Chapter 64: The Pomp and Circumstance of the City God
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The three of them stayed in Yu Garden for more than two hours, and Hong Tianbao took Sun Moba and Tang Xin to the City God Temple next to it.
Shanghai City God Temple, also known as the Old City God Temple, is one of the main Taoist temples of the Zhengyi sect of Taoism in Shanghai.
The Yu Garden and its backdrop are not only a place to visit, but also a good place for shopping, where there are not only small commodities, local products and specialty markets, but also large comprehensive shopping malls and famous snacks. The flow of people is also very dense, and many people will come to the City God Temple to pay respects, and then buy some specialties and eat some snacks.
There is also a small street near the City God Temple, which is one of the most famous antique streets in Shanghai. There are no shops here, almost all of them are stalls, and there are people from the third-rate and nine-sects.
The main gate of the City God Temple is four pillars and three gates, there are eight immortals on the eaves archway, and there is a pair of stone lions next to the door. The main hall is green tile and vermilion eaves, magnificent and bright, and the incense is prosperous.
"Huh! How do I think this City God Temple is a bit new! How is it called the Old Town God Temple? It is also said that it was built in the Ming Dynasty. "Although Sun Moba is not an antique dealer, he still has vision.
"It has been built several times, and during the special period, it suffered a great blow, the statues of the gods were destroyed, and the temples were diverted for other purposes. In 1994, with the gradual implementation of the policy of freedom of religious belief, the Shanghai City God Temple was restored and re-established as a Taoist temple managed by a Taoist priest of the Zhengyi School. Hong Tianbao explained with a smile.
There are many things here that are stained with treasures, although there are not many, but Hong Tianbao is never soft, and he will not let go if he misses it!
The first thing the three of them entered was the main hall, where there were many people, mostly old men and women. The main entrance of the main hall hangs the plaque of "City God Temple". There are also couplets on the left and right, and the upper couplet is: Be a good person, have a good heart, and dream of a stable soul! The next link is: Do some good deeds, God knows the ghosts and gods!
Hong Tianbao and others look inside again, the hall enshrines the statue of General Huo Guang, the god of Jinshan in the Han Dynasty, the head of the left is the civil judge, the right head is the military judge, the second is the patrol and the night inspection, the patrol and the night check are the eight soaps.
"It's majestic!" Sun Moba grinned and said.
Hong Tianbao turned his head and glanced at this guy, laughing in his heart. If this guy stood still and didn't move, he would be more majestic than those idols, more like gods.
"Huh! You'd better not comment nonsense, there are many believers here, offend them, you have good fruit to eat. Hong Tianbao reminded Sun Moba. But Sun Moba didn't care, no one else could bite him anyway. At most, he was scolded by someone.
There are also two pairs of pillars in the main hall, each with a couplet. The last of them is a couplet that warns the world, engraved: Meanness is inevitable to waste children and grandchildren, ** If you create evil, you can have a wife and daughter! The temple is originally a sacred place of pure heart, and it is rare for such words to appear.
There are nine halls in the next one, namely: Huoguang Palace, Jiazi Palace, God of Wealth Palace, Cihang Palace, Chenghuang Palace, Niangniang Palace, Parents Palace, Guan Temple and Wenchang Palace.
These halls are decorated with splendid gold, in fact, this is related to the general environment of Shanghai.
Tang Xin bought a sixty Jiazi pendant in the Jiazi Palace, and Hong Tianbao saw that this pendant was not an old thing, but it was made well, so he also took two or three. The 60 Jiazi pendant made by the City God Temple indicates that natural agate is used as the material, and is engraved with the statue of the 60 Jiazi gods enshrined in the temple. And after the Shanghai City God Temple, the people open the light and divide the spirit together, wear it with you, auspicious!
Among the nine halls, it is worth talking about the City God Palace, which is also the hall that Hong Tianbao and the three of them have visited for the longest time.
The last hall in the City God Temple is the City God Temple. There are couplets hanging on both sides of the City God Palace: Misfortune and fortune are clear and difficult to pass the clues here, and the judgment of good and evil must know that heaven is selfless! Hanging plaque: Welling is prominent! It is used to praise the impartiality of the god of the city god.
There is also a couplet praising the gods in the hall: Heaven is selfless to do good, auspicious, predict good and evil, and the gods should practice to solve misfortune and distinguish evil from good and loyalty! Horizontal batch: Xie Li Yin and Yang.
In the center of the City God Hall is dedicated to the red-faced wooden statue of the god of Shanghai County, sitting in a precarious position. The city god hall imitates the lighting of the county government hall furnishings, and the guard of honor is strict.
In general, the Taoist atmosphere of the entire City God Temple is very strong. During the whole visit, what I saw the most was all kinds of Taoist and moral propaganda.
The three of them walked around for more than an hour, and it was already past three o'clock in the afternoon, and everyone was a little hungry.
Fortunately, today's sunshine is not spicy, otherwise some people will really be unbearable. Of course, this person refers to Tang Xin, a person who cultivates Hong Tianbao, no matter how fierce the sun is, it will not have much impact on him; What environmental conditions has Sun Moba not encountered in the army? Except for a few hints of depression, it's also easy and 'no hindrance'.
"Let's go outside to the snack street and get something to eat." After Hong Tianbao finished speaking, he took the lead in a grocery store. The shop is quite large, with a variety of snacks and all tastes involved.
