The legend of Teng Xiaoguo
Dongtengcheng Suo is known as "Teng small country". Because there was a "Tengguo" here in the old days, Tengxian was also named after it.
According to legend, more than two thousand years ago, it rained continuously for more than half a month. Many houses have been poured down, the water is up to the knees, the Yellow River water continues to rise, and finally the Yellow River burst, the big water eyes see "Teng Xiaoguo". The people were very frightened, and suddenly a dragon came down from the sky. The dragon was lying on its side and was ten miles long, blocking the flood. People hurriedly told Teng Wengong, Teng Wengong took the ministers and son to see.
King Teng's son was about twenty and proficient in all eighteen martial arts. When he saw the dragon, the dragon's eye was surprisingly large and seemed to reveal a fierce air. He thought: The dragon can breathe clouds, and it will rain. This flood is his fault. He drew up the bow, filled the string, and aimed his full strength at the longan. The arrow went into the dragon's left eye, and the blood ran out of the eye, staining the water red. When King Teng's son again drew his bow and was about to shoot at the dragon's right eye, King Teng hurriedly knocked the arrow out of his hand and loudly rebuked him, "Little rebellious son, you have caused great trouble, and yet you don't kneel down to apologize to Lord Long." After saying that, the king knelt down, the ministers also fell to their knees, the people also fell to their knees, and the little prince had to kneel down.
The dragon wept, thinking that in order to protect people's lives and property, he was not afraid of fatigue, but was shot by the little prince, his heart was broken, and his eyes hurt unbearably, it was better to walk away. The people begged bitterly, "Lord Dragon, you must not go! You leave, we're all dead! Please have pity on us." His heart went soft again. Yeah! So many people will die if I leave. There it held off until the flood waters receded.
Teng King held a banquet to entertain the dragon king, the dragon king was heartbroken, did not come to the banquet, determined to leave here. Teng King personally to detain it, it also refused to come. The king of Teng knew that he could not keep it, so he came up with a way: he ordered the skilled craftsmen of the whole country to build a temple over the dragon King's head when he was resting and put it there. Therefore, Teng County gradually prospered and became a famous county in the country.