The sun rises high, and the light begins to dazzle the eyes, sweeping away the coldness of the night. Only the intermittent autumn wind reminds everyone of the temperature belonging to this season.
The guest manager was wearing a green round-necked robe, a black mantou, Liuhe boots, and a stone belt around his waist. He walked towards this side. Most of the Taoist temple leaders were standing in the courtyard at this time, looking at the disciples.
They practiced fists, kicks and weapons, and gave guidance from time to time. Seeing the guest steward coming yesterday, they all raised their hands and said, "Hong Taizhu is well!" All the Taoist priests also stopped their movements and saluted this Hong Taizhu.
Hong Taizhu also cupped his hands and said with a smile: "According to the order of the palace envoy, all Taoist friends are invited to go to the main hall to offer incense. Afterwards, the subordinates will still lead and show all the Taoist friends around the palace." After saying this, he cupped his hands again and said,
He turned around and left the Zhaiyuan. Two attendants in official uniforms waved their fly whisks and followed them nondescriptly. The Taoist priests were led by their respective contemporaries, in groups of three to five, and followed them separately.
Behind Hong Taizhu, a long queue opened and walked towards the main hall.
Yang Chaoxi, who was sandwiched in a group of Taoist priests, could only see the building clearly at this moment: a huge stone platform, white jade railings, red paint beams and columns, and green tiles formed a majestic and solemn hall. Climb up the steps.
, the towering double tower came towards me, and I felt even more insignificant. When I got closer to the main hall, I saw only brackets and brackets, overlapping cornices, eight huge doors on opposite sides with exquisite carvings, and the golden lacquer plaque was engraved with the legend of flying dragons and phoenixes.
Four big characters: "Purple air comes from the east".
The Taoist priests were shocked by the majestic momentum and were speechless. They were surprisingly quiet for a while. Hong Taizhu looked solemn at this moment and said in a loud voice: "Taoist priests enter the temple——!" The Taoist priests recovered from the shock.
Come, enter the main hall one by one, and stand separately.
The left, middle and right sides of the main hall are connected by the "Five Sages and Thousand Officials" painted by the inner court painter Wu Daoxuan: the main wall is painted with the true appearance of the "Five Sages" of Donghua, Xiling, Beizhen, Antarctic and Fusang, and the left and right walls are decorated with rituals.
There are thousands of civil and military officials, with the splendid rivers and mountains as the backdrop, all of them are solemn and lifelike. In front of the main wall is a huge incense table, with bronze incense burners, brass candlesticks, giant whale oil candles and other items on it.
At this time, Hong Taizhu had picked up three large incense sticks. Holding the incense foot in his right hand, he lit it in the candle beside the incense table. He fanned out the flame with his left hand, then turned the incense head upright and bowed three times. Then he used the thumb and index finger of his left hand to
Take out a stick of incense, hold its foot, and slowly insert it into the incense burner. Open your lips and mutter something. Then insert the other two sticks of incense into the incense burner in the same way, then stand respectfully and bow down. In the main hall
A group of Taoist priests, led by the masters of each temple, bowed down and worshiped, reciting mantras silently in their hearts and praying to each other.
After a long process of offering incense, Hong Taizhu ordered his two attendants to lead a group of Taoist priests to come closer and carefully observe the "Picture of Five Saints and Thousand Officials". The two attendants cleared their throats and guided them.
The allusions, origins, painters and other strange features of "The Picture of Five Saints and Thousand Officials" were explained to the Taoist priests in detail. The Taoist priests gathered in groups, whispering to each other, and marveled at it.
There was also a skinny old Taoist priest who was talking about the "allusions" of the inner court painter Wu Daoxuan to several young Taoist priests. Some Taoist priests became curious and came over to listen. When the old Taoist priest saw someone cheering him up, he said with excitement:
But it is said that Wu Daoxuan, the inner court painter, was already a master of calligraphy and painting at a young age, and his painting skills were even more exquisite. At that time, the courtiers praised him for his "wonderful paintings". However, he was still so far away from the "realistic" state.
Yidioi! In the eighth year of Kaiyuan, the saint hosted a banquet for hundreds of officials on the Qianqiu Festival, and Wu Daoxuan was lucky enough to be among them. After singing a few pieces of silk and bamboo, he saw a lady from the Gongsun family in the Jiaofang Division carrying two handfuls of silver.
The shining sword came straight to the banquet. While the courtiers were in astonishment, the lady danced with the sword. As soon as she danced her sword skills, she was so amazing that many courtiers even spilled the wine in their glasses.
Unexpectedly, Wu Daoxuan was also a person with deep spiritual roots, so he realized the mystery of brushwork from the dance of Lady Gongsun's sword. From then on, the figures he painted all had their clothes and sleeves fluttering, and their belts were flying, as if
We will break out of the wall immediately!
After hearing this, all the Taoists felt that the mural was so magical that they lingered here for a while and were unwilling to go elsewhere to view it. After hearing the reason, Hong Taizhu just smiled helplessly and had to order one of his followers to stay and another to take him.
He followed the other Taoist priests out of the hall and went to the back. Gongsun Zhenren also happened to hear a piece of nonsense made by the old Taoist priest. Since it had some connection with him, it was inconvenient to expose it, so he shook his head, smiled, and ignored it.
Yang Zhaoxi was standing upright at this moment, with her thin body in sharp contrast to the huge mural. Because she was so absorbed in watching, she missed the wonderful "allusions" told by the old Taoist priest. Others pay attention to the individuality when looking at paintings.
