The two RVs drove slowly along the country road towards Taoyuan.

Li Yi and the others deliberately didn't take the high-speed, just wanted to visit the scenery of Taiwan all the way, but not long after entering Taoyuan, they really saw a different scenery.

Most of the Taoyuan is a continuous hilly plateau, and the main geographical feature is that it is full of artificial ponds for irrigation of farmland.

When the Shimen Reservoir was just completed, the number of Pitang ponds had reached an astonishing more than 9,000, and it is said that the highest peak had exceeded 10,000, so it was called "Qiantang Township", and even created the unique "Pitang culture" of Taoyuan!

Literally, "Pi" means a low and damp place, and "Tang" means a pond, so Pitang means pond. Many of the ponds in Taiwan were excavated by the ancestors for the actual needs.

Li Yi and the others walked slowly all the way, on the side of the road, large and small ponds were dotted, and from time to time you could see light boats floating on them, and you could even see rowing boats in training!

"Now the use of Pi ponds has changed radically, many of them have become fish ponds, leisure ponds, and the most amazing thing is that some have even become feng shui ponds......

Since Lu Ningshuang was preparing to run through the island of Taiwan, she naturally put in a lot of effort in advance, so she explained all the way, which was quite like a professional tour guide.

A few people stayed at the dam of Shimen Reservoir for a while, then went to Longtan Sacred Relics Pavilion for a turn, had a picnic, and then drove on the road.

As he was walking, the car suddenly stopped,

"Brother Yi, there seems to be some activity ahead, the road is broken, and I can't get through."

After a while, the fat elephant ran over and knocked on the car window,

"Brother Yi, it seems that there is a temple fair, and some people say that there is a miracle in the pond of a family, anyway, there are a lot of people, and within three days, no vehicles are allowed to pass in the village."

"Miracles? Check it out! ”

It was good to put the car in the parking lot specially circled by the village, and a group of four people got out of the car and walked towards the village.

Far away, Li Yi heard a noisy sound, and under the sun, a cloud of cyan soot rose over the entire village, and he didn't know how much incense was burned.

Walking into the village, Li Yi found that this was a temple fair, and the reason why he chose to hold the temple fair at this time was entirely because of an accident, which is what they call a miracle.

It turned out that a month ago, the old father of the village chief gave him a dream, saying that there was a Bodhisattva to be born in their pond, but after they dried up the water, they really dug up a golden statue of Guanyin from the mud at the bottom of the pond!

It is said that when this sitting statue was dug up, not only was there not a drop of mud, but also a rainbow appeared in the clear sky at that time, which lasted for two minutes, and then there was a strong wind and heavy rain, until the pond was filled, and the wind and rain stopped.

Afterwards, they asked experts to identify the seated Buddha, saying that it was an antiquity from thousands of years ago, and the feng shui master also told them that a temple fair and devout worship must be held in order for the Bodhisattva to turn anger into joy and bless the whole village.

The time is chosen by the master, today is the second day, after the wind spreads, not only the nearby ten miles and eight villages, but even Tainan have people who have made a special trip to worship the Buddha!

A few people looked at each other when they listened, Nima, what is this, Guanyin Bodhisattva was born sitting on the statue, and the wind and rain were combined? That's the dragon god, right?

Also, when you dig out of the mud, you don't get a drop of mud? However, it is possible that a rainbow appears on a sunny day, and it is probably that rainbow that makes people regard this ordinary archaeological excavation work, or simply a man-made thing, as a miracle.

There are all kinds of small vendors on both sides of the road, and on summer afternoons, coupled with the dense flow of people, and there are bursts of heat waves in front of them from time to time, a few people are sweating after only a few steps.

"Why don't you go back, this is a temple fair, nothing to see."

Li Yi glanced at Lu Ningshuang and saw the girl sweating like rain, and couldn't help but feel a little distressed.

"It's okay, I was originally out to play, they said that the sitting Buddha was enshrined in front, and I want to go, at least I have to look at it before leaving!"

Lu Ningshuang wiped the sweat on her face with a wet tissue, full of interest.

Li Yi looked at her like this, smiled slightly, just play if you want, just be happy.

The temple fair starts on the road outside the village and continues into the village, with the square at the other end of the village being the focal point, where the Bodhisattva is said to be enshrined.

The weather is too hot, and a few people don't have the heart to wander around, although there are many differences between the temple fairs here and the mainland, but they are nothing more than those things, but the form is not the same.

One bought a fruit ice, and several walked into the village.

It's hotter here, and there's a lot of incense ash floating in the air, which must have drifted from the square over there.

When they were about to reach the head of the village, a few people felt as if they had arrived at the Flaming Mountain, and they seemed to be able to see the twisted lines in the air due to the steaming of the hot steam!

Looking at the devout people holding incense and candles around him, who were also sweating profusely, the fat elephant shook his head, and as a result, the scattered sweat droplets were like water dogs shaking off, which made Lu Ningshuang more disgusted.

"It's fanatical......"

Soon, a few people saw the heat source, which was actually two large incense piles that were more than three meters high, covering an area of more than ten meters, and were burning!

"How much incense you have to throw here!"

