The Stone King
In the past，Jianggu Bazi（Binchuan County）was a place where the water was as expensive as the oil.No rice could be grown but corn.All year-round，the descendants of the Bai people only ate corn flour with wild vegetables，and they had a tough life.That year，a farmer went to plough the field in Duifanggou.He plowed out a large stone and threw it aside.Strangely enough，when he plowed the second furrow，the stone lay on the ground again，and he threw it away.By the time the third furrow was plowed，the stone still lay in the same place.He picked up the stone angrily and threw it at a distance on the side of the road.The road was smashed into a hole and the stone shed bright red blood.
On that day，a man named Yin Qianzu in Jianggu Village came back from visiting his daughter in Sanjia Village.Seeing this stone bleeding，he thought to himself：This must be a gem.So，he hurriedly carried it home and put it in the family hall.
Yin Qianzu had a dream at that night.He dreamed that the stone in the family hall gave out glorious golden lights.A white-haired old man came to his bedside and said，“I wanted to rescue the people in Duifanggou，but they didn't know anything about it and threw me to the side of the road.You brought me to the family hall，which indicates that you have eyes to see the good.Whatever you want，just tell me.And I will definitely grant your request.Do you need gold or silver？”
Yin Qianzu shook his head and replied，“I don't need gold or silver，but just rice.”
Hearing this，the old man laughed loudly，“It's a piece of cake.I make your room full of rice.”
Yin Qianzu said，“I don't want ready-made rice，and Iwant the water.As long as there is water，we can grow rice by ourselves.”
The old man smiled and said，“It's easier.There is a Longtan（a pool）on the hill of Lizichang.The water in the poor is clear and plenty.As long as you gather the villagers to dig a ditch，the water can be led to Jianggu Village.”
Yin Qianzu said happily，“I will ask the villagers to dig a ditch on the mountain tomorrow.”The old man said，“Then I'll show you the way.”After saying it，he went back to the family hall.With golden lights，he disappeared and the stone still lay in the family hall.
Early in the next morning，Yin Qianzu told the villagers about his dream the night before.The villagers were willing to follow Yin Qianzu up to the mountain to dig a ditch.After breakfast，they carried hoes to prepare for climbing the mountain.At this time，the big stone in Yin Qianzu's house emitted golden lights again，and a crow flew out and landed on the plum tree in front of his house and cried.
Yin Qianzu pointed at the crow and said to the villagers，“This must be the crow changed by the Stone King to lead the way for us.”The villagers clapped their hands for joy and followed the crow.After several valleys and several mountains，they finally came to Lizichang.The crow landed on a big pine tree and shouted，“Whoa！Whoa！Whoa！”Yin Qianzu and his fellows came to the pine tree and saw a clear pool under the tree.Many red-tailed carps were swimming in the pool.
Yin Qianzu and the villagers started digging a ditch.The crow flew down from the pine trees and jumped ahead of them.They followed behind the crow and dug the ditch.They kept digging without having a rest.Soon，they met a stone cliff and could only draw a white mark on it with the hoe.They felt a little frustrated because they could not remove the rock.Yin Qianzu could not think of a way to deal with it.On that night，the Stone King came to Yin Qianzu's dream again，teaching him to burn the cliff red，then pour cold water on it，and then the cliff would crack itself in this way.The next day，Yin Qianzu led the villagers to cut down many pine branches and leaves and spread them on the cliff，setting off a big fire.
As soon as the hot stone cliff was poured with cold water，it cracked and opened a ditch.The villagers cheered and thanked the crow with closing their palms.For more than a month，the water was led to Jianggu Village.When villagers killed pigs and sheep，blew suona（a kind of Chinese wind instrument）and sang songs to celebrate the passage of water，the crow spread its wings and flew to the sky screaming and disappeared.
Yin Qianzu led the villagers to turn the sloping fields into fertile fields to plant rice.Since then，the descendants of the Bai people have lived a good life.
Yin Qianzu had a girl who got married in Sanjia Village.The village was suffering from water shortage.One day，the girl met her father by the newly dug ditch.The girl said，“Daddy，our village is dying for water shortage.Please give us some water.”Yin Qianzu immediately jumped down from his horse，drawing with his whip，and distributed a stream of water to Sanjia Village，which became a subdam.Until now，this sub-dam is still in existence.Since then，villagers in Sanjia Village have also planted rice.However，they have to wait until the villagers in Jianggu Village finish transplanting rice seedlings every year.When transplanting rice seedlings，even if Sanjia Village finished planting first，villagers would still leave a field unplanted and wait until Jianggu Village finished transplanting.They show their respects for Yin Qianzu in this way！This tradition has been preserved to this day.
In memory of the Stone King and Yin Qianzu，the descendants of the Bai people in Jianggu Village set up a village temple and shaped them with golden bodies.