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Fortune lies beneath the surface of Qianmen Pond
December 26, 2011, Monday
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QIANMEN Pond is located in Waigang Town in the west of Jiading District.
It is said that a long time ago, there lived a good young man in the rural area who sold bean curd in town every day to earn a living. The strangest thing was that two customers visited his booth every day, but never paid. They usually sat down at his booth in the early morning and had soybean milk, jellied bean curd and pot-stewed oil bean curd. After that, they would just leave without paying a penny. However, the young man never asked them to pay for the food, he even did not ask their names. Most people thought he was too tolerant.
One day, the two free riders felt ashamed of their conduct and asked the young man: "We come here every day and eat for free. Why don't you ask us to pay?"
The young man smiled and answered: "I know you two cannot afford it. Anyway, I can do business and I can still make a living, so it's okay."
The two men then said: "It's too hard for you to make bean curd here and sell it in town. It will not make you rich. Maybe we will find you a place to open a new shop, and you will become a millionaire definitely." However, the young man refused gently.
Some days later, the two men returned and invited the young man to visit their home. He followed them to the east, and eventually entered a reed marsh of Jiading.
The young man felt a strange sensation and noticed that the two other men had already disappeared. Suddenly he heard the sound of coins from the reeds marsh. It was just like a voice telling him to "come here and get rich."
He realized that he might have met some gods and recalled that the two men had tried to persuade him to relocate his stall. Finally he listened to their advice and opened a new bean curd shop near the reed marsh.
Since the young man heard the sound of coins in the reeds marsh, people nearby, especially the merchants, quickly gathered here and call it Qianming Pond, which means that the pond in which you can hear the sound of money. From that time on, the young man's shop gradually grew bigger and bigger, and at last he became a rich man.
Since ming is pronounced similar to men in the Jiading dialect, the name eventually became the current Qianmen Pond.
(Translated by Pan Zheng)
It is said that a long time ago, there lived a good young man in the rural area who sold bean curd in town every day to earn a living. The strangest thing was that two customers visited his booth every day, but never paid. They usually sat down at his booth in the early morning and had soybean milk, jellied bean curd and pot-stewed oil bean curd. After that, they would just leave without paying a penny. However, the young man never asked them to pay for the food, he even did not ask their names. Most people thought he was too tolerant.
One day, the two free riders felt ashamed of their conduct and asked the young man: "We come here every day and eat for free. Why don't you ask us to pay?"
The young man smiled and answered: "I know you two cannot afford it. Anyway, I can do business and I can still make a living, so it's okay."
The two men then said: "It's too hard for you to make bean curd here and sell it in town. It will not make you rich. Maybe we will find you a place to open a new shop, and you will become a millionaire definitely." However, the young man refused gently.
Some days later, the two men returned and invited the young man to visit their home. He followed them to the east, and eventually entered a reed marsh of Jiading.
The young man felt a strange sensation and noticed that the two other men had already disappeared. Suddenly he heard the sound of coins from the reeds marsh. It was just like a voice telling him to "come here and get rich."
He realized that he might have met some gods and recalled that the two men had tried to persuade him to relocate his stall. Finally he listened to their advice and opened a new bean curd shop near the reed marsh.
Since the young man heard the sound of coins in the reeds marsh, people nearby, especially the merchants, quickly gathered here and call it Qianming Pond, which means that the pond in which you can hear the sound of money. From that time on, the young man's shop gradually grew bigger and bigger, and at last he became a rich man.
Since ming is pronounced similar to men in the Jiading dialect, the name eventually became the current Qianmen Pond.
(Translated by Pan Zheng)
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