Qiongdao is located at the southern tip of China, surrounded by the sea. It is also the second largest island in China. It belongs to the tropical area, where rice is harvested three times a year and fruits and vegetables are ripe all year round.
Guanyin Temple is located in the southeast of Qiongdao. On the surface, it looks like an ordinary township among the countless fishing villages and towns along the coast.
Guanyin Hall has been rooted in Qiongdao for hundreds of years, and the number of its descendants' families or descendants has been considerable, with a total of more than 10,000 people, making it a fishing town at the town level.
Its geographical location is also excellent. The terrain is in the shape of a gourd. The buttocks of the gourd are the beach bay facing the sea. The mountain that encloses the land in the shape of a gourd is not very high, but the rocks on the mountain are directly connected to the sea, connecting the beach bay and the sea.
Isolate from other places.
The coastal area is very windy and there are frequent typhoons every year. Places too close to the sea are uninhabitable, so the beach bay shaped like a Luhu butt is uninhabited. The descendants of the Guanyin Temple and its descendants settled in Luhu.
Head area.
There is a basin in the head of Luhu, and an urban-rural highway connects the fishing town from the other side of Luding. The nearest distance between the fishing town and other towns is more than ten miles.
There is a natural road from the basin of Luhutou to the beach on the seaside, which is the only place for people in the fishing town to go fishing.
The mountains on both sides of the beach and bay are not connected to other areas. If you want to go to the beach and bay, you have to either take a boat ashore from the sea or climb over the mountains. The other way is of course from the fishing town.
The disciples of Guanyin Hall in Xiyu Town make a living by fishing and planting. The land in the basin is fertile and suitable for growing various tropical plants or fruits, and they live a prosperous life.
Disciples or families of Guanyin Temple usually do their work at sunrise and rest at sunset.
This year, everyone in the Guanyin Hall is not only ready to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival, but also ready to welcome the disciples who have not yet entered, and are looking forward to their arrival.
When the ancestors of Guanyin Temple settled in the local area, the architectural style retained the ethnic or regional characteristics of their disciples. The styles were diverse, and the architectural complex that integrated multiple elements also had a special charm.
The core inner courtyard of Guanyin Hall is a quadrangle courtyard, which overlaps one another, with courtyards connected to courtyards. There are single-family or single-story buildings on the periphery, and roads extend in all directions.
Because coastal areas are windy and rainy, the most obvious commonality of the buildings is that all the houses are no more than two stories high, basically one floor.
In order to welcome the arrival of the new disciples and the Lejia girls, the disciples of Guanyin Temple put up flags in the town square as guideposts to guide the helicopter to land.
They waited until mid-afternoon when they finally saw a helicopter coming from the north.
The little Loli set off from Meicun before eight o'clock. Since E North is more than a thousand kilometers away from Qiongdao, it took several hours to fly. It also took a while to refuel the helicopter on the way. It took more than seven minutes to fly to Qiongdao.
Southeast coastal area.
Little Loli didn't know where the Guanyin Temple was, but Mr. Yi pointed out the approximate location from the topographic map, and the general direction was correct. When he got there, he looked around again, and then he found the right place!
Xiao Le, who was flying a helicopter, flew to a certain area and found the place that Mr. Yi mentioned. He flew directly over the mountains to a certain town. When he looked down, he found a flag of a certain place.
With flag guidance, fly the plane to the top, circle around, and then land.
The square with the flag is made of stone and is located in the building complex. It is as big as a football field. There are people waiting in the east part of the square.
Le Yun parked the plane in the area near the center of the square. After landing, she opened the cockpit door and jumped to the ground without waiting for the spiral to stop. She shook her fists and said, "Thank you, gentlemen. I'll welcome you from afar."
When the helicopter landed, the Guanyin Temple disciples who were lined up in a row were about to run to greet the guests. When they saw a pink girl in a purple dress appeared, they all clasped their fists in unison: "Little girl Le, I've been polite!"
"You're welcome, gentlemen." Le Yun greeted the greeting staff and ran around the nose of the plane to pick up Mr. Yi and his younger brother.
Mr. Yi sat in the cabin with his little disciple. He looked at the buildings below from the window and judged that the little girl had found the right place. When the plane landed, he happily got out of the plane with his little disciple in his arms.
I stood on the hanging ladder and took a look. Haha, my nephew and his grandsons were standing in a row on the east side. There were fifty or sixty people in total.
When the disciples of the Guanyin Hall saw the elder coming out, they all shouted to the elder who was wearing a dark red Tang suit and holding a little baby in a crimson robe: "Welcome our uncle/uncle/uncle/uncle."
Then he shouted: "Welcome junior brother/junior uncle back to the sect!"
"Yeah, they are all good kids. Little Leshan is still too young and timid. Just yell once or twice. Don't yell incessantly, it will scare him." Mr. Yi was in a good mood, looking at his nephew.
I was particularly pleased with my nieces and nephews, holding my little baby in my arms and smiling happily as I walked down the hanging ladder.
