Song Wu's "Fighting Tiger" mainly tells the story that Song Wu, a Liangshan hero, went home to visit his brother, passed by Jingyanggang, went to a restaurant to sell 18 bowls, and wanted to continue on the road after getting drunk. The restaurant told him that there was a tiger hurting people on the mountain and advised him not to do it.
Song Wu didn't believe it, but he saw a big white frontworm hanging on his eyes on the mountain. Song Wu rose up all his life and killed the tiger with his fist, which eliminated a great disaster for the local people. Later, it was passed down as a much-told story by the world. The legendary knight-errant written by Shen Jing in Ming Dynasty was adapted accordingly. Beijing Opera, Kunqu Opera, Gaoqiang Opera, Sichuan Opera, Yunnan Opera and Shaanxi Opera all have this repertoire.
Story prototype
During the Hongwu period in the early Ming Dynasty, the ninth member of the Xu family (Xu Xiake's great-grandfather) was sent to Sichuan in cloth, resigned and returned to his hometown, which made him famous for a while. Xu Qi invited Shi Naian, a hermit from Suzhou (Qiantang is Hangzhou), to be a private school teacher at home. Shi Naian lives in a mansion with beautiful environment in Zhutang Town. While teaching, he writes Water Margin. The locals respectfully call him "Nai An Gong".
Song Wu Jingyang just killed the tiger, which is very vivid. It is said that Shi Naian had just walked in Houyanggang behind Dazhaili Village and saw a yellow dog sleeping under a pine tree. A Zhuang Ding 52 beat the yellow dog away. After Shi Naian returned to China, he used this as a prototype to create, and changed Houyanggang to Jingyanggang, yellow dog to white-fronted tiger, and May 2nd to Song Wu.