The Legend of Gongye Chang

In the late Spring and Autumn Period, Gong Yechang, a scholar from the State of Lu, could understand the songs of birds since he was a child, but he got into trouble because of it. A gray magpie reported that "there is a dead deer in Nanshan." He took the meat but forgot to leave the intestines, and was hated by the bird. A few days later, he found a body in Qingxi. He was framed as a murderer and imprisoned. In prison, he learned about Qi's invasion through birds, and wrote a blood letter to help Lu retreat from the enemy. Confucius was impressed by his character and betrothed his daughter to him. On the wedding night, the gray magpie brought a message: "Laoshan invites you, Mr. Hu San." From then on, Gongye stepped into the world that mortals should not be - he met the fox fairy Mr. Hu San in Laoshan, and they became irreversible; he met the tiger girl and his mother in Shanyin Ridge; he helped Liu Yi pass a message to the Dragon Girl of Dongting, and promoted the marriage between immortals. The Yellow River overflowed. In order to control the flood, he opened the eye of Mount Tai, but ancient monsters were released. The Eight Immortals came to slay the demons, but he offended heaven for interfering in divine affairs, and he was punished by heaven. Grandpa Hu San used his thousand years of Taoism to block three thunderbolts for him. When he was dying, he said: "Laoshan is the most stable..." Gongye took a stab at his heart and melted the dragon girl's dragon beads, and with the oath of "rivers and mountains bring strength", he was brought back to life and ranked among the immortals. His vitality was severely damaged and he was decaying day by day. Before his death, he passed on the fire of civilization entrusted by Mount Tai to his descendants. The moment he died, hundreds of birds came to visit him and covered the sky. After thousands of years, the ginkgo tree he planted in front of the city top mountain is still luxuriant, telling the legend that "Confucianism is still Confucianism, and immortals are also immortals". Integrating Qilu intangible cultural heritage, the legend of the Eight Immortals, and the Taishan cultural context, it is a classical fairy tale belonging to Shandong people.