Hailongchuan

Hailongchuan

Hailongchuan

In the eastern part of Dashiqiao City, at the junction of Huangtuling Town and Zhoujia Town, there is a high mountain—Hailongchuan.

Laodian Ding is located within Lvwang area of Dashiqiao City, with an elevation

of 1033.5 meters, making it the second highest peak in southern Liaoning. Laodian Ding is high and densely forested, with large areas of primeval forests, firewood forests, economic forests, as well as abundant medicinal herbs and wild fruits. It boasts a rich diversity of flora and fauna, along with beautifully scenic stone forests, making it an ideal destination for vacation and tourism. A winding mountain road leads to the mountainside, where there used to be a Lvwang Knowledge Youth Farm during earlier times. It was later converted into a deer farm, and now a two-story building with blue stone walls and red tiles houses the Jiaoding Mountain Villa, which integrates accommodation, dining, and entertainment.

The people of Lvwang once took pride in owning Laodian Ding. During the Cultural Revolution, locals carried soil up the mountain as part of labor efforts. Even the Northeast Bureau—authorities at the time—had their members “climb the slopes” here. The origin of Laodian Ding also has a little-known legend.

Long ago, the area where Dashiqiao now stands was a vast ocean, and the entire southern Liaoning region we see today was once reclaimed from the sea. The pebbles commonly found on the mountains are said to have been smoothed by seawater erosion, and seashells can still be found on the mountaintops, along with occasional ship nails—evidence of this land’s maritime past. At the source of Zhoujia Reservoir lies a place called Hailongchuan, where it is said that under the mountain lies a “sea eye” that continuously spouts water. In this area, there was a powerful turtle spirit who was the nephew of the Dragon King of the East Sea. Relying on his uncle’s authority, he bullied the local people, often coming ashore with shrimp soldiers and crab generals to cause havoc—abducting men and women, and no one could stop him. Over the years, most nearby residents fled, leaving only an elderly man named Li and his grandson. The old man was paralyzed on one side, and his son and daughter-in-law had been eaten by the turtle spirit. Their twenty-something-year-old grandson carried his grandfather and escaped to the top of Dacuocao Valley (the former name of Lvwang), the highest mountain in the region. But the turtle spirit wouldn’t let them be. He stirred up storms and floods, pushing the water all the way up to the foot of the mountain. With the waters threatening to submerge the mountaintop, the grandson was in a panic. Just as things reached their most desperate, a group of figures appeared from the western sky, riding clouds and mist straight toward the mountain. At the lead was an elderly man with white hair and a youthful face, seated in a sedan chair. He landed precisely beside the old man Li and his grandson. His attendants stood on either side. After hearing the old man’s sorrowful tale, the elder sighed and said, “How unbearable it is that the human world suffers such injustice.” By then, the floodwaters below had risen even higher, wetting the elder’s dao shoes. He drew his magical sword, pointed it at the surging sea, and chanted incantations. Instantly, the seawater receded, rushing back into the ocean like a collapsing mountain. The elder then took out a golden elixir, transformed it into a bluestone slab, and used it to seal the sea eye. To commemorate the elder, later generations named the mountain where he landed his sedan chair “Laodian Ding” (Old Sedan Peak).