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QUEEN OF DUCK GIRL For more than one thousand years,there is always a sorrowful legend about queen of duck girl---”Queen from Xiaoyang,King’s uncle from Gukou”.(Xiaoyang,a small town of Fujian province in China.Gukou,a small village of Xiaoyang town.) That was in Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms of China history,from A.D.907 to A.D.979. There lived a family in Xiaoyang town that under big cloudy mountain,grandpa,grandma and their little lovely granddaughter.Grandpa was 72 years old,grandma was 68,and little granddaughter 16.The poor family lived by 36 ducks which were feeded by little granddaughter.And that’s why we call little granddaughter—duck girl. Duck girl was different from others.In hot June,wherever she went,there was always a cloud above her to protect her from run.In big rain,there was always one thing like umbrella to protect her from rain.(we call it dragon umbrella in China) One year,The king published an imperial edict to choose a queen.King was wondering where to choose the right queen in his big kingdom.Kokushi proceeded:”your majesty,my witch mirror showed a girl with dragon sign from Xiaoyang town that under cloudy mountain last night.Queen must be there.” King was very happy and commanded imperial envoy lead one force to find the queen.They searched not only Xiaoyang town,but every village near cloudy mountain,but no girl showed any dragon sign.Finally,the imperial envoy thouht up a good idea.They made a feast of fat things in Xiaoyang town,published imperial edict that all single girls from 16 to 18 must come to feast for free. One feast after another feast,thousands of girls after another thousands of girls coming,but the envoy still found no girl with dragon sign.He was baddly worried about being punished if he couldn’t finish king’s appointment. Last day of feast,no girl came.The envoy felt depressed.At this moment,a strange voice came from outside,saying:”come,come,come”.The envoy ran outside but saw nothing.When he came back,the voice showed up again”come,come,come”.The envoy ran outside again but still saw nothing.For the third time,the envoy ran outside and saw a group of duck coming with the noise:”gaa,gaa,gaa”,followed by our duck girl.Actually duck girl heard about the feast long ago,but she had to feed duck.Her grandma said today was the last day,so she decided to come home earlier to go to feast. Duck girl was so hungry and she never seening so many tasty food before.So she ate quickly with hand.After duck girl couldn’t eat anything any more,she brushed her greasy and dirty hand to the red pillar of building.Five fingers left five trace on pillar like five dragon winding the pillar.”Five dragon winding pillar”,the imperial envoy was sure that duck girl must be the girl with dragon sign,the queen. They put duck girl to sedan and went back to imperial palace.Duck girl had no idea about what happened and crying:”grandpa,grandma,who will take care of you if I leave.I am an unfilial granddaughter.”When they passed Gukou village,a younth working in field heard duck girl’crying,said:”Don’t worry,my sister,I will take care of them.”So here comes the saying:”Queen from Xiaoyang town,King’s uncle from Gukou village”. The force had a rest in Tanyang village for one night.Next day,when duck girl got up,everything changed.She was no more a dirty countrified girl,but a beautiful girl like angel from heaven.The envoy reported it to king.The king grant a name “Bianyang” to this village.(means changing village in Chinese).In local language,people still call Tanyang as Bianyang. Duck girl had a happy life as queen in palace with king.One day,king asked the queen:”dear,can you tell me something about your family in Xiaoyang town,I want to know your previous life.”The queen answered:”my majesty,my house is yellow gold beam,white jade roofing tile,72 windows,36 pools,thousands of square kilometer garden.68 kitchener can’t cook enough food,72 woodman can’t chop enough wood,36 boat can’t load enough living goods.”The king was surprised:”your house is more luxury than my palace.”King asked again:”How about the scenery of your hometwon--Xiaoyang?”The queen answered:”my hometown,gold river and jade forest on left,dragon and phoenix on right,south gate,north gate,9 village surrounded.”(These are all name of mountain and village of Xiaoyang town).Then king was too surprised and decided to visit queen’s hometown--Xiaoyang town. After a long and hard journey,king and his army finally reached a fork near Xiaoyang town,from where they could see high cloudy mountain.The king asked:”dear,where is your luxury house.”The queen answered:”Just there,under high cloudy mountain.”The king was doubtful and and sent some scouts to check there. Scounts came back one by one,all reported that cloudy mountain was so dangerous that hardly had a road.There were only field and mountain around Xiaoyang town,no luxury palace,not even a decent house.The king was very angry and disappointed.The name of this fork is Shidicha.(means “King angry fork” in Chinese).Treacherous minister proceeded at this time:”My majestry,the queen is basebred birth,cheated king to come here.”The king was too angry and commanded to behead the queen. Back to palace,the king was still in angry and wanted to punish imperial envoy.Envoy said:”My majesty,you killed queen by mistake.”The king asked why?Envoy answered:”My majesty,I have re-considered queen’s words.Queen told the truth for every word,never cheated.Queen’s house are made of grass and straw.After many years’ of sun and rain,straw are gold like,grass are white jade like.This is what queen said:yellow gold beam,white jade roofing tile.The house are so old and broken that leaks everywhere,as if there are 72 windows.The leaking rain after long years’ driping,make 36 pools on ground.There are field and mountain around the house,looks like thousands of square kilometer garden.This is what queen said: 72 windows,36 pools,thousands of square kilometer garden.” The king asked:”how about: 68 kitchener can’t cook enough food,72 woodman can’t chop enough wood,36 boat can’t load enough living goods?”Envoy answered:”Queen’s grandma is 68 years old,too old to cook enough food for family.Queen’s grandpa is 72 years old,too old to chop enough wood for family.And Queen feed 36 ducks for living.This is what queen said: 68 kitchener can’t cook enough food,72 woodman can’t chop enough wood,36 boat can’t load enough living goods.” The king was so sad that he dind’t understand the real meaning of queen.The king asked envoy why didn’t queen just tell the truth of her poor family,grass house and old grandparents.Enovy answered:”my majesty,Queen represent honour of our kingdom.If queen tell the detailed truth,it is not good for our king family’s dignity.”The king was so regretful to kill queen by mistake.He was very angry about treacherous minister and killed him.The king buried queen in her hometown (Xiaoyang town) under high cloudy mountain.From then on,all vegetables planted in cloudy mountain tasted bitter.All trees of cloudy mountain bloom a small flower with special fragrance that can burst out your tear.People call cloudy mountain as sorrow mountain.Local people use that small flower as tea,very special taste,with a charm function of reliving summer-heat. The king died in regretful finally.The son of queen,new king,built a mother queen palace in Xiaoyang town to memory his mother.The mother queen palace are still located in Xiaoyang town now. written by jacky  email: tanglei401@163.com   MSN:zhangbin5780@hotmail.com   skype: zhangbin5780   website: www.farmingfood.com