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There is a tower in Yibin called the Daguan Tower. This is no ordinary tower, it possesses supernatural strength. The citizens of Yibin are most thankful for this. If it were not so, the city would most likely be destroyed. Below ground within the foundations of the tower rests the trapped head of a dragon. But fear not, as long as the tower maintains its virgil the dragon can not get out.

Another legends explains convincingly the origin of a big rock in the Jinsha River. The story is well documented: It has been written down in the famous ancient history book, the SuZhongMinShengJi. It tells of a poor boy and his mother. The boy is devoted to his mother and does all her bidding. All his young life and at every hour of the day he carried water from the river to his mother's house. He is just a small boy and the buckets of water are so heavy. His back was bent from the constant straining. Finally, he was no longer capable of straightening his back to get out of the river. He stayed there in the water and turned into stone.

Then there is the legend of the lake Tian Chi. Older people have recounted this legend to their children through many generations. They say that where the lake is today, there once stood a mountain. A rich and powerful landowner lived there. Close by lived the lovely farmer's daughter Xiao He. The rich man demanded to have the girl and came to get her. But Xiao He stubbornly refused. Naturally the gods were watching this incident and none of them liked this misuse of power. They saw the rich man pulling at her, and the girl resisting. Then, losing his patence, the rich man drew his sword and chopped off the girl's arm. At that moment a god stepped in, quickly replacing Xiao He severed limb. At the same time he destroyed the site of the rich man's power, the mountain, by pushing it into the ground. The place where the mountain had been became a lake Tian Chi. While the rich man was sent to eternal damnation, the beautiful girl and her family lived blissfully by the lake shore for the rest of their days.

Finally, there is the legend about the white and black pagoda. I understand most of this story - all except the point at the end. I think there may be some general rule that a pagoda should have one black and one white roof (dome or cupola?) There is some more explanations needed to make sense of the point of the story. Maybe there is a culture gap that needs to be bridged? I don't understand why you can see one black dome and not the other.