"It's such a nice place, with beautiful mountains and waters." , Li Chen followed Xiao Shami, walked a little more to the temple, and couldn't help but exclaim, "Fan, how long has your temple been built?"

"Our temple has a history of 100 years here, and it was originally a dojo for the great Zen master. In the second year of Kaiyuan, the great Zen master traveled here, and when he saw the beautiful mountains and rivers here, he opened a dojo here and practiced for more than 40 years, while preaching Buddhism. "During the Tianbao period, Emperor Xuanzong recruited a Zen master to Longxing Temple in Chang'an, but An Lushan, which was not a son of man, rebelled, and the Zen master returned here. A few years later, the rebellion was put down, and Emperor Suzong recruited national teachers into Beijing.

While walking, Li Fan introduced at the same time, although it was very ordinary, which also made Li Chen look at him with admiration. In this era of widespread illiteracy, to be able to say these words shows that he should receive a good education.

Indeed, in this era, if you want to receive a good education, unless you are reincarnated into a good family, it is also a way to come to the temple, although there is no guarantee that you will receive a good education, at least you will be taught some basic things.

"This temple is a temple of longevity, which was built by Emperor Daizong." The two of them walked to the mountain gate, and Xiao Shami pointed to the archway and said, "In the second year of the Great Calendar of Daizong, Emperor Daizong ordered the Zen master to cultivate the mountain residence and build the Longevity Temple, which was completed in six years. Within two years, the Zen master passed away in Chang'an, and I think it must be because the Zen master knew that his days were numbered." There is a kind of admiration.

The pattern of the longevity temple is no different from the general temple, enter the archway, it is the mountain gate, and there is a Hum Ha two general to protect the Dharma at the door.

"Which god and Buddha is this?" After passing the mountain gate, I went in and went to a Wei Camel Palace, or the Heavenly King Palace. This is in line with Li Chen's memory, he has also visited some temples before. But the Buddha at the door was not impressed, "Heavenly King?" , Li Chen wondered, does the Buddhist family have this Buddha?

"Li Tanyue, this is Maitreya Buddha." Li Fan said respectfully, folded his hands, and bowed to the Buddha statue, and Li Chen also followed. "Maitreya Buddha is the Buddha of the future. Now the Buddha is Shakyamuni Buddha, and in the past the Buddha was the Yakushiji Glass Buddha." , Looking at this Buddha statue that was also open-chested, Li Chen didn't say anything more.

(It turns out that the Maitreya Buddha of the Tang Dynasty looks like this.) Although Li Chen has not studied religion much, after looking at this Maitreya Buddha, he probably knows that Buddhism, as a foreign religion, still has a long way to go to slowly evolve into what it is in later generations.

The Maitreya Buddha that later generations are familiar with, slumped on the ground, with a fat face and a smile, and a big belly claimed to be able to tolerate things in the world.

In the Tang Dynasty, Maitreya was sitting on a chair, his feet naturally hanging to the ground, his treasure was solemn, and he was not fat at all. Compared with the two, Li Chen still likes the modern Maitreya Buddha, which is more distinctive. At a glance, you can see that it is Maitreya, unlike now, like other bodhisattvas and Buddhas.

(Maitreya), seeing Maitreya Buddha, Li Chen is very impressed, Maitreya Buddha is the future Buddha, has always symbolized the desire for a better life in the future, this is Li Chen's own understanding.

In Chinese history, there have been many civil rebellions, all in the name of Maitreya, because they are dissatisfied with the present world, and then pretend to Maitreya, saying that the good things have come. In fact, those things, like the White Lotus Sect, are very different from the Buddhist Maitreya. However, the belief in Buddhism is deeply rooted in the people, which can be seen in general.

"Tan Yue is yearning for Maitreya, and it's no wonder that this dynasty is the sky

"This is Wei Dao, right?" After seeing Maitreya, I turned to Maitreya's back, and there was another Buddha statue, but this Buddha statue was wearing battle armor and looked like a warrior. Li Chen didn't recognize it, but since the pattern was similar to that of the descendants, the identity was about to come out.

"It's the Bodhisattva." Lifan nodded and bowed. Wei Tuo Bodhisattva, the shape is dressed in battle armor, it is said that when the Buddha Nirvana, there was a demon to snatch the relics, fortunately there is a very fast, quite good at fighting Wei Tuo to snatch back. That's why he had to look like this, dressed in battle armor and planting a vajra in his hand. Then he turned his back to Maitreya and faced the Mahavira Temple.

The Daxiong Treasure Hall, which is the largest building in the whole temple, is dedicated to Shakyamuni Buddha. As a Dharma protector, Wei Tuo will make the kind of shape with his back to Maitreya and facing Shakyad.

Entering the Mahavira Hall, as soon as you enter, you can see Shakyamuni Buddha in the center, with his feet crossed, sitting on the Sumeru seat. Surrounded by other arhats, wrestlers, or Guanyin.

The large scale seems to be the common point of Chinese and foreign religious buildings, this Daxiong Treasure Hall is also the largest building of the Longevity Temple, because many important activities, including the morning and evening classes of the monks, are carried out here, if it is not big, it will seem very crowded.

"Hall of the Ten Kings?" , Lifan was in the Daxiong Treasure Hall and introduced some Arhats and Guanyin to Li Chen, but Li Chen was not interested. Seeing that Li Chen was not very interested in the Daxiong Treasure Palace, Lifan took him to the side.

