Chapter 9: Jiang Hongyan's funeral, the son of heaven, and the emperor's tomb

Section 3: "Compensation for Sacred Relics" and "Burning Houses to Worship Ancestors"

Guanyin Bodhisattva introduced to the Buddha and the gods in detail the whole process of Chen Chujie's hiring of Nanyue Hengshan to preside over the burial of his deceased parents at Tianzigang.

[Narrator] between 1279 -—— 1368 AD

The majestic Nanyue Hengshan Monastery is located at the peak of Hengshan Mountain.

At 9 o'clock in the morning of the 16th day of the eighth lunar month in 1313 A.D. (Yuan Dynasty), the central hall of the Hengshan Monastery in Nanyue, the abbot master Jiang Hongyan presided over the meeting.

Jiang Hongyan said in a loud voice: "At the invitation of Chen Chujie, the benefactor of Meitang District, Qiyang County, the eight disciples Kuang Hongtao, Zhu Youneng, Zou Tianbao, Lin Keqin, Wang Mingjiu, Shi Zhengtao, Guo Hongwen, and Lu Sudong, will follow me to his house tomorrow to do things. The affairs of the temple are presided over by Master Luo Jing".

On the day of the wings, Jiang Hongyan led eight disciples, riding a fast horse, facing the morning glow, and came to Chen Chujie's house - Chen's courtyard before lunch. Chenjiayuan is about two miles away from Tianzigang. Chenjiayuan is a "work" shaped bungalow suite. In the middle row are three large rooms facing north and south, the largest one in the middle is a hall house, and the two sides are bedrooms. There are two other rows of east-west bungalows, one row with two rooms and the other row with kitchens and warehouses. The toilets and livestock pens are covered on the north side of the house, 10 meters away from the house. Chenjiayuan is 100 meters away from Zhushan Compound. Chen's family courtyard was built by Chen Chujie's parents, Chen Daocai and Zhao Meiling.

Chen Daocai and Zhao Meiling have two daughters and a boy. The eldest daughter, Chen Hui, married Zou Changgang of Xianren Mountain; The second daughter, Chen Liang, married Zou Changduan of Liumutang. The 46-year-old son Chen Chujie and the 43-year-old daughter-in-law Gao Manhua have four boys and two girls. Chen Chujie's eldest son was named Chen Guangbiao, the second son was named Chen Guanghua, the third daughter was named Chen Guiying, the fourth son was named Chen Guangming, the fifth son was named Chen Guanghui, and the sixth daughter was named Chen Yuying. Chen Daocai and Zhao Meiling died on the same day around half an hour of the Mid-Autumn Festival night on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month in 1313 AD. Chen Daocai was 78 years old; Zhao Meiling died at the age of 75.

The funerals of Chen Daocai and Zhao Meiling are scheduled to be held in Tianzigang on the 17th.

Jiang Hongyan led eight disciples to Chenjiayuan to preside over tomorrow's funeral.

"Welcome to the Mages! Please take a seat! Tea Ceremony! Xiao Tianfu, the host of Xianren Mountain Nunnery, received Jiang Hongyan, the host of Hengshan Temple, and his entourage in the central living room.

"Tianfu host, you're welcome! The donor's father and mother passed away, we first express our condolences! Please mourn the benefactor on the benefactor's day! Jiang Hongyan led the disciples to bow to the remains of Chen Daocai and Zhao Meiling. Chen Chujie accompanied three bows!

"Master Hongyan, you are here, let me first introduce to you the preparations for tomorrow's funeral." After Jiang Hongyan and the disciples sat down, Xiao Tianfu presided over and said.

"Tianfu, you've worked hard for the past two days!" Jiang Hongyan said.

"Master Hongyan, now that the matter is over, I will tell the truth." Xiao Tianfu lived in Chen's courtyard after losing sleep due to leaking the heavenly secret, and Chen Chujie respected him as an elder. Now that Chen Chujie's parents are dead, Xiao Tianfu has a share of the master in the Chen family. "Tomorrow's funeral is a funeral of the Immortal Protector!"

"Immortal Blessing Divine Protection, so amazing!" Jiang Hongyan was amazed!

Xiao Tianfu said: "Long story short. Tianzigang is a dragon vein holy land! During the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty, Guanyin Bodhisattva arranged for Chen Xuanzang, the son of Chen Guangrui, to lead Wukong, Wuneng, and Wujing to come to Jiangnan for leisure on the way to learn scriptures. ”

"God bless, the blessing of the ancestors of the Chen family!" When Jiang Hongyan heard this, he folded his hands and worshiped the sky.

