Jiguan Mountain is in Honghua Dyke in Tuchengzi Town of Chifeng
City. Rhododendrons covered the city. When looking from the
distance, the mountain was like the cockscomb and was very
beautiful. It is said that long ago, the place was very poor. One
day, the Gold God and Silver God passed by here and found that the
landscape was extremely attractive. They sat down and enjoyed the
scene while drinking spirits. The two gods drank a lot and fought
with each other. They fought for three days and three nights and
eventually stopped. Both of their heads were broken and bleeding,
which made local people very happy. The blood of the Gold God
became a silver hirst and that of the Silver God became a gold
hirst. People got to know this and came to the place to dig silver
and gold.
One day, a man whose surname was Zhang came to dig gold. The
Gold God and Silver God happened to enjoy the landscape. The man
was greedy. He picked up a shovel and hit the two gods from the
back. The Gold God escaped from death, but the Silver God had no
time to escape and died here. Shortly after that, a large mountain
with silver light came out from the place where the Silver God
fell. It is said that people can find silver ore in the mountain
even to this day. The Jade Emperor of Heaven got very angry when
hearing the news and sent the Hail Gold to punish the greedy man.
After that, the hail fell regularly, and the people's lives became
to difficult describe.
The Cock God could not bear seeing people endure this hardship
and asked the Hail God to forgive them. The Hail God made one
condition: the Cock God shall turn into a mountain and stand beside
the Silver Mountain. Therefore, the Cock God bumped on the
guillotine in heaven and died. His head dropped down opposite the
Silver Mountain, and change into another mountain. After that,
people living in the place began to enjoy good lives.
In order to remember the Cock God, people in the area will take
tributes and light the lantern to sacrifice to the Cock God at New
Year's Eve, a tradition carried on until today.