On the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, His Royal Highness the King of Chu held a Laba Banquet at Jinshan Temple in Zhenjiang.
Yes, it is the Jinshan Temple where Monk Fahai lives.
This thousand-year-old temple is located on the mountain, facing the Yangtze River. The palaces and halls are connected to each other, and the pavilions and pavilions are connected layer by layer. The most eye-catching pagoda stands on the top of Jinshan Mountain, rising from the ground and rising into the sky. It looks majestic and majestic.
, far from ordinary Buddhist temples.
It's a pity that the octagonal and seven-story pagoda is not called Leifeng Pagoda, but Cishou Pagoda.
"The movie "The Legend of White Snake" has made many people mistakenly believe that Jinshan Temple is in Hangzhou and there is a Leifeng Pagoda inside." This made Lao Liu sigh with emotion: "That monk Fahai is such a thief. He was imprisoned in another place. I guess it was
The white lady was frightened by the water flooding the golden mountain..."
"..." Luo Guanzhong, who was accompanying him up the stairs, finally couldn't help but ask: "Your Highness, who gave your master the review of "The Legend of White Snake"?"
"Ah, haven't you heard of it?" His Highness King Chu said in surprise: "It's Xu Xian and White Snake. White Snake is a big white snake..."
"Holy shit, he's so serious about that." Luo Guanzhong couldn't help but sigh. Historical writers like them admire fantasy writers very much. How dare you think about it.
"No, you haven't heard of "The Legend of White Snake"?" Zhu Zhen suddenly realized something.
"I've only heard that Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty killed the White Snake." His uncle said harshly, "But it's still not as fierce as Xu Xian."
"There are similar ones." Robben shook his head, pushed up his glasses with his fingers, and recalled seriously: "In the Tang Dynasty legend "Bo Yi Zhi", there is an article "Li Huang", which is most similar to the "Legend of the White Snake" mentioned by His Highness.
"
"Oh, really, tell me quickly." Lao Liu was very interested.
"It is said that Li Huang, a son of a wealthy family, met a widow in white dress in the east city of Chang'an, who was very charming. Li Huang and his soul guide went into the house together, and were matched by the old lady in blue, the aunt of the lady in white, and they made love to each other.
Stay for three days."
"Yes, there is also a green snake in "The Legend of White Snake", but he is young and beautiful. I like it very much." Lao Liu immediately became excited. "What happened next?"
"Later, when Li Huang returned home, he felt that his body was heavy and his head was spinning, and he immediately became bedridden and was hopeless. His family members looked at him and saw that his body had turned into water and only his head remained. They were so horrified that they sent people to go there.
I went to investigate and found out that it was a deserted garden where giant white snakes often appeared."
When Luo Guanzhong told the story, he was naturally vivid, concise and incisive. Eunuch Wang shuddered when he heard it.
"You don't have to be afraid." Luo Guanzhong comforted him.
"Disgusting~~" Wang Ma Lanhua poked him with her finger.
Then Teacher Luo added: "There is also a story about "Li Guan" later, which tells the story of another rich man who had a slight contact with a girl in plain clothes who was transformed into a white snake. After returning home, he died of a split brain. It can be seen that the snake
The essence is terrifying."
"No, no, no, I am a good snake spirit." Zhu Zhen was in a good mood and said to Lao Luo: "Don't you think it is offensive to Jinlianyuan to perform "The Golden Lotus" all day long? I will talk about "The Golden Ping Mei" later.
You can write the story of "The Legend of White Snake" into a play and replace "The Legend of the White Snake"."
"Well, "Gold" still has its merits, so don't beat it to death with a stick," Luo Guanzhong whispered: "Just change it to a nightclub."
"You know what you do!" Lao Liu gave a thumbs up and walked towards Jinshan Temple with a smile.