"The ancestors of the Chen family are dedicated to the Buddha, build roads and bridges all their lives, do good deeds and accumulate virtues, and the Buddha fate comes to the Chen family, which is the blessing and fortune of the Chen family. Chu Jie, you go and bring the 'Four Treasures' that Chen Xuanzang and Wukong, Wuneng, Wujing, and Bailongma prepared back then, and let the mages prepare in advance! Xiao Tianfu, the host of the Xianren Mountain Nunnery, said to Chen Chujie.

"Good!" Chen Chujie got up and went to the bedroom to open the cabinet and take the "four treasures".

"Master Hongyan, Chen Chujie has experienced seven years to obtain these four treasures." Xiao Tianfu, the presiding officer of the Xianren Mountain Nunnery, continued: "He first obtained the Book of Heaven, and then obtained the four treasures when I demolished and built the Nunnery. According to the book of heaven left by Tang monk Chen Xuanzang, these four treasures are the burial objects of the dragon vein holy land of Tianzigang. ”

"Host Xiao, the four treasures are here!" Chen Chujie brought an "inverted cage" (similar to a one-meter-square wooden box) from the bedroom and placed it in the center of the living room. Chen Chujie opened the lid of the "inverted cage" and took out the "jade bottle", "red stone golden carp", "porcelain bottle", "birth grass" and "scoop gourd" from it and put them on the table.

Xiao Tianfu, the presiding officer of the Xianren Mountain Nunnery, pointed to the "Four Treasures" (although he is blind, by feeling) and said: "This jade bottle needs to be filled with 300 grams of holy water from the "bottom well" before the funeral; This porcelain vase is a whole with the 'Birth Grass', which should be pre-packed before burial, and the 'Red Stone Golden Carp' is mixed with oil and spring water at a ratio of 1:10 to wipe clean; Scoop is a fairy gourd, Chen Chujie will tell you the 'secret of wine' later. ”

Although Xiao Tianfu, the presiding officer of the Xianren Mountain Nunnery, is blind, his ear skills are special. He heard that the monks of Hengshan Temple were all as if they were listening to a book from heaven, all of them were attentive, and there were more than a dozen people in the entire living room, except for the sound of breathing in their nostrils, they could no longer hear any other noise.

Xiao Tianfu presided over and said: "Tomorrow's funeral, the holy relics must be placed in order, and they must not be messed up." Chu Jie had to negotiate more with Master Hongyan on the spot. ”

According to the secret report of Chen Chujie and Xiao Tianfu, the host of the Xianren Mountain Nunnery, the burial place of the donor's father and mother this time is the dragon vein holy land. In the afternoon of the same day, Jiang Hongyan arranged for his disciple Lin Keqin to silently read the secret of wine; arranged for his disciple Zou Tianbao to take 300 grams of water from the "bottom well" and place it in the "jade bottle"; Arrange for the disciples to wish you to be able to put the "birth grass" into the "porcelain bottle"; Arrange for the disciple Kuang Hongtao to wipe the "red stone golden carp" with oil spring water.

On the afternoon of the 17th day of the eighth lunar month in 1313 A.D. (Yuan Dynasty), colorful (paper) flags fluttered, firecrackers rang out, and gongs and drums were noisy at Tianzigang in the Xianren Mountain area of Meitang. Nine mages from Hengshan Temple are doing a "legendary and mysterious" funeral ritual from the "Divine Court Immortal World".

The funeral of Chen Daocai and Zhao Meiling is scheduled to be held at 3 p.m. on the 17th day of the eighth lunar month in 1313 A.D. at Tianzigang.

[Distant view, close view] Tianzigang peak has already excavated a stone pit tomb with a length of 4 meters, a width of 3 meters, and a depth of 2 meters. The Tianzigang mountain is composed of red rocks more than one meter thick, one to two meters wide, and 70 to 80 meters long. The gap between the stones is very small, the stones are very hard, and the red soil layer that has weathered the surface of the rock for thousands of years is only a few centimeters. Tianzigang is a mountain of red rocks, which are very hard. Chen Chujie invited three stonemasons and 20 adult men to spend two days and two nights to dig it out with a shovel hammer.

