
The Legend of Gaolan Stranger
About This Novel
At this time, in the early years of the Qianlong reign of the Qing Dynasty, the Yellow River was full of rapids, turbulent waves, and overwhelming water power, and the bottom layer was full of floating sand, making it impossible to build a bridge. Only during the consecration period of the tower top and the two major floods a year did the local gentry and merchants raise funds to hire seven large wooden rafts, linked with iron chains, to build a temporary pontoon bridge to ferry people. On weekdays, we rely on flat-bottomed square-headed ferries unique to the Yellow River. The river is wide and the waves are strong, and the boat is crossing diagonally. It takes at least more than an hour to cross the river. When the wind is not favorable, it may even flow diagonally for twenty or thirty miles, and it takes half a day to reach the shore. Another misfortune happened when a sudden arch of silt at the bottom of the river blocked the boat, making it impossible to come or go, sometimes delaying it for several days. The river is difficult to cross, and there are many supernatural sights in the Yellow River. Originally, everyone on the boat was superstitious, and the ferry was opposite the White Pagoda, so the legends became more and more popular.
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