Xinglong Temple has a history of more than 300 years. It is built on the mountainside of Bixia Mountain. It has picturesque scenery and has always been respected by the royal family. It has been expanded several times. There are many lands and villas owned by royal family members in the surrounding mountains.
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Every year during the "Buddha Bathing Festival", in addition to holding a "Buddha Bathing Ceremony", the temple also boils licorice tea into a "fragrant soup" and pours water evenly over the Sakyamuni Buddha statue in the temple's bathing pavilion to perform rituals on the Buddha.
One bath.
In addition to commemorating the birthday of Buddha, it also means to wash away the filth and darkness in the human heart and purify the hearts of all living beings.
Just like Die'er and I have the same thoughts, people always express their wishes in festival activities. People who come here will ask for some "Buddha washing water" from the temple to drink, in order to ward off disasters or avoid evil or
Eat some porridge cooked in the temple - "black rice" to show your piety to the Buddha.
There were many people coming for the "Buddha Bathing Festival", so we abandoned the carriage at the bottom of the mountain and walked up the mountain. There were already many cars and horses parked where the carriage was parked, and it was really lively with people coming and going.
Die'er and I put on curtains and climbed up the steps. In order not to attract attention, we just let the four following guards fall far away and follow us.
When you arrive at the temple, you pass through the main hall and the long corridor on the east side, and then you arrive at the courtyard where the "Buddha Bathing Dharma Assembly" takes place.
In the wide courtyard of the courtyard, there are many flowers and trees blooming, and it is already crowded with people waiting for the "Buddha Bathing Dharma Assembly" to ask for "Buddha Washing Water".
In the front row of the courtyard near the pulpit, a long row of small boxes-like seats were surrounded by soft rugs. These were specially reserved for relatives of the emperor and the female relatives of high-ranking families. These small boxes must be
You have to inform the temple more than ten days in advance before it will be available.
Due to our impromptu decision, Die'er and I were unable to sit inside and watch the ceremony. We could only watch from the crowd around us. The ceremony had already started when we arrived.
A highly respected master was giving a lecture. I accompanied the excited Die'er and patiently listened to this profound and understandable Buddhist saying. I really didn't know what it meant. However, in the sound of the Buddha, my heart slowly calmed down.
When I calmed down, I suddenly felt uneasy. I always felt like there were eyes somewhere around me watching my every move.
I looked around and saw no one suspicious. Could it be my misunderstanding?
"Sister-in-law Seven, listen carefully to the sutra!" Die'er reminded me in a low voice with a smile when she saw me looking around.
I smiled slightly and nodded. Maybe I was really too preoccupied and focused on the sermon again.
But I couldn't calm down anymore. The uneasiness caused me to suddenly turn around and look around. I caught the sharp eyes of a man in green clothes. Seeing me turning my head, he turned around and squeezed aside as if nothing had happened.
I saw that the four guards outside the crowd were paying attention to us and they were with Die'er. Then I saw that the man in green was nowhere to be found, so I suppressed my uneasiness.
After Die'er asked for the "Buddha-washing water", Cailing motioned me to go to the main hall. I understood her intention and could not disobey her in front of Die'er, so I went to the main hall and knelt in front of the Bodhisattva.
I clasped my hands together and silently recited in my heart: Dear Bodhisattva, for the sake of you and me as colleagues, and for the sake of the Queen Mother, if you don’t look up when you look down, please keep me safe, without any worries or disasters.
, make money. In addition, give me a handsome guy who only loves me, and let me grow old together! Please!
Just as I was about to stand up, the sound of chanting from the side came to my ears clearly. I quietly glanced at Cai Lingniu, who had her eyes closed and her face solemn and pious, "Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, who saves people in distress, bless my princess to have a son as soon as possible! Let those who covet her have a son as soon as possible!"
The foxy girls in my princess position..." Cai Ling paused for a moment before saying bitterly, "... they can't even get married! Cai Ling is willing to work as a cow or a horse for you in the next life..."
I was so moved that I coughed, but I couldn't get married. Although it was a bit cruel, it was considered as revenge against Yue Lao for me. This girl had my best interests at heart.
"What kind of sign is the seventh sister-in-law asking for?" Die'er giggled and ran over to me and asked, "Let me guess, it must be the sign for my seventh brother's love and rebirth!"
I chuckled twice, which was considered as acquiescence, "You think Sister Die'er came here to find a good husband?" I asked back.
"Sister-in-law Qi is just kidding." Die'er coyly said, "I want to be someone like Sister-in-law Qi."
Me? Me...when did I become a role model? Could it be that I have really become a role model for women in the world to follow? I don’t know? I couldn’t help but straighten my already tall chest and straighten my waist.
As she walked, Die'er excitedly introduced me to the legendary past of the temple. She looked very familiar and seemed to come here often. "Sister-in-law Qi, in fact, the most beautiful scenery in Xinglong Temple is the mountain behind the temple, especially in spring, when there are many flowers blooming there."
It’s full of ‘woody flowers’, including white, pink, and yellow ones. It’s very pleasant, go and have a look!”
Since pilgrims are not easily allowed to go to the back hill of the temple, Die'er only allowed the three of us to go to the back hill after clarifying our identities to the monk Zhike.
The scenery in the back mountain is indeed as Die'er said, with pleasant scenery. Pilgrims are attending meetings in front of the temple and asking for water to wash the Buddha, but there is no one in the back mountain.
Looking at the colorful mountain flowers in front of me, enjoying the refreshing spring breeze, the boredom and uneasiness in my heart are slowly disappearing.
I was about to ask Die'er where Sima Jue's "Zen practice" was. Suddenly Die'er frowned and grinned, her face seemed to be in pain, she pressed her belly and told me apologetically that she wanted to go to the hut.
I asked Cailing to take care of her and accompanied her to the toilet not far away. I walked slowly while enjoying the scenery.
Half the stick of incense had passed, but she still hadn't come back. I felt suspicious and tore off a "woody incense flower" and looked at a courtyard in the middle of the mountain in a daze. It was built far away from the temple. What kind of place could it be?
As I was thinking about it, I walked towards it. The mountain wind blew by, making the branches of the trees rustle, and I felt a dangerous breath in the air.
The man in green clothes appeared in my sight again from a distance. He bent his bow and pointed at me with an arrow. I suddenly hid behind a tree. The sound of weapons clashing came. I quietly looked around and saw four or five people carrying knives.
The man and Tsing Yi fought together.
The mourning platform suddenly became clear. This was by no means the time for me to watch the excitement. I looked around at the quiet surroundings and felt a chill coming over me. Only then did I realize that the four guards were not following us.
I quickly turned around and ran down the mountain. After a few steps, I heard a splashing sound. Sure enough, my predictions were always more accurate than the weather forecast. It was cloudy and the sun would never shine. I'm afraid it's going to rain this time.
I can predict the people who are going to "appear" and the content that will be performed.
But she was secretly cursing in her heart that this Bodhisattva was really not interesting enough. She didn't even give him the respect of a big leader. She simply didn't want to hang out in the fairy world anymore!
Following the sound, several men in black quickly jumped down from the surrounding trees. Whenever this color appears, something bad will happen. The whole body is wrapped in black, and the face is covered with black cloth. Only two fierce eyes are exposed. It's really
Like the "black impermanence" that I painfully punished by Yan Jun.
At first glance, these people are organized and disciplined. They even carry the same weapons. They are really uniform.
Although I am a "uniform person", I really don't like their uniforms, and they don't show mercy either. As soon as they jumped off the tree, they ran towards me with their knives in unison.