The mound faces east and west, high in the east and low in the west. According to the custom of men on the left and women on the right, Chen Daocai's coffin was placed on the east side of the tomb; Zhao Meiling's coffin is placed on the west side of the tomb. These two coffins, Chen Daocai's 70-year-old birthday, hired the best local carpentry masters Liang Qiang and Liang Bing, and carved them with pine logs for 30 days. After the coffin was ready, Chen Chujie hired the best local painters, Keqin and Kejian brothers, and spent 20 days to paint the coffin. The coffin is black and bright, and there are colorful drawings on both sides of the dragon flying and the phoenix dancing, the tiger jumping and the fish jumping, the birds singing and the flowers are fragrant, and the mountains and rivers are beautiful.

[Long view, close view] Kuang Hongtao held the "Red Stone Golden Carp", Zhu Youneng held the "Porcelain Bottle Grass", Zou Tianbao held the "Jade Bottle Holy Water", and Lin Ke personally held the "Scoop Gourd Ambergris", standing under the tomb in turn.

Jiang Hongyan set up a "sacrificial table" on the left side of the tomb. On the "sacrificial table" are neatly placed "three animals": a whole steamed rooster; a braised pork foreleg elbow; A steamed bighead carp with chopped peppers. Other offerings are fruits: a plate of bananas, a plate of apples. A six-inch-tall clay porcelain incense burner is filled with incense. The incense sticks shimmered with red sparks, the smoke curled into the sky, and the smell of tulips permeated the entire Tianzigang.

Jiang Hongyan was wearing a pink robe, a white cloth on his head, and a whip in his hand, standing at the front desk of the "sacrificial table".

"Gunshot!"

Jiang Hongyan loudly announced the start of the funeral. After the master of ceremonies attending the funeral heard Jiang Hongyan's command, they quickly lit firecrackers around the grave. As soon as the sound of firecrackers stopped, Jiang Hongyan issued a second command.

"Qin Le!"

After the master of ceremonies heard Jiang Hongyan's command, he quickly struck the gong, drummed, and blew the lock, and Qin mourned.

"Qin Lebi!" The sound of the instrument stops.

"Bow down to our ancestors!"

The children and grandchildren of Chen Daocai and Zhao Meiling, who were originally standing in two rows, quickly knelt on the ground after hearing Jiang Hongyan's command.

"Bow down!"

the children of Chen Daocai and his wife kneeling in the front row; The men and women of their grandchildren kneeling in the back row kowtowed to the coffins of Chen Daocai and Zhao Meiling at the same time.

"Prostrate again!"

The sons and daughters of Chen Daocai and his wife, as well as their grandchildren, kowtowed to the two coffins at the same time

"Three prostrations!"

The sons and daughters of Chen Daocai and his wife, as well as the men and women of their grandchildren, kowtowed to the coffin again at the same time.

"Bow down!"

The men and women of Chen Daocai's children and grandchildren stood up.

"The left of the coffin of the ancestor coffin Wolong Tomb, the lower coffin!"

The master of ceremonies quickly lowered Chen Daocai's coffin to the left side of the tomb.

"The right of the coffin of the first mother coffin Wolong Tomb, the coffin!"

The master of ceremonies quickly lowered Zhao Meiling's coffin to the right side of the tomb.

Jiang Hongyan personally commanded the master of ceremonies attending the funeral, and after first arranging the two coffins in an orderly manner, he held a kitchen knife and quickly cut the neck and shin of a red-haired rooster, and used bright red chicken blood to drop drop around the coffin. Jiang Hongyan held the rooster's feet in his right hand and a whip more than a meter long in his left hand, so that the blood gushing from the wound on the neck and shin of the inverted rooster dripped on the rock at the edge of the base of the coffin. Jiang Hongyan walked around the mound at a rapid pace until all the rooster's blood was gone.

"Accompany the funeral relics 'Scoop Gourd Ambergris' to stay in the dragon mound!"

After hearing Jiang Hongyan's command, Lin Keqin quickly went down to the bottom of the tomb through the wooden ladder and put the scoop in the middle and back of the two coffins. After Lin Keqin put down the scoop, he immediately whispered the secret of the wine: "The spirit of the sky, the spirit of the earth, the Buddha and the Bodhisattva all manifest the spirit, the gods bless the immortals and protect the dragon veins, and the wine in the tomb is full of waves." After Lin Keqin finished reading, he saw that the ladyboard really had a clear water wine, and it exuded a strong aroma of wine.

"Back to Zengshi, the 'Scoop Gourd Ambergris' has been revealed, and the Scoop Gourd has been filled with ambergris!" Lin Keqin got up and stood at the bottom of the tomb and reported loudly to Jiang Hongyan Zengshi.

