Most of the buildings of Japanese imperial palaces are small, whether they are simple rooms built with only wooden boards and white wallpaper, or extremely luxurious palace rooms painted with gold and silver, they are all known for their small sparrows and exquisite appearances.

In the golden autumn season, the outdoor road of the palace and the corner of the indoor desk where the members of the royal family live are full of chrysanthemums. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info ink peony is usually bright red color, it is rare to have a peony-like atmosphere, and the ink in Japanese represents the meaning of deep color.

The jade feather tube and the Yaotai jade phoenix are both extremely rare varieties, the leaves of the jade feather tube are slender and long, and the heart of the chrysanthemum is usually stained with pale yellow spots. The Yaotai jade phoenix is also usually white, with petals wrapped around the yellow flower center, which has a swaying and dancing beauty, like a Yaotai fairy.

The Japanese worship the color of white, and on festival days, a pure white chrysanthemum called "Snow Sea" is placed all over the garden, and the petals stretch out as if they have fallen snowflakes, which they also feel auspicious.

There will be some ghost dolls made of cloth hanging under the eaves of the building, and outsiders will suddenly gasp when they see it, and there is a sense of horror and horror, but they themselves think that this is the meaning of auspiciousness and blessing.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was dressed in an intricate court kimono robe, which grew wider and wider from the waist down, like a skirt propped up by a Western maid with wire. He wears a hat decorated with fanned wings on his head, but he wears white socks and a pair of cool pull-up shoes under his feet.

The crown princess was also dressed in the same complicated women's kimono palace dress, carrying a small mattress on her back, her hair was coiled up, and some golden hairpins were inserted. The status is so noble, and he is still bent over aggrievedly, as if he was pressed down by the weight of the little mattress.

Behind them, in turn, were the second prince, the third prince, and the fourth prince, with their princesses from famous families, these people were slightly simpler than the crown prince and his wife, but not much different, they were all tied with extremely wide belts.

The monks of the East Asian Buddhist Federation walked in the center of the ritual gate, and saluted in front of the bronze statue of the Meiji Emperor in samurai costume on the garden square, and then walked forward, with some awe, walked across the Niju Bridge, the North Feather Bridge, and the palace was generally surrounded by a layer of white fine sand, and walking on it can make a rustling sound, and it is said that it is a secret weapon that can be used by the most high-end ninjas.

The crown prince and his wife regarded the monks as foreign guests who could show their natural prestige, and were willing to walk down the steps to greet them, and the monks regarded the royal family as their biggest benefactor, and were willing to pay respects with a deep bend of courtesy.

It is not very difficult for Amaterasu and Shakyamuni to be polite to each other, acknowledge each other's existence, and bring good fortune to the world together.

The crown prince gave words of encouragement and asked the teachers to perform the Dharma. The mages' performances are all about burning incense, burning talisman paper, and concocting holy water. In front of the Buddha, there is cigarette smoke, and the Buddha statue is draped in clothes made of paper and coated with gold dust. The monks were humming and chanting, beating a ritual vessel called a wooden fish.

The well-known Japanese monk Mizuno concocted a lot of holy water, put it in a huge round-bellied water tank, and used a long-handled wooden spoon to serve it in a row of porcelain bowls, and he solemnly presented a bowl to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

The crown prince took the bowl of holy water for blessings, his eyebrows were obviously wrinkled, he held the bowl in one hand, and raised the wide sleeves of his robe with the other hand to cover it, making a drinking motion, and then put the bowl back on the low table in front of him, the water in the bowl was not less at all, because it was full, and even splashed out a lot.

Of course, Monk Mizuno didn't dare to worry about these things with the crown prince, but fortunately, the royal family members below drank some water more or less. The Buddha is benevolent and benevolent, universal to all sentient beings, and there is no distinction between rich and poor. The novices carried the water tank out, and anyone could come and drink as they pleased.

In order to curry favor with the good man, some mages will also perform dancing gods in front of the royal family, using Buddha dust or holy water to sweep and flick in front of these powerful people.

Most of the monks are willing to spend a lot of money, and they offer sandalwood Buddha statues with beads to the members of the royal family, as well as jade gold and silver Buddha statues. They will exaggerate and say that these are all consecrated years before the Buddha.

The crown prince and his wife received the second best quality, and the best one was of course dedicated to the emperor who had "encephalopathy". The monks made trouble all the way from the main hall to the outer garden where the emperor was recuperating.

Finally, there is the royal family's gift to the Buddha and gifts to the monks. The monks are all dressed in full sets of Zen staff and robes, and even the novices have a set of bright yellow robes.

The minister asked with some pride:

"How's the robe? Is it better than the quality of the rainbow cloth that is now popular in China, and our textile industry in Japan is strong enough. ”

The monks who were accustomed to seeing the splendid clothes of the female benefactor nodded:

"Better than rainbow cloth!"

There are countless Chinese fabrics that are better than rainbow cloth, and the key point is that the cost of rainbow cloth is low enough. It quickly spread among the small people, and even brought some negative effects, resulting in the loss of a large number of exquisite fabrics.

Of course, on such a ceremonial occasion, no one analyzed the cloth in detail at length, and everyone was very satisfied with this "Dharma" meeting, and the monks ate the meals provided by the palace and returned with gifts.

Japanese-style dining is mainly raw and cold, and there are several kitchens set up in the palace, and the food materials are stacked directly on the wooden floor of the kitchen, neat, clean and organized.

Suddenly, a kitchen maid screamed:

"Ah, big rat!"

There was a rush in the kitchen, chasing and pounced, and the rats nimbly dodged and fled.

After a while, another miscellaneous maid found a dying fat rat in a wooden basin soaked in seaweed, with its head exposed on the water, panting for breath.

A bold cook scooped up the mouse with a spatula and saw that it had a huge belly. Some cooks said:

"It's drinking too much water, hold on!"

And another cook said,

"This is a female mouse with a baby mouse in her belly."

Everyone talked a lot and bet on it. The daring chef refereed the rat with a spatula and dug out a series of bright red mice.

Everyone vomited.

The bold cook was somewhat dismissive:

"You don't understand, it's the most delicious ingredient."

Everyone laughed for a while, and after all, no one wanted to eat the mouse, so the cook put the dead mouse and the cub in the swill bucket, and brought it to the back of the kitchen, and a few flies flew around.

In the kitchen, a sumptuous palace dinner is prepared, and the main dish is sushi, which is wrapped in rice for almost any ingredient you can find, whether seafood or vegetables.

In order to shape the rice, seaweed is used in almost all sushi.

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I'll see the next chapter tomorrow (to be continued.) )