Kaiyuan Temple in Quanzhou

Quanzhou Kaiyuan Temple was built in the Tang Dynasty Wu Zetian Emperor hanging arch two years, according to legend Quanzhou huge rich Huang Shougong dreamed of mulberry trees growing lotus, then she mulberry garden to build a temple, so the original name "Lotus Dojo", Kaiyuan 26 years changed its name to Kaiyuan Temple.

Quanzhou Kaiyuan Temple is famous for "Ten Wonders", namely "Mulberry Lotus", "Purple Cloud Cover Land", "Manna Ring Altar", "No Grass Grows", "East and West Stone Tower", "True Body with Naked Arms", "Dream Arhat", "Branch Monk", "Ancient Longyan Well", "Manjushri Ink".

Song for the Fujian Road to build the temple nunnery in the heyday, although the current imperial court is Xingdao Pai Buddha, but because the Fujian Road Mountain is far away from the emperor, so many more than 1,000 temples and nunnery have been built one after another, of which Quanzhou has built ten temples and fifteen nunnery.

Among them, Quanzhou Kaiyuan Temple, Chongfu Temple, and Chengtian Temple are called "three major jungles".

Quanzhou Kaiyuan Temple structure Wei Pavilion, Qian Zhu Zhi, magnificent and grandiose, the door is four up, the window lattice is reflected, the building word Xuan is open to the dome, Danbi Yinghuang shines, among them, the statue of the Buddha Mother in the plastic is raised with gold lacquer, Ciyan and Miaoli, the golden moon is full, and the throne lotus is draped.

In addition, in front of the pavilion to build the Buddha hall, its wing to two corridors, for the east and west meditation hall, Jialan, the patriarch two folds, the guest hall, the dormitory, the kitchen is prepared.

Quanzhou Kaiyuan Temple sits in the north and faces south, the central axis has the purple cloud screen, the Tianwang Palace, the worship pavilion, the court, the east and west corridors, the Daxiong Treasure Palace, the nectar splash altar, the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion and the Wuguan Hall; The guest wing is Qingtan Yue, the hall, the temple and the Tibetan pavilion, and the west wing has the Hall of Merit, the Charm Temple, the Yonglu Temple and the Qilin Wall.

Because Quanzhou Kaiyuan Temple is the first big Buddhist temple on Fujian Road, and the Buddhist temple is built tall and majestic, so every day to come to Kaiyuan Temple to make wishes, make wishes, incense, almsgiving, do things, worship the Buddha pilgrims are endless.

At the same time, Kaiyuan Temple and its vicinity are unusually lively, and all kinds of traders also gather here, peddling all kinds of commercial goods, including Han merchants, Fan merchants, and Hu merchants.

Early this morning, there are countless vendors in Kaiyuan Temple who got up early in the morning, discharged all kinds of commercial goods early, and sold commercial goods to the pilgrims who came to Kaiyuan Temple one after another to burn incense and worship Buddha.

At the beginning of the year, the people who came to Kaiyuan Temple to burn incense and worship Buddha or play were already bustling and rubbing shoulders.

At this time, five small sedan chairs and more than a dozen people from the government on horseback came before the mountain gate of Kaiyuan Temple.

"Mother, slow down!" Quanzhou parent official, Quanzhou Zhizhou Li Sanjian, wearing an official uniform, arrived at Kaiyuan Temple, quickly turned over and dismounted, walked quickly to a small sedan chair, lifted the sedan curtain, and helped his mother Fu Erniang out.

Li Sanjian since Quanzhou took office, busy with state affairs all day, almost never played around, this day is the day of official leave, and today Fu Erniang went to Kaiyuan Temple to incense, so Fu Erniang ordered Li Sanjian to come to Kaiyuan Temple together, burn incense for Li Sanjian and make a wish, followed by Fu Erniang's mother and son came with Li Sanjian's three flower-like wives and concubines and their aunt Li Nan, the other is Quanzhou Taishou Li Sanjian's entourage, personal guards, such as stones, Gun'er, at this time Shan Kui, Xu Biao are all generals in the army, It was necessary to lead the troops in the barracks, so it was impossible to guard Li Sanjian all the time, so the leader of the Taishou Mansion at this time was personally selected by Li Sanjian, a warrior named Zheng Wei.

Li Sanjian has no heirs for a long time has always been a heart disease of Fu Erniang, and it is a matter of lingering, so everything is ready today, just wait for Li Sanjian to burn incense and worship the Buddha, petition, etc., and then go home and his daughters-in-law will be pregnant with children...

"Smack!" Fu Erniang slapped Li Sanjian's hand away and said angrily: "Go aside, my mother is not old enough to walk." ”

At this time, Li Sanjian's wife and concubine, eldest aunt and others had also gotten off the sedan chair and gathered around Fu Erniang.

In fact, Taishou Mansion is not far from Kaiyuan Temple, Fu Erniang and others originally planned not to get here, but the current situation in Quanzhou is more tense, and the people in the city are also mixed, in order to ensure the safety of his mother and others, Li Sanjian used the Taishou honor guard and the guards of his family.

"Mother, my mother, even so, although you are still young and beautiful, you can't be so fast, right?" Li Sanjian saw the old lady walking towards Kaiyuan Temple, so he hurriedly chased after him.

Li Sanjian's three wives and concubines, as well as his eldest aunt and younger sister, also laughed and followed the two to the temple.

Taishou brought his mother, wife and concubine to Kaiyuan Temple to burn incense and worship Buddha, and of course the people gave way to it.

The people dodged a way, and at the same time looked at Li Sanjian and his family with great curiosity, and talked in low voices.

