Chapter 14: The bell rings at midnight to the passenger ship
Seeing Qin Long's attitude, the Void knew that Qin Long would definitely not explain to himself what was so magical about this sleepy worm.
The people in the Buddhism sect have their own open-mindedness in the Buddhism gate, and the Void Master smiled: "Just now, Master Qin said that there is a njiu certainty to help us find the Tang bell." β
Qin Long smiled and took advantage of the situation to put the jade ** containing the gold devouring insect into his pocket, and said to the Void Master: "Abbot, why don't we go and check the authenticity now?"
"Go now?" the Void Master instantly beamed with joy.
In fact, the Void Master asked the beauty of the gold devouring insect just to satisfy his curiosity, the Hanshan Temple up and down dozens of generations of abbots raised for more than a thousand years of this divine insect was finally given to the destined person, in the end did not understand what other wonders this divine insect has in addition to eating and sleeping, to be honest, the Void Master is very entangled in his heart, both reluctant, but also a relieved feeling entangled in it, after all, this divine insect has been with them for more than 1,300 years, and it is also the first generation of Hanshan Temple abbot Hanshan Master handed down, has a very special significance to Hanshan Templeγ
However, in the heart of the Void Master, this divine insect that can only eat and sleep is still very inferior to the Tang bell in the temple.
After all, Hanshan Temple is famous for its bells, especially Tang bells.
Hanshan Temple outside the city of Gusu, the bell rings in the middle of the night to the passenger ship
Hanshan Temple is close to the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, this section of the river is still a very busy river so far, the large and small cargo ships are endless, there are tourism companies specially opened up cruise tourism projects, antique painting boats, modern yachts are full of rivers, there are some native Gusu people simply also engaged in fisherman's fun, a black canopy boat carries a few guests to eat, drink and wander, a day can also have a lot of income.
Today, this section of the river close to Hanshan Temple is more lively, more than a dozen monks holding long poles under the leadership of the abbot came to the river, and the tourists who followed the onlookers were one or two hundred people, and this was just the beginning.
Walking to the river, the Great Divine Stick of Qin and the Abbot of the Void boarded the canopy boat that the deacon monk shook over, the Great Divine Stick of Qin opened his eyes to observe the treasure, stretched out his hand and pointed to a water surface more than ten meters away from the shore, and said unswervingly: "Tang Zhong is below here." β
This has to be resolved quickly, Qin Long knew that the longer he pretended to be a god stick here, the greater the impact of this matter would be, so he simply pointed out Tang Zhong's position in the river.
Several monks poked the long pole in their hands to the bottom of the water to explore, this section of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal and Taihu Lake figured out, thousands of years have never been exhausted, the silt at the bottom of the river does not know how thick it has accumulated.
Only Qin Long knew that Tang Zhong was buried more than a meter deep under the silt, as for who abandoned Tang Zhong here in the first place, whether to protect it or hide it, this was no longer Qin Long's concern.
It is difficult for the long poles in the hands of the monks to penetrate to a depth of more than one meter below the silt, so the monks who know how to water simply take off their monk's clothes and jump into the water, diving down to shovel away the silt.
This time the movement is bigger, Hanshan Temple was originally a famous tourist attraction in Gusu City, and the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal is also a famous scenery in Gusu City.
More and more people gathered on both sides of the strait, and naturally there were many people holding up their mobile phones to take pictures and videos.
Qin Long's head also began to grow bigger little by little, fortunately, he had already prepared to wear a pair of sunglasses, otherwise he would have been exposed by his friends again.
After tossing for nearly an hour, a monk burst out of the water with a bang, and shouted at the Void Master on the boat with an excited face: "Abbot, there is indeed a big bell buried in the mud, but this bell is too heavy, and a few of us can't lift it at all." β
Isn't this nonsense, even the big bell in the temple that was cast after the Qing Dynasty weighs two tons, not to mention a Tang bell, even if it is on land, you can't lift it, let alone in the water.
Sure enough, there was a bell.
The void excitedly clasped his hands together at Qin Long: "Amitabha, good and good, find Tang Zhong, Qin Shizhu's merits are immeasurable." β
Qin Long hurriedly returned the courtesy with trepidation, Tang Hao'er on the side blinked and looked at Qin Long with big eyes, with her understanding of Qin Long, Qin Long would only look a little cramped and uneasy like now when he took advantage of others.
What kind of bug is that bug, and how can the dragon care so much about that bug?
