Legend of Dong Yong in Wanrong

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Dong Yong's hometown is Qianxiaohuai Village, Huangfu Township, Wanrong County. Dong Yong was a man from the Western Han Dynasty, more than 2,000 years ago. The story of Dong Yong and Tian Xian has a long history and is well-known. Dong Yong was a good farmer and filial to his parents. When Tian Xian, who lived in Tianjiayao, heard about it, she fell in love with him and later they got married. Tian Xian was clever and skillful, and later the legend gradually evolved into a fairy. In order to pay off Dong Yong's debt and redeem himself, Tian Xian wove cloth day and night, and finally wove brocade and paid off the debt. People admired her very much. In the future, young men and women will make "marriage cloth" when they get married. This marriage custom is deeply rooted in the Yuncheng area. The locust trees in the Huaishuyuan area were all planted by Dong Yong. After Dong Yong died, his descendants called the village Huaishuyuan in memory of him. Once, people were building a house for a white-bearded old man, and when they moved the newly transported wood ashore, they lost a door bolt. Dong Yong heard about it and immediately went down to the bottom of the ditch and found it in the muddy water. The old man with white beard admired everything Dong Yong did. The old man with white beard was originally a god of land. This time he built a house to build a temple for the god of land. Later, Dong Yong and Miss Tian Xian got engaged, and the god of land was happy to act as a matchmaker. In the area of Xiaohuai Village in Wanrong today, there are relics such as the stone tablet of Dong Yong's hometown, the Dong's ancestral hall, the family tree, the god of land temple, the big locust tree and the Shimen Bridge.

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