pool, picked up the red sun and the sparkling moon and threw them into the sky. However, throwing it around always falls. Just then, Mazupo flew in with Xiangyun and told them that there were two palm trees on the top of Yushan Mountain, which could lift the sun and the moon. Abari and the younger sister of the water society went through all kinds of hardships again, and moved two palm trees from the top of Yushan Mountain, and finally put the sun and the moon on the top of the sky on August 15th of the lunar calendar. Abari and the younger sister of the water club, in order to prevent evil spirits from coming back to the pool, held the big palm tree in their hands and waited on both sides of the pool. Over time, Abari and Shuishemei became two mountains. The mountains in Abari are high and sharp, piercing the sky, and people call them Dajianshan. The mountain where the younger sister of Shuishe changed bowed down and stared at Bitan affectionately. People called it Shuishe Mountain. Later, it was found that the northern half of Longhu Lake was shaped like a sun wheel and the southern half was shaped like a crescent moon, so Longhu was renamed Sun Moon Lake.

The Legend of Sun Moon Lake (II)

In ancient times, there lived a young couple by Daqingxi. The male was named Dajian, and the female was named Shuishemei. They live by fishing. They are very hard-working, weaving nets to fish, making pontoons to fish, and diving under rocks in deep pools to fish. Life is very comfortable.

one day, the sun shone in the sky as usual, and they went into the stream to fish. Suddenly, with a bang, the earthquake shook, and the river shook, so that nothing could be seen under the water. They hurried to the surface, ah! The sun disappeared and the world was dark.

in the evening, the moon came out, and the couple took advantage of the moonlight to mend their fishing nets at the gate. Suddenly I heard another bang, and the stones and houses on the ground jumped. The moon disappeared in an instant. The world was dark. From this day on, there was neither the sun nor the moon in the sky, and the world was dark, and it was impossible to distinguish between innocent day and night.

soon, the seedlings in the field became yellow and white, and they could not grow. The trees on the mountain are also drooping with yellow and white leaves, shrinking and shrinking. Flowers don't bloom and birds don't sing. Worms are crying, and every household is sighing. Brother Dajian sat by the stream and said to the water club sister in a low voice, "How can I live like this?" Shuishemei grabbed a stone to suppress the stream and said, "Not only are we sad, but everyone's life is sad!" " Brother Big Tip said, "The sun and the moon must have fallen to the ground. I want to look for them and get our light back." Shuishemei said, "OK, let's go together!" The young couple picked up the fire handle and went deep into the mountain.

On the way, they saw a woman hunched over and slouching in a sugarcane field, burning a pile of firewood at the edge of the field. The girls in the water society asked, "Excuse me, why are you so depressed?" The woman sighed and said, "Without the sun and the moon, the planted land is white, and nothing can grow!" " Brother Big Tip said, "You hoe the ground well here, and we'll get the moon back!" "

They walked on and saw a young man herding cattle with a torch, lying lazily on the ground, still sighing. Brother Dajian said, "Excuse me, why are you sighing?" The young man looked at the sky and said, "Do you still need to ask? The sun is gone, the moon is gone, cows have no grass to eat, and people can't live. " Shui Dumei said, "Take a good look at the cow. We will definitely get the sun and the moon back."

They walked on, past mountains and rivers, and through deep trees and dense forests. But I just can't see the shadow of the sun and the moon. The torch went out, lit it again, and lit it again. Finally, one day, they came to a mountain and saw a bright, dark and bright place in the distance. The young couple saw hope, and they couldn't help cheering: "The sun and the moon must be there." They walked towards the bright place with torches jumping and running.

On the way, they saw an old man sitting at the door of the hut, holding his head and sighing. The young couple went to Dad and talked with him.

