Chapter 158: Heavenly Palace and Meng Po

ps: The opening of the sky began with the Pangu clan. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info since Pangu broke Hongmeng, and since then the world is far away and I don't know the geometry. West Kunlun is far away from the Yao Pond of the West Queen Mother. Yao Chi turned water into clouds, and spread widely between heaven and earth to become a heavy sky. Su Wentian has nine folds. "Nine Heavens" is a quantitative word, and the heavy word means a large number. The nine characters in the nine heavens are only because it is the largest number in the singular number of numbers and the most noble in the number, so it has the meaning of "extreme honor". The Nine Heavens refer to the fact that there are extremely many heavens. It also refers to the very high place of the sky. From the first heaven "Yao Pond" to the ninth "Da Luo Tian", there are a total of 36 floors. Today, the place where the crape myrtle star and the Big Dipper star are reflected in the distance is the entrance to the legendary "South Heavenly Gate". Entering the South Heavenly Gate and entering the Heavenly Palace is also the entrance to the Heavenly Realm. The heavenly court is supported by a 9-layer floating cloud shield. There are many fairy islands, and the floating clouds are soaring.

The appearance of the Nine Heavens Xuannu and Mazu triggered the Nine Heavens Barrier of Shenzhou, but because Hong Kong was on the edge of the Nine Heavens Barrier of Shenzhou, during the period of Western rule, the evil demons used British colonial rulers and missionaries to continuously erode the Nine Heavens Barrier of Shenzhou by using filthy things and the darkness of people's hearts, which greatly reduced the effectiveness of the Nine Heavens Barrier of Shenzhou.

At the critical moment, the Heavenly Palace, which is the core of the power of the Heavenly Court, and Meng Po, who has been collecting the power of sentient beings in the underworld, appeared.

1. Heavenly Palace

The opening of the sky began with the Pangu clan. Since Pangu broke Hongmeng, the world has been far away from now on. West Kunlun is far away from the Yao Pond of the West Queen Mother. Yao Chi turned water into clouds, and spread widely between heaven and earth to become a heavy sky. Su Wentian has nine folds. "Nine Heavens" is a quantitative word, and the heavy word means a large number. Nine characters in nine days. It's just that because it is the largest number in the singular number of numbers, and it is the most noble in the number, it has the meaning of "extreme honor". The Nine Heavens refer to the fact that there are extremely many heavens. It also refers to the very high place of the sky. From the first heaven "Yao Pond" to the ninth "Da Luo Tian", there are a total of 36 floors. Today, the place where the crape myrtle star and the Big Dipper star are reflected in the distance is the entrance to the legendary "South Heavenly Gate". Entering the South Heavenly Gate and entering the Heavenly Palace is also the entrance to the Heavenly Realm. The heavenly court is supported by a 9-layer floating cloud shield. There are many fairy islands. Floating clouds soar upward.

According to the records of the Heavenly Palace Holy Realm in "Romance of the Gods" and "Journey to the West": "The golden light is rolling red, and the rui qi is spraying purple mist. I saw that the South Heavenly Gate, blue and heavy, made of glass; Under the guise of light, Baoyu is made up. On both sides, there are dozens of marshals of Zhentian, and one member is on the top of the beam, holding the milling support; Fourth, there are more than a dozen gold-armored gods. One by one, they hold halberds and hang whips, and they hold swords and swords. The outside compartment is still acceptable, and the inside is amazing. There are several large pillars in the inner wall. The pillar is entwined with golden scales, the sun, the red-whiskered dragon; There are also several long bridges, on which the colorful feathers are hovering and the red-crowned phoenix is in the sky.

The bright glow reflects the sky, and the blue fog covers the mouth. On the birthday star platform, there are famous flowers that have not been removed for thousands of years; Alchemy by the furnace. There is evergreen Seocho for thousands of years. and to the pilgrimage tower. Silk clothes, the stars are brilliant; Hibiscus crown, resplendent gold. Hosta beads, purple ribbon gold medallion. The golden bell hit, and the three Cao gods entered the Danqi; When the heavenly drum sounded, the king of the Ten Thousand Saints Dynasty participated in the Jade Emperor. and to the Lingxiao Treasure Palace, the golden nails gather the jade household, and the colorful phoenix dances the Zhumen. Cloister of the double passage. Everywhere is exquisitely clear; Three eaves and four clusters, layers of dragons and phoenixes soaring. There's a purple on it. Bright pretense, round and lost, bright and scorching, big golden gourd top; There is a heavenly concubine hanging palm fan below, and the jade girl holds a fairy scarf. Vicious, the heavenly general who is in the palm of his hand; Angry, the escort of Xianqing. In the middle, in the glass plate, put a lot of overlapping Taiyi Dan; In the agate bottle, insert a few crooked coral trees. It is like a foreign body in the heavenly palace, and there is nothing in the world like him. Jinque Yinluan and Purple Mansion, Qihua Yao Grass and Qiongbao. Towards the edge of the King Jade Rabbit Altar, the Holy Golden Crow flew at the bottom. ”

