Throughout history, no matter how complex the appearance is, and how many helpless cultural invasions there are, the theological beliefs that truly reflect the religion, society, character and spiritual life of the Chinese people are none other than Taoism. This kind of religion, which originated from the worship of ghosts and gods in ancient times, originated from the worship of the Yellow Emperor, and integrated and absorbed the essence of the thoughts of the hundred schools of thought, has long been deeply rooted in the fertile soil of traditional oriental culture.

The Taoist theological thought of the trinity of "heaven and earth, nature, people, ghosts, gods, ancestors, and sages" is based on the study of Huang Lao, and includes many contents such as Yixue, Confucianism, Moism, Yin and Yang, and Shushu.

Therefore, from the perspective of the entire Oriental history, the "depose of the hundred schools" is actually only a political and ideological unity, and in the broader social strata from top to bottom, the hundred schools of thought have not been wiped out, but have been incarnated into a multi-level religious system of Taoism, which has formed an all-round and extremely far-reaching impact on social ethics, academic art, political economy, way of thinking, and folk beliefs, which can be called the spiritual home and national roots of the Chinese nation. Even foreign Buddhism, which was ostensibly popular, had to accept the local transformation of its ideological content.

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Tuesday, November 4, 1625.

In autumn, the maple trees all over the valley plains stain the inside and outside of Yingu Town, and in the layers of fiery red, dark green and golden yellow, the docks of Yingu Town welcomed the last batch of resettlement migrants of the year.

Yingu Town, with a settled population of more than 1,300 people, has become the most secluded place in the local town scenery while vigorously developing the characteristic light industry industry, not only the natural greening retention rate of the town is more than that of West Point Town on the other side, but also under the guidance of the "Oriental Culture" selling point of the town's mayor Sun Hongyi, even the modern style buildings. They are all decorated with some traditional oriental roof tiles.

Dockside. Two Chinese men, one tall and one short, stared intently at the strings of new immigrants from Daming who walked down the river boat. A tall, thin middle-aged man with a long beard. is dressed in a white-washed robe, and his hair is still neatly preserved. The half-grown child next to him, who was also dressed in a coarse sermon robe, covered his short hair with a mesh cap.

Xuangu and Mingyue are Chinese who immigrated to Yingu Town last year. In a tide of displaced people, the head of the Xuangu Road was inexplicably coerced. On the grounds of "Tao sets life to reward good, and death to threaten evil", he rejected the "gorgeous ancestral teaching" that Chang Kun actively cooperated with at the beginning, and retained his long hair. And Xiaodao Tong Mingyue. was afraid to cut his hair short decisively, thus creating a completely different hairstyle between the master and apprentice now.

The head of the Xuangu Dao was powerless, and the little Dao Tong Mingyue was a half-old child, and the master and apprentice who were like father and son were soon "assigned" to the "idler-only" Yingu Town. However, the Taoist of Xuangu has cultivated himself for many years, studied miscellaneous studies, and has good attainments in traditional Chinese medicine, so he can naturally have a bite to eat in Yingu Town, and the old Chinese townspeople of Yinggu Town are even more happy to have a Taoist in the town.

But now, this Xuangu Taoist who wants to purify his heart and few desires, get rid of the mundane, and devote himself to the mountains and rivers, has officially planned to find a place to build a real Taoist temple in the "Earth Spirit Mountain Show".

"Master. Let's build a temple in the town, and don't look elsewhere...... Isn't that 'Crucifixion' also on the corner of the street......" Xiao Daotong looked at Yingu Town, where he had lived for a year. The expression on his face was very reluctant.

Mingyue, who has been an orphan since she was a child and was adopted by Master Xuangu, has become accustomed to the comfortable life here, and all kinds of novel and rich life content make Mingyue, who has not been out of her anger, like this place in her heart.

