THE WHITE EMPORER’S CITY (PAI TI CHERN)
By the Administrator
At noon, the ship parked at a bay for the passengers to go on shore to visit the White Emperor’s City ‘Pai Ti Chern’. In the legend of the War of Three Nations, Soon Shu claimed that he saw a white dragon emerging from a well and crowned himself as the White Emperor or ‘Pai Ti’.
Pai Ti City is also a historic place where about 800 years ago, Emporor Liu Peh, on his death bed, entrusted Chu Kerk Liang or Khong Ming, his Premier, to bring up his son Ah Tou to succeed in his throne. At that time he got two younger sons by his bed side, and the closest General in sight was Chou Tze Loong. Ah Tou was on duty to take charge of Zhen Tu then. It was proven to be a smooth political succession under the faithful and fidel strategist Chu Kerk Liang.
Many great poets also wrote classic poems about Pai Ti Chern since the Thang and Sung Dynasties.
Below are some interesting pictures:
On the right was the calligraphy of Chou En Lai inscribed on the stone where he, unlike the other two leaders, honestly quoted the author of the poem as Lee Pai, but not treated it as his own.
The place used to be a peninsula but now has become an island over time
The history of Liu Peh entrusted Cho Kerk Liang in respect of his family’s and nation’s affairs, where the latter faithfully executed his duty, earned the respect of the people who had later on erected these statutes in commemoration of the man.
The ‘Kuan Sing Thing’ was the station where Chu Kerk Liang used to observe the sky and mastered his astronomy