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In front of the Main Hall of Jinshan Temple, there are dozens of Eight Immortals tables. In the middle is an oversized iron pot, with firewood burning brightly underneath, and Laba porridge is cooking in the pot.
Lu Zhonghe, Xie Yunzhang and other wealthy people from the south of the Yangtze River had come to the banquet early and had been waiting for almost an hour...
This is the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month. On the bank of the Yangtze River and on Jinshan Mountain, the river breeze and the mountain wind are blowing, making the wealthy people shrink into balls and have runny noses.
They were now looking forward to His Highness the King of Chu coming as soon as possible, so that they could each hold a bowl of steaming Laba porridge.
Near noon, Wang Defa's high-pitched voice "His Royal Highness has arrived..." was finally heard.
As if they had been granted amnesty, all the wealthy households quickly knelt down to greet His Royal Highness the King of Chu.
"Hahaha, everyone is here." Zhu Zhen, wearing a blue dragon robe and a mink fur hat, came out of the hall with people shouting from behind.
In fact, he arrived a long time ago and still had time to visit Jinshan Temple and learn from the advanced deeds of Master Fahai. If not for anything else, he just wanted to impress those grandsons outside.
After His Royal Highness the King of Chu ascended the platform, and all the wealthy people paid homage to him, and sat down flat on his back, Magistrate Cao said loudly: "Your Highness, please give me a lecture."
"Everyone must be looking forward to this Laba Festival, right?" Zhu Zhen smiled and said, "Otherwise, why would you come all the way here?"
"Haha, yes..." All the wealthy people smiled dryly and nodded, cursing in their hearts. Didn't you give us the invitation and order us to come to the Laba Banquet? Otherwise, we would be so full that we would come to Zhenjiang to drink in the winter.
Laba porridge?
"Do you know why this king wants to hold the Laba Banquet in Jinshan Temple?" Lao Liu asked again.
"I don't know..." Everyone shook their heads, thinking, isn't it because it's windy here?
"It's because Jinshan Temple is an authentic Buddhist school. The temple gate faces west, towards the Western Paradise." Zhu Zhen pointed to the west and said:
"The custom of drinking Laba porridge on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month first started in temples. According to legend, the Buddha sat under the Bodhi tree for forty-eight days, and he became enlightened and became a Buddha on the eighth day of the twelfth lunar month. Therefore, various temples hold Dharma ceremonies on Laba day.
Meeting, use Laba porridge as an offering to the Buddha, and then give it to the believers."
Zhu Zhen then said calmly: "My Zhu family has a predestined relationship with Buddhism. My father has told me and other princes to pay homage to the temple and always give alms. I borrowed the precious land of Jinshan Temple to hold this Laba Banquet. Is it reasonable?"
"That's very reasonable..." All the guests hurriedly agreed, thinking to themselves, let's share the porridge quickly!
Unexpectedly, before Lao Liu finished speaking, he suddenly smiled and asked, "Who knows the first words that Buddha said after he became enlightened?"
"I am the only one who is supreme in heaven and on earth!" a wealthy man said.
"Those are the words that the Buddha said when he first came to the world." Lu Zhonghe said calmly: "After the Buddha became enlightened, the first words he said were - 'How wonderful! How wonderful! All living beings have Tathagata wisdom.
Virtue cannot be attained simply because of delusion and persistence. If one abandons delusion, there will be no teacher wisdom, natural wisdom, or any manifestation..."
"Okay." Zhu Zhen clapped and said, "This old man is really knowledgeable. I only heard what Mr. Guanzhong said last night."
After hearing this, all the wealthy people in the south of the Yangtze River looked at the four-eyed old man standing next to him.
He looked very familiar to me, but he was wearing glasses, and it was so outrageous that I couldn't be sure for a while.
Now when they heard what King Chu said, they realized that they had seen it right, that person was Luo Guanzhong.
Teacher Luo felt as if he had been stripped naked in front of everyone. His face turned red and he wanted to slap himself twice.
