In front of the Jade Sky Heavenly Court and the Scraping Dragon Platform.
Scrape the dragon scales, uncover the dragon skin, transform the dragon bones, and seize the dragon beads, all in one go.
The mighty green-scaled dragon instantly transformed into a green-skinned python. The black dragon suppressed it on the Tianchi Lake not far from the Bohai Sea and ordered it to guard the Eye of the Bohai Sea!
Qinglong was so wronged that he had no choice but to clash and howl in Tianchi day and night. His anger completely ignited Tianchi, and the entire Tianchi began to erupt.
The people around were afraid that the green dragon would be angry and cause disaster to the people in Baishan, so they built a dragon temple to honor it as the dragon king, and offered incense to it every new year!
In this way, the dragon extinguished its anger, and Tianchi gradually became stable in the following thousand years.
The Dragon King always remembered that it was the Donghai Tribe who framed him, and he didn't like any water tribe in Tianchi, so there was nothing else in Tianchi except this dragon.
It was precisely because of the gap in Tianchi that it formed the Tongtian River, which is generally called Jiaoye River by the people.
They built the temple on the bank of the Tongtian River so that the Dragon King could enjoy the offerings!
Geda told the folklore story about the evil dragon in the East China Sea so miraculously that Yue Erpao's eyes widened when he heard the chills on his back:
"Do you really worship the Dragon King on the first and fifteenth day of every lunar month? Then this thing will really show up to enjoy worship."
Geda rubbed the back of his head and shook his head:
"We have never seen this before. On every first and fifteenth day of the lunar month, nearly ten Huangwei villages near Baishan will indeed go to the Jiaolong Temple to offer incense!"
"I have rarely seen dragons, but I did see animals emerging from Tianchi in the Tongtian River. Most of them were black catfish several meters long. The villagers said this was the dragon king who transformed into an aquarium and came out to collect incense."
"I don't know where they come from. We can only see them in these two days!"
"In the past, there were mussel collectors who planted river mussels in Tianchi. When they dug out the river mussels, the pearls inside turned out to be blood red, as if they were soaked in blood. They said they were the tears of evil dragons. This kind of unusual The auspicious pearls are of little value, and over time no one will come to Tianchi."
Yue Guanchao didn't wait for him to finish, and rode his horse to the black wild forest. They tied the fat horse to the tree and observed the Jiaolong Temple carefully!
The Jiaolong Temple in the countryside is completely different from the official Dragon King Temple!
The Dragon King Temple has many yellow tiles, cornices and colorful decorations, but the Jiaolong Temple is much more simple and primitive, just a courtyard with peeling walls.
In front of the courtyard gate, three rusty copper characters of "Jiaolong Temple" are inlaid into a blue painted plaque. The prints in front of the door depict a dragon relief. From a distance, you can see the eaves of the main hall.
The Jiaolong Temple is cleaned every month, so it is not too deserted. After they pushed the door open and entered, the layout of the courtyard gradually became clear to their eyes.
The whole courtyard of Jiaolong Temple is square. The main hall is flanked by east and west side halls and verandahs, which are connected by corridors. There is a stone square altar in the yard. An old pine tree with dense green needles and a little rime above its head stands near the altar, vigorous and green.
The north wall of the courtyard is the single-eaves Xieshan main hall with five bays and three bays and giant arches. The ridge of the hall is specially made with a high-rise owl kiss, just like the two dragon horns standing up to the sky. Outside the hall door stand two half-person-high lamps. stone lantern!
"This kind of house with gray tiles, white walls, and red pillars and windows is from the Tang Dynasty style, but after thousands of years of repairs, it has become nondescript. Let's go in and take a look."
They pushed open the Jiaolong Hall. The layout of the hall was not much different from that of the Dragon King Temple.
The white stone platform was built with fences, and the appropriate golden curtains, treasure lamps, canopies, and dragon chairs were displayed separately. The emperor was sitting upright, wearing majestic clothes, and everything was in line with the emperor on earth.
However, in place of the head on Gun's suit was a blue-scaled dragon.
It can be seen that the whole head of the dragon is the original shape of a python. In order to better fit the image of the dragon king, antlers, fins, protrusions, fangs, and catfish whiskers are added to the top of its head, and its mouth is opened wide, as if A snake-headed monster, a catfish spirit.
It is said that the Dragon King was very reluctant to do this. The Dragon King usually has a kind face and kind eyes, but the Dragon King in front of him is more like a snake spirit python monster in the mountains who relies on sorcery to obtain worship. He has no honor at all as a righteous god.
Around the Dragon King, there are nine low stone platforms at knee height, on which statues of the Queen of the Dragon, the Concubine, the Prime Minister Turtle, the Shrimp Soldier, the Crab General, the Fish Commander, the Yaksha, the Dragon Son, and the Dragon Sun are displayed in order.
It looks like the Dragon King, taking a human body and putting a fish head on it. It looks nondescript and very weird.
"After all, you worship a real dragon king, so what's the point of building a temple for the dragon?"
Yue Erpao raised his head and looked at the Dragon King under the watch platform. His back felt numb unconsciously and he shrank his neck.
Geda prayed several times in front of the dragon, and then hissed and warned Yue Erpao: "Hush, don't say bad things in front of the gods, they will be angry, be careful that trouble comes from your mouth."
"Besides, we're staying here tonight. We're using someone else's territory, so we have to behave ourselves."
"That's right. I'll go out and find some wood first so that I can burn firewood to keep warm at night."
Yue Erpao also realized that he had said the wrong thing, and he quickly left here feeling guilty.
The only chatterbox in the crowd left, and the temple immediately became quiet.
The cold wind blew into the hall and disturbed the bead curtain on the Dragon King's crown. The thing made a rattling sound, as if the Dragon King came to life.
Yue Guanchao stood in the front, looking up at the statue of the Dragon King.
Its hands hold an inappropriate wat board flat, and the edges of the wat board are not neatly cut, like an uncarved wooden sign, showing roughness.
He thought that the original thing in the Dragon King's hand was definitely not the Wat Board. This board had been randomly stuffed into his hand.
"Tell me, what on earth is that old man holding in his hand?"
Everyone was attracted by Yue Guanchao's words, and as they raised their heads to take a closer look at the statue, the temple door roared like a tear to the heart, frightening everyone.
"Oh my god, the old Dragon King has appeared. Please help me."
"I will never offend you again. Lord Dragon, please forgive me."
