Chapter Twenty-Four: The Ethereal Taoist Temple

The Taoist temple of Baiyun Mountain is called "Ethereal Temple", which was built by the people who built this Taoist temple in those years, and it is said that it is taken from Bai Juyi's poem: "I suddenly heard that there is a fairy mountain on the sea, and the mountain is in the ethereal space."

This person hopes that this mountain can become a fairy mountain, in his spare time, the immortals come to the mortal, shelter the people, from then on the wind and rain, can also bless themselves with a long life, no disease and no disaster.

Chu Yunqiu heard from the older generation in the village that the people who built the Taoist temple were the ancestors of the Chu family, and it was said that he was a great official at that time, and the people in the village couldn't say how big it was. Later, after the old man died, no one took care of it, so only a few people from the surrounding villages were left to climb the mountain and burn incense, and then there were fewer and fewer people, basically people from other villages did not know that there was such a Taoist temple on Baiyun Mountain.

Chu Yunqiu remembered that he was still pouting at that time, so he didn't believe it? After so many years, there must be a lot of boasting, and small things can tell the story of smallpox.

But the Taoist temple is indeed built very beautifully, not only there are three large halls, several small halls, and bluestone steps, it can be said that it is the most luxurious place in the whole Chujiazhai, but it is a pity that there is no guest room, it is used to burn incense and worship God.

Chu Yunqiu climbed to the top of the mountain with the five little guys, looking at the ethereal view in front of him, the same as before, but there were more traces of wind and rain, high eaves and teeth, blue bricks and black tiles, each piece was full of traces of vicissitudes, it was the imprint of history, and it was the witness of the years.

After hundreds of years of transformation, the outside door is gone, just such a big and convenient door, Chu Yunqiu took the five little guys into the Ethereal Temple, and in the hall at the door, there are the four heavenly kings guarding the South Heavenly Gate.

The king of growth in the south - Mo Liqing. Mo Liqing, two feet four feet long, the face is like a live crab, and the beard is like a copper wire. Holding the Qingfeng sword, there is a sigil on it, and it is divided into four characters: "earth, water, fire, wind", the wind is a black wind, and there are thousands of spears inside. If a man touches this blade, his limbs will be turned into powder; If you talk about fire, the golden snake in the air is entangled, and there is a black smoke everywhere, the smoke covers people's eyes, and the flames burn people, and there is no cover, holding a sword, and the wind.

The Heavenly King of the Oriental Holding Kingdom - Molihai. Mo Lihai, take the pipa, use a gun, on the back of a jasper pipa, there are four strings, according to the "earth, water, fire, wind" arrangement, plucking the strings, wind and fire together, pipa, the tune.

The king of heaven in the north - Moli Hong. Magic Rite Red, holding a mixed yuan bead umbrella, harmonizing "rain" with the meaning of the umbrella; There are emeralds, emerald seals, emerald blue, night pearls, blue dust beads, blue fire beads, blue water beads, cool beads, nine curved beads, fixed face beads, fixed wind beads, and pearls are worn into four words "loading Qiankun". This umbrella did not dare to hold it, and when it was opened, the sky was dark, and the sun and moon were not bright; Turn around, and the sky shakes. Holding an umbrella, Si Yu.

The wide-eyed king of the West - Mo Lishou. Mo Li Shou, with two whips. There is a thing in the bag, shaped like a white mouse, called "purple gold flower fox marten", put up in the air, appear like a white elephant, the ribs fly wings, eat the world. Hold the snake, Si Shun.

The combination of the four heavenly kings becomes "the wind and rain are smooth", which means a good harvest in the coming year.

In front of the Four Heavenly Kings, there are two huge stone tables, with four huge incense burners, which are places for people to burn incense and worship.

Other than that, it's empty, not like before,

Chu Yunqiu stopped, took out four handfuls of incense from his bag, and then took out a thick red incense candle and lit it.

Very respectfully to the four gods of incense, kowtow a few heads, no superstition is not superstition, this is faith, ask for peace of mind!

Da Wang, Xiao Wang, and Xiao Xue Mastiff looked at Chu Yunqiu with a slippery look, their heads were full of question marks, what is this, although they don't understand, but they can't stop the three little guys' studious hearts, they lie directly on the ground, nod, and look very serious, very cute!

Walking through the hall, there is a large courtyard. In the courtyard grew two huge books, diagonally divided, one at the door, was a huge green pine, because of its centuries of history, it grew unusually thick, and it was simply insulting to describe it as a canopy, which almost covered half of the yard, and also extended beyond the wall, and the other half of the yard was covered by another tree.

