We walked east along the Yangtze River. Within a day, the captain reported to us a situation.

The cruise ship was hit by a dragon before, and the hull was damaged. If it was not repaired in time, it would be impossible to continue returning to Chongming Island.

So the captain told us that it would probably take an extra day or two to repair the ship.

However, repairing a ship is not a trivial matter. It is not something that a few people can complete with tools and simply knocking. You need to find a dock repair shop and perform professional repairs in the shipyard.

The captain often travels on the Yangtze River and is very familiar with the Yangtze River. He said that in half a day, there will be many ship repair shops in Poyang Lake and the area of ​​Poyang Lake. We can dock in Poyang Lake for a day or two and purchase some daily necessities.

We arrived at Poyang Lake at dusk, but we saw the lake surface sparkling, the water and sky are the same, endless, and the lake and mountains are very beautiful.

Fisherman floats on the lake, and the fisherman returning late sings chants, everything here is as beautiful as a picture scroll.

The captain was very familiar with this area, so he found a familiar shipyard, placed the cruise ship in the shipyard, and told the boss to work overnight and repair our cruise ship as soon as possible, because we had to count the time and rushed back on the 60th birthday of the old marquis.

After explaining the repair of the cruise ship, the captain took us to the village by the lake.

The captain said: "As the saying goes, relying on the mountains and rivers to eat water. The people here rely on Poyang Lake, and have lived on Poyang Lake for generations. Most of them are engaged in various aquatic industries, so this is a veritable fishing village!

This place is also a rest transfer station on the Yangtze River. We used to dock here when we were on a boat, so we are quite familiar with this fishing village and have some friendship with the people in the village!

The village chief here is surnamed Tan. Now we go to village chief Tan and ask him to arrange our accommodation issues!"

The countryside is not as good as the city. In the city, you can stay in hotels, but in this countryside, there are no hotels and hotels, so there are only two options: either stay or sleep in the wild.

The captain had good intentions, but when he thought that Huang Mengting was the eldest lady of a pirate education, she would probably lose her identity if she lived in the wild.

But Huang Mengting seemed to be more inclined to live in the wild and didn't want to bother and trouble the villagers here, so she said to the captain: "Brother Bi, I think we should not bother others anymore. Anyway, it's only one night, just deal with it casually!"

The captain's nickname is very nonsense, called "Brother Bud", the kind of turtle that is the same as the turtle.

But this nickname does not mean to insult the captain.

It is said that Brother Bi's earliest nickname was "Brother Shut". The way he holds his breath means that he has a good water quality. Compared with others, no one can hold him up. Later, some people said that he is the kind of old turtle in the Yangtze River, describing him as being very familiar with the Yangtze River. Over time, Brother Qiao gradually became the current "Brother Shutle".

However, Brother Bi doesn't care about this nickname at all.

He said: "Brother Bi is a good name. Buddy is a symbol of longevity, which means I live long!"

Brother Bi who was walking in front stopped: "Miss, do you mean... sleeping in the wild?"

Huang Mengting said: "Anyway, it's no longer cold this day, and you won't catch a cold even if you sleep in the wild, right?"

Brother Bie must not dare to go against Huang Mengting's intentions. He thought for a while and said, "Since the young lady doesn't want to enter the village, I will take everyone to a place!"

Brother Bi took us around the entrance of the village, walked a distance along the lakeside, pointed to a building in front of us, and said to us: "Let's rest here tonight!"

We looked up at the lake and saw a temple-like building standing by the lake. The building was built on the mountain like a stilt building, facing the vast Poyang Lake with its back against the mountain wall.

At that time, the sunset was setting, and the afterglow of the setting sun was like pigments, dyeing the top of the temple red.

The captain led us to the lake and looked at the temple up close. Only then did we realize that the temple in front of us was very strange.

The temple is like a huge fish head. The gate is an open fish mouth. It looks like a big fish head, embedded in the mountain wall, or there is a big fish that is drilling out of the mountain, and a head has just emerged.

The most surprising thing is that the entire temple is piled up with white bone racks, and those bone racks are not human bones or animal bones, but fish bones!

This turned out to be a unique temple built with fish bones!

We have never seen such a temple. We are very surprised at the moment. We didn't expect that fish bones have such magical uses. The fish bones are big and small. The big fish bones are used to build the beams and pillars of the temple, and the small fish bones are used to build walls and floors.

When the river breeze blows, we can all smell the fishy smell coming out of the temple.

But to be honest, the fishy smell is already very light, not the kind of stench we imagined.

Moreover, the river wind is mixed with the fragrance of aquatic plants and wild flowers, which dissipates and neutralizes the smell of these fish bones.