This is a relatively new row of side halls, the Ten Kings Palace, which makes Li Chen very puzzled, what is the Ten Kings Palace? What other ten kings are worshipped in Buddhism, and which are they?

"This hall of the ten kings was built according to the temple, and it is painted here that it is all in the situation of hell, and the ten kings are in charge of the ten hells." , in the Hall of the Ten Kings, there are all hellish situations, describing those sinful souls who have committed serious crimes and have been sent to hell to suffer.

"Ten kings, ten hells?" Li Chen looked at these murals, if he was a timid person, he would probably be scared to death at night, but who was he? The time-traveler, or a time-traveler who likes to watch horror movies, these things are better to scare him.

"Isn't it the eighteenth layer of hell?" , the ten halls of Yama, and then the eighteen layers of hell, the wicked go to hell, first they will be judged, and then they will go to hell to suffer. This concept has been deeply rooted in the people. Li Chen just couldn't figure out the relationship between these ten halls of Yama and the eighteenth layer of hell.

He has never figured out the relationship between them, and probably knows that different people will go to different Hades to judge, and the ten halls of Hades seem to have different functions, and then the eighteen layers of the earth are the places where they suffer.

"Amitabha, the eighteenth layer of hell has to say, the little monk has never heard of it. Since ancient times, there have been four, six, fifteen, thirty, sixty-four, and even boundless hells. However, this temple is based on the Buddha's Ten Kings Sutra. Li Fan is obviously extraordinary, which makes Li Chen very ashamed, he has never studied it, these ten halls of Hell and the eighteen layers of hell have to evolve, mainly because he is not interested.

"This is the King of Qin Guang, the King of Chujiang, the Emperor of Song, the King of the Five Senses, the King of Yama....The last one is the King of the Five Wheels." Li Fan took Li Chen to visit these statues of the Ten Halls of Hades, "Who are these people in front?" Li Chen didn't use his fingers, just raised his head slightly.

"Judge, assist Hades in deciding the case. Six Cao officials, accept the grievances of the world, and take charge of the blessings of the world. The good and evil boy records the good and evil things in the world. There is also the servant who is responsible for punishing the prisoners, and finally this is the jailer." , Seeing that jailer, Li Chen was happy, isn't this a bull head and horse noodles, it turns out that the Tang Dynasty has it.

Li Chen had an impression of the judge, and remembered that he was in charge of assisting the king of Hades. The other six Cao officials, the good and evil boys have no impression, and they are happy when they see the bull head and horse face, and they are a little familiar with things.

"Tangoshi, please go here." After seeing the Hall of the Ten Kings, Lifan took Li Chen to the back mountain. This longevity temple seems to be a bit of a scale from a distance, but in fact, the buildings that are really important are just that. On the west side is the Cloud Hall, the function of which has been mentioned before. On the east side is the monk's dormitory, which is dedicated to the large and small novices in the temple. In addition, there is a courtyard for female guests, and it is forbidden for idle people to enter.

The abbot can have a separate courtyard and a courtyard dedicated to the temple tent and a great monk who is said to be the next abbot.

These places are not open to visitors, in addition to that, there is a storehouse, a hall, and a scripture pavilion. The Scripture Pavilion is just to put some scriptures, and Li Chen also believes that if he says so.

He didn't plan to play anything, sneaked in in the middle of the night to steal some martial arts secrets, and this was not Shaolin Temple. Even if it is the Shaolin Temple, in the Tang Dynasty, it is estimated that it is unlikely that you want any Shaolin seventy-two peerless learning.

Shaolin was created by Bodhidharma. Shaolin Temple seventy-two peerless learning, it is rumored that Bodhidharma is also left by Bodhidharma, in history Bodhidharma is a person who is proficient in seventy-two peerless learning, except Bodhidharma no one can be proficient in all the peerless learning.

But he had also heard that in fact, what Dharma had passed on was only thirty-six peerless learnings. The others were created by the later monks of the Shaolin Temple. Come to think of it, if you are really proficient in everything, then how much time will you have to study the Dharma.

After deducting the buildings that cannot be visited, the only thing left is a tower. Or call it Futu. "Save someone's life, and win the seventh-level floating slaughter." , which means that saving people's lives is better than building a seventh-level pagoda.

"This temple is called Longevity Temple, but there are also Tangoe who call this temple Xiangyan Longevity Temple." , Lifan took Li Chen to the mountain, and introduced the tower as he walked, "There will be such a name, because the temple is a great Zen master, and then Chang'an passed away, Emperor Daizong built a seamless tower for the Zen master."

"When you enter the tower, the fragrance is a hundred miles, and the moon does not disperse, so the outside world calls this temple Xiangyan Temple." As he spoke, the two walked to a tower, which was very Tang Dynasty style, similar to the Big Wild Goose Pagoda that Li Chen had seen in the Tang Dynasty, not so tall, but the same boxy. In the Tang Dynasty, most of the pagodas were in this form, and there was no such hexagonal and octagonal style as seen in later generations.

"Why is it called the Seamless Tower?" , Li Chen asked, and at the same time, his mind also automatically made up for it, Wu Fengta. For Wu Feng to build Taa. Self-deprecation has become Li Chende's nature, and he often makes jokes about himself and sometimes makes jokes about others because of associative homonyms or synonyms.

It's not okay not to joke like this, because Li Fan explained a Buddhist verse very seriously, Li Chen heard it in a fog, and he regretted it very much, so he broke his mouth and asked this question.