Chapter 559: Relocation of the Scripture Pavilion
After the auspicious day of the Buddha, the newly built scripture pavilion was finally completed. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
The new Tibetan Scripture Pavilion is located on the left side of the third floor of the Jingxin Temple, next to the lecture hall, and on the other side is the martial arts arena and the reserved location of the wooden alley.
The newly built scripture pavilion is much larger than before, more than three times as long and wide as before, fifteen meters high, divided into three floors high, each floor is four meters, and the sloping roof is three meters high to become a small attic.
The style is still the consistent ancient architectural style of Jingxin Temple, and the pillars under the eaves are carved full of Buddhist scriptures, and you can feel the smell of books when you get closer.
The whole ground floor is a reading room, which can accommodate three or four hundred people to read.
On the second floor are the scriptures inside the Buddhist gate, copies of Zen texts, and other miscellaneous books.
The rare books and some martial arts cheats are placed on the third floor.
This time, the first and second floors of the Pavilion are fully open to pilgrims, while the third floor is guarded, and the disciples of the temple also need permission to enter.
Su Wen walked into the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion under the leadership of the construction staff, and smelled a faint smell of paint.
The first layer is made of wood, and only a layer of water-based varnish is made on the surface of the wood, so that you can directly see the wood texture under the paint, wormholes, and wood scars.
After going up to the second floor, there are rows of bookshelves with classified signs, divided into the original text of Buddhist scriptures, interpretation, in addition to some anecdotes, Confucian classics, agriculture and farming, etc., it does not feel like the temple of the Tibetan scripture pavilion, but like a library, but the proportion of Buddhist scriptures is relatively high.
There is also a shelf at the end with the word religion written on it.
This bookshelf is only intended to contain some books related to other religions, and some monks who want to use them as side evidence or reference, or to increase their knowledge, can find some classics of Taoism, shamanism, and even Catholicism and other religions here.
It's not much, it's just a reference or an improvement, so there won't be too many variety.
All the bookshelves are blackened and then sanded, the wood texture is all smoked black, and the raised parts can be seen in the original light color of some of the wood, and then varnish is applied on top.
The overall color is dark from a distance, with light colors interspersed.
Su Wen had already seen these things prepared in the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion before, and this time he watched them after all of them were completed, and the effect was very satisfying.
As soon as I came down from the upper floor, I had a sexual report, and the ordered books had been delivered.
At this time, there were a total of six large trucks parked on the side of the road at the foot of Jingxinsi Mountain, and the boxes on them were all ordered books, no less than 100,000 books, and the total weight was six or seven tons.
If it weren't for the tower crane to pack these books and lift them up from the bottom of the mountain with a hanging cable, I am afraid that it would be good to count on the monks to move them all up.
There are so many of these books.
The tower crane is installed on the first floor directly connected to the bottom of the mountain. The first to third floors are not suitable for tower cranes due to the angle and the relationship between the fruit trees planted in the temple, and they are completely pushed to the steps of each floor by the cart and then moved up by people.
First, after about 100 meters of the first floor, along the steps up about seven or eight meters, and then through the second floor of about 150 meters, and then climb the steps to the third floor, it is really a long distance.
For a whole day, the monks in the temple who had no task to carry were all rolling up their sleeves and pushing carts and carrying books.
And those good believers who went up the mountain, seeing that the monks in the temple were busy, and after curiosity and inquiry, they knew that they were moving books to the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion, and many of them volunteered to help.
For this, Su Wen did not refuse.
Although he was a little tired, the good believers who participated in such things felt that they were more closely related to the Pure Heart Temple.
After Su Wen nodded, he could see many middle-aged and elderly people opening the boxes and carrying a stack of books to the mountain.
There are only more than 100 monks in the temple, plus lay disciples and disciples from other temples who come to study, but there are hundreds of good believers who help.
From above, the distance from the first floor to the third floor seems to have countless black spots like ants, diligently moving animals.
