Beijing Legend

In the legend, the city of Beijing is the "Bitter Sea Youzhou" occupied by evil dragons, so Liu Bowen built the city in the shape of "Nezha with Eight Arms" to suppress the evil dragons. In the fight with the dragon, the brave Gao Liang snatched back Beijing's water source, but Tianshui was taken away by the dragon... These legends and stories collected and recorded by folklorist Jin Shoushen carry the common memory of Beijingers. Among these stories, there are the facts about Beijing's water shortage and heavy sandstorms, the historical stories about Liu Bowen building the city of Beijing and the emperor's blackmailing Shen Wansan, and the legend about attributing architectural wisdom such as building turrets to Lu Ban.