I don't know if it's the reason for the long-term acceptance of incense, so that this pine tree seems to have opened the mind, the whole green pine is unusually tall, like a dragon going to sea, the trunk is hovering into the dragon pattern, and under the tree, his roots directly break through the soil, each one is like a dragon, thick, hard, and different shapes, like a dragon's whiskers, every year, this pine tree accepts the incense of the whole village, and many people pray for blessings to the ancient tree.

At the other end, is a huge plane tree, straight and thick, three adults can not hold it, the plane tree is a treasure tree, the legend is the habitat of the phoenix, the so-called phoenix does not fall into the place of no treasure, so the plane tree is called "phoenix perched on the ground" again.

Chu Yunqiu took out the incense again, saluted the two trees, and bowed down!

For the gods, he has always been grateful, because in his heart, a qiē in the treasure well was sent by them.

In addition to two huge trees in the yard, there is a huge stone well in the center, the stone well is not very deep, you can see the bottom at a glance, at this time there is still water in the stone well, but it is very dirty, although the space is very large, but there are no living creatures in it, there are indeed a lot of copper coins, from ancient times to the present, many people throw copper coins into it every year.

Chu Yunqiu had the idea of pumping the water clean and robbing it, but he didn't dare, he was afraid that his grandparents would kill him, in front of the stone well, there was a carved ancient monument, and it was a pity that the words on it were no longer clear, vague, and he only knew that there was an inscription carved on it, this was a prayer well.

Chu Yunqiu lit a handful of incense, took out two one-yuan coins from his pocket, and threw them into the well.

Pray to God to bless Lu Zhiqing, bless her parents and relatives, and bless the health of the whole family.

On the right side of the courtyard, there are two small halls side by side, one is the dragon king and the other is the king of Hades, both of which look like small palaces.

In the center of the Dragon King Hall is a huge god seat - the dragon king's god seat, with a crown bead curtain on the head, the dragon horns are facing the sky, holding a white jade wat board in his hand, sitting on the front side, on both sides of it are two maids, very small, more outside are four shrimp soldiers and crab generals, two on the left and right, all holding weapons in their hands, but the manufacturing is a little rough, it can be seen that it is a shrimp soldier and crab general, but the specific face is not very clear.

Chu Yunqiu lit a bouquet of incense, inserted it in the incense burner, and saluted.

Next to the Dragon King Hall is the Hades Palace, the Hades Hall is a little dark, after all, it is the king of the deep nine shadows, the master of the underground.

In the palace of the king of Hades, in the center is the Lord of Hades, sitting in a precarious position, holding a white jade wat board and wearing a crown bead curtain on his head. In the countryside, there is no such thing as the Ten Palaces of Yama, everyone is collectively called "Lord of Yama", when the King of Yama is usually respected, there are no Ten Palaces of Yama, only the Lord of Yama, next to the Lord of Yama, is the judge, holding the judge's pen and the book of life and death, a majestic look, next to the two, is a bull head and horse face, black and white impermanence.

The so-called "Hades is easy to see, and the little ghosts are difficult to deal with", these bull heads and horse faces and black and white impermanence must also be worshiped from time to time, otherwise you will wear small shoes in the underworld, which will make you uneasy.

Chu Yunqiu lit incense, put it in the incense burner, and bowed.

On the other side, there are two small halls, which are temples of the mountain gods and the land, where their idols are worshipped!

Chu Yunqiu walked into the Land Temple, in addition to the idol of Grandpa Land, there was also the idol of Grandma Land, as for why there was an extra Grandma of Land, there is also a story.

Legend has it that during the Tang Dynasty, Chujiazhai was very poor and backward, there were many tigers and snakes and insects in the mountains, and there was no army to protect it, so it was often dangerous. One day, I don't know if the tiger was hungry, so he ran down the mountain and wreaked havoc in the village, so that everyone was in danger and hid at home and did not dare to come out.

But the tiger didn't go, and there was no way, so a man rushed out of the house, lured the tiger away, and ran to the trap that the village had made to catch the beast, and stood by it.

The tiger did not know that there was a trap, so he pounced on it and bit the person to death, and the tiger fell into the trap because of this, and was stoned to death by the crowd who came, and his wife also died of martyrdom when she found out.

Then one day, everyone suddenly dreamed of these two people again. It turned out that the man's fearless sacrifice moved the heavens, and he was pardoned by the Jade Emperor as the god of the land to protect the people, and his wife's unswerving spirit also moved the heavens, and he was specially allowed to take office with the man.

That's why they gave their dreams to the people of Chujiazhai, asking them to build statues and land temples to protect one side, and since then, Chujiazhai has the land grandfather and land grandma to say!

But legends are legends after all, and I don't know what the truth is!