Su Wen saw this situation at the door of the Scripture Pavilion, and his heart was happy. It is not a big deal to have more manpower to help carry books, and it does not cost much to hire workers to move them.
But what he saw was what the hearts of the people wanted.
"Xingguo, you go to Xingben and ask him to take out the leftovers of last year's winter tea and make tea at this door, and supply the monks and those who helped to show their gratitude.
"Yes, Abbot." The sound of the fruit urn urn is the airway. Originally, he guarded the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion with Xingzang, but after Xingzang's death, he was in charge of guarding it, and only when he ate or some other things, disciples would replace him.
Now that this new Scripture Pavilion is ready to open for the most part after it is established, it is not enough for him alone. Su Wen was ready to arrange for Seng Feng and others to be on duty and be responsible for guarding the third floor.
After all, the martial arts of Jingxin Temple are also famous throughout the country, and there are many people who peep at the cheats, but there are not many who really dare to do it.
But after a long time, it is inevitable that there will be boldness. With Seng Feng and others in charge, it can be safer.
In fact, the most important thing on the third floor is not those secret books, but the Buddhist scriptures that he exchanged from the Hall of Merit.
It includes many things from another world, such as the Sutra of the Six Patriarchs and the Baizhang Qing Rules, and they are often mentioned in the notes of some great masters later. If it is seen by someone with a heart, it will inevitably arouse suspicion.
If someone knows the inside story and exposes it, it must cause an uproar.
In the past few days, these scriptures, interpretations, and notes were compiled into books that were selected and available by Tianru and Changguan in their free time, and placed on the shelves that ordinary monks could read.
If you go to the abbot of the Great Buddha Temple today, only Changguan is alone, but he doesn't even have a little free time.
We can only wait for other mages to be summoned in the future to select and excerpt.
The ordinary disciples were responsible for relocating the books transported from the mountain, and Su Wen led Lu Zhishen, Seng Feng, Seng Man, and Seng Yang to pack the secret books and scripture interpretations that had been exchanged in the original Tibetan Scripture Pavilion and moved them to the third floor of the new Tibetan Scripture Pavilion.
Huaisu didn't know when he came out of the room, and when he saw that the temple was busy, he rolled up his sleeves and came over to help.
It's just that his body really can't move much, so Su Wen asked him to pack and tidy up there.
I moved books with Lu Zhishen and others one by one.
When they packed the books and sent them to the third floor of the New Canonical Pavilion, the disciples and good believers moved most of the books.
As time passed, some of the patient's family members rolled up their sleeves to help.
Especially the patients who came a few years ago are almost fine now. The Pure Heart Temple only charged some medicine fees from beginning to end, which made them extremely grateful and respected the Pure Heart Temple, and they all came to help after seeing the situation in the temple.
In this way, five or six hundred people were sweating on their busy heads, and the lay disciples in the temple simply took off their shirts and were naked, still sweating.
In this way, at six or seven o'clock in the evening, all the books were moved to the New Canonical Pavilion, and some of the older ones who helped were in charge of sorting and placing them there, and most of them were placed at the end of the day.
A day passed, and I saw that the pavilion was already quite shaped, and there were books everywhere, and the smell of ink filled my nose when I walked in it.
There are also some books piled aside, and the monks in the temple can slowly sort them out.
In order to thank the kind letter who helped, Su Wen waved his hand and asked the hall to prepare with all his might.
That night, the dining hall of Joshin Temple was filled for the first time, and many devotees and monks had dinner together. Except for those who were in the temple during the Chinese New Year, most of them were in the temple for the first time.
Not only the monks in the monastery, but also the adopted children did not make a sound when they ate, and ate all the food cleanly, and poured hot water into the bowl to drink. Not only does it not waste food, but it does not even leave a little oil and water.
This kind of behavior surprised many devotees who had dinner with the Sangha for the first time, and at the same time, it also raised a layer of respect in their hearts.
This is not a superficial article, just looking at those children is like this, you know that the temple meal has always been like this.
Thinking about the waste of their usual meals, everyone feels ashamed.