As long as Tang Zhong is found, the rest of the matter will be solved.
The Void Master is not idle in Gusu City, after he made a few phone calls, two N official boats came on the river, and there was also a professional salvage ship temporarily mobilized with the two official ships, and at this time, the abbot of the Void, who knew that Qin Long was unwilling to show his face, had already arranged a small boat to escort Qin Long and Tang Hao'er ashore, and the two of them had already fled in the crowd before attracting more people's attention.
The bell has the handle of the top of the bell of Pu Lao, it is said that Pu Lao is one of the nine sons of the dragon, likes the rhythm of music, the sound is loud, so it is used as the bronze bell to lift the beam beast button, the meaning of the bell is far-reaching and long, there is a crane on the salvage ship, the underwater personnel will hook the iron hook of the crane firmly Pu Fast, with the heavy roar of the crane, a heavy bronze bell is slowly lifted out of the water, with this bronze bell is put out of the water, the crowd of onlookers on both sides of the Grand Canal broke out into thunderous applause.
The whole salvage process lasted more than four hours, and the onlookers on both sides of the strait had already spread the word of mouth, and learned that the monks of Hanshan Temple were going to salvage from the Grand Canal and that the Tang bell that had been missing for a long time was the Tang bell that had been missing for a long time in Hanshan Temple.
Hanshan Temple outside the city of Gusu, the bell rings in the middle of the night to the passenger ship.
The bell of Hanshan Temple is the pride of millions of people in Gusu City!!
The incident happened suddenly, Gusu TV station failed to prepare for the whole live broadcast, but it also rushed to the scene at the moment before Tang Zhong was salvaged out of the water, and after editing, the clips of Hanshan Temple's salvage of Tang Zhong were continuously broadcast in the news program of Gusu TV station and the prime broadcast time that night.
Reporters from Sujiang Provincial Television Station and various news media learned that Tang Zhong had been salvaged on the way to Gusu, and they couldn't help but pause and strongly condemn Gusu for such a big incident without notifying them in advance.
Gusu colleagues looked aggrieved: We were also caught off guard, otherwise we would definitely broadcast such an important news
Under the solemn ceremony of the monks of Hanshan Temple, the cleaned Tang bell replaced the bronze bell cast by Chen Kuilong, the governor of Jiangsu, in 1906 when he rebuilt Hanshan Temple in the 32nd year of Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty.
The current abbot of Hanshan Temple, Master Void, personally rang the first bell of the Tang Bell that had been silent for thousands of years, and the bell rang one hundred and zero, indicating that one hundred and zero troubles encountered by mortals in a year would drift away with the bell.
After expert identification, it is confirmed that the ancient bell salvaged by Hanshan Temple in the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal is cast in the Tang Dynasty, if there is no objection, it will be the famous Tang bell of Hanshan Temple.
Tang Zhong has a total focus of one ton, indicating that ninety-nine will be one. The bell is 314 meters high, sharp at the top and extravagant at the bottom, and the skirt diameter is 19 meters, which is hexagonal arc. The body of the bell is divided into three layers from top to bottom, each layer is divided into six grids with Sanskrit, a total of ten grids, respectively, there are ten Arhat images, there are four auspicious cloud patterns at each of the four corners, and the skirt of the bell body is evenly decorated with 32 stalactites, which can play the role of strengthening the rhythm of the bell body.
Expert evaluation: Hanshan Temple Tang bell casting skills are skilled, fine carving, exquisite ornamentation, smooth lines. The sound of the bell is clear and loud, and the sound quality is beautiful and flawless, which fully demonstrates the superb casting technology of the Tang Dynasty in China. This Tang bell is far superior to Jingyun Bell, another Tang bell known as the first bell in China, both in terms of historical significance and casting level. It is suggested that the Central People's Radio should record the bell of the Tang Bell of Hanshan Temple to replace the bell of Jingyun Bell as the New Year's bell on Chinese New Year's Eve every year.
The Tang bell of Hanshan Temple was in a uproar, and I am afraid that the chain reaction caused by this Tang bell will not subside in a short time, and whether the bell of Hanshan Temple Tang Bell can replace Jingyun Bell as the New Year's bell on Chinese New Year's Eve is also being debated.
But no matter what, Hanshan Temple this time in front of the national media to show a big face, under the auspices of Master Xuyun, Hanshan Temple held the first Hanshan Bell Meeting, inviting the world's famous monks to gather together, promote Buddhism, and discuss the future development and direction of Buddhism in China