The legend of "anti-Japanese stone carving" in Putuo Mountain

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picture shows the Karo-Japanese stone carvings next to Chaoyin Cave.

Most friends who have made pilgrimage or visited the "Haitian Buddhist Kingdom" know that Chaoyin Cave on Mount Putuo has beautiful scenery, but have you seen an inconspicuous "anti-Japanese carved stone" next to this cave? In fact, that "anti-Japanese carved stone" records the achievements of the Ming Dynasty's famous anti-Japanese generals Li Wenjin, Yu Dayou and others.

It is said that in the 32nd year of Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty (1553), Japanese pirates came to Zhoushan to burn, kill and plunder, and the common people suffered a lot. In the autumn of that year, the court sent deputy envoy Li Wenjin, and participating generals Yu Dayou and Liu Enzhi to lead officers and soldiers to fight against the Japanese pirates. As soon as they arrived in Zhoushan, they won several battles. At the Battle of Ligang, the Japanese pirates fled from place to place, and their souls were scared out. They did not dare to confront Yu Dayou and other famous generals head-on. They dispersed their troops and hid in Lengao on the deserted island, sometimes making sudden sneak attacks. Yu Dayou used hard but not advanced, but suffered a lot. He thought that if he couldn't win hard, it would be better to use wisdom. He withdrew all his troops to the camp and closed up without fighting. Sure enough, the Japanese pirate leader became more courageous and gathered his subordinates around Donghuo Island. After Yu Dayou received the report, he thought of a clever plan: he took his family to Putuo Mountain for a tour.

That night, the sea was misty and exposed, and the Japanese pirates mobilized in full force and sneaked towards Putuo Mountain in small boats. As soon as the Japanese ship sailed into Lianhua Ocean, a big and bright red light suddenly flashed on the top of Luojia Mountain between Putuo Mountain and Zhujiajian Island. The Japanese pirates had not figured out what was going on, and the red light was no longer visible. In the blink of an eye, red light flashed on the sea east of Mount Loga. There were rows of small red lights floating out from behind Mount Loga like lotus flowers. The Japanese pirates quickly set up their cannons and fired two shots at the red light. The red light on the sea swayed for a while, but it didn't disappear. In the blink of an eye, rows of small red lights appeared on the sea west of Mount Loga.

When the Japanese pirates saw so many red lights around Luojia Mountain, they thought there was an ambush. They turned back to look at Putuo Mountain, but there was no movement, so they set sail and rowed straight for Putuo Mountain. Who knows? Before the boat was close to the shore, a red light suddenly flashed on Putuo Mountain. The mountain was full of small bright red lights, slowly moving towards Chaoyin Cave and forming a big lotus flower. The Japanese pirates originally believed in Buddhism. When they saw this scene, they believed that it was the manifestation of Guanyin Bodhisattva. They hurriedly turned the ship and fled south. When the ship arrived at the tip of Zhujiajian Mountain, there was a sudden sound of war drums, and thousands of arrows were fired from the shore. This time, the Japanese pirates were in chaos. The ship in front turned around and fled back, while the ship behind was still driving forward. The Japanese ship hit the Japanese ship, and the ship capsized and fell into the sea. Either it was shot by the arrow or it fell into the sea and drowned!

The Japanese pirate leader had no idea. Behind him was Mount Putuo, there was an ambush in front of him, and Shenjiamen in the west. No matter how courageous he was, he would not dare to venture into Shenjiamen. There was only a waterway in the east leading to the open sea. However, on the east sea, the three inner and three outer floors were covered with lotus lanterns. When the Japanese pirates looked at it, they did not dare to act rashly. They had to turn around the lotus ocean until dawn. Looking around, they saw wooden boards made by old elders floating on the sea. There were lanterns like lotus petals nailed to the wooden boards. The big lotus flower at the entrance of Chaoyin Cave turned out to be a large warship. The Japanese pirates never dreamed that Yu Dayou pretended to go to Putuo Mountain for a tour of the mountains and rivers, organized fishermen to go to the sea and light red lights, set up a net, and let the Japanese pirates get into the net bag.

The leader of the Japanese pirates knew that he had been deceived and wanted to break through and escape. Suddenly, a sound of conch sounded, and the warships lying in ambush in the Gangao rushed straight towards the Japanese pirates like arrows leaving the bow. Yu Dayou stood majestically on the bow of the large warship, raised his sword and hacked left and right, killing the Japanese pirates until they cried for their parents.

The battle at Lianhuanyang was really beautiful, killing more than 200 Japanese pirates. Later, someone carved an "Anti-Japanese Engraving Stone" on a rock next to Chaoyin Cave to record this achievement.