Li Zhao, who was in charge of leading the people to greet him, quickly ran up to his junior brother and Miss Le, and reached out to touch his little junior brother's face: "Little junior brother, do you still remember your senior brother?"
"Remember, it's Senior Brother Li." Leshan smiled, rolled his eyes, and stretched out his hands to ask Senior Brother for a hug.
Li Zhaona was so excited that he took the soft little junior brother and held him in his arms. He touched the little junior brother's round little head lovingly before asking him if he had any luggage.
"The little girl brought the apprenticeship ceremony and a lot of other gifts, and asked the boys to move them. The boxes with red, gold and purple notes will be moved to the main hall for the boss to see, and the other boxes will be moved to the little girl's house.
guest room."
Mr. Yi couldn't hide the joy in his tone, and directly handed over the task of moving the luggage to his nephew.
Others had also arrived quickly. Li Zhao handed his junior brother to Miss Le, and he took his senior brother and nephews to the helicopter cabin to carry their luggage.
Dozens of people quickly moved all their luggage out of the cabin. There were more than forty boxes in total, and the largest box was as tall as Miss Le.
Le Yun wanted to carry her personal luggage by herself, but Mr. Yi did not agree. He picked out his backpack and gave it to a nephew, asking the younger disciples to do as he said.
Li Zhao served as a guide for the disciples and led the way from the front.
The old ant held his head high, walked like a dragon and a tiger, walking like a stranger.
Le Yun held her younger brother and walked side by side with Mr. Yi. She was amused by Mr. Yi's expression and smiled from ear to ear.
Li Zhao led the way, and the group walked east first, then turned northeast, passed through many buildings and courtyards, and then turned into a very grand and large courtyard complex.
There are disciples from the Guanyin Hall in each district. When they see Elder Yi and the little girl, they greet them politely.
Passing through the eighth courtyard in a row, the ninth courtyard was filled with rows of disciples. The courtyard faces north and south. There are nine upper rooms in a row, three buildings in the east and west, and a row of east and west wing rooms.
Seven rooms.
Red lanterns are hung under the eaves of the courtyard, with auspicious and wishful characters on them. The main hall of the upper room has folding double doors. The door is wide open, and two rows of people are lined up outside the door.
The central hall maintains the traditional style of the Central Plains area. There is a sect ancestor's shrine in the middle. A long table is placed in front, with an incense burner, a vase, and a tripod. Under the long table is a wide Eight Immortals table. There are chairs lined up on both sides of the table, two each
There is a small coffee table between the chair and the other two chairs.
The same is true on the east and west sides of the main hall, with the Taishi chair and coffee table.
There are ten seats on each side of the Eight Immortals table in the central hall. There are eight middle-aged and elderly people sitting in the west row of seats. There are middle-aged and elderly men and women sitting on the east and west sides of the central hall.
After entering the ninth courtyard, Le Yun looked up and saw the scene in the central hall of the upper room. She didn't know what to say. The posture was clearly that all the authoritative personnel of Guanyin Hall were present.
Such a big battle is a bit scary.
She is not afraid, she just feels sorry for her precious brother. He will kowtow to his elders during the apprenticeship ceremony tomorrow. There are so many people, how many times will his precious brother have to kowtow to?
I feel like I’m going to break my forehead.
She couldn't help but hugged her brother tightly and walked forward silently.
The elder accompanied the guest into the courtyard. The disciples by the courtyard door had officially announced the announcement to the upper room, and the disciples outside the upper room announced to the middle hall again. The most formal ceremony was followed.
After officially bringing his young disciple back to the sect, Mr. Yi walked smoothly, showing off the pride of a hegemon in the world, with a proud smile on his face that was brighter than the sun in the sky.
Walking to the steps in front of the upper room, Le Yun put her brother down and let him walk by himself.
Leshan grabbed her sister's hand with one hand and climbed up the three steps with her short legs. When she got under the eaves, she looked at her sister and waited for instructions.
After going up the steps, Leyun stood at the door of the main hall of Guanyin Hall, no longer walking forward, and encouraged her younger brother: "Leshan, you are going back to your master's house for the first time today. Enter the main hall to kowtow to your master's ancestors. Tomorrow
Formal greetings to the elders of your sect, and then kowtow to your sect elders as a great gift."
"Okay!" Leshan nodded, let go of his hand, straightened his clothes, stepped on his short legs, and walked toward the main room without squinting.
Everyone in the main hall stood up when Li Zhao led the guests up the steps and were about to welcome them out. They didn't expect the little girl Le to let the little baby enter the hall to worship the ancestors of the Guanyin Hall. They all stood still.
Everyone couldn't hide their joy, and they all stared at the little baby walking towards him. The little baby was wearing a crimson robe with wide sleeves, a jade belt around his waist, and a jade banbu on the left side.
The little baby has a picturesque face, icy muscles and jade bones. He is somewhat indistinguishable between male and female. His squinting eyes cannot hide his cleverness. The manner in which he moves and gestures is like a gentleman, elegant and upright.