"No, no. How can we who worship the Tao and revere the cultivators learn from the 'Yijiao' and sit back and enjoy the noise and chaos? When choosing a quiet place where the aura of heaven and earth gathers, there is no distraction in the heart, and the self-cultivation is established. Xuangu pinched his long beard, his head swayed slightly, and his eyes turned to the undulating mountainous area north of the town, with a leisurely smile on his face.

"It costs a lot to build a view." Mingyue, who is also a Taoist boy and a housekeeper and a miscellaneous worker, covered the money bag around her waist, pursed her lips and muttered, "It's just a month to pay for the consultation, and it's hard to save some in a year, and I'm going to get it all out." In this Chinese America, everything is expensive, how can more than 100 yuan be enough. ”

"How can you be enlightened?!" When Xuangu heard this, his eyebrows and beard flew angrily, and he was about to scold this "criminal", when he saw an old man and a young man walking on the streets of the town, so he hurriedly tidied up his clothes and adjusted his feelings.

"Oh, I've found you, Dao Chief!" Lao Chentou, the chief engineer of the Yingu Porcelain Company, was out of breath, and he gave up his hand to Xuangu again and again, "The big guy heard that the chief wanted to build a view, so he scraped together some incense money, chatted about his heart, and asked the chief to accept it." ”

As he spoke, the apprentice next to him hurriedly took out a cloth bag from his pocket, which looked heavy, and it was estimated that it contained at least more than 100 US dollars in silver coins. Then I pulled out a check and handed it over, with a capital number of $500 written on it. Coupled with the existing savings, about 800 yuan of funds, if you use local materials, a simple small Taoist temple can barely be done.

"I don't know if the long-term election is good? As long as you say it, the big guy can usually go to help. Seeing that Daotong had already accepted the donation, Lao Chen pointed around with a smile, "Someone has helped to inquire, as long as the Ministry of Religious Affairs nods and covers a document, the land for the construction of the temple can be approved, and it doesn't cost any money to buy land, bricks, wood, stone tiles or something, our local area is cheap, and there are many craftsmen, so you are satisfied!" ”

"Thank you for the love of the villagers in Yingu Town, and Poor Dao plans to choose a clean place in the mountains north of the town to build a view." Xuangu shook off the dusty dust, and his expression was leisurely.

"Ahh In the mountains north of the town?! ”

At this time, Lao Chen was stunned, this Xuangu Dao Chief actually planned to go to the northern valley in the wilderness to build a view! Keep in mind that with the exception of the suburban mines, townspeople usually don't go deep into the valley to the north. The primitive mountainous terrain of the Alabachian Mountains in the north is complex and there are many wild beasts, not to mention choosing a place to build a Taoist temple, and now there is not even a decent road, only the surrounding Indian aboriginal hunters dare to operate there.

"Apprentice, pack some things and go out of town with the teacher." Without waiting for Lao Chen to continue to ask, Daoist Xuangu walked towards the north of the town with his head held high. Let the two people who rushed over to deliver the money look at each other.

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A week later. Sun Hongyi issued a notice of winter town work inspection in advance at the mayor's residence in Yingu Town. The town's civil affairs bureau was asked to inspect the preparations for the winter one by one, including administrative notices for the suspension of winter construction at several mines in the suburbs.

Another year is about to pass, and Sun Hongyi, who looked at the town's financial list, had a smug smile on his face. A few fires since last year have brought about rapid changes in the town of Silver Valley. Not only has the residents' income increased sharply, but the town's financial situation has also become more and more optimistic, and now even if the state central government does not deliberately allocate funds, he still has a certain amount of capital to carry out some large local construction projects.

I'm crookedly wondering if I can learn from West Point to do the same thing on the table. I heard a loud knock on the office door.

"Mr. Mayor, it's terrible, a resident is missing!" Coming in was the town police chief, a bearded man of European descent who had served in the Chinese American Army, but was wounded in the Northern Campaign and was discharged from the army, and was finally assigned to serve as the local sheriff of Silvervalley.