Shanghai is a place where all kinds of famous snacks gather, and its taste is not only different from the pure sweetness of Guangdong and Hong Kong, but also different from the spicy taste of Sichuan and Chongqing, but is known for its lightness, deliciousness and deliciousness. There are many varieties of snacks in Shanghai, including steaming, boiling, frying and branding, and the most popular among consumers are: soup dumplings, shutters, and oil noodles. This is the most favored "three main parts".
The waiter in the store saw a customer coming in and hurriedly ran over. But seeing the image of Sun Moba, his pace suddenly slowed down a lot, and his movements were a little sluggish.
"Handsome guy and beautiful woman, what can I eat?" The waiter didn't dare to look at Sun Moba, but just looked at Hong Tianbao and Tang Xin.
Hong Tianbao picked up the menu, glanced at it, and then said, "Let's take one soup dumpling, one hundred leaves and one oil gluten each." ”
"Okay! Wait a minute! As soon as the waitress was about to leave, Sun Moba spoke.
"Wait! I don't want shutters, oil gluten and soup dumplings, two servings are enough, and eight servings of xiaolong. "Sun Moba has obviously eaten these things as well. The waiter was stunned, she knew what Sun Moba said, of course she knew. But I thought: Can you eat all eight portions? But she took one look at the big black man and was relieved.
After the waiter left, Tang Xin glanced at Sun Moba and said, "Eat so much, eat you to death!" Shame on you! ”
"My mother said that eating is a blessing! Do you want to say so much about Tianjiao? Sun Moba's eyes widened, and then he glared back.
Hong Tianbao watched these two guys eat uncomfortably, and sighed in his heart that he was unlucky, how could he provoke these freaks!
After a while, two soup dumplings and eight-minute xiaolong were dispatched by two waiters and stacked high on the table. The diners around me have strange eyes and glance at them from time to time.
The characteristics of this soup dumpling are fine workmanship, small and exquisite, thin skin, many fillings, shrimp meat, crab meat, no matter what kind of filling, it is salty and moderate, and the taste is excellent. Ten soup bags are generally placed in each small cage, the bottom is laid with pine needles, not sticky skin, and fragrant, after being served on the table, look at its shape, smell its taste, increase appetite greatly, bite open the skin, there is a large amount of soup in the bag.
Sun Moba began to sweep his xiaolongbao, took down a cage, grabbed the chopsticks, and threw them into his mouth one by one. This guy's movements are still so fast, Hong Tianbao and Tang Xin haven't finished one cage yet, and this guy has already killed three cages.
Immediately afterwards, the shutters and oil gluten came up. Shutter is a snack made of bean essence skin into a knot, there are several layers, so it is called "shover leaf", boiled in boiling water and put into a bowl with bone broth, and add refined salt, green onion and other condiments, it tastes light and refreshing.
"Miss, three more cages!" Sun Moba had already piled up a large pile of empty bamboo cages in front of him, and he was shouting inside.
Hong Tianbao sweated profusely, and the other diners were also dumbfounded, wondering what the limit of this person's food consumption was. They secretly calculated it, not that they didn't know, but they were shocked. This guy ate a total of eleven cages of xiaolongbao, one cage of ten, that is, more than a hundred. Although this xiaolongbao is not big, two bites are not excessive.
"I said black charcoal, can't you not call Miss? It's hard to hear. Tang Xin said with some disgust, as a female surname, especially if she has status, she doesn't like the title of Miss very much. You must know that in today's society, the meaning of the word Miss is very ambiguous, and it is easy to make people ambiguous.
"Rub! What's the matter with you again? Sun Moba suddenly stood up angrily, slapped the table with his big hand, and the empty bamboo cages piled on top of it immediately leaked to the ground. Fortunately, this table is made of stainless steel and can withstand a blow.
"Ahem!" Hong Tianbao coughed twice deliberately, these two people were too much. They fight and forget it, how bad it is to influence others. Sun Moba sat down at this time, Tang Xin also snorted, and then turned his face to the side.
The shopkeeper didn't dare to offend Sun Moba, a fierce god, so he hurriedly ordered the waiter to send three cages of xiaolongbao over, and by the way, he cleaned up the empty bamboo cage that fell to the ground.
After swallowing three more baskets of xiaolongbao into his stomach, Sun Moba patted his belly and said, "This thing is good, but it's a little smaller, and it's troublesome to eat." ”
Tang Xin and Hong Tianbao were both quite speechless, secretly saying that you still eat so much? They hurried to pay the bill after they were full, and it was a bit of a shame to sit here.
"Ahem! Boss, you see that now Yu Garden and City God Temple have also been seen, it is not dark yet, and it is not fun to go to the Bund in Shanghai. Wouldn't it be nice to go to the bar for a few drinks and watch the night view after dark? Sun Moba still didn't forget to pull Hong Tianbao to drink flower wine.
"I know that I spend all day drinking, drunk and dreaming of death! I don't even know how you got through the army! Tang Xin couldn't help but speak again, Hong Tianbao saw that the little overlord wanted to make a big move again, and immediately interjected: "If you want to go to the bar, I will accompany you in the future, don't go now, there is an antique street nearby, let's go shopping." ”
Sun Moba immediately cried with a sad face, this is too boring, but he still asked for himself, it is really pitiful.
Tang Xin glanced at Sun Moba proudly, Hong Tianbao also glanced at Tang Xin, and then said: "You also give me quiet, we are now a team, for tat, you are very happy?" ”
Tang Xin was also dumbfounded suddenly! She doesn't work against Hong Tianbao like before, and her feelings about Hong Tianbao are very complicated and contradictory. There is admiration, there is unwillingness, I want to get close, but I feel a little hateful, and even a little afraid.
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