龙泉枣园夼

王娇凤

龍泉枣园夼以前有二十多个自然村落，现在合并规整为十个村庄。

枣园夼之美在于她的青山雾霭，在于她的风光迤逦。这里的四月，就是人间最美的时节。蓝天白云，花浓香浓情更浓，浓得人不忍离开，浓得人即刻懂了桃花源记里的世外桃源，浓得人无以言表，又懂了只可意会不可言传的意义。

相传枣园夼曾是天庭玉皇王母的枣园，这里到处都是大红枣儿，蜜枣酿制的美酒源源不断地送往天庭。

一日，玉皇大帝派大将军到枣园来巡查，将军骑着玉麒麟来到枣园，被枣园美景所迷，他先去龙泉汤洗浴，接着观赏枣园的山山水水，一草一木，一花一蕊。他看一会儿彩蝶飞舞，真美！瞧一会儿蜜蜂采蜜，有趣！不知不觉已日落西山，枣园的土地山神请他喝酒食肉，将军沉醉在富贵乡里，忘记了归期。

天庭上，玉皇大帝点卯，大将军未到，玉皇勃然大怒，他命令喜鹊下到人间通报大将军，谪贬他为天庭守护枣园。就这样大将军变成了人间的园丁。

将军乐得其所，他在这里带领民众种花种草，绿化山林，枣园不再是单一的枣树，这里广种了苹果树，梨树，桃树，杏树，李子树，樱桃树等应有尽有，供给天庭的除了枣酒还有桃花酒，梨花酒，樱桃酒和各种甜蜜果品，玉皇王母饮过美酒食过蜜果之后赞不绝口。他们带着七仙女下到凡间来，在昆嵛山、无染寺都留下了足迹。

看过枣园美景之后，玉皇王母甚是欢喜，调大将军重回天庭重用。大将军舍不得离开枣园，枣园的土地山神及民众也舍不得离开大将军。听说大将军要离开后，跪倒一片，他们恳请留下大将军，玉皇被民所感动，于是把大将军化作枣园南山上大将军石，大将军骑的麒麟化为麒麟石，报信的喜鹊化为喜鹊石。万年的神龟也一直在祈求玉皇大帝留下大将军，玉皇便在大将军石的不远处立了一尊佛，神龟化为神龟石，这便是我们现在所看到的神龟拜佛，大将军石，麒麟石和喜鹊石。将军石山下，有一处天然水池，人们传说这是将军的饮马池，饮马池里碧水清清，绿影倒映，鸟儿飞，鱼儿游，又是一幅美丽的山水画卷。

大将军就这样永远站在山上守护着枣园，枣园历尽岁月的年轮，日复一日，年复一年，在大将军的守护下，越变越美好，越变越漂亮！

在枣园邹家庄的青河旁，有两棵情人槐（怀）树，树干彼此分开，树枝树叶，缠缠绵绵，难分难开。相传东汉末年，夫君奉命出征，妻子在家苦苦守候，待到夫君凯旋，妻子早已香消玉殒，夫君哭妻之泪化成了青河，夫妇化为相依相偎的情侣槐树，生生世世永不分开。

在枣园的孔庄，夹道而栖着的杏（幸）树，相传秦始皇东巡时，被这里的美景所迷，亦被当地的一位芝兰姑娘所痴迷，命人在路两旁栽上杏树，喻示着幸福美好。此后，这里的杏树枝繁叶茂，红杏点点绕枝头。杏花盛开之时，人们来到杏树下，在杏树枝上挂上自己的祈福牌，祈祷自己和家人幸福，这些杏树被人们寓意为幸福树了。

如今的枣园，山美水美人更美，这里的民众勤劳朴实，辛勤耕耘，努力创建着自己的美好家园。一个个传说只能传说着枣园神奇的过往，美好生活要靠自己的双手去创造，枣园人要让自己的枣园变得更神奇，更迷人。

Zaoyuankuang in Longquan had over twenty natural villages， which have merged into ten.

The beauty of Zaoyuankuang lies in its graceful scenery reflected in its green mountains and misty fog. April here is the most beautiful season in the earthly world. Under the azure sky and white clouds flowers are strongly fragrant and emotions are stronger， so strong that people are reluctant to leave because of their immediate understanding of the land of peach blossoms recorded in The Chronicle of the Land of Peach Blossoms and unable to express in words with understanding of the meaning of what can be only sensed but not explained in words.

Allegedly， Zaoyuankuang was the jujube orchard of the Jade Emperor and the Queen Mother. Big red jujubes were seen here and there and the wine made of them were sent to the heaven incessantly.

One day， the Jade Emperor sent his general to inspect the jujube orchard. The general rode his jade kylin and came to the jujube orchard. Enchanted by its beautiful scenery， he went to Longquan Spring to take a bath and then admired the mountain and water of the orchard， fixing his attention on each tree and flower. He watched butterflies dance for a while and found it very beautiful. And then he watched bees gather honey and thought it interesting. When the sun set before he noticed it， the god of the land and mountain in the jujube orchard invited him to have wine and meat. The general was so intoxicated in the land of prosperity that he forgot to leave.