Seeking springs to build Pavilion

The Legend of Ziweiquan and Fengle Pavilion

Fengle Pavilion is the main scenic spot of Fengle Pavilion. It can be said that there is no Fengle Pavilion without Fengle Pavilion. But as far as origin is concerned, there is a purple spring in Fengle Pavilion scenic area. Its "seniority" is older than Fengle Pavilion. It can be said that Fengle Pavilion was built because of this spring. This is the story of Chuzhou's ancient legend "Seeking Spring and Building Pavilions".

In the fifth year of Song Qingli (1045 A.D.), Ouyang Xiu was transported from Hebei to Chuzhou and demoted to Zhizhou by inspectors. Ouyang Xiu met with his staff in Chuzhou Yamen Hall on the spring day of the sixth year of the second year of the celebration calendar (1046 A.D.). Ouyang Xiu invited all of you here to share the new tea which was picked in the Spring Festival. Ouyang Xiu sent officials to let the spring water boil tea because Langya Mountain made the spring water clear and sweet. The waiter returned from the spring and sprinkled the spring because he was in a hurry. Seeing that it was not too early, the waiter feared that he would miss the time to cook tea and sought another spring at the foot of Fengshan. When we arrived at the State Ya and offered our tea, Ouyang Xiu and his staff drank the tea. They all felt that the tea tasted delicate and the aftertaste was glycol. It was good tea and good water. But Ouyang Xiu knew that although the water was sweet and refreshing, it was not the Jean Spring of Langya Mountain. Under his repeated questioning, the officials told the truth. Ouyang Xiu knew that there was such a spring at the foot of Fengshan Mountain. He said to all people, "Let the spring be the best spring I have ever had since I arrived in Chuzhou. I didn't expect to find another spring that is no less than it today. It's a great luck!" Blessing! Therefore, Ouyang Xiu and others let the waiters lead the way, went to Fengshan to look for this spring, and in a valley bamboo forest under the Fengshan, along a path, found what the waiters said. Ouyang Xiu looked around the surroundings of the spring's eyes and praised the "natural beauty" (with Mei Yao-chen's book). So Shuquan chiseled stones to hide the deep valley with its eyes and named it Yougu Spring. Then he built a pavilion on the spring and took it.“ The pavilion was named "Fengle Pavilion" in the sense of "having fun with the people". So far, the story of Ouyang Xiuxun Spring Pavilion has spread. In the second year of Song and Yuan You (1087 A.D.), Chen Zhixin of Zhizhou, Chuzhou, renovated the Yougu Spring and renamed it Ziwei Spring. The name of the spring eye was handed down, and the Fengle Pavilion became more and more popular because of Ouyang Xiu's "The Story of Fengle Pavilion".