Brother Bi pointed to the temple by the lake and said to us: "Don't be surprised. You can see such temples in many places in the Yangtze River Basin or the Yellow River Basin. This is a fish bone temple, as the name suggests, a temple built by throwing fish bones!"

Fish bone temple?!

We have never run a boat, so we are still relatively unfamiliar with the Fishbone Temple.

Brother Bi told us that the Fish Bone Temple is actually similar to the mountain temple that is often worshipped in our mountains.

The people who live in the mountains believe in the mountain gods, and the people who live by the water believe in the river gods. These fish bone temples are built for the river gods. This is a spiritual belief developed by the people living by the water. Especially those who run the boats believe in it very much. Every time before leaving the boat or after returning home, they will go to the fish bone temple to worship and thank the river god for their blessings.

Locally, there is also the so-called "River God Festival", which has very local characteristics.

During the River God Festival, people will release animals, light river lanterns, worship temples and other customs. It is very lively, just like the New Year.

"These... are all fish bones?" Lei Zi was a little disbelief and reached out to touch the fish bones on the wall.

"Of course!" Brother Bi said: "Human wisdom is infinite. When I first saw the Fish Bone Temple, I felt very shocked! I saw it many times later, so I was no longer surprised!"

Lei Zi pointed to the top of the Fish Bone Temple, and the fish bones used as support beams said, "Are those... also fish bones?"

"Yes!" Brother Bi said: "There is no brick or tile here, it's all fish bones!"

"How could there be such a big fish bone?" Lei Zi asked in surprise.

Brother Bi pointed to Poyang Lake outside the temple gate and said, "This thousand-mile smoke wave of Poyang Lake, those thousand-year-old fish spirits, can grow as big as a small boat. It is just right to take their fish bones as beams and pillars!"

"The boat is so big? Is it true or false?" Lei Zi shook his head, feeling a little unbelievable.

Brother Bie smiled and reached out to gesture, "Don't think I'm fooling you. Let me tell you, I've been running on the Yangtze River for decades and have seen many big fish with my own eyes!

One year, there were always accidents in Poyang Lake, and ships often sank. After investigation, these ships had been hit and such thick boards were knocked out of holes.

That night I happened to settle in the village and witnessed the operation with my own eyes. A company of armed police soldiers came to the village, fully armed, riding on the assault boat, chasing and blocking the river, as if they were catching something.

The gunshots rang all night, and we didn't sleep all night. The next day we ran to the entrance of the village and saw that the armed police soldiers actually caught a big carp from Poyang Lake. The carp was nearly ten meters long and as big as a carriage. It was shiny all over the body, and the mouth was covered with barbs. It is said that in order to capture the carp, several armed police soldiers were sacrificed.

There was still minced meat in the carp's mouth, saying that it had eaten two armed police soldiers.

The villagers all said that this was a thousand-year-old carp spirit. Later, the carp was taken away by the army by truck, and they didn't know where it was transported.

Since the carp spirit was captured, Poyang Lake has restored its peace, and no ships have sunk for no reason!”

Lei Zi was fascinated by the hearing: "I'm going, I didn't expect that such a strange thing would be true!"

"Yes!" Brother Bu nodded: "I have also seen an old turtle, as big as an eight-immortal table. Do you believe it? Some fishermen accidentally fished it up, and did not dare to touch it, nor did they dare to kill it or eat it. Because the fishermen believed that the turtle was the incarnation of the river god, and the river god sometimes turned into a turtle and patrolled the Yangtze River. Later, the villagers quickly released the turtle. I remember that there was a local boss who was willing to spend a lot of money to buy the turtle, but the villagers did not agree.

A few years later, the giant turtle came back, and died on the river beach outside the Fish Bone Temple, with his head facing the Fish Bone Temple, as if he was worshiping.

The villagers cried for three days and three nights, and asked someone to do a grand ritual for the turtle. Finally, they burned the turtle's body, leaving only one shell, and worshipped it in the Fish Bone Temple, becoming the treasure of the Fish Bone Temple. It is still in the temple-stood place! If you don't believe it, you will know it when you go in and take a look!"

Huang Mengting walked to the door of the Fish Bone Temple and suddenly stopped: "Hey, Brother Bi, since this is a place to worship the River God, we walked in rashly and stayed here overnight. Wouldn't it be inappropriate?"

Brother Bi said, "Miss, please rest assured. The Fish Bone Temple welcomes visitors from all over the world. People often stay in the Fish Bone Temple. I have slept here before, so nothing will happen! At worst, when we leave tomorrow, we will give the river god a little incense! Staying in this temple is much safer than in the wild, right?"
Chapter completed!