This room seems to be the Jialan Hall. Jialan is the provincial name of Sanghalama, which means gardens. The Eighteen Jialan God, also refers to Jialan Bodhisattva, is actually Guan Gong. When Buddhism came to China, it also sealed many local historical figures.
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He is quite familiar with Buddhist statues and can draw thangkas after all.
However, he has no feelings about Buddhism, nor does he have any objections. After all, he also knows very good monks, who have lived in seclusion in the mountains for so many years and have been doing good deeds. But Chen Xing saw more people on the Internet, and still took them as his own.
A monk carrying a bag asking for alms.
There are many such things on the Internet, but how many Taoist priests do this?
Therefore, as a Chinese, Chen Xing still prefers the fairy tale.
However, it doesn’t matter what you believe, just seek peace.
A monk came over from the main hall and asked, "What can I do for the donor?"
Chen Xing looked back and saw him, smiled and said, "Someone told me that there are beautiful stone carvings here, so I came to take a look."
"That's right, the statue is on the top of the mountain, but the road is difficult to walk."
This monk was probably in his thirties. He was probably worried that Chen Xing would not be able to find the way, so he said, "Okay, I'll take you there."
"Thank you."
Walk out of the small room built in this cave and continue walking up the stairs made of stone slabs. The road ahead is okay. The slabs are relatively large and not steep.
Chen Xing asked: "Master, how long have you been here?"
"It's been three years."
He didn't talk much. Chen Xing didn't talk much unless asked. He kept walking. However, when he was about to reach the top of the mountain, the road became difficult to walk. Before, it was a stone slab more than half a meter long and thirty centimeters wide. Now it has become
You can only step on it with one foot, and it's very difficult to step on it with two feet.
There is no way to fix it like this.
There is no longer a direct way up the mountain. This path goes up along the rock wall.
But the best thing is safety. There is a wall on the left, and a cement pile built in modern times on the right. They are all connected by iron chains in the middle. So although this road looks dangerous, there are supports on both sides, so I walked up with support.
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"Donor, please be careful. It has rained and the road is slippery."
"Okay."
Chen Xing is also walking attentively.
Fortunately, there are handrails, which are piles driven down in modern times. If it were really wooden piles and ropes, Chen Xing would not dare to walk on them.
He doesn't even dare to ride on a high-altitude swing or a roller coaster.
A gentleman wouldn’t stand under a dangerous wall.
He doesn’t have the gene for looking for excitement, so spending his life peacefully is what he hopes for.
This road is not long, and the two of them reached the top of the mountain quickly.
The top of the mountain is almost flat and covered with vines and weeds, but there is a path that leads forward, and there is a mountain with no grass in front of it... Damn it!
The entire surface of the mountain is covered with carvings, which are mural carvings. A hole about forty to fifty centimeters was dug into it, and then a Buddha statue was carved from local materials in the hole. This kind of Buddha statue looks like two kinds here.
More than ten.
However, this requires a but.
All these carvings have been weathered away, and all the faces cannot be seen clearly, only a little blurry figure can be seen. The weathering has made their bodies form circles, just like the traces of thick hemp ropes tied up in circles.
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Wow, this is really beautiful.
If all the statues here were in good condition and you could see the details and faces, Chen Xing wouldn't think it was that magical. He would just think that such a place with well-preserved ancient stone carvings is very beautiful. But now, it's really amazing.
There is charm.
"This should be the stone sculpture you mentioned. It's a pity that we didn't preserve it properly."
"No, this is the most beautiful." Chen Xing said, then raised the camera and gestured, "Can I take a photo?"
"The donor is free to do as he pleases."
The feeling of light and shadow is not strong, but the feeling of the picture is the most important.
After taking the photo, Chen Xing looked at the photos in the camera, thought for a moment, and said, "Master, please go back first. I'll wait here for a while."
"Wait?"
"Well, I want to wait for the sun to set."
"It's still a long time before the sun sets. Why don't you come to our temple and have a vegetarian meal?"
Chen Xing touched his belly and said, "That's okay."
It's only noon now, and it takes about twenty minutes to get here from the temple. You can go up the mountain at four or five o'clock.
Anyway, this stone wall is here, and he can't run away.
Still holding on to both sides to go down the mountain.
