Text Appearing Before Image: Fig. 59. The Goddess of Tai-shan,Niang Niang PLATE VI Chang Tao-lin, Taoist Patriarch See pp. 13 ff. Text Appearing After Image: FOLK-LORE 155 place at the rear of a certain temple where he suddenly cameupon a hidden treasure of gold. As soon as he awoke he wentto the place, dug a hole and discovered a large quantity of gold,each piece of which was marked with his own name. An oldman and woman are said to have appeared in a dream to thePrince of Yen who became the Emperor Yung Lo, 1403-1425A.D., of the Ming dynasty. He had just completed the buildingof the present city of Peking with its nine gates and magnificentpalaces. The people were loud in their praise of the beautyand strength of the city, and looked forward to a period ofgreat prosperity and peace. Unfortunately it was not longbefore a severe drought ensued and the wells were all driedup. The cause of the drought was reported by this old manand woman to have been the disturbance of the abode of twowater-dragons at Lei Chen Kou, a village to the east of Pekingoutside the Tung Pien Men. The dragons decided to gatherup all the water of the district in two
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