There lived one young man on the Sungari. His father made a decent fortune from fishing, and therefore his son, although he continued his father’s occupation, was not out of need, but only out of love for the business, and therefore he sometimes allowed himself various whims. Often his workers fished while he wandered through the mountains. One day he wandered into Long-tan Shan and saw a magnificent pool there. The fisherman sat on its bank for a long time, and suddenly it occurred to him: if only there would be a good fish tank here!
Planned and done. He returned home, chose two dozen of the best fish of different breeds that did not interfere with each other’s lives, took them alive to Lung-tang Shan and put them into the pool, and in order to distinguish his fish from the offspring, he put a copper ring with his name on the tail of each released fish.
Several days passed. One day his workers took him to sell fish in Ulagai and suddenly they saw that local fishermen had caught a couple of fish with copper rings. The workers took these fish and took them to their owner. He looks - yes, these are his fish, which he sent into Lung-tan...
A fisherman and his people went up the mountain and threw a net into Lung-tan, but did not catch a single fish there. It is clear that between the Sungari and Lung-tan there is a passage, the same one along which the dragon once walked.
Yes, Lung-tan is a sacred body of water, it’s not for nothing that when the governor, twice a year, on the days of changing clothes (summer to winter and back) in ceremonial clothes, kneels before the sacred tree and in front of the pool, then all the duckweed from the surface of the water immediately gathers to the opposite shore, even if there is not the slightest breeze...
And the most surprising thing is where does the water come from in Lung-tan, at the very top of a high mountain? A lot of water must evaporate, especially in hot weather, and yet the water in the pool never decreases an inch, although no stream flows into Lung-tan...
No, Lun-tan, whatever you say, is a sacred reservoir, this is the passage to the dwelling of Lun-wan himself, the dragon prince!
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru