Chapter Ninety-Seven: The Stupa

Li Mo felt that Lin Jianfeng's appearance at the moment was quite funny, obviously a figure who had once dominated the competition, but now he was as shocked as a village girl.

Li Mo was playful, and he planned to say something more to scare his physical education teacher.

"The rise and fall of Buddhism can actually be seen from the history of our country.

During the Han Dynasty, Buddhism entered China, and in the following hundreds of thousands of years, it continued to integrate with Chinese culture, and finally formed a Buddhist culture that was different from Tianzhu, the origin of Buddhism.

There are 480 temples in the Southern Dynasties, and how many buildings are in the smoke and rain.

Buddhism follows cause and effect, talks about the other side, and cultivates future lives.

In the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the alien horses stepped on the Central Plains, the Yi and Han were opposed across the river, Kyushu collapsed, the world was strife, and the Qianshou was miserable.

Buddhism, which emphasizes attaining bliss after death and cultivating wealth in the afterlife, is undoubtedly a beast of flood for the vast number of poor people.

This imported religion, which originated in the distant Tianzhu and crossed the mountains of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, became a spiritual harbor for the poor people at that time.

War destroys people's material world, leaving them to survive in the spiritual world. Buddhism began to take root in the hearts and minds of the masses.

Stupas stand in the minds of those who have suffered so much.

This was the era of Buddhism.

During the Sui and Tang dynasties, the world was unified and the sea was unified. After the founding of the Sui Dynasty, Emperor Wen of Sui not only restored the Buddhist belief that had been forbidden and destroyed by Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, but also issued many edicts to build temples and list Buddhism as a state religion.

Later, the Li Tang Dynasty won the world, and in order to flaunt the identity of the royal family, they claimed to be descendants of Lao Tzu and raised the status of Taoism. Then Wu Zetian was in power, and in order to confront the Li royal family politically, he raised Buddhism to a very high status to suppress Taoism.

During this period, Buddhism rose and fell repeatedly, and went through many tribulations, but it also gradually grew in the tribulations, and gradually integrated into the local culture and secular culture of China, which can be regarded as the era of Buddhism.

In modern times, with the overthrow of the feudal system, the rapid development of science and technology, and the rapid improvement of people's material living standards, the demand for the essence of Buddhism has lacked the foundation of the times. Buddhism gradually changed from faith to culture, from theology to these.

The World-Honored One is no longer the embodiment of wisdom, but has become a symbolic image in literary works or film and television works.

This was the end of Buddhism. ”

After Li Mo finished speaking, he deliberately raised his eyebrows at Lin Jianfeng, "Teacher Lin, do you understand now?"

The corners of Lin Jianfeng's mouth twitched, and he scolded in his heart: "I know a fart! Isn't it embarrassing for me to be a sportsman." ”

He slandered a few sentences in his heart, but Lin Jianfeng still didn't want to really lose face, and said lightly: "Well, it's a good point, it seems that you usually read a lot of books, which is worthy of praise." ”

Li Mo buckled his head, "Hehe, these are actually all I saw in an author's book." ”

"Which author?"

"It's sad to call pen and ink, teacher, if you like it, you can go and give him a reward. ”

Li Mo didn't lie, when he went to the Internet to update the novel the night before, he was tired of writing, and he did accidentally see a novel on a website called 'Cong Huang', and after a few cursory glances, he thought it was still good, so he thought about introducing it to Lin Jianfeng.

Lin Jianfeng put his hands behind his back and said casually: "I know." ”

In response to Li Mo's words, he looked at Lao Ni again and asked, "Mrs. Shi, what do you think of what my student just said?"

Lin Jianfeng himself didn't understand the things that Li Mo said, but he felt that Lao Nun should be very insightful about this.

Lao Ni smiled faintly: "The old man in the mountains and wilderness does not know the things of the world. ”

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The three of them continued to walk forward, passing the Daxiong Treasure Hall, the Dharma Hall and the Scripture Pavilion.

Further back, around a small hill, there is a spacious courtyard, and when you enter the courtyard, you will see plum trees with withered branches.

In the middle of the plum tree is a famous falling wild goose pagoda in the local area.

According to the county records, this tower was built in the Tang Zhongzong period, and the tower was built in the Xuanzong period. In the following thousands of years, this tower has been renovated and repaired several times after earthquakes and wars, and it has survived to this day.

It can be described as a prosperous floating slaughter, and it is evergreen.

According to the biography of Master Sanzang, there were monks in the ancient Tianzhu Magadha Kingdom who buried the fallen goose and built a spiritual pagoda, so the falling goose was regarded as the incarnation of the Bodhisattva, and the name of the falling wild goose pagoda was born.

Looking around, Li Mo only felt that the pagoda Cui Wei was like a giant in the sky, towering between heaven and earth, and the law was like heaven and earth.

The pagoda has seven floors, made of stone bricks, showing a simple and solemn charm.

Simple bricks and stones, but built an ancient tower that has stood for thousands of years, which makes people awe-inspiring.

"Grandma, can we go inside that tower and have a look?"

Li Mo felt that this tower was the answer he was looking for, and the closer he got to this place, the more apprehensive he became.

Lao Ni said with a smile: "There is no choice, the old body is willing to be the forerunner, and the two donors can slow down later." ”

At this moment, the trees in the garden are yellow, the weeds are sparse, and the building materials scattered everywhere are sparsely lying on the ground.