Walking down is more difficult than walking up, mainly because you have to face the cliff directly below, which always makes you feel a little nervous, so a lot of time is wasted.
When we returned to the small temple, there was an extra monk, so there were six people now. Although the temple was small, there were quite a lot of people. They tidied up one of the rooms and added Chen
The seven stars eat here.
The monk who took Chen Xing up the mountain before was the youngest among them. He did not become a monk here, but in a well-known temple in Nanchang. He felt that life here was purer, so he came to stay for a long time.
Indeed, in this deep mountain and old forest, there are not many farmhouses nearby.
Chen Xing feels that real monks should be like them. They are far away from the world. What does the colorful flowers outside have to do with being a monk? You don’t even need alms, you can grow your own vegetables and eat them yourself. Isn’t this also a kind of spiritual practice?
In ancient times, there were many natural and man-made disasters, and sometimes there was no way around it. Monks had to go out for alms in order to survive, but is it necessary in modern times?
A fatter monk brought the last dish up and said to Chen Xing: "I made two more dishes today. We haven't seen tourists from outside for a long time, so we have to celebrate." p>
Chen Xing said: "There are so many tourists coming to Wuyuan every year, why haven't they come here?"
"The village outside us has few people and no roads, so who will come?" said the fat monk.
"Hong Pu?" the old monk said.
The fat monk snorted twice and sat down obediently.
Rice, fried vegetables, square tofu, steamed small potatoes, these are the unpeeled kind, you need to pick them up and peel them yourself if you want to eat them, and there are also vegetarian meatballs.
I have seen many meatballs, but this is the first time Chen Xing has seen these vegetarian meatballs.
"What are these meatballs made of?"
"It's made from radish, green vegetables and noodles. The taste is no worse than meatballs."
Another monk smiled and said: "Why, when have you eaten before?"
These people have lived here for many years, and no one knows who they are.
Chen Xing tasted one.
The vegetarian meatballs are kneaded and boiled in the soup. The soup is mushroom and cabbage soup. The mushrooms are kindly provided by Chen Xing. Although there are only two very simple ingredients, the soup has a rich flavor, really like meatball soup.
Thick feeling.
Chen Xing gave a thumbs up to the fat monk who was cooking and said: "Awesome, really awesome, the cooking is delicious."
"Haha, just cook, as long as everyone likes it."
The atmosphere at the dinner table was very lively. Everyone was chatting while eating, and there was no habit of eating without talking.
In fact, this Chinese proverb has been said for many years, but it basically only applies to your own home. If you really adhere to the habit of not talking while eating outside, then there will be no business negotiation, and it will all be settled at the wine table.
rules.
After eating, the monk who took Chen Xing up the mountain brought out a wicker chair and said, "You can sit on this chair. This chair is comfortable."
"Thank you, how about you?"
"We have to do our homework."
There is a bamboo forest outside. It is very cool to stay under it. There is also a small beetle with a long mouth attached to the bamboo. This kind of small creature was rare when Chen Xing was young. There were even people outside the elementary school.
Catch this to sell.
But I won’t disturb them today.
Chen Xing moved the wicker chair here, picked up a big cattail leaf fan belonging to an unknown monk, and sat on the chair shaking it.
He rarely takes naps, but he fell asleep in this environment.
This kind of life living in the mountains is so comfortable.
Nowadays, many bosses who have become prosperous in the city are willing to return to the farm to build a villa and live there. There are probably some reasons for this.
Chen Xing vaguely dreamed that he took a photo of a stone wall with Hasselblad, and then passed all the way and won a lot of awards. His ability to shoot the sunset was recognized. Many photography training, or the school even regarded his style as
Textbooks...
Yenching University even invited me to give a lecture.
Just when I was thinking about what I wanted to say, I felt itchy on my face. When I raised my hand to scratch, I caught a lot of bamboo leaves.
Hmm?
Chen Xing woke up confused.
I haven’t had a dream for a long time. Can’t this kind of dream last longer?
Damn it!
Chen Xing threw away the leaves in his hand, took out his mobile phone and checked the time, confirming that it was not four o'clock yet, and shook the big fan twice with peace of mind.
Don’t tell me, there is something more to this dream.
Hasselblad is very good at shooting sunsets. Chen Xing has tried this countless times, so the subject of the picture this time is also good, and it can be cut out for evaluation later. It can even be sent to Hasselblad to see if they can take a look.
