The renovation of Xiangshan Temple is a waste of effort. Not only did two new halls be built, but two large squares were also built. These Tang Chen are actually quite supportive, after all, it is called the Xiangshan Cultural Festival, and the slogan is still "Meet in the ancient city of Quanbei and feel the Buddhist culture", Xiangshan Temple is the main attraction, and it is okay to spend more money on renovation.

But spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to invite a well-known cross talk actor to talk about a cross talk is a bit of a pretense, isn't it? You're not a wealthy county, is it interesting to pretend to be a big-tailed wolf? With this money, it's better to benefit the people and build more roads!

A few people didn't go in to visit, but just looked outside for a while, and then came to the gate of Xiangshan Temple not far from the next door. Jeonbuk locals still have tickets for two yuan, Tang Chen spent eight yuan to buy four, and the four of them walked into this so-called "Buddhist holy land".

Xiangshan Temple was actually very famous in ancient times, and it can indeed be called a Buddhist holy place. Xiangshan Temple is located at the foot of Xiangshan Mountain, one kilometer west of Quanbei County, was first built in the first year of Tang Zhide, that is, in 756 AD, at first it was called "Pure Land Temple", and the monk Quanzhen Monk was the founder of this temple.

During the Jingde period of Song Gaozong, the "Pure Land Temple" was renamed "Xiangshan Famous Temple", and in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, Qingxiang County, where Xiangshan Temple is located, was renamed Quanbei, that is, the word "Quan" of the Quanzhen monk was taken as the first word. Xiangshan Temple has the name of "the first temple in southern Chu", and up to now, Xiangshan Temple has a history of more than 1,200 years. ”

In the past, Xiangshan Temple covers an area of two square kilometers, extending from the foot of Xiangshan Mountain to the Xiangjiang River, and has a prosperous scene of 48 halls and 108 rooms. Xiangshan Temple has gone through the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, and has been sealed by N emperors and mentioned the word. Among them, the most famous is that the Qing Kangxi Emperor has a personal imperial book "Shoushi Ciyin", which is still engraved on the stone wall of Xiangshan Mountain behind the temple.

After the vicissitudes of life, Xiangshan Temple has undergone historical evolution, especially after the Japanese bombing in 1943 and the Japanese invasion in 1944, there are only more than ten squatter houses and Miaoming Pagoda left. Later, after the catastrophe of the Scripture Revolution, all the remnants of the house were gone.

The current Xiangshan Temple was rebuilt by the government in 1986. After the reform and opening up, the religious policy was gradually implemented, and the Amitayus Buddha Hall, the Liberation Pond, the Yuantong Hall and three squatter houses were rebuilt, and the new carving of one Amitayus Buddha statue, three Guanyin statues, and 25 Yuantong Bodhisattvas. Manjushri and Puxian Bodhisattva statues are one each. Since then, the thousand-year-old temple has taken on a new look, and the magic lamp continues to burn. In 1995, the temple was built as a tourist scenic spot, receiving hundreds of thousands of tourists every year.

Xiangshan Temple is so famous, every year there are three major Buddhist festivals. Not only do a large number of tourists from Jeonbuk and Yeongseo Province come to burn incense and worship Buddha, but there are also a large number of tourists from Shonan Province, which is close to Jeonbuk. Speaking of this, Tang Chen couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed. Although he didn't know how many times he had been here in his previous life, he had never burned incense and worshiped the Buddha once.

This is not that Tang Chen is disrespectful to Buddhist culture. It's that he, as a good young man in the 21st century, doesn't believe in these superstitious things at all. And every time he came in to play with Huang Qingya, Zhang Haiyun, or other people, he was interested in those treasure halls and temples and statues of the Bodhisattva Venerable for the first time. Later, when I came in to play, most of them went to Xiangshan Mountain behind.

Tang Chen had been wondering if the reason why his fate in his previous life was so bumpy was because he angered the Buddha every time he "entered the holy land of Buddhism without worshipping", so he was punished so cruelly. Think of the girls he had come to play with in his previous life. Not counting those friends and the like, even those with "special" relationships, such as Huang Qingya, Zhang Haiyun, Tang Yiyi, and his girlfriend Jiang Tian in his third year of high school.

He never believed in this, so every time they passed by the Wuliang Hall and the Guanyin Palace, they walked around and watched the excitement, and then went to climb Xiangshan. If you "ignore" Amitayus Buddha and Guanyin Bodhisattva in this way, who will go to hell if you don't go to hell? Is this the so-called cycle of cause and effect, and retribution is unpleasant?

Tang Chen, who has been a human being for two lives and has never believed in evil, has wavered for the first time in these unwarranted things.

In fact, in the previous life, Tang Chen and the others liked to climb the Xiangshan Mountain in the back so much. It is because it is also a famous scenic spot. After the government's development, the stairs from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain were repaired, and several octagonal pavilions were built along the way. Climb to the top of the mountain and enjoy a panoramic view of the entire Jeonbuk.

And Xiangshan Temple is before seven o'clock every day. Locals don't need a ticket to enter. Therefore, it has become the best place for the people of Jeonbuk to exercise every morning and climb high and look far away.

In his previous life, he was in the stone steps and octagonal pavilion of the back mountain, and I don't know how much laughter he and the two girls had left. Tang Chen raised his head and looked at Xiangshan Mountain behind the temple, putting aside the so-called "karma" in his mind. Recalling those good times in his previous life, he couldn't help but smile happily on his face.

"Tang Chen, what are you smiling at there? Hurry up!" Zhang Haiyun, who was studying the cultural corridor with Huang Qingya and Zhao Xiaoshi not far away, suddenly found that there seemed to be one person missing, so he turned around and took a look, only to find that Tang Chen was standing not far from the gate, his eyes were wandering, and his face was still "smirking". This left her speechless. You didn't come with us, but you stood at the gate and laughed like a fool, what the hell is this?

"Uh...... It's coming, it's coming!" Tang Chen stopped recalling, and quickly ran to the three girls, watching the "Wen Corridor" engraved on the wall with them. To enter Xiangshan Temple, you must first pass through a long cultural corridor, in fact, what is recorded on it is the historical changes of Xiangshan Temple, Tang Chen didn't know how many times he had seen it in his previous life.

Fortunately, a few girls were only interested in its glorious ancient history, and after reading it, they quickened their pace and walked inside. I am not very interested in the so-called promotion of Buddhist culture that "brags and shouts slogans" in the back, but I just go through it again.

The four of them passed through the cultural corridor to the release pond, which contained many marine animals carved out of stone. It's just that the water inside is not very clean, and there are many garbage thrown in by tourists floating on it.

Seeing this scene, Tang Chen couldn't help but think of the scenes that he often saw in the news in later generations that every holiday, scenic spots all over the country were full of garbage. He couldn't help but sigh in his heart, the vegetarian of the Chinese people really needs to be improved!

After staying in the release pond for a while, the four of them continued to walk along the avenue, and by this time there were already many tourists on the road. Tang Chen saw a large open space on his left, which was already overgrown with weeds at this time because no one had taken care of it for a long time. (To be continued.) )