1. Heavenly Court Building

According to the classic records: the main buildings of the Heavenly Palace and the Treasure Hall are arranged horizontally and vertically according to the number of Tiangang and Earth Evil, totaling about one hundred and eight.

Among them, there are 36 heavenly palaces, which are:

Xunyun Palace, Bisha Palace, Wuming Palace, Tushi Palace, Miluo Palace, Guangming Palace, Miaoyan Palace, Sun Palace, Huale Palace, Yunluo Palace, Wuhao Palace, Tonghua Palace, Guanghan Palace, Qionghua Palace, Zixiao Palace, Bullfighting Palace, Yuqing Palace......

There are seventy-two temples, namely:

Chaohui Palace, Lingxu Palace, Baoguang Palace, Tongming Palace, Tianwang Palace, Phixiang Palace, Lingguan Palace, Lingxiao Palace......

2. Several statements about guards

Due to various conditions, although the gatekeeper of the Nantianmen is humble and respectful, he actually fills the position with the rank of "marshal", in view of various records, perhaps the gatekeepers of the Tianmen often change shifts, and the four generalissimos of the Four Tianmen Gatekeepers actually have several sayings:

(1) Marshal Ma, Zhao, Wen, and Guan said

Marshals Ma, Zhao, Wen and Guan said. There are many novels in the Ming and Qing dynasties that "please God", which is a major skill of Taoist mages. "Sanfu Eunuch Western Legend Popular Romance" has Zhang Tianshi's description of "please God", saying that he "took out the token, held it in his hand, knocked it three times in a row, and shouted: "One blow to the gate of heaven opens, two blows to the earth, three blows to the altar of Ma, Zhao, Wen, and Guan!" After striking the token three times, he hurriedly burned two flying talismans, and suddenly heard a horn in the air, and four gods were hung down at the sound: "The same length is the same, and it is thirty-six zhang long; It is the same size, and there are eighteen circles." (13th Round)

These four marshals, Marshal Ma is the Lingguan Marshal Ma, "eyebrows and three eyes shine on heaven", that is, the protagonist of "Journey to the South", Huaguang Heavenly King; Marshal Zhao is Zhao Gongming, who is "a bamboo steel whip and a colorful tiger"; Marshal Guan is Guan Yu, as evidenced by poems: the phoenix wings and green scarf are bursting, and the three locks of mustache are scattered at the back of the head. The lying silkworm wrinkled its liver and gallbladder, and its phoenix eyes were round and timid. Marshal Wen is Wen Qiong, originally a general of the Dongyue Emperor, because of his bravery, he received the special favor of the Jade Emperor, and was named the "Kangjin God", and gave him the gold medal side of "Unrestrained Xiao Han", so that he could enter and exit the gate of heaven freely.

(2) Marshal Ma, Zhao, Wen, and Thursday said

Ma, Zhao, Wen, Thursday Marshal said. "Dream of Red Mansions" once mentioned that when the Grand View Garden was snubbed, Jia Yu asked the Taoist priests to do the law, and there were statues of the four generalissimos, they were Ma, Zhao, Wen, Zhou. Guan Yu here has been replaced by Zhou Guangze. It probably saw that the Qing Dynasty particularly admired Guan Yu and put it into the South Heavenly Gate to guard the door, which inevitably reduced the special status of the "Martial Saint", so it was added to a Marshal Zhou who had no reputation, it is said that this person was originally a stranger, and later subordinated to the Northern Zhenwu Emperor's general, and was named the Marshal of the Wind Wheel Zhou by the Jade Emperor, and was transferred to guard the South Heavenly Gate.