Worth it.
Chen Xing remembers some of the terms he wrote when he signed the contract.
If they can take good photos, they will create a unique Hasselblad x2d tailored for this photography.
The effect of this camera is not yet certain, but it will definitely be honored.
Chen Xing decided to take the filming more seriously.
He checked the camera's battery, and then turned on the video recording function of the system... He had to record all the images he took of that scenery, so that he could publish them for evaluation.
I also wanted to go to Poyang Lake to take pictures, but the sunset effect is obviously better than that of Poyang Lake.
At half past four, Chen Xing moved the chair back to the temple and returned it to them along with the fan.
"Be careful when you go up the mountain and remember to hold on to the rope."
"Thank you, I understand."
He has already been up there once and knows what the journey is like.
Chen Xing is not familiar with walking this way yet. These monks often go up the mountain. If they are not dragged down by themselves, they probably don’t even need to hold them up. If they take three steps and two steps at a time, they can reach the top of the mountain in only ten minutes.
The light near five o'clock is very soft.
After Chen Xing went up the mountain, he took out the camera and tripod from his backpack and looked at the angle of the sun setting in the sky to find the best shooting spot.
In the end, I almost reached the edge of the cliff before I found a position that was enough to get an overview of the whole situation.
Hasselblad x2d is a medium format camera. Compared with full frame, its 21mm can express far more things than full frame 21. So if someone finds this place through Chen Xing’s photos in the future, there is no good camera.
The lens cannot produce the same effect as his.
After setting up the tripod, Chen Xing sat directly on the ground.
Wait.
If you want to be a landscape photographer, you must be patient.
Landscape photographers sometimes wait for a gust of wind, or a person who accidentally walks into the picture, or like Chen Xing now, they have to wait for the sun to fall to the right angle in the sky.
The only person who is more patient than a landscape photographer is a wildlife photographer.
Don't wait a day or two for this kind of person. In the school textbook, there is a former boss who lived in the snowy mountains for nearly a month in order to take pictures of snow leopards. He also set up a tent, not a warm one.
Log house.
When I learned this, I probably didn’t have a second thought other than admiration.
It was calm on the mountain, and you couldn't even hear the chirping of insects.
There are a lot of singing insects in summer. When Chen Xing was sleeping in the bamboo forest in the afternoon, there were singing insects all the time. But there were no singing insects on this mountain. Although sometimes I would see something jumping in the grass.
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But he never screamed.
It's a very sacred feeling, Chen Xing thought to himself.
A bird landed on the top of the stone wall. Then, perhaps seeing that the clothes Chen Xing was wearing were different from the surrounding environment, it flew towards Chen Xing and landed on the camera body. p>
Chen Xing's eyes suddenly widened.
Don’t let me catch you!
He stretched his hand forward to drive it away, but the bird jumped into Chen Xing's hand and caught it.
It doesn’t seem like the grip was very heavy?
Chen Xing took back his hand, but it didn't run away either.
This is a white bird with beautiful eyes. It is about the size of Chen Xing's hand. It lowers its head naturally and uses its beak to preen its feathers. It is not worried about what Chen Xing will do to it.
As long as Chen Xing doesn't hurt him, then Chen Xing is equivalent to this bird's friend.
A friend who cannot communicate.
Chen Xing adjusted the delayed photo with his left hand, then stretched his hand forward to find a composition.
It would be great if this bird could listen to Chen Xing's words. When the sun sets, this bird stands on the top of the stone wall, leaving a small bird on the edge of the originally smooth stone wall. That kind of scene is amazing.
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I pushed my hand up, but the strength was a little too much.
The bird was thrown out and flew away with a clatter of wings.
There are no insects here, and there are quite a few birds.
After a while, the sun became softer and softer, and also landed at the location planned by Chen Xing.
The setting sun set so quickly that Chen Xing didn't dare to rest next to it. He just sat next to the tripod and stared at the camera. When the sun completely submerged behind the stone wall and the light spread out from all directions of the stone wall, Chen Xing pressed the button
Off for filming.
At this moment, a group of birds flew across the sky and became a group of silhouettes in the camera's view.
This is how it feels!
Chen Xing felt it was ready before he could check the camera.
