Nanjing Confucius Temple, after being reopened by the government, is a commercial street, snack street and Confucius Temple attractions. Although it is broad daylight, there is still a lot of traffic.
However, a lot of this is compared to other places. If it is at night, it is naturally incomparable. At night, the area around Confucius Temple will become brightly lit. If it is a holiday, it will be even more beautiful all the way.
Colored lanterns, like silver snakes dancing wildly, coupled with the light boats on the Qinhuai River, as well as the sculptures and shadow puppets of some folk artists, made it extremely lively.
Of course, Qin Yu and Li Siqi would not go shopping in the so-called commercial streets. There are places everywhere and there is nothing interesting to see. What attracted Qin Yu was the Confucius Temple.
Standing in the square of Confucius Temple, Qin Yu and Li Siqi were extremely inconspicuous, and no one else paid any attention to them, because in the whole square, there were not a hundred but also eighty pairs of young men and women like Qin Yu and Li Siqi.
Qin Yu's eyes fell on the Dacheng Hall in front. The design of the Confucius Temple is very unique. With the Dacheng Hall as the center, the north and south are on a central axis, but the left and right are symmetrical. This architectural feature is found in some architectural designs.
In the eyes of a master, I would only think that the design of this Confucius Temple is based on the Anwei style, namely: blue bricks, small tiles, horse-head walls, and hanging lattice windows in the cloister.
However, in the eyes of a Feng Shui master like Qin Yu, the design of the Confucius Temple contains another meaning. However, Qin Yu did not take a closer look, because in the Feng Shui world, there is a saying: "Don't delve into the Confucius Temple."
I don’t know when this sentence was passed down, but it means that if you see a Confucius temple, don’t study the feng shui of the Confucius temple. This is disrespectful.
Not far from the square, there is a stone bridge. This bridge is also very famous. It connects the Confucius Temple and Mingde, so it is called Wende Bridge. Qin Yu and Li Siqi walked on this white marble bridge. Li Siqi
But he looked around curiously into the water.
"Mr. Qin, I have heard about the Wende Bridge. It is said that when you walk on the Wende Bridge at night, people's shadows will disappear, and then half of the people's shadows will appear on the east and west sides of the bridge. There is a Half-Moon Bridge.
"It's called." Li Siqi said excitedly towards Qin Yu.
But soon Li Siqi's pretty face showed a look of frustration, because no matter how she looked, her shadow was still following her, and did not appear on either side of the bridge at all.
"That's because of the special geographical location of Wende Bridge." Qin Yu smiled when he saw Li Siqi's depressed look. The reason why Wende Bridge is called Half Moon Bridge is because Wende Bridge is due north.
The special geographical location of the south direction coincides with the meridian of the solar corona. Only when the moon is at the beginning of the 15th day of the 11th lunar month every year, when people stand on the bridge, there will be a strange scene of shadows on the east and west sides of the bridge.
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"So that's the case, then we have no chance."
After strolling around the Wende Bridge, Qin Yu led Li Siqi straight to the Confucius Temple. To enter the Confucius Temple, one had to go through Lingxing Gate, followed by Dacheng Gate. At this time, Qin Yu and Li Siqi walked through
Arrive in front of Dacheng Gate.
"In ancient times, we would not have been qualified to enter through the Dacheng Gate. Instead, we had to enter through the small doors on both sides." Standing in front of the Dacheng Gate, Qin Yu said to Li Siqi with a smile.
"I know this. It is said that in ancient times, many mansions were like this. There was a small door next to the main door. Only those distinguished guests or the master of the house who came back would use the main door. Generally, they could only use the side door.
, this Dacheng Hall is also in the same situation." Li Siqi replied.
"It's almost the same, but the identity has been changed. Confucius and his disciples are worshiped here. This door will only be opened when worshiping Confucius, but only the officials of the school and those
The teacher is qualified to follow this path, but the students still have to follow this path."
The Confucian culture promoted by Confucius was so revered by later emperors. One of the big reasons is the word ritual. The so-called ritual can also be said to be a hierarchical system. The people should respect and love the emperor. Confucius preached
Ideas are, to a large extent, needed by emperors.
Dacheng Hall is the center of the Confucius Temple and the most crowded place. After Qin Yu and Li Siqi walked into Dacheng Hall, they found that it was very quiet and there was no lively scene in other places.
Everyone who entered here silently quieted down. Qin Yu didn't find this scene strange. Just like those famous Taoist temples, people who went in to burn incense and worship Buddha would deliberately lower their voices.
, this is a kind of respect.
Confucius is undoubtedly worthy of everyone's respect. What's more, in this modern era where everyone has gone to school and read books, Confucius, as a literary sage, is the god in the hearts of scholars.
If you make a quarrel in Taoist temples and temples, the most you can do is to say that you don't believe in ghosts and gods. But if you make a quarrel in a Confucius temple, the nature of the quarrel is more serious, and you will be despised by scholars all over the world.
