Haiyin Bridge spanning the Pearl River in Guangzhou (China)

In ancient Guangzhou, there was a time when a drought lasted many years and people struggled to avoid starvation. One day, suddenly, a holy melody spread in the air and a five-colour cloud drifted in the sky from the South China Sea. Then five gods, who were wearing five different colours of clothing and rode five different coloured goats, appeared with the cloud, each one held a sheaf of wheat with six stalks. They gave the wheat and the goats to the people, and went away. People spread the grains to the ground. From then on, Guangzhou had regular winds and rains and rich harvests, and the five god goats became stone goat, standing on the hill.

Legend of Guangzhou