Chapter 13 Xuantian Temple
The parking lot is not large, and it covers an area of one acre. Everyone got out of the car and gathered together, for people who came to Xuantian Temple for the first time, everything here is so novel and beautiful, just like the legendary fairyland on earth. On the west side of the parking lot is a 10-meter-high jade archway, each pillar of this archway is carved with a coiled dragon. The beams are carved with double phoenixes playing with beads. In the middle is a plaque, carved with three words in ancient text from top to bottom, "Xuantian Temple" on the left side is also engraved with the words "the first view of the world" five words, these words are ancient texts, if not vaguely can be judged from the font about the words, it is because this is the territory of the Xuantian Temple, it is estimated that these words. The font is very good, and it is Jiang Ziya's handwriting. Xiang Ming introduced the origin of this archway, that is, the ancestor Jiang Ziya did not go to heaven after dividing the gods, and continued to return here to guard. This Xuantian Temple is to flatten several surrounding mountains on the basis of the original cave house, fill in the ravine, and split a large area of the northern foot of the West Mountain. It is a stone wall with a height of 30 meters and a width of more than 300 meters. In this way, the area of Xuantian Temple reached 200 acres. On top of a large piece of flattened stone, a large complex was built, and King Wen of Zhou sent 5,000 craftsmen to complete it in ten years. The wood used is all precious and corrosion-resistant wood such as golden silk nanmu and mahogany.
The Xuantianguan archway is carved by Jiang Ziya with a whole piece of Myanmar's emerald jade, and Myanmar at that time was basically a desolate place for everyone. Entering the archway is the square of the main gate of the Xuantian Temple, covering an area of more than 3 acres. This square is close to the archway jade mountain gate is an osmanthus tree, this thousand-year-old osmanthus tree is very big, and the shade of the tree occupies half of the square. On the left side of the jade archway mountain gate, there is also a huge jade tablet like a merit tablet, a large jade turtle tablet. Xiang Ming introduced: This tablet was added by the ancestor later, mainly to record the names of the emperors who came to worship at Xuantianguan. Those who are not emperors who have made great contributions to the Xuantian Temple, and the princes who have been blessed by the Xuantian Temple will be officials and nobles, and the literati will use the row of jade steles behind them to record. After listening to Xiang Ming's introduction, everyone carefully looked at this 10-meter-high jade turtle stele. "Wow" was the unanimous voice of the people, and even more than a dozen senior officials including the president and vice president of South Vietnam, as well as the chief of staff of the commander-in-chief of the three armed services, were surprised by the explanations of the interpreters. The people of South Vietnam do not know much about the writing of the Dragon Kingdom, especially the ancient texts, but it does not hinder the appreciation of South Vietnam, and the calligraphy has no distinction between national borders, but the president of South Vietnam is appreciating the carving of the name of the emperor on the list on this piece of jade, especially when looking at the middle of the stone tablet, the ancient text of South Vietnam appears, "Obediently, this is the name of the emperor of the most glorious time of the ancient dynasty of South Vietnam, how can this name appear here." The President of South Vietnam hurriedly pulled the Vice President over to help identify it, and the Vice President was also surprised, but the Vice President greeted the South Vietnamese delegation and noticed the first ancient South Vietnamese inscription on the tablet. As a result, everyone was shocked again and again, and found the names of more than a dozen emperors of the Nanyue Dynasty, even if the most recent name is the current god of Nanyue, Comrade Founding President*. The people of Nanyue were completely speechless, why did so many glorious imperial names of Nanyue appear here? This question is worth reflecting on, this is also the side reaction that Nanyue is a subject country of the Dragon Kingdom, and this monument is a clear proof of why the emperors of Nanyue Kingdom will come to this Xuantian Temple to pay homage. The high-level leaders of South Vietnam still did not understand the purpose of the Dragon Kingdom bringing them to this Taoist temple, nor did they see the subtleties of the Xuantian Temple, thinking that it was an ordinary state visit.
However, after the name of the emperor of Nanyue appeared in this inscription, everyone had a question in their hearts, a mind to figure out, which was not the following visit to Nanyue not with the mentality of visiting for the sake of visiting, with an extremely pious mentality in their hearts. The place where the emperor can come is not something that ordinary people can desecrate.
Not only the South Vietnamese people were surprised, but the first person was also surprised, and this place was also his first arrival. On this inscription, the first person saw a lot of information, and all the ancient splendor was basically on the list. Take the first emperor, Emperor Yingzheng of Qin, as an example, the unification of the six kingdoms, the unification of weights and measures, the unification of writing, and the great immigration. These are great achievements. Let's take the three emperors of the founding emperor of the Han Dynasty, Liu Bang the Great, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty, all of whom are capable emperors. Let's take the female emperor of the Tang Dynasty as an example. She is also on the list. The closest is the Qing Kangxi, the Qianlong Emperor, and even closer is the founding chairman of our current national system. And then there's the old man who is still alive. The last name is even more intriguing, it is Xiang Ming of the Han Empire. Even Xiang Ming couldn't figure this out. This one was engraved in the 80s of the last century. Xiang Ming once asked the elders in the view, and the elders said that it was his own name written by Emperor Xiang Ming of the Han Empire when he came to worship decades ago, and the view was engraved on it. That Emperor Xiang Ming has the same name as the Viewer, not to mention, it is still very similar. Xiang Ming has been struggling with this matter, why didn't the old Taoist priest say what the reason was.
After everyone saw the big turtle stele, they turned to the back to see the dozens of three-meter-high small jade steles, which were full of dense names. They are all many well-known people in ancient times, and Qu Yuan's name is also here. Wine fairy Li Taibai, military general Yue Fei, Zheng Chenggong, and so on.
Half an hour later, everyone still had to follow Xiang Ming's footsteps again. Beyond the small square is the gate of the Xuantian Temple, this is the kind of large iron gate with cinnabar copper skin and two small ones. The Forbidden City has the same door, but it's a little smaller.
There are now two door gods at the door, and the "grass" who released the two Siberian tigers. Now these two Siberian tigers are basking in the sun at the gate. Everyone was stunned when they saw it, and the dozen or so Zhonghai bodyguards immediately surrounded the chief and lined up as a wall to block the first. Xiang Ming couldn't help but laugh when he saw that the person in front of him was so nervous. The grass and trees are all soldiers. "Chiefs, don't be afraid, they don't bite, they are more obedient than poodles, big king and little king, you two hurry up and give way, what should you do. When the two Siberian tigers heard Xiang Ming's greeting, they immediately came over, stood up, and immediately wanted to fart and wagged their tails and ran to Xiang Ming, but when they heard Xiang Ming's second half of the sentence, what should they do, they immediately stopped urgently, turned around, and looked back at Xiang Ming step by step and walked towards the mountains and forests along the wall outside.
Everyone was relieved to see that Xiang Ming could order these two fierce beasts.
"Chief, these two Siberian tigers grew up with me since childhood, they are very obedient and are my pets."
Everyone's eyes were different when they saw Xiang Ming again, except for a few people who knew who Xiang Ming was. People don't quite understand what this big boy is doing now. After all, where did the Military Commission announce Xiang Ming's disappearance a few days ago, the people who knew it were only at the rank of military general, and the award of Xiang Ming in the small conference room of the sword the day before yesterday was also limited to a few people present, and many people were not qualified to know about the team brought by the first person from Kyoto. So now except for the second person and several vice chairmen of the military who know Xiang Ming's identity, everyone else thinks Xiang Ming is a tour guide.