Eighteen Pan in Mt. Tai, Shandong
In the bamboo node range along with the fluctuation continuously and passes through the windy entrance, 18 Pan is another featured scene. Legend about the construction of Eighteen Pan is as follows.
On the side of the 18 Pan Road there is a carved stone in the shape of a carp with the head on the ground and half the body in the ground. The ancient emperor worried that his country would be snatched so he sent many geomancers to investigate and destroyed the dragon vein. One day, one of the geomancers discovered the carp stone and also saw there is a first fontanel to this range. He knew once the carp jumped it would then became the dragon, born in a family in the mountain and then grown up to usurp the emperor’s throne
The geomancer found the master of the mountain and told him the true situation. The master was very happy and asked how to make the carp jump into the fontanel. The geomancer said as long as built 18 pans next to the carp, the carp will take the opportunity to fly into the fortanel. Therefore, the master asked people to construct the 18 pans non-stop day and night, then the 18 pan was completed, but the carp never became dragon. Because the true reason the geomancer told the mater was that if the carp fell into the 18 pans, it could only became a dish, then it did not become the dragon for ever.
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