From top to bottom, from right to left, Yang Chaoxi was actually a little strange - he stared at a few figures for a while, then moved a few feet away and continued to stare at another group of figures. Just before many Taoist priests
While praising "Wu Dai as the Wind" for his miraculous skills, Yang Chaoxi, a young Taoist boy, could see some sword intent in the fluttering Baoyi Bo Dai!
But this sword intention... is similar to the Gongsun sword technique that I learned, but it is not the same. Instead, it is more like a swift and fierce way, the sword intention is wide open and closed, so unrestrained and unrestrained, even a bit scornful of the world.
Yang Chaoxi was also a little confused, but even more confused was joy! So he gradually ignored Huang Shuo beside him and the Taoist priests who commented casually, and he was immersed in the sword intent all over the wall, feeling freely.
, so mesmerized. It was not until the group of Taoists who stayed behind were reluctant to leave, that Huang Shuo dragged him out of the main hall filled with paintings of "Five Saints and Thousand Officials".
This group of Taoist priests left the main hall, turned half a circle, and came to the back of the main hall and saw a slightly smaller palace. The palace had huge brackets and high eaves. The plaque on the door of the palace was engraved with "Xuanyuan Temple"
Three Chinese characters. In front of the palace stand two thick copper pillars, which are radiant and majestic.
The Taoist priests who had seen them before had already begun to come out of the temple and walk to other places. Under the guidance of the entourage that had just been left waiting for them, their group of Taoist priests also entered Xuanyuan Temple one after another.
middle.
The layout of the Xuanyuan Temple is still neat, spacious, grand and glorious. In the center of the main hall is the statue of Li Erdao Zun, the "Great Holy Ancestor Gaoshang Jinque Xuanyuan Emperor", wearing a crown, wearing a robe, and a solemn face. On the left
The columns are the statues of Confucius, the king of Wenxuan, and the four great Taoists Zhuangzi, Wenzi, Liezi and Gengsangzi. The right column are the statues of Emperor Gaozu, Emperor Taizong, Emperor Gaozong, Zhongzong and Emperor Ruizong, all of whom are dressed in vermillion and lifelike.
The Taoist priests didn't say much. They each picked up big incense sticks, paid homage again, and then looked around the temple. Yang Chaoxi and Huang Shuo followed them, also observing in the temple, and soon went around to the Taoist temple.
Behind the statue of the god, there is another huge mural. In the upper right corner of the mural are five seal characters. The two Taoist boys identified it for a long time, but they could not figure out the reason.
At this time, a young Taoist priest who was known as "erudite" came over and read loudly: "Old man, I am Hu Tu!" After reading, he did not forget to give the two little Taoist boys a look.
Suddenly, the skinny old Taoist priest just now rushed over, and struck the "erudite" Taoist priest's heavenly spirit cap violently: "You don't know how to pretend to understand! This is obviously "Laozi Transformed into a Hutu"! You are really confused!"
All the Taoist priests laughed, and the two little Taoist boys also suddenly understood in the laughter, and rolled their eyes back. The "erudite" Taoist priest blushed, and said in despair, "Master, I will go over there and have a look."
He disappeared into the crowd.
Yang Chaoxi and Huang Shuo looked carefully and saw that what was painted on the "Picture of Laozi Transforming into a Hu" was Taoist Li Er riding a green bull, walking among purple clouds and waves, with a circle of light behind his head.
There were Taoist boys and Wenxuan King Confucius leading the cows. Behind them were many Taoist monks who came to see them off. In the clear sky, a crane flew straight up into the clouds, sending this important message directly to the Jiuxiao Divine Tower.
The signature in the lower left corner of the mural was still Wu Daoxuan. Yang Zhaoxi turned around to take a closer look. Although the painting was exquisite and the painting style was very similar to the "Five Saints and Thousand Officials" just now, there was no trace of the sword spirit integrated into it.
I couldn't find the feeling of surprise and joy I had just now. I whispered in my heart: This painting was probably painted by Wu Daoxuan's proud disciple... So I stopped staying and followed Huang Shuo out of the temple gate.
The two teams of Taoist priests followed each other, and finally gathered in front of a huge fasting altar. The Taoist priests looked towards the fasting altar——
The Zhai Altar is located in the northernmost part of Taiwei Palace. It is square in shape and has three floors. It is divided into an inner altar, a middle altar and an outer altar. The inner altar is three feet high, with a square side of one foot and eight feet, and has twenty inscriptions;
The altar is one foot and five inches high, with a square side of three feet, and has twenty-four pieces. The outer altar is flat, with a square side of four feet, and has twenty-eight pieces. The altar is one foot and eight feet high, painted with red paint, and has a head.
The lotus is exquisitely carved, and the two are tied together with red ropes, with talisman flags hanging under the red ropes.
On the three floors of the fasting altar, there are thick soft mats covered with colorful grass. Outside the third floor, there are thirty-two flower pillars. Looking up, there is a cast copper incense table placed on the inner altar.
In the middle of the incense table is the Three Treasures tablet, surrounded by the Ten Directions Tianzun tablets. In front of the tablet are incense burners, candlesticks, large incense, whale candles and other objects.
Hong Taizhu was standing on the outside of the fasting altar with a calm expression: "Fellow Taoists, at the first moment of the Unitary Hour today, we will perform a recommendation ceremony at this altar. At that time, the royal palace envoy will meet with you as promised. After the recommendation, it will be
Tasting melons and cakes, watching the moon and discussing the Tao."
After listening to what he said, the heads of the temples all cupped their hands and said, "Listen to Hong Taizhu's arrangements." Seeing that all the recommended items were ready, everyone was led by their entourage to observe some more, and then gradually returned to the courtyard.