Once upon a time, there was a huge ancient locust tree growing outside Guang'an Gate in the capital and beside the avenue leading to Marco Polo Bridge.
It is said that this tree existed in the Jin and Yuan Dynasties.
It has large branches and lush leaves, and the trunk is as thick as two arms.
However, the old tree has an empty heart.
There is a hole at a height of one person from the ground.
There is a small temple inside, with a flagpole and a mountain gate. , main hall, and sutra tower are all complete, all built with natural wood, so people call it Huaishu Temple.
The origin of this temple comes from the late Qing Dynasty.
At that time, an old man opened a cake shop outside the city.
The goods were genuine and the business was pretty good.
He only had one daughter at his knees, named Xiulan, who was 28 years old.
Because his wife passed away very early, the old man raised his daughter alone.
Although she was not from a wealthy family, Xiulan was virtuous, very smart and beautiful, and she was betrothed to a good family early on, and she just wanted to choose a date to get married.
One day it was Baiyun Temple Fair, Xiulan vowed to do some good deeds for her late mother, and also wanted to burn a stick of peace incense to protect her family from disaster and illness.
The old man hired a donkey for Xiulan to ride on, and he led the donkey straight to Baiyun Temple.
Not far away, he encountered a group of ferocious officers and soldiers.
The leader was riding a tall horse, followed by dogs and eagles.
These people were the executioners who suppressed the peasant uprising army, Shengbao.
He had fought in Yanjin, Henan Province.
The British King Chen Yucheng of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was executed in Lingchi.
At this moment, he went to the Yongding River to shoot rabbits.
When the people saw this group of people, they fled in panic.
When the crowd was crowded, they were surprised by the donkey Xiulan was riding.
Suddenly, the donkey bumped into Shengbao's horse.
Shengbao was furious, but after a closer look, she turned out to be a beautiful girl. , all the anger disappeared immediately, he stared at Xiulan and smiled lewdly, "Hey hey", the old man knew it was not good, so he quickly grabbed the donkey and turned around and ran home.
Seeing how beautiful Xiulan looked, Shengbao immediately took his men to the cake shop to propose marriage to Xiulan as his concubine.
The old man naturally refused to agree, but as a general in charge of the army, Shengbao was easier to kill a commoner than to crush an ant.
He threatened and threatened to burn down the shop and arrest the girl if she did not marry him, and gave away dozens of taels of silver as a betrothal gift. , then turned and left.
After Shengbao left, the father and daughter held each other's hands and cried.
The old man was so upset that he asked his neighbor to invite the in-laws to marry off his daughter in a hurry.
The old man also planned to pack his things and go to visit his relatives.
Unexpectedly, before he left the house, Shengbao's sedan chair arrived.
He was so frightened that the old man jumped out from behind the window to escape.
He happened to be seen by the officers and soldiers.
The old man ran in front and they chased after him.
They couldn't tell in the dark. direction, just care He ran forward along the way.
The old man was old and frail.
After running for a while, he couldn't run anymore.
He saw a big locust tree beside the road.
There was a hole in the trunk where he could hide.
This was also a sign of his eagerness to survive.
He didn't know where the strength came from. , actually climbed into the tree and got in.
He hid inside and prayed secretly, hoping that the tree god could protect his father and daughter from this disaster.
If they could escape this disaster, he would definitely come and build a temple for the locust tree to express his gratitude.
At this time, Shengbao's men had already chased him nearby.
They saw something suspicious about the tree hole, and were about to climb up to search.
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Suddenly, dark clouds, strong winds and lightning struck together.
A series of thunders shocked them, so they had to withdraw their troops and go back to recover.
After a while, the old man left safely.
Shengbao also offended the court and was ordered to commit suicide.
Afterwards, the old man returned home and never forgot about his vow to build the temple.
However, the project was too huge and he was unable to do it.
Later, he finally thought of a solution.
In this way, he hired skilled craftsmen to build an exquisite wooden temple in a tree hole, which was called the "Locust Tree Temple"
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