There is a round stone slab in the middle of the stone altar on the top floor of the dome, commonly known as the "Heaven's Heart Stone". Standing on it and speaking loudly or knocking on it, there will be a loud echo immediately. We stamped our feet on the stone.
, and sure enough, I felt that the sound was louder than elsewhere. Mujiao told me that this round hill was the real place where the ceremony of worshiping the heaven was held during the winter solstice.
I immediately remembered the scene of the emperor worshiping heaven in ancient times: the emperor declined his crown, the ministers around him knelt down, white clouds were floating in the sky, and the earth muttered to the sky amidst the sound of ritual music. This was such a solemn and mysterious thing.
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After getting off the Round Mound Altar and heading north, we came to the Imperial Vault, which is where the Divine Tablets are placed on the Round Mound Altar. The round wall surrounding the Imperial Vault is very flat and smooth, and sound can be transmitted along the inner arc.
, so it is called the "Echo Wall". This wall has always been known as one of the wonders of the Temple of Heaven.
I have heard about this place a long time ago and know how magical this place is. I once saw an introduction to this place on TV: the echo wall is actually the wall of the Imperial Vault, and its walls are made of polished bricks with joints.
, the wall is covered with blue glazed tiles. The curvature of the wall is very regular, the wall surface is extremely smooth and neat, and the refraction of sound waves is very regular. Therefore, as long as two people stand in the east and west halls and stand against the wall, one person leans against the wall.
If you speak to the north of the wall, the sound waves will continue to refract along the wall and reach the other end one or two hundred meters away. No matter how low the voice is, the other party can still hear it clearly, and the voice is long and long, which is very interesting.
, creating a mysterious atmosphere that resonates with heaven and man. That’s why it’s called the Echo Wall.
At this moment, when Mu Jiao and I came here to play, I suddenly became childlike and said to Mu Jiao: "Come, you are here, I will go over there, let's try the effect of this sound wall."
She immediately became happy and laughed like a child, "That's great."
I ran to the other end of the echo wall and saw Mu Jiao in a military coat standing against the wall from a distance. At this moment, I actually felt an inexplicable nervousness, as if I was in class when I first went to college.
I felt a little overwhelmed when speaking in front of my classmates.
Suddenly I began to be surprised and excited, because I heard Mu Jiao's laughter coming from my ears, her laughter was like a silver bell, "Giggle! Are you talking?"
At this moment, I felt as if I had the same excitement I felt when I picked up the phone receiver for the first time, because this soundbar really gave me a novel feeling. I immediately pressed my body against the wall, lips touching
She looked at the wall and whispered softly: "Mujiao, Mujiao, can you hear me?"
Immediately, I heard her silvery laughter again in my ears, "I heard it, I heard it. Uncle Feng, I, I like you so much..."
I was stunned immediately.
And at this moment, when I didn't know what to say to her in the distance, a staff member came to me and shouted at me loudly: "Hey! Who asked you to play here?
Yes? Go quickly! Otherwise, you will be fined."
Immediately I lost interest.
Mu Jiao was also expelled, and she ran up to me. Her face was red at the moment, and she still looked excited.
She made a face at me and said, "I almost got fined."
I couldn't help but laugh, and then looked at the sky, "Let's go have a meal. How about boiled mutton?"
She looked at me, her body swaying gracefully, her head slightly tilted to one side, with a pure and charming smile on her face, and she said, "It's coming from the east."
I also laughed, "Okay, Dong Laishun!"
She immediately ran to my side and reached out to hold my arm.
The moment her hand reached my arm, I immediately felt that the muscles in my arm became tense. I immediately said to her: "Mujiao, you are a soldier, this is not good.
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She said: "What happened to the soldiers? I often see soldiers like this on the street. No one cares."
I still think it’s not good for her to be like this, not for anything else. As a junior holding an elder’s arm, it’s not a big deal, but she is wearing a military uniform, not to mention this is the capital Beijing. I said: “Mujiao, what if?
If you really get caught by the pickets, you'll be in trouble."
But I didn't expect that she would hold me tighter. She smiled and said to me: "Uncle Feng, don't soldiers fall in love? There are so many girls holding the arms of male soldiers on the street.
.fine."
Falling in love? I couldn't help but smile bitterly, "Mujiao, your Uncle Feng is an old man. You are still so young. Don't make such a joke with me."
Her hand tightened my arm again, "I don't care, I just like holding your arm like this. Uncle Feng, you are actually quite handsome, although you are a bit older, but... if you are willing to fall in love with me
If so, I can still accept it."
I hurriedly said: "I can't accept it, and your mother can't accept it even more!"
She stopped talking, but she still held my arm. I could only sigh in my heart. In fact, I knew that in her heart, she was not really willing to come to me and have a relationship, maybe it was more for her front.
That purpose. Although my contact time with her was very short, I have already understood her tenacious character.
As the saying goes: A poor family produces filial sons. But when a family undergoes great changes, the children of this family will naturally mature and force themselves to take on certain responsibilities.
She is like this next to me. But in my heart, I still want to regard her as my junior. She is so pure and beautiful, and I really can't bear to destroy such a beautiful thing.
The Donglaishun Shabu-shabu Mutton Restaurant we went to is a branch, but it still has a comfortable and elegant atmosphere and antique decoration. The whole restaurant is filled with the charm of national tradition.
The legend of mutton-shabu-shabu was invented by Genghis Khan. It is said that during a fierce battle, Genghis Khan had no time to eat due to continuous fighting. In the end, he was unbearably hungry, so he ordered the chef to cook. However, the chef only found one sheep in the chaotic battlefield, so Genghis Khan ordered
He cut the mutton into thin slices, boiled it in boiling water, took it out and tasted it. He found that the taste was unexpectedly delicious. So after a full meal, he felt refreshed and quickly defeated the enemy. From then on, there was
Shabu-shabu mutton is a delicacy.