Li Taishou is still young, this is something that many people know, but his mother looks so young and beautiful, she looks less than forty years old, and her wives and concubines are all beautiful and moonlight, all of them are like gods in the sky, and they are really envious of others!

So there are those who envy, those who hate, and those who are indignant, but there is no hate... , Anyway, when you see a handsome beauty, who will be disgusted? Unless it's a dark person in heart.

It is also common for the Great Song Dynasty to have several beautiful wives and concubines. . .

"The old man has seen Master Fu and Li Zhizhou!"

Quanzhou Taishou Li Sanjian's family came to Kaiyuan Temple to burn incense and worship the Buddha, has already alarmed the Kaiyuan Temple, there are Kaiyuan Temple monks fly to report to the abbot Huijing Master, so Huijing Master personally led people to greet in front of the mountain gate.

During the Song Dynasty, it was not that you could become a monk if you wanted to, or that you could not do it if you wanted to cross the monk in your monastery or Zen monastery, all of which required the permission of the government.

The government gives monks, nuns, Taoists, and crowns legal ordination certificates, which are called "degrees", and can only be ordained after having degrees.

The imperial court or government strictly controlled the number of monks, nuns, Taoists, and crowns, because monks were exempt from many taxes and servitude.

When the finances of the imperial court or the government were tight, they even sold the degree to increase their income, which was called "the beard".

The court or government even had the right to order monks to return to the laity and revoke all the privileges they enjoyed.

Therefore, in the face of Li Sanjian, the Taishou of Quanzhou who controlled their fate, the monks of Kaiyuan Temple did not dare to slack off, and the abbot Huijing was respectfully waiting outside the mountain gate.

"Master, I brought you all the people, you can see, why do I have no queen? My son he ... Will he be the last one? Fu Erniang often comes here to burn incense and worship the Buddha, so she is more familiar with Master Huijing, so Fu Erniang asked Master Huijing straight to the point.

Fu Erniang's anxiety is beyond words.

After hearing this, Master Huijing looked at Li Sanjian and his wife and concubine carefully, and said with a smile: "Li Zhizhou is deep and broad, with a round chin, this is the appearance of many sons and many blessings, what is the last one?" The same is true for the daughter-in-law, Master Fu, you can rest assured. ”

"Buddha bless, bless my son as soon as possible for the Li Sect to inherit the lineage, if you fulfill your wish, you will definitely reshape the golden body..." Fu Erniang was overjoyed when she heard this, and after bowing to the Daxiong Treasure Hall, she asked Master Huijing: "My son has been married for nearly four years, why is it still... ”

"Don't worry, don't worry, go to the meditation room to rest first, and later the old man will personally arrange for Li Zhizhou to ask for a sign and ask Bu how it is?" Master Huijing smiled when he heard this.

"Thank you, Mage!" Fu Erniang said happily when she heard this.

"Mother... You... Why bother? How about going back to the scenic spots? Seeing this, Li Sanjian hurriedly persuaded.

Regarding the face or asking for a signature, Li Sanjian didn't believe it.

After being married for several years and having no children, most of them have a lot to do with the body, or it has something to do with that matter, so Li Sanjian is extremely reluctant to ask for a signature.

"Shut up, Hugh has blasphemed the Bodhisattva, today you must listen to me." Fu Erniang glared at Li Sanjian and interrupted Li Sanjian's words.

"The child listens to his mother." Li Sanjian, who was extremely filial, had no choice but to nod in response.

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Asking for a sign is to pray to the gods, and to ask for divination.

Before asking for a signature, worship the Buddha, that is, bow to the Buddha and Bodhisattva.

Because it was a child, Fu Erniang ordered Li Sanjian to bow to the statue of Guanyin Bodhisattva.

So Li Sanjian knelt on the futon, his forehead was on the ground, and he kowtowed to Guanyin Bodhisattva several times.

After the ceremony, Li Sanjian could not get up, still maintained a kneeling posture, after a monk of Kaiyuan Temple handed the sign holder to Li Sanjian's hands, Li Sanjian held the sign holder with both hands and shook it gently, and his mouth was also reciting。。。。。

Li Sanjian had to do this, but the old lady Fu Erniang was watching from the sidelines...

Suddenly, Li Sanjian shook out a stick and fell to the ground.

The monk picked up the spirit stick and handed it to Venerable Huijing on the side.

The types of spiritual signs are divided into upper upper, middle upper, and lower upper; Upper middle, middle middle, lower middle; There are nine at the top, bottom, and bottom, and in addition, there are other spiritual lots.

Drawing the lottery is basically a wish come true.

But the spirit lottery that Li Sanjian drew was extremely weird, so strange that after Master Huijing saw it, his whole body trembled slightly, and cold sweat had already flowed down, wetting the monk's robe at the vest.

Since the opening of Kaiyuan Temple, no one has drawn this kind of spiritual lottery.

"Mage, what are you... Li Sanjian, who had been waiting for Master Huijing to sign the sign, asked in wonder when he saw this.

The big deal is that he has been drawn, why is he like this? Li Sanjian secretly wondered in his heart.

When you draw the next lot, you will immediately slap your ass and leave, can't you have a child if you sign it? Li Sanjian said secretly in his heart.

Fu Erniang and the others, who had been waiting anxiously, also looked at Master Huijing in surprise at this moment.

"Fu... Donor... Li Zhizhou... Please forgive the poor monk for taking the liberty of asking the old lady and the lady to ask for a sign together. After half a ring, Master Huijing said to Fu Erniang, Li Sanjian and the others.

Fu Erniang, Li Sanjian and others were even more puzzled when they heard this.

Whether or not they can give birth to children is, of course, a matter of Li Sanjian and his wife and concubine, but is it still related to bloodline?