Nanjing Confucius Temple, after the government's re-rest, is a collection of commercial streets, snack streets and Confucian Temple attractions in one, although it is broad daylight, the flow of people is still a lot.

However, this is a lot of relative to other places, if it is at night, it is naturally incomparable, at night, the vicinity of the Confucius Temple will become brilliantly lit, if it is a holiday, it is a colorful lantern all the way, such as the silver snake dancing, plus the lantern boat on the bank of the Qinhuai River, there are some folk artists carving and shadow puppetry, very lively.

Of course, Qin Yu and Li Siqi naturally won't go to the so-called commercial street, there are everywhere in that place, there is nothing to see, and it is naturally the Confucian Temple that attracts Qin Yu.

Standing on the square of the Confucius Temple, Qin Yu and Li Siqi were extremely inconspicuous, without the slightest attention from others, because in the entire square, there were not a hundred pairs of young men and women like Qin Yu and Li Siqi, but also eighty pairs.

Qin Yu's eyes fell on the Dacheng Hall in front of him, the design of the Confucius Temple is very distinctive, with the Dacheng Hall as the center, the north and south are on a central axis, and the left and right are symmetrical, such architectural characteristics, in the eyes of some architectural designers, will only think that the design of the Confucius Temple is the use of the style of Anwei, namely: blue brick small tile horse head wall, cloister hanging lattice windows.

However, in the eyes of a feng shui master like Qin Yu, the design of this Confucius Temple contains another meaning, but Qin Yu did not look deeply, because in the feng shui world, there is such a saying: "Every Confucius Temple cannot be studied deeply".

I don't know when this sentence was handed down, but it means that if you see the Confucian Temple, don't study the feng shui of the Confucian Temple, which is disrespectful.

Not far from the square, there is a stone bridge, this bridge is also very famous, connecting the Confucian Temple and Mingde Lie, so it is called Wende Bridge, Qin Yu and Li Siqi walked on this white marble bridge. Li Siqi looked around the water curiously.

"Mr. Qin, I have heard of this Wende Bridge, it is said that when you walk on the Wende Bridge at night, the shadow of a person will disappear. Then on the east and west sides of the bridge under the water, there will be half of the shadow of the person, known as the half-moon bridge. Li Siqi said to Qin Yu with some excitement.

But soon Li Siqi's pretty face showed a look of frustration, because no matter how she looked, her shadow was still behind her. It didn't appear on either side of the bridge at all.

"That's because of the special geographical location of this Wende Bridge. Qin Yu saw Li Siqi's depressed appearance, but he smiled, the reason why Wende Bridge is called Half Moon Bridge is because Wende Bridge is a special geographical location due north and south, and it coincides with the meridian of the corona, only when the moon is at the beginning of the fifteenth day of November of the lunar calendar every year, people stand on the bridge, and there will be a strange scene of shadows on the east and west sides of the bridge.

"So that's the case, then we don't have a chance. ”

After a walk on the Wende Bridge, Qin Yu led Li Siqi straight to the Confucian Temple. If you want to enter the Confucian Temple, you have to go to the Lingxing Gate, followed by the Dacheng Gate, and at this time, Qin Yu and Li Siqi walked in front of the Dacheng Gate.

"If it were in ancient times, we would not be qualified to enter through this Dacheng Gate, but through the small doors on both sides. Standing in front of Dacheng, Qin Yu said to Li Siqi with a smile.

"I know this, according to legend, in ancient times, many mansions were like this. There is also a small door on the side of the gate, only those who have the status of the distinguished guests or the owner of the house come back to go to the main door, the general can only go to the side door, this Dacheng Hall is also the case. Li Siqi replied.

"That's pretty much it. It's just that the identity has been changed, and it is dedicated to Confucius and his disciples, and only when worshipping Confucius, this door will be opened, but only the officials of the school and those teachers are qualified to go through this door, and the students still have to enter the door on both sides. ”

Confucius. The reason why the propagated Confucian culture will be so respected by later emperors is that this word of etiquette, the so-called etiquette, can also be said to be a hierarchy, the people should respect the monarch and love the monarch, and the ideas propagated by Confucius are largely needed by the emperors.

After Qin Yu and Li Siqi walked into the Dacheng Palace, they found that it was very quiet, and there was no lively scene in other places.

Everyone who entered here invisibly quieted themselves, this kind of scene, Qin Yu didn't think it was strange, just like those famous temples and Taoist temples, people who went in to burn incense and worship the Buddha would deliberately lower their voices, which was a kind of respect.

And Confucius is undoubtedly worthy of everyone's respect, not to mention that in the modern era when everyone has gone to school and read books, Confucius, as a literary saint, is the god in the hearts of readers.

