It is said that in ancient times, transportation here was inconvenient, surrounded by water, and the land was vast and sparsely populated. People could only go out by boat to travel.
There are a large number of water snakes in the water of Zhanghu Lake, which will attack passing pedestrians and ships, so a temple was built to burn incense day and night and worship the snake king in the water to pray for peace. This is the origin of the earliest Snake King Temple.
I had been nearby before, but when they heard that I had a foreign accent, they refused to let me in. This long-haired scalper said he could get me and Brother Yu in, but it would only cost dozens of dollars.
There was that young couple traveling with me. The man must be a second-generation rich man. I saw that he was using the best Sony card camera at the time.
We took a sightseeing bus and arrived near the Snake King Temple. The long-haired cow made a sound and counted the money while saying: "Everyone, your money will definitely not be wasted. You can go around here as you like. I will communicate with you right away and we will go see the Snake Girl right away."
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The first thing I saw after entering was a couplet: "The legacy of Fujian and Yue, only my lake peak survives, the Immortal Capital Dragon Cave, crowned by the Snake King's Palace."
The temple was full of incense and noisy, and there was an endless stream of locals coming to burn incense.
"Honey, hubby! Look at this roof, it's amazing!"
The second-generation rich man hugged his girlfriend, looked up at the top of the temple and said with a smile, "Indeed, this carving is amazing."
The top of the temple is a giant wooden roof made up of several solid wooden boards. It is densely packed and carved with thousands of small snakes. These snakes are intertwined with each other, their heads rush down, and they spit out messages.
I think the style of these wood carvings should be Dongyang wood carvings of the old society.
After wandering for a while, the long-haired scalper hurriedly ran over and said, "It's ready. I'm going to say it again. You can only watch it through the window."
five minutes later.
"Where is this? Didn't it say it was in a temple?"
Two hundred meters north of the temple is the national highway. He took a few of us to the door of an adobe house.
"Where do you care? Just see it. Don't you know why I left for you?"
When scalpers speak, their eyes look forward and backward, giving people a mysterious feeling.
"Bang bang bang!"
Long Hair knocked on the door twice and shouted: "Master, open the window and let us take a look."
After a few seconds, someone opened the window of the adobe house from the inside, and we all crowded around the window to watch.
My pupils slowly contracted and I saw it.
There is a big jar in the room, like a black jar for pickles.
There was a woman in the jar, with only her head exposed. The woman's hair was so long that it almost reached the ground.
Because her hair was spread out and covered her face, we couldn't see her facial features at all from the window. This woman was motionless, as if she had no arms or legs, sitting in the jar.
"Why don't you move? You can't see your face."
The rich second generation turned to look at the long hair and said anxiously: "Where is the tongue? I want to see the tongue. Didn't it mean that the snake girl's tongue is very long, can it lick her own eyes? She can't even see what she looks like."
"You can watch it if you want?"
The long hair blocked the window and said: "You just spent thirty yuan and you still want to see the tongue? Are you dreaming?"
"You just said you could see it!" said the rich second generation.
"You can watch it! You have to pay extra!"
"Three hundred and five for one person, seven hundred for the two of you."
"you!"
"What are you doing? If you don't have money, leave quickly. There are many people who want to see it. I have to go and receive the next wave of customers."
The rich second generation was irritated and cursed: "Damn it, who said I don't have money? I have plenty of money!"
"Give me the bag!"
He directly grabbed his girlfriend's purse without counting it, took out a wad of money, estimated to be about two thousand, slapped it on the long hair and said: "Look! Stick out your tongue! I want to see these two things now!"
As a brother, I also paid for it!
I was stunned and said thank you.
He waved his hand and magnanimously said that he was fine, he was not short of money, and my girlfriend’s bags were all made from clothes and taillights.
"Hey, okay."
After counting the money, the long-haired man's face lit up with joy, and he shouted into the room: "Master, let the snake girl stick out her tongue and show it to us."
There was also a skinny old man in the room, holding a string of rosary beads in his hand. He bent down and whispered something in the snake girl's ear, but she couldn't hear clearly.
We stared without blinking.
Sometimes, regardless of good or evil, there is always a curiosity in people's hearts. I wonder, are there really people with tongues that are more than 20 centimeters long? How do they grow?
next moment.
I couldn't help but scream!
Really!
After the skinny old man finished speaking, the snake girl opened her mouth, and a big tongue slowly stretched out, almost reaching the top of her head!
I was dumbfounded and scared.
The second-generation rich man was also stunned, with a look of excitement on his face, while his girlfriend looked scared and subconsciously took a step back.
There was a crash!
After just one glance, the long hair closed the window to prevent us from seeing it.
"That's enough, that's enough. Did you see it? Let's go."
When he came out of the soil embryo room, Brother Yu couldn't help but shake his head and said: "You didn't see it? What a real tongue, that's a fake tongue."
"ah?"
"Fake? Brother Yu, are you sure? Why do I think my tongue can move?"
Brother Yu had a bright smile on his face, patted me and said, "Didn't you notice just now? The tongue moves straight up and down, without curling, and it looks very stiff."
Brother Yu added: "He closed the window so quickly to prevent us from watching the action of retracting his tongue, because as soon as he retracted his tongue, it was exposed. No one in the world can have such a long tongue."
"I didn't say it out loud just now," Brother Yu shook his head and said, "Because this place is full of local gangsters. Ruining people's wealth is like killing parents. For a few dozen yuan, we are not worthy of doing that."
"I guess the woman sitting in the jar is voluntary. The scalpers will definitely give her some money to defraud foreign tourists like the pretty boy just now."
I said: "That's very well done. The fake tongue can be made like that. From a distance, it does look like the real one."
Brother Yu nodded: "Three hundred and ten lines, in order to survive, if I don't work hard on my skills now, I'm afraid I won't be able to deceive anyone."
The first time I saw it through the window, I was extremely surprised. But when I saw it after I knew what was going on, I felt like a big fool.
Just like the IQ Tong Bao given to me by Mei Mei from Mei Qian Guan, I only pay IQ tax.
"Candied haws on a stick! Candied haws on a stick!"
There were more and more people at this spot, and many men, women, and children were carrying bamboo cages in their hands. The cages contained various live snakes of five colors. They were talking and laughing, chatting with each other about their family affairs, as if they were attending a temple fair.
Brother Yu and I squeezed in the crowd and were about to leave, but ended up taking the wrong exit and went to the south of the Snake King Temple. Unexpectedly, there was another temple here.
I had never been here last time, and I really didn’t expect it. This is the Shuntian Notre Dame Temple, which is also called the Shuntian Mother. It is dedicated to Chen Jinggu of the Lushan sect, who is regarded as the protector of women and children.
Now when you travel to Zhanghu Snake King Temple and buy tickets at the ticket office, people will tell you: "Should you buy a package ticket or a single ticket? Single tickets are cheaper, but you can only enter the Snake King Temple. If you buy a package ticket, you can also visit the Tianmu Temple.
"It's the same whether you book your ticket on Tuniu or anywhere.
I feel very strange.
Why are these two temples so close to each other? One is almost in front and the other is in back.
The Snake King Temple is dedicated to the snake god in Zhanghu Lake. It is said that the earliest prototype was a venomous snake. The Chen Jinggu Temple in Lushan is full of various clay sculptures of women and children.
This doesn't seem to be relevant.
There is a stage in front of the Tianmu Temple, and the city pays for people to perform operas starting around May 20 every year and continue until the end of the Snake Festival in July.
There was a performance at 3:30 in the afternoon, and I saw two beauties with theatrical makeup on their faces walking around on the stage moving things.
