Chapter Eighty-Four: Preparations Before the Year
After Zhang Shaoning left, a leopard also had to go home to live for a while. After all, the pen & fun & pavilion www.biquge.info has reached the end of the year, and he, the only seedling, wants to go back no matter what.
Su Wen told him not to leave his work behind when he went back, so he let him leave with his bag on his back.
After another two days, it is the small year, and this festival is of little significance to Buddhism, and it is not as good as Laba. The relationship between Laba and Buddhism is not small, it is said that Sakyamuni is the eighth day of the lunar month of Lapa enlightenment, so Laba is called the Dharma Treasure Festival, is one of the grand festivals of Buddhism. Generally, it is a soup kitchen or a ****.
It's just that Su Wen hasn't paid much attention to the date, and no one has reminded him that he, the host of the halfway monk, missed Laba like this.
It took a few days for Su Wen to remember about Laba, but he couldn't go back and go over it again.
I made up my mind that I must do a good job next year.
Although it is of little significance to Buddhism, it still has a certain significance to Suwen. After all, this was his first little year in this world.
Su Wen is also very quiet, and since he came back, he has been practicing martial arts in the monastery and has never gone out.
On this morning, he went out with his virtue and practice.
Xingde and Xingfa are the two subordinates of the thief master, who were somehow given by Dao Yan.
Of all the people on the mountain, they spent the longest time in the world. Although Yilong and Yihu are the same, their families are from other places, and they have absolutely no understanding of local ethics and laws, and they will also go back to the army in the past two days.
The three of them went down the mountain and just walked around the city and looked everywhere.
The streets were bustling, there was joy everywhere, and the three of them were also infected. In many places, you can see stalls selling firecrackers, couplets, and various New Year's goods.
There are also a lot of pedestrians, and on such days, they all walk along the stalls one by one, carrying big bags of things in their hands.
The three of them also met a few people who greeted them along the way, all of whom were pilgrims who often went up the mountain. Many of the pilgrims are middle-aged and elderly people who like to play mahjong poker, and this time is also the time for them to make large purchases, and the probability of encountering them is the highest.
After looking around, I first went to order a set of monk's robes, shoes, and thermal underwear for each person, and then went to buy a lot of candy, dried fruits, pastries and a few blank couplets. After that, I went to the store that has been sending rice, flour, grain, oil, vegetables and fruits to the temple to ensure the delivery during the Chinese New Year.
With all this in order, Xingde and Xingfa each carried a large bag of things and walked along the street behind Su Wen to feel the festive atmosphere. Or rather, Su Wen was feeling the festive atmosphere, and the sweat on both of their heads came down.
Su Wen always had a smile on his face, if it weren't for the few people in his sight who ruined his mood.
A young man had just taken out a phone call from the front pocket, and when he turned his head, he saw Su Wen standing there looking at him with a smile on his face.
"Earlier, your phone dropped." The young man was quick to react, reaching out and patting the man in front of him on the shoulder and shoving his phone to him.
Turning around, Chong Suwen squeezed out a smile, and when he saw that Suwen didn't react, he quickly got into the crowd and left.
Only the man was left holding the phone and looking dazed.
Su Wen smiled and continued to move forward, that person he had seen, who came to the temple with Xiaoliu that day. I didn't expect it to be quite clever, but it's a pity that I'm in the wrong line.
After strolling around for a while, Su Wencai and the two of them returned to the temple with a large bag of candy.
The tranquility of the temple and the prosperity of the city are like two worlds.
The moment Su Wen stepped into the mountain gate, he seemed to have an understanding in his heart. This is the path I have chosen, and it has become farther and farther away from the life of ordinary people before. In fact, after doing a ritual in Haizhou for a month and surpassing 20,000 souls, Su Wen didn't feel it, but in fact, he was already the same as before.
There are still many pilgrims on the mountain, and Su Wen put some candy in a box and put it in front of the main hall for pilgrims to use.
Many pilgrims also like this kind of small items as gifts from the temple and bring them home to bring back to their families for good fortune.
I took some and went back to the backyard to give them to the people.
I thought that Lu Zhishen would not be interested in these children, but he didn't expect him to follow the example of others and put one in his mouth, and then grabbed a large handful from Su Wen and put it in his arms.
The same is true for Waisu.
The ancients seemed to be fond of this sweet thing.
At the same time, a notice was posted at the mountain gate that on the night of the Chinese New Year's Eve, the temple would hold a **** to celebrate the Spring Festival with all lay monks. If you want to come, you can sign up at the Daoyan office.
For this ****, Su Wen just thought of it suddenly.
Originally, the people had the custom of burning paper for their ancestors on the 30th, and **** was also to surpass the souls of the Quartet and pray for blessings.
As for how many people participated, Su Wen was not sure at all. Even if there is no one, these people have to live like this, so it is better to simply involve those lay people who believe in the Dharma at home.
I thought that even if there were people, there wouldn't be many. Most people will still have a reunion at home for the New Year, but I didn't expect that there were many people who signed up at the end.
When I asked from the side, many of them were children who could not come back from other places, or who had no children and were orphaned.
The former is better, and those who have no children and orphans usually have no expectations for life, so they can only devote their minds to the gods and Buddhas to obtain spiritual comfort. Every festival is very uncomfortable, so as soon as I heard that the temple has plans to do the New Year's ****, I immediately signed up.
It's just that there are too many applicants, plus there are more than 100 relatives, and there is not such a big place in the temple at all.
The hall can accommodate up to thirty or forty people. After thinking about it, I was preparing to open the first floor of the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion, which would be able to accommodate dozens of more people, and finally selected 67 people, all of whom were childless and orphaned families.
For the others, I can only apologize and explain the situation.
Fortunately, many people who believe in Buddhism are in a peaceful state of mind and are very reasonable.
Although thirty nights can barely squeeze so many people, the accommodation is definitely not possible. I booked two buses through He Baichuan, and went to the temple after 12 o'clock to pick up the pilgrims and send them back.
There are only two days left before the New Year, and the two of them have already left, so I remembered that the Spring Festival couplets have not yet been written.
hurriedly sent the blank Spring Festival couplets to Huaisu and asked him to write four pairs of Spring Festival couplets. For Huaisu, this was a trivial matter, and in the evening, he sent back a few Spring Festival couplets.
The mountain gate is: spring to the Zen forest wind is good, flowers bloom pure land rhyme is particularly new.
In front of the main hall: Blissful side, favoritism is not worrying about immeasurable blessings. Taking refuge in the Three Jewels, one can enter the heavens of Nirvana.
There are also two pairs of the hall and the scripture pavilion, which are also full of Buddhism.
On the last day, the temple was cleaned, and even Lu Zhishen was transferred by Su Wen's envoys. Deyan and Depp were the most happy, Su Wen also had a smile on his face, and even Lu Zhishen, Daoyan and others had smiles on their faces.
Forrest Gump and Ah Bu also seemed to feel the festive atmosphere, wagging their tails and following everyone around all day long.
In the evening, everyone was finally able to breathe.
All parts of the temple were wiped clean, and the floor was spotless. Strings of lanterns are also hung in the courtyard, covering almost the entire temple, reflecting the temple in red.