(3) Marshal Yue, Zhao, Wen, and Kang said

Marshal Yue, Zhao, Wen, and Kang said. Yue is Yue Fei. According to "Yue Quan's Biography", Yue Fei is the Buddha of the Buddha of the Great Peng, the golden-winged bird descended, and after his death, of course, he returned to my Buddha as a bodhisattva, what is a god, and he guards the South Heavenly Gate, unknown. Whether it is because the novel says "Marshal Yue" is transplanted from this. Marshal Kang's name is Kang Xi, originally also a monster in the black pine forest, and later returned to the Zhenwu Emperor, and was named "Marshal Benevolent Kang" by the Jade Emperor. Now there are Marshal Kang and Marshal Zhao in Changhua and Chiayi, Taiwan, which are splendid, for believers to worship.

(4) The Four Heavenly Kings said

The Four Heavenly Kings said. According to the four heavenly kings, they should be the four heavenly kings who protect the world in the four treasure mountains of Sumeru in the Buddhist scriptures. However, the four heavenly kings referred to here are not borrowed from the Buddha, but the four heavenly kings that Jiang Ziya sealed in "Fengshen", they are the growth of the Heavenly King Demon Liqing, the wide-eyed Heavenly King Demon Lihong, the Duowen Heavenly King Demon Lihai, and the Heavenly King of the Holding Kingdom Demon Lishou." Now he will be appointed as the Four Heavenly Kings, supplemented by Western canons, established the appearance of water, fire and wind, protected the country and the people, and held the right to regulate the wind and rain" (the hundredth chapter). When Sun Wukong first ascended to the sky, "first go to the South Heaven Gate. is about to collect the clouds and move forward, led by the growth king Pang, Liu, Gou, Bi, Deng, Xin, Zhang, Tao, all the way to the sky, guns, swords, halberds, blocking the gate of heaven, refusing to let in" (the fourth time). Sun Wukong's view of Wuzhuang in Wanshou Mountain was to use the sleepy insect bullet and the guard boy who "won with the growth king guessing the trick in the East Heavenly Gate" when he was Ren Bi Ma Wen.

Second, Meng Po

Meng Po, a character in Chinese mythology and legend. Resident at the Nai Ho Bridge, Meng Po soup is provided to all ghosts who go to reincarnation to erase the memories of ghosts. It is described in the Hades Sutra. After the ghosts have been punished in each hall, they are sent to the next hall in order, and finally transferred to the tenth hall and handed over to the wheel king, and the tenth hall is in charge of the reincarnation of ghosts. Let the ghosts forget their past lives.

At the beginning of Hongmeng, the world was divided into three worlds: heaven, earth and man, and the heavenly realm was the largest in charge of everything. The world is the so-called yang world, and the earth is the yin and cao underworld. The Three Realms are demarcated, regardless of heaven and earth, immortals and yin officials. All of them have their own responsibilities. Meng Po was already in the world when she was separated from the Three Realms. She was originally a loose official in the heavenly realm. Later, because he saw that the world had countless grievances and hatreds, and he refused to let go even if he died, he came to the Lethe River in the Netherworld, set up a cauldron at the bridgehead of the Nai He Bridge, and refined the thoughts that the world couldn't let go of into Meng Po soup for the Yin Soul to drink, so he forgot the love and hatred in life, unloaded the burden of life, and walked into the next reincarnation. This statement first appeared in Taoist texts during the Spring and Autumn Period. It is quite similar to the traditional Chinese thought that "people die like clouds" and "one dies a hundred". "Don't remember the grievances of the dead" and something like that.

Later, she incarnated as Meng Jiangnu, after Meng Jiangnu cried down the Great Wall, she saw countless corpses under the Great Wall, and she could no longer find her husband's bones. In order to forget these painful memories, Meng Po soup is made that can make people forget their memories. Later, the heavens remembered her husband's feelings, and she was spared the suffering of reincarnation. Let her make Meng Po soup by the Nai He Bridge, so that the yin spirits involved in reincarnation can forget everything in their previous lives. That is, the so-called: "The past life is over, and the good and evil in this life are only thought of by the heart." ”

Later, she became the grandmother of Meng Po, studied Confucian books since she was a child, and when she grew up, she began to recite Buddhist scriptures. When she was still alive, she never recalled the past, and never thought about the future, but only wholeheartedly persuaded people not to kill and to be vegetarian. Until she was eighty-one years old, she was still a virgin. She only knew that her surname was Meng, so people called her "Grandma Meng". Later, Mrs. Meng Po went into the mountains to practice until the Later Han Dynasty. Because at that time, people in the world knew the causes of their past lives, and they often leaked the secrets of heaven, so God specially appointed Meng Po's grandmother as the god of the underworld, and built a mash (li) forgetting platform for her. (To be continued.) )

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