Qin Yu and Li Siqi followed the flow of people around the Dacheng Hall. In addition to the statue of Saint Kong, there are also statues of his four disciples Ya Sheng. On both sides, there are chimes, chimes and the like.
musical instrument, which is played when worshiping Saint Confucius.
After visiting the Dacheng Hall, Qin Yu and Li Siqi came to the back door of the Dacheng Hall. There are four stone steles here, namely the "Stele of Confucius Asking for Gifts", "The Stele of Gathering Confucius Temple", "The Stele of Conferring the Holy Lady", "
"Feng Si Clan Stele", these stone steles record the deeds of Confucius traveling to various countries and promoting Confucian culture.
"Hurry, it's about to start over there, hurry up and take a look."
"Is it happening today? Why didn't I get notified?"
"My aunt just called me. It's about to start. Let's find a good seat first, otherwise we won't have anywhere to stand for a while."
While Qin Yu was admiring the words on the stone tablet, several tourists passed by them in a hurry, and soon several more tourists quickly ran towards the back door.
"Is there something wrong?" Qin Yu and Li Siqi looked at each other and asked in confusion.
"Behind this is the Academy of Literature." Li Siqi replied.
"Literature College? Let's go and have a look." Qin Yu suddenly became interested and said to Li Siqi.
Qin Yu was interested, so Li Siqi naturally wouldn't object. The two of them followed the crowd towards the back door. It was said to be the liberal arts college, but in fact it was the academy where students went to school at that time.
Before entering the liberal arts college, Qin Yu and Li Siqi were frightened by the huge crowd of people in front of them. A circle of people surrounded them, blocking the entire entrance to the alley.
"Confucius Temple has started another activity to debunk the confusion. This is a major feature of Confucius Temple."
"Yeah, don't tell me, these little dolls still look good in these ancient school uniforms."
As he walked into the crowd and listened to the chatter from the crowd, a bright light flashed in Qin Yu's eyes, and his writing style was unparalleled. Of course he understood what it meant.
Writing to break the fog is an enlightenment custom of ancient Confucianism, which is practiced from generation to generation. Usually, a learned Confucian or a scholar with a good reputation will put a little cinnabar on the forehead of the children, which means: "To break the fog"
, strokes of cinnabar.”
This traditional Confucian custom may not be common in other places, but in Nanjing, the Confucius Temple holds several such activities every year, and each time it attracts many parents to come with their children to participate.
You know, this is in front of the Confucius Temple. What kind of place is the Confucius Temple? It is a holy place in the minds of all scholars. To enlighten the enlightenment in such a place, regardless of whether it is useful or not, this symbolic meaning is already very great.
"Come on, let's go in too."
Li Siqi was stunned for a moment when she heard Qin Yu's words. She didn't expect that Qin Yu would want to watch such an event. Moreover, looking at the crowd in front, Li Siqi didn't think she and Mr. Qin could squeeze in.
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"Just follow me and don't fall behind." Qin Yu smiled, told Li Siqi, and walked towards the crowd. Although Li Siqi was confused, she still acted as she was told.
"What...what's going on?" Li Siqi followed Qin Yu, becoming more and more frightened. Mr. Qin was walking in front, and the crowds on both sides seemed to automatically make way for them.
He squeezed his way to the front of the crowd effortlessly.
"This is a good location." Hearing Qin Yu's voice, Li Siqi's eyes suddenly brightened. It turned out that Qin Yu was standing next to her, giving her a position so that she could directly see the scene in front of her.
Ten meters away from them, they saw a large group of children, wearing ancient school uniforms, standing upright on the bluestone floor. In front of these children, there were several children wearing ancient uniforms.
The adults in official uniforms were leading the children to worship the statue of Saint Kong.
"Now, students, please follow me in reading "The Analects of Confucius"."
After worshiping the statue of Saint Kong, a female teacher came out with a book in her hand, and similarly, these children also had a book in their hands.
“It’s great to learn and practice it over time, and it’s great to have friends from far away...”
"Learning and practicing it from time to time, it is also a joy to have friends from far away..."
While the female teacher was reciting, the children's voices could also be heard. For a moment, the entire gate of Gongyuan was filled with the sound of children reading. And in an atmosphere like the Confucius Temple, the sound of reading was very attractive.
Attention was drawn to the fact that people kept coming from all directions.
It has to be said that reciting the Analects of Confucius in front of the Gongyuan is a very sacred thing. These tourists who came from all over the world unconsciously lowered their voices as they approached, and their footsteps became lighter, as if
I'm afraid it will affect the sound of reading.
Listening to the children's recitation, Li Siqi glanced at Qin Yu beside her. But this glance made her face look surprised, and she looked at Qin Yu in disbelief. (To be continued)