Chinese Culture and History (2)

The legend started nine hundred years ago that was around 1700 BC. It was still the 夏Dynasty, the first dynasty of China. One day, people found there were two dragons making love in the royal court. After consult with a sorcerer, the emperor at that time collected the semen of that dragon in a box. And after nine hundred years later, the history has changed two dynasties already the royal court still kept this semen.

Until one day the emperor 厉 opened the box. By accident the semen spilt over and no one could clean it. After consult the sorcerer the emperor ordered some palace maids dance in naked body to drive out the evil spirits. Then the splashed semen turned to be a turtle. When the turtle escaped from royal court, it collided a 16 year’s old palace maid and this girl was pregnant. The period of pregnancy was eight years long. When she was 24, she gave birth a baby girl. The palace maid was so scared of it, she abandoned the infant along a river side.

That was the later beauty褒姒. A sterile couple found this baby and carried it to the small kingdom named 褒, later their chief contribute the girl to the emperor 幽.

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