Dad said,' Not far ahead, there is a deep pool. There were two dragons in the pond, a male dragon and a female dragon. One day, the sun crossed the sky, and the male dragon jumped up and swallowed it in one gulp. At night, the moon crossed the sky, and the mother dragon jumped up and swallowed it in one gulp. This pair of dragons swam around in the pool, spitting and swallowing the sun and the moon, hitting the ground like a big ball. Look, isn't it bright and black in the pool? That is, they only want to have fun for themselves, but they didn't expect that thousands of people in Qian Qian could not live without the sun and the moon! "Brother Dajian said," Dad, we have lit a fire and climbed mountains and crossed the water just to recapture our sun and moon and let thousands of people in Qian Qian live a good life. The old father said, "The dragon is fierce, and both the sun and the moon can swallow it. Can you young couples do it?" Shuishemei said, "Trust us, we can do it! You can rest assured. " After that, the young couple started a fire and walked forward again.

When I got to the edge of the big pool, I saw two big dragons huffing and puffing the sun and the moon in the pool, banging. Brother Dajian and sister Shuishe crouched on the big stone by the pool, observed the movements of two dragons, and gently discussed how to kill the dragons and how to recapture the sun and the moon. The dragon's mouth is so big that you can roll them into it with a slight stretch of your tongue. In terms of strength, they are no match for the dragon. What should we do? At this time, smoke came out from under the big rock. They looked down, and there was a deep cave under the big rock, from which smoke floated. Brother Dajian said, "This cave must lead to the place where the dragon lives at the bottom of the pool. Let's go in and have a look." The cave was dark, opaque, and smelled of musty soil. They walked for a long time, and the deeper they went, the wider the hole became. Suddenly, I found a fire ahead, and then I went in to have a look, ah! It turned out to be a kitchen, and a white-haired mother-in-law was cooking by the stove. When they see that the old woman is kind-hearted, she will never be a bad person. Brother Dajian went over and asked, "Hello, old woman, are you cooking here?" The old woman found that there were two young people standing in front of her. She quickly put down the spatula, grabbed their hands and said, "Ah! Son, I haven't seen anyone for a long time! What are your names? " Brother Dajian said, "We are a couple who catch fish by the stream. Her name is Shuishe, and my name is Dajian. Old woman, why are you here? " The old woman touched her white hair and shed tears. She said, "When I was young, I lived on a mountainside and my family lived a happy life. One day, I was hoeing a sugarcane field on the back hill, when a gust of wind blew, and I saw two thick dragons rolling to the ground with their tails in mid-air, and they swept me into this deep cave. Since then, I have to cook for the dragon every day, and the days have passed day by day. I don't know how many years have passed, but I only know that my hair has turned white and my round face has turned into a wrinkled eyelid. " At this point, the old woman suddenly remembered something and said, "Child! Get out of here! When the dragons are tired of playing in the pool, they will go back to the cave to eat. When they see you, they will swallow it in one gulp. Go! " Brother Dajian said, "The dragon devoured the sun and the moon, making it difficult for people on the ground to live. We have come to kill the dragon and take back our sun and the moon." The old woman said, "Son, this is a good thing, but how can you two kill the dragon?" Shuishemei said, "Think about it, there must be a way!" The old woman thought for a moment and said, "When I was young, the dragon caught me here and cooked for them. Once, I once heard the conversation between the male dragon and the female dragon at dinner. The mother dragon proudly said: we are fearless dragons! Gong Long said: We are afraid of the golden axe and scissors at the bottom of Ali Mountain. If someone throws the golden axe and scissors into the pool, the golden axe will automatically split our skulls and the golden scissors will automatically cut our throats. Then we're screwed. The mother dragon panicked and said, let's go and destroy them quickly! The male dragon said: Never mind, they are buried at the bottom of the deep mountain, and no one knows. Even if you know it, you can't dig it out! Children, if you want to kill the dragon and recapture the sun and the moon, you can only dig out the golden axe and scissors at the foot of Alishan Mountain. "

Brother Dajian said, "Old woman, we can definitely dig out the golden axe and scissors. We'll pick you up when we kill the dragon. " The old woman gave them a big spatula and a big fire fork and said,' This is the dragon's thing. Take it to dig mountains. It will probably be better than hoes. "They arrived at the foot of Ali Mountain. Brother Dajian used fire fork to dig the ground, and the water society used a spatula to dig the ground. I don't know how many days passed, and a deep hole was dug at the foot of the mountain. Suddenly there was a red light in the cave with a bang, and the golden axe and scissors appeared. The young couple were so happy!

