The Site of Cangjie Creating Chinese Characters

　　The Site of Cangjie Creating Chinese Characters includes Yangxu Mountain, Yuanhu Mountain, Ink-Dyed Black Pool, and the Turtle Carrying the Book. Yangxu Mountain is situated 24 kilometers northwest of Luonan County, facing Yuanhu Mountain across the Luo River. It is said to be the place where Cangjie created Chinese characters. The "Cehai · Dashu" records: “Cangjie ascended Yangxu Mountain, overlooking the waters of Yuanhu by the Luo River, where a divine turtle carried a book with vermilion shells and blue inscriptions. The Yellow Emperor received it, and thus comprehended the changes of heaven and earth. By observing the curved form of the Kui star above and studying the patterns on the turtle’s back, bird tracks, mountains, rivers, as well as the lines on his palms, he created written characters.” Legend has it that at the steep cliffs of Yuanhu Mountain, there is a clear spring in the crevices. The 28 characters created by Cangjie on the cliffs were repeatedly copied by officials. Each time they set up scaffolding, ground ink, and washed brushes, they ended up dyeing the green pool below the cliffs black. To this day, the water remains murky and difficult to clarify. This is the millennia-old origin of the “Ink-Dyed Black Pool.”