At this moment, she and I are sitting in this shop. On the table is a copper pot over a charcoal fire. The water in the pot is already boiling. In front of us are fragrant sesame sauce, fat lamb slices from Inner Mongolia, and sugar.
Garlic, pickles, frozen tofu, soy sauce beef, etc.
Mu Jiao, who had taken off her military coat and was wearing military uniform, sat directly opposite me. It was very warm in the store, and her beautiful face looked even more rosy and charming against the background of the military uniform.
I couldn't help but look at her a few more times.
She noticed the way I was looking at her and immediately chuckled at me, "Uncle Feng, I'm beautiful, aren't I?"
I suddenly became embarrassed and said, "Mujiao, you can eat now."
But she was still looking at me, "Let's have some drinks, okay?"
I asked her: "Does your stomach still hurt?"
She shook her head.
I said: "Well, let's drink some beer."
She said: "Drink a white bar, it's so cold."
I was still on guard because I had made mistakes more than once when I was drunk. I said, "Okay, let's drink less."
Then I asked her to order her own wine. After looking at the menu, she said: "They're all so expensive... let's go to Erguotou in Beijing."
I smiled and nodded.
I think we can be extravagant when we eat together, but there is no need to be so grand.
In fact, the taste of hotpot mutton is just like that. As Director Leng said that day, northern food is northern food after all, and it is far less delicate and delicious than our southern food.
But I think the charcoal fire in this copper pot is very good. It is steaming and makes people feel warm all over. Maybe this is the effect needed for mutton-shabu-shabu.
After a while, I started to sweat profusely, and my whole body felt warm and comfortable. Of course, Erguotou also played a role in this.
Mu Jiao looked at me and smiled: "Uncle Feng, you are actually sweating? Hehe!"
I said: "Maybe it was too cold and I had a slight cold. It's gone now. I was sweating all over and I feel comfortable now."
She smiled and said to me: "Uncle Feng, you should thank me. If you don't come out to eat this meal today, you might really catch a cold."
I raised my glass to her and said with a smile, "Then I'll thank you."
She looked at me, with a kind of charm unique to beautiful women in her eyes, and found that the look in her eyes at this moment was very similar to the look in her mother's eyes when she looked at me. She said: "Uncle Feng, do you know? I
I hate myself for being a woman."
Her words came out of nowhere, and I was immediately stunned, "Why? You are so beautiful, I don't know how many girls envy you."
She sighed and said: "Women are always weak. I was drunk yesterday, but in the middle of the night I was woken up by dysmenorrhea. My lower abdomen hurt, as if thousands of knots were entangled together, and the pain kept rolling out.
.I curled up, other parts of my body seemed to be shrinking, and pain became all the signs of my body. But I could only endure it, so I put my hand on my lower abdomen, as if holding the painful place, as if caring for it, like this
It can relieve colic. This kind of pain occurs once every twenty-five days. In the past, my dysmenorrhea was not so severe, but in the past two years it has become more and more severe, to the point where I can’t do it without taking medicine. If I went to class that day, I
I couldn't even sit still. I just lay on the bed and heard the wind outside the window. The sound of the wind at night made me feel very cold outside. My body was churning like a river and the sea, and the pain was so painful that I couldn't sleep. I knew I should take medicine.
, but I forgot to take it out yesterday. I had no choice but to curl up my body, but the pain in my lower abdomen seemed to be a source of pain that sent it to the whole body. I curled up my body, and it seemed that the more I curled up, the more I felt.
It can alleviate this extreme discomfort. I think men don’t have to suffer from this pain. Last night I thought again, it’s great to be a man.”
Of course I know the pain of women's dysmenorrhea, because I used to see patients like that almost every day when I was in the hospital, and the patients with the most severe menstrual cramps would even think of committing suicide.
I said: "Mujiao, this is determined by women's physiological functions. This is the natural reaction of many women during ovulation. As you said, it can be relieved by taking medicine. Most women are like this. I will try again with you in the future.
It will get better after getting married."
But she shook her head and said: "It's just a physical problem. In fact, I pity my parents because they gave birth to a daughter like me. Now something big has happened to the family, but I can't help at all."
What are they? If I were a man, I wouldn't be like this. I would immediately work hard to earn a lot of money so that my mother could live as before, and I would do everything possible to get my father out of prison as soon as possible. But me, I
But I can’t do anything. Alas!”
I said to her softly: "Mujiao, God created men and women in this world. We come into this world, whether we are men or women, it is actually just an accident. But our lives are very precious.
Yes, because our appearance in this world is a very, very accidental thing, and our life is only once. Therefore, I think you should see the positive side of our lives, and never go for such a thing.
Worry. The matter about your parents... Mujiao, let me tell you this, in fact, this is also a kind of life, because none of us knows what kind of situation will happen in our future, but I believe in cause and effect. Oh,
Don’t get me wrong, what I’m talking about is not the so-called karma preached by Buddhism, but what we have done now and what may happen in the future based on logic and the development trend of things. So, I think we
Everyone should bear all the consequences that what they do now may have in the future. There is no use in escaping some things. The only thing we need to do is to try to act within the scope of the law. This is how to avoid future life
The best way to tragedy. Mujiao, do you think what I said is right?"
She shook her head and then said: "I understand this truth, but is it really like this in reality? There are so many people who are corrupt and bribery, especially those who are high-ranking officials sitting on the rostrum. Who among them embezzles less money?
It’s just that they have someone to protect them. Even if something happens to some of them, it’s mostly because of political reasons. Although I’m still a student, I know many things.” (To be continued)