Fangzheng felt a little numb just thinking about it, so he called out to Lone Wolf, and instead of going down in a hurry, he walked up the mountain along the bamboo road. After walking about two hundred meters, the bamboo road came to an end.
Fang Zheng looked at the last piece of bamboo. The carving and polishing marks on it were still relatively new. It looked like it had been put up recently.
When Fangzheng taught the lame horse and the squirrel was carving, Lone Wolf often listened by the side. Although he was not an expert, he could still see some tricks under the influence of his ears and eyes. He shook his big head and muttered: "This is
How boring do you have to be to do this kind of thing? Get a few rocks, isn't it easier than this? The worst you can do is use wood. Master, don't you think so?"
Fang Zheng shook his head, said nothing, and walked down the mountain with Lone Wolf.
Seeing this, the lone wolf thought that Fang Zheng had acquiesced, swung his big tail and followed him.
Following the steps made of bamboo, he walked down step by step. Fangzheng watched as he walked. As the saying goes, a layman watches the excitement, and an expert watches the door. Fangzheng became more frightened and shocked as he walked! His eyes kept changing!
In the eyes of others, this is just a boring person, or a persistent pervert who is bored or pursues perfection. But Fangzheng can see more from these carvings!
Before, he looked up from halfway and didn't see anything. But this time, he walked from the end to the beginning. Looking all the way, Fang Zheng saw many different things.
Fang Zheng stopped at the intersection, patted Lone Wolf's head and said, "Jingfa, what did you see?"
The lone wolf was stunned. What did he see? He looked up at the sky, looked around and said, "The mountains are pretty good."
Fang Zheng rolled his eyes at him and said, "Look at the bamboo under your feet. What do you see?"
Lone Wolf rolled his eyes. He wanted to say that he saw a mental illness. But he also saw that Fang Zheng didn't ask him to say this. But the problem was that he only looked at flowers, birds and bamboo forests all the way down the mountain.
Look at the bamboo on the ground! But Lone Wolf is also a little clever. He rolled his big eyes and said immediately: "The carving skills of this bamboo are getting more and more immature from top to bottom. Is the other party practicing carving? Well, he has made great progress.
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Fang Zheng gave him a slap on the head and scolded him with a smile: "If you don't see it, just say you don't see it. Why are you pretending to be a big-tailed wolf?"
When Lone Wolf heard this, he immediately became unhappy. He raised his head, raised his tail, and said with a serious face: "Master, there is something I must declare to you and correct!"
"Say." Fang Zheng was also curious about what Lone Wolf was going to say.
The lone wolf said very seriously: "I am really a big-tailed wolf. Look at how big my tail is! There is no need to pretend!"
When Fang Zheng heard this, he was immediately furious with this damn dog. He slapped him, looked down at the bamboo on the ground and said, "If you want to make progress in your practice, you can't always think about playing, you have to learn to observe. Look at this
The bamboo on the ground, from bottom to top, is not only carved, but also polished with more and more exquisite craftsmanship. In fact, anyone can do this kind of thing as long as they are willing to work hard. But the real essence is not this skill
, but a person who carves bamboo! He is not honing his skills, but honing himself! This is a kind of practice! A different kind of practice! The practice of understanding the natural heart of heaven and earth by figuring out the texture of bamboo!"
Speaking of this, Fang Zheng looked at the lone wolf. This guy was staring directly behind Fang Zheng and winking at him. Fang Zheng was stunned, what is this guy doing?
Fang Zheng looked back subconsciously and saw someone not far behind him. He didn't know when there was an extra person! This person was wearing a Xiaoyao scarf, three crowns, a sea-blue Taoist robe, and a pair of opposite-facing shoes.
Looking at that face again, Fang Zheng was stunned. It turned out to be a woman with a somewhat fairy face! This turned out to be a Jurchen!
Fang Zheng knew that Taoist priests were similar to monks in their attire, and they were very particular. No matter the color or type, they were not dressed randomly. If they were dressed randomly, they would probably be fake Taoist priests.
In the early days, Taoism's regulations on crowns and robes were extremely simple. However, starting from the Liu and Song Dynasties in the Southern Dynasties, the system of crowns and robes for Taoist priests became stricter, and the distinction between crowns and robes became more and more obvious. According to Volume 5 of "Dongxuan Lingbao Sandong Fengdao Kejiabantong for Private Purposes" in the Southern and Northern Dynasties
, clearly stipulates the attire of various types of Taoist priests. The book states: "The attire of Taoist priests should be in the shape of the ceremonial image, and the attire of Taoist priests should first refer to the scriptures and methods of wearing the attire. Each of them must be in accordance with this method, and no deviation or violation of calculations is allowed."
Three thousand six hundred."
It was also from that time on that you could guess one, two or three by looking at Taoist priests and their clothes.
This Jurchen is wearing a nine-beam scarf. The top of the nine-beam scarf is flat and slanted like the tail, with nine folds and nine seams arranged in rows. Taoism regards nine as the number of the polar sun, and the ultimate goal of all practice. Therefore, the nine-beam scarf also symbolizes Taoism.
The disciples’ yearning for the great road.
It can be seen that this Jurchen is a person who yearns for Taoism, and is not an ordinary naughty little Taoist priest.
At the same time, the fact that this Jurchen wears three crowns on her head shows that she is not an ordinary Taoist, but a Taoist who has received the Zhongji ordination. It should not be underestimated.
She was wearing a sea-blue Taoist robe, which was used by Taoist priests when doing chores. In other words, she was quite free now.
Finally, she wore matching shoes, white stockings, and the stockings wrapped her pant legs inside to prevent body dirt from falling into the hall when she entered the hall.
Of course, he didn't know these things himself, but after chatting with Mr. Lotte, he became interested in Taoist matters and looked it up when he had nothing to do.
These things all flashed through Fang Zheng's mind. Fang Zheng knew that although the Jurchen in front of him looked weak and delicate, she was actually a true cultivator and should be treated with respect.
So Fang Zheng put his hands together and said: "Amitabha, the poor monk points to the square of the temple and has seen the real person."
Seeing this, the female Taoist priest smiled slightly, bowed with both hands and said in return: "It turns out to be Master Fangzheng, a master of Pindao Yimiao. I just heard what the master said. Could it be that the master also has some understanding of carvings?"
True Taoist priests are really curious. Although Taoist priests and monks are similar, they often need to be self-sufficient. But Taoist priests are more out of the world than monks after all. They live far away in the mountains and away from the crowd. Therefore, almost all Taoist priests have good medical skills.
, self-defense skills and the ability to repair a house and survive in the wild.
But monks are different. A monk is between being born in the world and joining the world. In a temple, there are eminent monks who are born in the world and live in ancient temples without caring about worldly affairs, or ascetic monks who practice asceticism in the world. There are also monks who have joined the world. These monks have not completely cut off the worries of the world.
Except that you are not allowed to drink alcohol or eat meat in the temple, you are no different from ordinary people outside the temple. For example, lay disciples...
The existence of many of these people not only provides food and clothing for the temple, but also allows the monks to understand the world better and realize great wisdom in the world of mortals.
If someone supports you, some skills will naturally fall behind. At this time, there are fewer other monks to learn from. So Yimiao Zhenren is also a little curious about Fang Zheng.