They ran and jogged, and ran all the way to the big pool where the dragon lived. It happened that the male dragon and the female dragon swam around the pool again, spitting out the sun and the moon and swallowing them, hitting them one by one. Brother Dajian stood on the big rock near the pool and threw the golden axe into the pool. Only heard "empty dragon. The sound of "empty dragon", two dragons rolled at the bottom of the pool, and the waves rose several feet high. Suddenly, two dragons were covered with blood and stretched out to fly to the sky. The water club sister quickly threw the gold scissors into the pool. Only the sound of "click, click" was heard, and the dragon's head sank into the pool. After a while, the pool was calm, and a pair of dragons lay upright at the bottom of the pool, with blood on their necks, which dyed the pool red.

The sun and the moon rolled out of the dragon's mouth, floating and sinking in the pool, so bright! Brother Dajian, sister Shuishe and the old woman stood on the big rock by the pool and clapped their hands and laughed. Brother Big Tip looked at the sun and the moon floating on the water and said, "The dragon was killed, but it's no use for the sun and the moon to sink in the pool. How to make them hang in the sky? " The old woman thought for a moment and said, "I heard from my predecessors that people who eat dragon's eyes will become tall and big." Take it and eat it. Throw the sun and moon into the sky. " Brother Big Tip took off the two eyes of the male dragon and swallowed them in one gulp. The water club sister took off the mother dragon's two eyes and swallowed them in one gulp. Suddenly, they became tall and big people, standing in a deep pool like two high mountains. They picked up the sun and threw it into the sky. The sun floated in mid-air for a while and then set in the pool. I threw it three times and dropped it three times. The old woman stood by the pool and shouted, "son, there are two tall palm trees by the pool. Let's pull them out and hold the sun to heaven!" " The couple reached for the pool, and each pulled out a palm tree dozens of feet high. The couple raised the sun and threw it into the sky hard. They hurried to hold it up with palm trees, rushing forward. In this way, for three days, the sun rushed into the sky.

The sun is red, walking in the sky as before. The flowers and trees on the ground are alive, and people laugh. They raised the moon again and threw it into the sky. They still used palm trees to hold them up and rushed for a whole day. When the sun went to the west, the moon went up into the sky.

at night, the moon is bright and still walks in the sky. People on the ground clap their hands, sing and dance happily in the moonlight.

Brother Dajian and sister Shuishe climbed to the edge of the big pool to guard the dragons and prevent them from coming back to life. Watching the sun and the moon, let people live a peaceful and peaceful life.

day after day, month after month, year after year. Later, people called this pool Sun Moon Lake, and the mountains on both sides of Sun Moon Lake were called Dajian Mountain and Shuishe Mountain. Children miss brother Dajian and sister Shuishe who are doing harm for the people very much. In order to commemorate them, every autumn, people put on beautiful clothes, pick up bamboo poles and colored balls and come to the Sun Moon Lake. They learn the way Big Tip and Water Club girls do, throw the ball into the sky, and then hit it up with bamboo poles to keep it from landing. Later, this kind of play was called "hold the ball dance".

The Legend of Sun Moon Lake (3)

In ancient times, Sun Moon Lake was a dry land without pool water. At that time, the sun and the moon were sisters, living in the Sun and Moon Palace in the sky. The gods let them walk separately in the sky for one day, illuminating the earth with their light and benefiting people. The sun is my sister, and it grows big. It shines more brightly on the ground, and I can see the scenery of the world very clearly. Even the colors of flowers and trees can be seen clearly, and I am very happy every day; The moon is my sister, and it is small, and there is little light shining on the ground. Seeing the scenery on earth is very vague, and even the colors of flowers and trees can't be seen. It is very depressed. Therefore, the moon often sneaks out to walk in the sky with the sun behind its back, and enjoys the scenery of the world with the light of the sun. It is also very happy.

One day, the moon secretly followed the sun in the sky, only to be found by the gods. The gods blamed them for violating the sky, and in a rage, they lifted a mountain and threw it at the sun and the moon. The mountain fell to the ground and pressed the sun and the moon under the mountain. How can people live without the light of the sun and the moon?

In a cottage in the north of Taiwan Province Island, there lived a very loving young couple, male.