If you make a big fuss in Taoist temples and temples, at most you say that you don't believe in ghosts and gods, but if you make a fuss in the Confucian Temple, the nature is a little more serious, and you will be despised by people all over the world.

Qin Yu and Li Siqi followed the flow of people to wander in the Dacheng Hall, in addition to the statues of the Confucian Saints, there are also the statues of his four disciples Yasheng, as for the two sides, there are those chimes, chimes and other musical instruments, which will be played when worshiping the Confucian Saints.

After visiting the Dacheng Palace, Qin Yu and Li Siqi came to the back door of the Dacheng Palace, where there are four stone tablets, namely "Confucius Greeting Tablet", "Jiqing Confucius Temple Tablet", "Feng Zhisheng Lady Tablet", "Feng Sishi Tablet", these stone tablets record the deeds of Confucius traveling east to the world and promoting Confucian culture.

"Quick, it's going to start over there, hurry up and have a look. ”

"Is there one today, why didn't I get notified?"

"My aunt just called me, it's about to start, let's find a good spot first, otherwise there will be nowhere to stand for a while. ”

Just as Qin Yu was admiring the words on the stone tablet, several tourists walked past them in a hurry, and soon a few tourists quickly ran towards the back door.

"Could it be something?" Qin Yu and Li Siqi asked suspiciously after glancing at each other.

"Behind this is the Bungain. Li Siqi replied.

"Bungain, let's go check it out. Qin Yu suddenly became interested and said to Li Siqi.

Qin Yu was interested, Li Siqi naturally would not object, and the two followed the crowd towards the back door, saying that it was the Academy of Literature, which was actually the school palace where the students went to school at that time.

Before entering the Academy, Qin Yu and Li Siqi were frightened by the crowd of people in front of them, and a circle of people surrounded there blocked the entire alley door.

"The Confucius Temple has started to break the mystery again, which is a major feature of the Confucius Temple. ”

"Yes, don't say it, these little dolls still look good in these ancient school uniforms. ”

Walking into the crowd and listening to the discussion from the crowd, a bright light flashed in Qin Yu's eyes, and his writing was broken, of course he understood what it meant.

Writing is an enlightenment custom of ancient Confucianism, and it gets along from generation to generation. Generally, it is a learned Confucian, or a scholar with meritorious reputation, who dots a little cinnabar on the forehead of the children, which means: "Break through the haze, stroke cinnabar." ”

This traditional Confucian custom may not be common in other places, but in Nanjing, there are several times a year at the Confucius Temple, and each time it attracts many parents to bring their children to participate.

You know, this is in front of the Confucian Temple, what kind of place is the Confucian Temple, it is the holy place in the minds of all readers, in such a place, whether it is useful or not, this symbolic meaning is already very great.

"Let's go, let's go in too. ”

Li Siqi was stunned for a moment when she heard Qin Yu's words, she didn't expect Qin Yu to want to watch such an event, and looking at the crowd in front of her, Li Siqi didn't think that she and Mr. Qin could squeeze in.

"Just follow me and don't fall behind. Qin Yu smiled, said a word to Li Siqi, and walked towards the crowd, and although Li Siqi was confused, he still acted according to his words.

"This ...... What's going on?" Li Siqi followed behind Qin Yu, the more he followed, the more frightened he became, this Mr. Qin walked in front, and the crowd on both sides seemed to automatically give way to him, and the two of them squeezed the front of the crowd effortlessly.

"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 place to see the picture in front of her directly.

I saw that ten meters away from them, there was a large group of children, wearing ancient school uniforms, standing upright on the bluestone slab, and in front of these children, there were several adults wearing ancient official uniforms, leading these children to worship the statue of Sage Confucius.

I would like to invite you to follow me along. ”

After paying homage to the statue of Confucius, a female teacher came out with a book in her hand, and the children also had a book in their hands.

"Learn and learn, don't talk about it, have friends from afar, and be happy......"

"Learn and learn, don't talk about it, have friends from afar, and be happy......"

When the female teacher recited, the children's voices also came out, for a while, the entire Gongyuan gate, is the children's reading sound, and in the atmosphere of the Confucian Temple, the sound of reading is divided into eye-catching, and people continue to rush to this side from all directions.

I have to say that reciting the Analects in front of the Gongyuan is a very sacred thing, and these tourists who rushed from all over the ground unconsciously lowered their voices when they approached this side, and the footsteps became lighter, as if they were afraid of affecting the sound of reading.

Listening to the children's recitation, Li Siqi glanced at Qin Yu beside her, and it was this glance that made her look surprised and looked at Qin Yu with some incredulity. (To be continued.) )