This temple is not a century-old temple, but it has been nearly a hundred years since Little Japan entered the village today.

In the past hundred years of wind and rain, the temple is safe, the big trees are strong, and they seem to have become each other's dependence.

It is said that many years ago, there was a day when the sea of clouds was surging, the dark clouds covered the top almost black sky, the wind was so strong that it almost pulled up the mountains, the thunder was rolling and almost broke the boulders, just when the villagers shouted that the sky was abnormally closed, several lightning bolts hit the ancient wood forest at the same hour, the loud noise exploded, and the white light was dazzling.

The villagers were terrified and feared that the temple would be damaged.

However, when the weather cleared, the villagers visited the temple again and found that the temple was unharmed, but almost all the ancient trees around it had been damaged by the thunderstorm, and several thigh-thick side branches had been broken.

Seeing this scene, the villagers couldn't help but sigh, this temple probably expected this day a long time ago, so they chose such a good place by themselves.

If it weren't for these ancient trees, maybe it would be the temple that would have suffered.

Although the above content may be exaggerated, and there may be suspicion that it has been deliberately smeared with mythology, what can be known is that these three things are real. Now the older people in the village, such as Mrs. Tan, have an impression.

It can only be said that the world is very big, nature is wonderful, and human beings are really small.

Walking into the temple, a faint smell of smoke lingered in the air.

Could it be that someone has already arrived first?

Earlier than them?

The group looked up and saw Chen Xiaofang bowing to the shrine.

"Xiaofang, why are you so early. Tan Dasha deliberately shouted loudly.

"Yes, Xiaofang, you're really early, look at us people, those who ride bicycles are not as early as you walk. The village chief also smiled.

"Qingshan lives in the old village, and it's not as early as you. Mrs. Tan made up for it.

Liu Qingshan's face was a little ugly. This is clearly mocking him secretly.

Yes, he did just say that Chen Xiaofang didn't come to offer tea to the mountain god or something. But you people can't slap me in the face like that.

In the future, it's not a friend anymore!

Xiao Fang looked at the village chief and the others, and said with a smile: "It's because I walk, so I have to be early, otherwise, there will be not enough time for today's holiday." ”

The village chief said: "Xiaofang, you, you should buy a motorcycle to ride, it's inconvenient to walk all the time." ”

"Yes, yes, yes. Mrs. Tan's eyes flashed slightly, and she hurriedly answered, "If you don't have money, let Qingshan lend it to you, he has money." ”

The village chief and Tan Dasha were happy when they said this, and hurriedly echoed: "That's right, Qingshan has money, let Qingshan lend you money to buy a motorcycle, and pay it back when you have money." ”

"It doesn't matter if you don't pay it back, Qingshan doesn't lack that money anyway, isn't Qingshan?"

Liu Qingshan turned a deaf ear.

Money? What money?

No!

Chen Xiaofang glanced at Liu Qingshan and laughed: "Forget it, people like me who don't respect the mountain god enough, how can I be embarrassed to ask someone to borrow money, I'm still honest and hardworking, and when I have money, I want to buy a car." ”

Cut, as if someone is begging you to borrow money.

Liu Qingshan ignored Chen Xiaofang's existence, walked in with his own things, and began to worship God.

Chen Xiaofang packed up her things and left after saying goodbye to the village chief and others.

Seeing that the two young men didn't say a word, the old guys all understood a little.

Young people have such eccentric temperaments, especially when there is not much difference in age, they are all vindictive.

It is estimated that Liu Qingshan was angry, they only praised Chen Xiaofang at first, but did not praise him.

As for Xiaofang, it is estimated that Liu Qingshan is angry that she does not respect the mountain god.

Hey, these young people are really funny, and their minds are really simple enough, they are angry, and they don't know how to do superficial work at all.

I really hope that when they are forty or fifty years old, they can still be so simple and vindictive, instead of learning the skills of other middle-aged people, and they have two faces before and after.

Worshipping the gods is simple and there are no particularly complicated procedures.

Bamboo incense sticks are lit and then they are inserted in each place.

Among them, there is a beautiful classical incense altar placed in the altar dedicated to the worship of mountain gods and beasts, although this incense altar is not very large, about only a little larger than a rice cooker, but the shape is exquisite, and antique. This place should be planted with nine bamboo sticks.

There is an altar of heaven and earth in the middle of the patio, which is used to worship heaven and earth, and it is hewn out of stone, and the appearance is rough, but it is much larger than the incense altar on the altar. This place is planted with three bamboo sticks.

Facing the door, on the right is the incense altar of the Lord of the Stove, and on the left is a stone tablet engraved with the names of the ancestors who built this temple. There is no incense altar in front of the stele, but on the stone floor, there are still a lot of bamboo incense.

In these two places, three bamboo sticks are inserted respectively.

There is a fist-sized stone incense altar at the left and right ends of the gate threshold, and these two incense altars are used by the left and right door gods, and three bamboo incense sticks are generally inserted.

Out of the door, directly opposite the position, there is a huge stone incense altar. This stone altar is larger than the stone altar in the patio and is used to worship the surrounding ancient trees. Generally, after inserting the incense altar in the temple, how many bamboo incense sticks are left in your hand, all of them are inserted here, and it doesn't matter how much.

After planting the bamboo incense, the offerings are placed on the altar and in the open space in front of the incense altar in the patio.

In addition to the offerings, three small red plastic teacups are placed in each of these two places, and the tea brewed in the morning is poured into the teacups, even if it is a tea offering to the gods.

When you're done with that, wait a moment for the gods to have eaten the sacrifice and then take it back.

When I got home, my mother had already made most of the sticky rice balls.

The method of sticking rice balls is almost the same as that of big belly cake, which is to knead the dough, put the filling, and steam it in the basket. However, there is no need to put gardenias or pomelo leaves for sticky rice balls.

Because the raw material of sticky rice balls is sticky rice, that is, the rice that people usually cook and eat. The dough made from this rice mill is not only greasy when steamed, but also crisp and refreshing, so naturally there is no need to use gardenia and grapefruit leaves.

Although the filling of the potbelly cake and the sticky rice cake are similar and the method is similar, the two flavors have their own differences.

The potbelly cake is soft and glutinous and sweet, and the sticky rice balls are crispy and fragrant.

Although it looked like the white and beautiful sticky rice balls had been steamed in the pot, Liu Qingshan couldn't eat it yet.

He also had to worship his ancestors before he could eat.

The procedure of worshipping the ancestors of the family is the same as the procedure of worshipping the gods in the temple, which is to insert bamboo and stand incense and make offerings.

The incense altar in the house is located in the same position as in the temple, and the altar dedicated to the ancestors is in the middle of the innermost wall of the hall.

On the left side of the door frame at the entrance of the hall, there is a wrist-sized bamboo tube hanging from the height of a person. There is also a small bamboo tube on the outer edge of the corridor directly opposite the entrance of the hall, which is half buried by cement. There is also a kitchen counter, and on the left door frame of the gate, there are this kind of bamboo tubes for inserting bamboo incense.

The tools for worshiping ancestors at home are not as particular as those in the temple, because the things at home are commonly used and replaced more frequently, and there is really no need to spend money on them. Therefore, in addition to this kind of bamboo tube that does not cost money, there will also be some leftover water pipes, or plastic bottles and other things that are used in common incense insertion tools.