The prayer pond in the garden was dry, and the bottom of the pond was covered with a few fish scales, faintly fishy, and a few dead rats were lying in the weeds at the base of the wall, with a foul smell.

The stone pagoda in the center is mottled and old, giving people the feeling of almost collapsing.

The whole park was lifeless, it was obviously the time when the morning sun was rising and the yang energy was warming, but Lin Jianfeng felt like a late-night cemetery, with a hundred ghosts walking at night.

A warm breeze blew, but Lin Jianfeng felt that it was a yin wind, which frightened him.

hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed Li Mo's arm, and stammered, "Li... Li Mo, why don't we go in. There is nothing to see about the stupa. ”

Li Mo glanced at Lin Jianfeng, saw that his face was pale, his body was like chaff, and he said speechlessly: "Teacher Lin, you shouldn't be afraid, right? This pagoda has nothing to be afraid of, at most, there are some relics or urns of eminent monks." ”

Li Mo didn't say that it was okay, but when he said this, Lin Jianfeng felt even more panicked, and took Li Mo's hand to prevent him from moving forward.

"Don't go, there's nothing to see. ”

The corners of Li Mo's mouth twitched, so cowardly, no wonder he hadn't married at the end of his thirties.

"Teacher Lin, if you don't want to go and see it, just wait for us outside. ”

Lin Jianfeng looked at the eerie environment around him, swallowed his saliva and followed. It's better to follow the two of them than to stay in this place by yourself.

There is a scaffolding underneath the stone tower, and a safety net is enclosed on the outside, but there are no workers here at the moment, and it seems that they are preparing to make a big move on the tower.

Li Mo pointed to the scaffolding and frowned and asked, "Grandma, what are they going to do with this shelf?

Li Mo was a little incredulous, an ancient tower that survived from the Tang Dynasty, someone was actually ready to demolish it, what kind of country did he live in?

The magic of reality is really incredible.

The old nun responded: "What Wen Mu said, I want to repair it." ”

Li Mo breathed a sigh of relief, "Fortunately, it's not to be demolished." But how are they going to renovate?"

Lin Jianfeng listened to the conversation between the two, a little puzzled, and didn't understand why Li Mo was so concerned about this matter.

Isn't tinkering a normal thing?

The old nun looked up at the tip of the pagoda, there was no sadness or joy on his face, and he said lightly: "I want to change it to a pavilion." ”

Lin Jianfeng looked confused, he didn't understand. I couldn't understand anything, and I felt like the old nun was speaking a foreign language. Isn't that bullying?

Li Mo frowned slightly, "Grandma, are you saying that they are going to build a circle of wooden towers outside the stone tower to form an attic-like tower?"

Old Ni's jaw head.

Lin Jianfeng felt that the person who could come up with this method had a good brain, the current Falling Wild Goose Pagoda was slender, and the square gray stone pagoda gave people a feeling of being a little depressed.

At least he, Lin Jianfeng, felt a little eerie.

If you remodel it on the outside to form an attic-like wooden tower like Leifeng Pagoda, this place will definitely form a good attraction.

Moreover, this place is located outside the river and mountain, and the far view is the castle under the mountain, and once the reconstruction is completed, it will become a viewing platform for Surabaya City.

"That's good!" Lin Jianfeng clapped his hands in celebration.

Li Mo frowned and asked Lin Jianfeng, "Teacher Lin, why do you think this is good?"

Lin Jianfeng explained the benefits of transforming the stone tower into a wooden tower, looked at the buildings scattered around him, and continued to analyze: "Li Mo, you see that the entire Jinfeng Temple has become a huge construction site, and it is obvious that a tourism company has bought this piece of land and is preparing to develop this piece of land as a whole.

With the natural environment of Jinfeng Mountain, and then artificially created, I don't need to say more about what kind of results can be obtained. ”

"It would be a great place to visit. Li Mo replied lightly.

Lin Jianfeng high-fived and said: "You're right, I think it can at least be applied for as a four-A attraction." When the economy of the entire Surabaya City takes off, won't it take off?"

Lin Jianfeng's eyebrows fluttered, obviously very optimistic about this development project.

However, Li Mo's frowning brow also attracted Lin Jianfeng's attention, "What, Li Mo, do you think this project won't work?"

Li Mo shook his head, "It's not a question of whether it works or not. But Mr. Lin, do you know what this tower means?"

"What does it mean?" Lin Jianfeng paused for a moment, not knowing what Li Mo meant by these words.

Isn't it just a stupa? What does it mean? Does it mean that the world-honored Jizo is coming? Besides, the current Buddhist association doesn't care about it.

As for those Buddhist believers, there is no way to talk about it, Lin Jianfeng is in his thirties, and he hasn't seen a few people who believe in Buddhism anyway.

Li Mo looked at Lao Ni and asked, "Grandma, this tower was built during the Tang Dynasty, right?"

The old man's head explained: "It was built in the first year of Shenlong, it was originally a nine-story stone tower, and then it was rebuilt into the current seven-story tower in the second year of Jianwen. ”

Li Mo nodded, it seems that the folk rumors are true, this stone tower, like Jinfeng Temple, was built in the Tang Dynasty.

"Teacher Lin, you should understand what I mean by now, right?"

Lin Jianfeng: ???

"Did you say anything?"

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