Myths and legends about Sun Moon Lake in Taiwan:

It is said that a long time ago, there were two evil dragons living in this big pool. One day when the sun passed across the sky, the male dragon leaped up and swung the sun in one bite. Swallow it down. When the moon walked across the sky at night, the female dragon also leaped up and swallowed the moon in one bite. The pair of evil dragons swam back and forth in the pool, swallowing up the sun and the moon, bumping and hitting them, like playing with big beads. They only wanted to have fun, but they did not expect that there would be no sun and moon in the world, and they could not distinguish between day and night. The trees had withered, the birds stopped singing, the ears of rice that were about to mature in the rice fields had shriveled, and every household had eaten up all their food. The cattle and sheep are starving to death, and life can no longer go on...?

At this time, a pair of local young men and women, the smart and brave Brother Dajian and Sister Shuihua, are determined to bring back the sun and the sun to the world. moon. But how to kill the dragon? Brother Dajian and Sister Shuihua quietly got into the cave where the evil dragon lived, and overheard from the evil dragon's conversation that they were most afraid of the golden ax and golden scissors buried under Alishan. ?

Brother Dajian and Sister Shuihua went through many hardships, braved wind and rain, and traveled across mountains and rivers. Finally, they arrived at the foot of Ali Mountain and dug out a golden ax and golden scissors from the bottom of the mountain. Then they returned to the big pool, where two evil dragons were playing with the sun and moon in the pool. Brother Dajian jumped into the pool, swung his golden axe, and chopped the evil dragon until his head was covered with blood and his body was covered with bruises. Sister Shuihua saw that At the right time, he used the golden scissors to cut off the dragon's head. ?

The two evil dragons died, but the sun and moon still sank in the pool. Brother Dajian took off the two eyes of the male dragon and swallowed them in one gulp; Sister Shuihua took off the eyes of the female dragon and swallowed them in one gulp. They turned into giants, standing in the pool like two high mountains. Brother Dajian threw the sun up with all his strength, and Sister Shuihua pulled up the palm trees by the pool to hold up the sun and push it into the sky. Then Sister Shuihua threw the moon into the sky with all her strength, and Brother Dajian also used a palm tree to lift the moon into the sky. ?

The sun and moon hang high in the sky again, shining brightly on the earth, and all things revive. The grass and trees are alive, the birds in the trees are singing again, the rice is growing ears in the fields again, and people are cheering for joy. Brother Dajian and Sister Shuihua have since become two majestic mountains, standing beside the pool forever. ?

Later, people called the big pool Sun Moon Lake and the two mountains Dajianshan and Shuihuashan. Until now, every autumn you can still see people dressed in beautiful costumes, picking up bamboo poles and colored balls and coming to the Sun Moon Lake to play the ball dance. They imitate Brother Dajian and Sister Shuihua, throw the colored balls into the sky, and then use The bamboo pole is held up to prevent it from falling, in order to commemorate the young heroes, Brother Dajian and Sister Shuihua.