Not far from the incense pile, is a delicate shrine, the line of sight through the distorted air near the incense pile, can see there, faintly placed a sitting Buddha about half a meter high, look, faintly see gold, but not at all can not see whether it is Guanyin Bodhisattva.

There is a distance of several meters between the incense pile and the shrine, but the space is as hot as a stove, and even the most devout believers probably won't run to that place to worship.

Most of them bowed in Li Yi's direction, and then rushed up, threw the incense bundle burning in their hands onto the incense pile and ran back quickly. Li Yi and the others saw that there were a few unlucky guys who were stained by the sparks splashed on the incense pile, and as soon as they ran back, they kept jumping and patting, which was very funny.

Not far from the incense pile were four fire trucks on standby, because the incense pile was so close to the village that a strong wind could cause an uncontrollable fire, and I don't know what these people thought at the time.

"That was the place chosen by the master, and it was necessary for such a large pile of incense to help the Bodhisattva suppress the earthly qi. However, this temple fair can at least keep the entire village safe for a hundred years, and it is worth taking the risk. ”

There was a big fat man standing next to them, soaking wet from top to bottom, as if he had just been fished out of the water, and when he saw them questioning, he explained.

"What's more, with the Bodhisattva here, how can it be possible to burn down the village?"

Li Yi smiled bitterly and nodded, while Lu Ningshuang began to look around,

"Let's go buy bundles of incense too, we're here anyway, bye-bye, what if it's very spiritual?"

Li Yi opened his mouth, and finally nodded speechlessly. Several people returned to the village, found a stall selling incense candles, and each of them bought a bunch of incense.

"There are so many of you, where is this enough? At least that much you have to buy! Come on, now I buy more and give gifts, all of which are good things that have been opened by monks, and you can't buy them with money! ”

Lu Ningshuang raised her eyebrows, what is a good thing?

The stall owner waved his hand, and the ones hanging in front of the stall, a bundle of incense were given to one, and you could choose as you like!

Li Yi took a look, and there were some safety buckles, talismans or something in front of this stall, which looked no different from the ten yuan one in front of the temple, so he shook his head.

was about to speak, when he suddenly saw Lu Ningshuang reach out and take down a small blue-black bronze bell from the upper corner of the stall, swing it gently, and let out a dull sound that seemed to be a little torn.

"Do you want to give this too?"

"Huh? This is the bronze bell that I used to suppress the luck of the stalls! Not a giveaway! ”

As soon as the words fell, the stall owner glanced at a few people,

"If you buy a bundle of each, I will give you this bronze bell!"

Lu Ningshuang shook the bronze bell again, listened to the sound, and was about to put it back, when Li Yi suddenly stretched out his hand to stop her,

"Bring it to me and I'll take a look."

This bronze bell, about 10 centimeters high, is almost half the height of the diameter, the whole body is the kind of bronze oxidized blue-black, in a few places, there are a few dark green rust spots attached, it looks like an old object.

On the bell body of the bronze bell, one side is a relief Guanyin Bodhisattva sitting statue, the corresponding side is an ancient Buddha character, the other two sides, then the yang engraved "Vajra Prajnaparamita Sutra", although the font is small, but the strokes show the atmosphere and dignified, the majesty of Buddhism, and the most important thing is that from the point of view of the line of writing, there seems to be a little bit of the shadow of the saint Wang Xizhi!

Above the bronze bell, there are double dragons playing with beads biting a ring-shaped nose buckle, and under it, inscribed with cloud patterns.

At the opening of the bronze bell, there is a circle of flame ornaments, and in the middle of these ornaments, there are several strange lines running through, I don't know what it means.

After carefully looking at the shape of the Guanyin seated statue and identifying the font, Li Yi guessed that this bronze bell was likely to be something from the Jin Dynasty or the Northern and Southern Dynasties.

The exact date of the introduction of Buddhism into China is still inconclusive, there are many different theories, the most widespread of which is that in the tenth year of Yongping in the Eastern Han Dynasty (67 AD), Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty sent envoys to the Western Regions to seek Buddha statues and scriptures, and established the first government-run temple in Yangluo - White Horse Temple, which became the birthplace of Chinese Buddhism.

Beginning with the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Buddhism in China entered a stage of flourishing development. Buddhism has spread all over the country during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, according to records, during the Northern Wei Dynasty, the temples in Yangluo City reached 1,367 at its peak, and there were more than 10,000 monks and nuns in Chang'an in the north, and there were hundreds of Buddhist temples in Jianye in the south!

If this bronze bell is really something from that time, it is definitely a rare collection. What's more, although the voice is hoarse and seems to have cracks, the overall shape is intact, and there is not much patina, which is even more precious.

After the appraisal was completed, Li Yi opened the spirit identification card, and a cold cold air poured in, and then, his eyes widened, and even the sweat on his brow dripped into his eyes, he didn't seem to realize that this bronze bell still had such a origin?

PS: On the first day of work after the holiday, if you can't make up for the three watches, you will make up tomorrow.

The blue hanging that was raised was sacrificed again, begging for a monthly ticket to pay tribute to alas, a small life (to be continued.) )