"Who's missing? When? Sun Hongyi is a little inexplicable, in his opinion, whether it is Chinese or European, this town is an honest person who keeps to himself. Moreover, the town has also posted a guide to go out for a long time, and the average townsman will not be so reckless to spend the night in the mountains.

"It's the Eastern missionary. Oh, and an Oriental doctor. I've seen him, he's a withdrawn old man, but everybody likes him. The European sheriff shrugged his shoulders and looked helpless, "The local Indian came to report that the man and his companions had gone around the mine to the west the day before yesterday and wanted to build a church there. ”

"It's a Taoist temple, a fresh and natural life, my dear sergeant." As soon as Sun Hongyi heard the name of this Xuangu, he couldn't help but want to laugh, because this Xuangu warned about several feng shui places in Yingu Town more than once, so that a group of craftsmen from the Yingu Porcelain Company persuaded him to relocate the processing workshop every day.

"Oh, yes, it's a Taoist temple...... Mr. Mayor, I plan to mobilize the police force and go into the mountains to search! My God, there are wild wolves and black bears everywhere! The European sheriff ignored the mayor's explanation, and instead anxiously proposed a solution.

"Well, it's important to get down to business, notify the National Guard Reserve, and ask them to send some people, and then ask some Mohican guides to go into the mountains to find people together!" After speaking, Sun Hongyi took out a blank official document and wrote down a document that reached the National People's Police Reserve in Yingu Town. Presumably, the National Guard Corps of Yingu Town, which is only in the stage of recruit training, is obliged to perform this due duty.

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Soon, a small squad of officers and soldiers of the National Guard, as well as half of the silver valley town police, were assembled, and even many townspeople took the initiative to participate, and the search team of more than 60 people began to enter the mountainous area.

I have to say that this is the most tragic experience of the Gengu Daochang, the master and apprentice who do not listen to persuasion, hire an Indian hunter guide, and are dumbfounded after entering the mountains. The indigenous Indians are naturally very accustomed to hunting in such primitive mountainous areas, but for the two masters and apprentices of Xuangu, who are not diligent in their limbs, they are out-and-out sins along the way.

To make matters worse, on the second day of entering the mountain, they were targeted by a North American wolf pack, and the Indian hired guide was so frightened that he almost left the two and fled instantly. Poor Master and Apprentice Xuangu were left in the mountains, and could only hide in a small cave and tremble.

Fortunately, the Indian guide who escaped still had a bit of conscience, and brought the news back to Silver Valley Town, which led to a search and rescue operation.

The latest National Guard Garrison, which has only been formed for a month, although it is full of recruits, but under the organization and leadership of the army's active non-commissioned officers, they still show organizational discipline in a similar manner, combined with the help of the police and Indian guides, they soon found the cave where the master and apprentice of Xuangu were trapped.

The climate in the mountainous area of Yingu Town is relatively cold, and on Singles' Day, the first light snow quietly falls. A fierce battle with the North American wolves was inevitable, the police revolver, standard rifle and revolver shotgun were extraordinary, killing five or six fierce wolves on the spot, when the master and apprentice of Xuangu were carried out of the hole, they were almost frozen, especially Xiaodao Tong Mingyue, who had already launched a high fever.

In the end, the "Xuanqing Temple" of Xuangu was still far away from the "beautiful mountains and rivers", and under the personal sponsorship of the mayor Sun Hongyi, the Xuanqing Temple was built in the southeast of the most secluded environment of Yinggu Town, on a slope hill woodland near the back of a small stream. Since then, the incense has flourished and become popular, not only has it become the object of frequent visits by Chinese residents in Silver Valley and West Point, but even Chinese people from as far away as the capital city of Manchester City and Porter City in the north have come from long distances, quietly driving the local food and accommodation consumption in Silver Valley Town. (To be continued.) )

PS: (This chapter belongs to Sunday plus update, and will continue next week)