Chapter 40: I've Been Waiting for You for a Long Time

This night, Dongfang Xiaofei sang six songs, while Wu Momo sang five and a half songs.

The next morning, Dongfang Xiaofei and Wu Momo had breakfast and headed for the top of the Bodhisattva. They must reach the top of the Bodhisattva before dark, otherwise it would be strange if they didn't freeze to death in the current weather. Before going up the mountain, Dongfang Xiaofei specially checked the climate of Wutai Mountain on the Internet, Wutai Mountain has a cold climate and is also known as "Qingliang Mountain". The average temperature throughout the year is minus 4 degrees, with July and August being the hottest at 9.5 degrees and 8.5 degrees respectively, and January being the coldest at minus 18.8 degrees. The Taihuai area enters spring one month earlier than Taiding, and enters autumn one month later, with a temperature difference of about 6 degrees, the average temperature of the whole year is 2-3 degrees, the lowest temperature is minus 30 degrees, and the highest temperature is 30 degrees. In summer, the clouds in the sky in the Taihuai area are low, the humidity is high, and there is often rain. So Dongfang Xiaofei and Wu Momo put on the prepared down jackets and umbrellas.

The Bodhisattva Peak is located on the Vulture Peak on the north side of Hyuntong Temple. Looking up at the steps from the bottom to the top, it is like a ladder to the top of the Bodhisattva. According to legend, Manjushri Bodhisattva lives on the top of the mountain, so it is called the Bodhisattva Peak, also known as Manjushri Temple. Originally a green temple, built in the Northern Wei Dynasty at the beginning, to the Shunzhi period of the Qing Dynasty, after expansion and remodification to the Yellow Temple, presided over by the lama. The temple is large-scale, covering an area of 45 acres, with more than 430 halls and houses, all of which were rebuilt in the Qing Dynasty. Referring to the palace model to build, the tile is three-color glazed tile, and the brick is cyan fine grinding brick, which is very luxurious, and is the first of the temples of Wutai Mountain.

All the way to the top of the mountain, the more you walk, the more you feel the magnificence of Wutai Mountain, the scenery is picturesque, the peculiar peaks and cliffs, the ancient pine and cypress that are strict and upright, the clouds and mountains and the sea of fog that are full of ups and downs, and the golden and brilliant palaces and towers are built into a splendid world.

After walking for about two or three hours, Dongfang Xiaofei found that Wu Momo was sweating profusely, but he still gritted his teeth and persevered, and his heart was moved. At Tayuan Temple, the two of them rested for a while, drank some water, ate something and continued to set off, and after climbing 108 steps, they successfully climbed to the top of the Bodhisattva. The architectural layout of the Bodhisattva Dome is very distinctive, and the appearance of the main hall resembles a royal palace, while the interior layout has a strong Lamaist charm. Because the Bodhisattva is on the Vulture Peak, looking up from the peak, the Bodhisattva is one hundred and eight steep stone steps in front of the peak, such as the ladder hanging in the air, and the Buddha Palace is above, Qionglou Yuyu.

Legend has it that in 1714 A.D., according to legend, when the archway of "Lingfeng Shengjing" was erected, the monk who cooked had to cook for 50 people every day. After the completion of the archway, in the days of carving and chiseling the stone lion, there was a strange phenomenon, three meals a day, the people who eat remain the same, the number of rice under the pot is also the same, only this meal in the morning, always not enough to eat, not a little, but much worse, forcing the monk to cook has to do the second time. This is true every day for breakfast. No one can say why. One day, the monk who was cooking found the paw prints of animal hooves on the pot table, and he suddenly realized: "You didn't have enough to eat breakfast every day, you did it!" Early the next morning, after the monk who cooked the rice was cooked, he hid behind the water tank and watched secretly, the work was not big, only to see two lions walk in one after the other, the lion who walked in front of him pulled the lid of the pot, and ate it in a big gulp, and the lion who walked behind looked around, and then followed to eat, and ate half a pot. Afterwards, the monk who cooked told the old monk in charge of what he had seen.

The next day, the old monk in charge hid a specially made sharp blade in the rice pot. When the lion put his head into the rice pot, he heard a howl and turned to run, and the other fled with him, but the tongue of the lion who was walking in front of him had been cut off by a blade.

In the afternoon of the same day, the old monk in charge came to the "Lingfeng Shengjing" archway, and saw that the tongue of the stone lion squatting on the right side was gone, so he said to it haha: "It turns out that you are the one who steals the food!" The stone lion nodded shyly and admitted the mistake of stealing food. But not long after, the two lions still came down to steal food. Later, a wall was built in front of the 108 stone steps to block them, and the stone lion without a tongue has been waiting "hungry" until now.

"It's so beautiful!" Wu Momo couldn't help but exclaim.

Dongfang Xiaofei was also shocked by the spectacular scene in front of him, what a skillful workmanship, how great the wisdom of human beings is.

The two of them immediately became worried, there are so many temples, where is that worldly master? If you look for them one by one, even if you look for them for three days and three nights, you will definitely not be able to find them all.

"Xiao Fei, there are so many temples, where can we find them?" Wu Momo asked.

"It's okay, since it's a master outside the world, then it must be in the largest hall, I checked on the Internet before coming, and the largest hall on the top of the Bodhisattva is the Manjushri Bodhisattva Hall. While the two were talking, a young monk happened to come over, Dongfang Xiaofei stepped forward and asked, "Master, hello, how to get to the Manjushri Bodhisattva Hall?" The monk glanced at Dongfang Xiaofei and Wu Momo and said, "You are the benefactor of Dongfang, Master has asked me to wait for you here for a long time, please come with me!"

At this time, Dongfang Xiaofei and Wu Momo were shocked, this little master actually knew that he had been waiting here for a long time, could it be that the master of the world had long expected that he would come here? Thinking of this, his admiration for this master of the world has risen a lot.

All the way, follow the little master to the left, turn right, and come to a large hall. On the book "Manjushri Bodhisattva Hall" a few golden typing. Walking into the main hall,

There is a stone archway in front of the courtyard, and there are four words of Kangxi imperial pen "Wutai Holy Realm" on the stone wall. Wenshu Hall was rebuilt in the Qing Dynasty, three wings wide, two deep rooms, the top of the single eaves palace, the top of the hall is covered with glazed yellow tiles, after hundreds of years of cold administration, the color is still as new. In the center of the temple ridge is a brilliant gilded copper**. The Buddhist altar in the hall is for Manjushri Bodhisattva to ride the colorful clay statue, and the Buddha altar on the east and west sides is for the eighteen Arhat statues. The Manjushri Bodhisattva Hall on the top of the Bodhisattva is the place where believers in the pilgrimage must worship three times.

The little monk took the two to a meditation room and said, "Donor, the family teacher is here." With that, he turned and left.

Gently pushing open the door of the meditation room, I saw an old monk sitting on a meditation cushion in the center of the room. I saw the old monk with his hands together, wearing a yellow-red robe, a string of Buddhist beads hanging between his neck, and his long white beard was about to hang down to the ground, with kind eyebrows and kind eyes.

When he saw this old monk, Dongfang Xiaofei was stunned, wasn't this the old monk he met when he was a child?