阆中与武则天有关的传说与遗存

The Legends and Relics Related toWu Zetian in Langzhong

阆中在唐初名为隆州,归利州都督府管辖。在阆中有许多与武则天有关的记载、文物和传说。袁天罡“断龙脉”的传说,表明武则天出生于利州;蒲真应所铸圣神皇帝铜钟,是武则天晚年崇信道教的证据;高宗显庆中(656—661)在绵州富乐山建坛并在江边投简、武周时田道士赴蜀中云台山投龙的行为,表明巴蜀特别是利州与武则天存在非同寻常的关联。

Langzhong was called Longzhou in the early Tang Dynasty and was under the jurisdiction of the Governor of Lizhou.There are many records,cultural relics and legends related to Wu Zetian in Langzhong.The legend of Yuan Tian-gang’s“broken dragon vein”indicates that Wu Zetian was born in Lizhou;The bronze bell of the Holy Spirit Emperor made by Pu Zhenying is the evidence of Wu Zetian’sbelief in Taoism in her later years.In the period of Emperor Gao Zong,Li Xian(656-661)built an altar in Fule Mountain of Mianzhou and threw piece of bamboo written words on the river side,and a Taoist,first name Tian,went to Yuntai Mountain of Shu in Wu Zhou Dynasty to throw dragon,which shows that Bashu,especially Lizhou,had an extraordinary relationship with Wu Zetian.