Fang.
Seeing the little baby's calm, calm and elegant demeanor, everyone in the hall liked him more and more. They watched with smiles as he walked towards the hall step by step.
The little baby was too short. When he arrived at the temple gate, the threshold was too high and he couldn't take a step forward. A middle-aged disciple guarding the door extended his hand and helped the little baby cross the threshold.
Leshan smiled sweetly at the person who was supporting him, and without making a sound, he continued to walk forward, walking along the right hand side of the long carpet in the hall.
When he walked to the main room, which was still a few meters away from his seat and the row of people facing the door, he straightened up his appearance, lifted up his robe, lay down in a dignified manner, kowtowed, and reported in a sweet voice: "Kowtow to the disciple Leshan who has not entered.
Ancestor of the sect!"
One kowtow, two kowtows, three kowtows.
He respectfully kowtowed three times in the direction of the tablet, then straightened up.
When the little baby knelt down, everyone on the main seat also turned to face the east. When the little baby kowtowed three times, Master Li of the Guanyin Hall raised his foot, flew over to the little guy, and picked him up.
A little baby with a milky smell.
Seeing the head of Guanyin Hall hugging his younger brother, Le Yun's lips twitched: "Leshan, the person holding you is the head of your sect. The head is the highest spiritual leader representing the entire sect. Each sect
Disciples, regardless of their level of cultivation or seniority, must not be rude to the master."
Li Jing, the current head of the Guanyin Hall, is over ninety years old and looks about fifty. He wears a dark red Tang suit embroidered with bamboo and wave waves. He has an ordinary round face and meticulously combed hair.
With his appearance, he would be just like passers-by A, B, and C when walking on the street. No one who is not an ancient cultivator would imagine that he is a leader of a certain sect.
Leader Li couldn't put it down while holding the sweet and soft little boy. He stretched out his hand to touch the little guy's head. When he heard Miss Le preaching to the little boy, he smiled warmly: "Little girl Le, we are our own family, and the little boy is still young.
,Speaking so seriously will scare my junior brother."
Turning to the junior brother, he smiled more gently, for fear of scaring the ice sculpture-like junior brother, his voice was as soft as the willow wind in March: "Junior brother, I am the disciple of your third uncle, ranked seventeenth, and I am yours.
Seventeenth Senior Brother, your younger senior brother and I have the same surname as Li, Seventeenth Senior Brother is Li Jing, and our younger brother can just call Seventeenth Senior Brother."
"Hello, Brother Shi." Leshan was not afraid of strangers at all, and sweetly called people "Senior Brother."
"Uh-huh, hello, junior brother, you're so good!" Hearing the not-so-standard cry of baby milk, Master Li smiled so hard that he couldn't see his eyes and teeth. He pinched the young junior brother's tender face with joy, and touched the little junior brother's face.
Junior Brother Naiwa handed it over to his uncle beside him, and then led everyone in the sect to walk out quickly.
Elder Xing, who was next to the master's nephew, had a little baby stuffed into his arms. His expression was slightly startled at first, and then a smile appeared on his originally solemn and indifferent face, and his eyebrows bloomed like spring flowers.
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An old man next to him quietly reached out and rubbed the little baby's head. The little guy smiled and immediately grinned.
Several elders did not hesitate and went with the head nephew to welcome the little girl.
They said they were walking, but in fact they were flying at a high speed. They swept out of the central hall lightly, and the others lined up in an orderly manner on both sides of the eaves.
Head Li, who was in the middle, greeted the guests with formal etiquette: "Little Miss Le came to the Guanyin Hall, but we didn't go far to welcome her. It's rude!"
"Headmaster Li and all the seniors, gentlemen, you are welcome. It has been a long time since my younger brother paid homage to the Guanyin Hall. As the head of the Le family, I have only brought my younger brother to visit your sect today. I am doing this first." Le Yun cupped her fists and returned the salute.<
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Seeing the little girl and the master's nephew exchanging polite words, Mr. Yi glared, stretched out his hand to take the young disciple from his senior brother's hand, and urged him to hurry up: "Come on, little girl, you never like those vulgar etiquette.
, you and my nephew, the head master, don’t do stupid things and go in to drink tea. My old man has been on a seven-hour flight and is dying of thirst.”
"Uncle has a precious disciple, and he feels more and more that we nephews and disciples are inexperienced idiots." Headmaster Li joked with a smile and personally led the young head of the Le family into the main hall.
Elder Yi hugged his young disciple and said happily: "I'm not telling you, you are really not as considerate as my young disciple. You all stare at me all the time. Even if you don't give me a drink, you won't let me eat any salted duck eggs. This
Those who don’t allow it make me very unhappy.”
Elder Ant was shouting, but Leader Li and others smiled away and refused to argue with him.
Leshan is well-behaved and obedient, and will not squeak or change her face when being held by anyone. When being held by the master, she will roll her eyes and look at people.
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