the Xuanyun Hill

    The Xuanyuan (Emperor Huangdi) Hill is the birth place of Emperor Huangdi. There is an interesting story about the birth of Emperor Huangdi. Legend has it that overlooking the human world from the heaven, the God, the Xuanyuan Huangdi, was full of sympathy on the poverty of people despite the beauty of the landscape. To help them, he turned himself into a yellow dragon and flew towards the human world. A girl was collecting fruits near the Xuanyuan Hill when all at once the sky was covered by rolling dark clouds with a yellow dragon circling the stars of the “Charles's Wain”. With the crack of a sudden thunder, the yellow dragon threw itself upon her. When she came round, it was sunny again and she found herself pregnant. 24 months later, she gave birth to a boy, the Xuanyuan Huangdi. Although the story may not be true, it shows people's respect to him. In the Han Dynasty, a memorial temple was established in honor of Emperor Huangdi's achievements and merits. In the Qing Dynasty, Xu Chaozhu, the governor of Xinzheng set up a stele with inscription of “The Native Place of Emperor Xuanyuan Huangdi”, making here a holy land for Chinese descendants to worship their ancestors.

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