"The disciple bowed to the Buddha, the Bodhisattva, and the holy monk for their grace." When Jiang Hongyan heard Lin Keqin's report, he immediately bowed down to the sky!

After Lin Keqin returned to the ground and stood in place, Jiang Hongyan issued an order to bury the second holy relic.

"The funeral relics 'Jade Bottle Holy Water' stay in the Dragon Mound!"

After hearing Jiang Hongyan's command, Zou Tianbao quickly went down to the bottom of the tomb through the wooden ladder, and put the jade bottle containing 300 grams of spring water from the "bottom well" the day before to the appropriate position on the side of the two coffins.

After Zou Tianbao returned to the ground and stood in place, Jiang Hongyan issued an order to bury the third holy relic.

"The funeral relics 'porcelain bottle grass' stay in the dragon mound!"

After hearing Jiang Hongyan's command, Zhu You quickly went down to the bottom of the tomb through the wooden ladder, and put a porcelain bottle with a spawning grass in turn to the "jade bottle" in the middle of the two coffins.

After wishing you to return to the ground and stand in place, Jiang Hongyan issued an order to bury the fourth holy relic.

"The funeral relics 'Red Stone Golden Carp' stay in the Dragon Mound!"

After Kuang Hongtao heard Jiang Hongyan's command, he quickly went down to the bottom of the tomb through the wooden ladder, and put the red stone golden carp that had been polished the day before into the "porcelain bottle" in the middle of the two coffins.

When 26-year-old Kuang Hongtao placed the "Red Stone Golden Carp", he saw that the "Red Stone Golden Carp" was lifelike, the spirit dragon was vivid, and his eyes seemed to be shining with pearlescent. Immediately kissed and kissed the red stone golden carp with his mouth, his hands were reluctant, and the facial expressions with tears in his eyes made the people present sad when they saw it!

After Kuang Hongtao returned to the ground and stood in place, Jiang Hongyan issued an order to fill the grave with soil.

"Covering the Earth Dragon Mound!"

"Gunshot!"

"Qin Le!"

The master of ceremonies filled the tomb more than two meters deep with a total of five layers of loess. Each layer of loess about 50 centimeters thick is tamped with "wooden chun". At the very end of the grave is a mound about 50 centimeters above the ground.

After the graves were filled in to form a mound, Jiang Hongyan then presided over a ceremony of "turning into a house to worship ancestors" for the children and grandchildren of Chen Daocai and Zhao Meiling.

Chen Daocai and Zhao Meiling died on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival on the 15th day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar, with lifelong overwork and heart failure, and died on the same day after only half an hour. Son Chen Chujie

On the same day, four of the most famous local folk artists were invited to make a "paper house manor" for their father and mother. After the folk artists arrived, they first cut dozens of Hunan bamboos from the bamboo forest behind the house of the Chen family, used a saw and knife to break down the bamboo into bamboo blocks and bamboo chips, and then connected the bamboo blocks and bamboo pieces into a house frame model. The entire estate is divided into two rows of houses. There are seven rooms in the front row, three in the middle and two on each side on two floors. The 7 rooms in the back row are bungalows. The model of the 7 rooms in the front row is about 4 meters long; about 1 meter wide; It is about 3 meters high. The model of the rear bungalow is about 4 meters long; Width is about 0. 8 meters; Height about 1. 5 meters. After the frame is made, the artists use colored paper. glue, etc., the house model was decorated.

[Distant view, close view] model manor, the front row of the first floor, the middle one is the main house-hall. In the middle of the hall hangs the portraits of Chen Guangbiao's grandfather, grandmother Chen Daocai, and Zhao Meiling. There is a couplet on both sides of the posthumous image.

Shanglian: The ancestors cultivated talents and virtues, and they were respected through the ages

Downlink: The younger generation builds a great career, has excellent character and learning, and the generation is prestigious

There are two circular columns along the staircase of the main house, and there is also a couplet on the column.

Shanglian: Diligent and thrifty family business

Downlink: Be honest and be honest

The wings on both sides of the main house are bedrooms, and there are model dental beds, eight immortal tables, mahogany chairs, and large living utensils (products) in the bedroom.

There are farm tools in the model of the back bungalow. ploughing the plough of the field; wooden rakes for harrowing fields; "Yellow buckets" for threshing rice; wooden water wheels for vehicle water; wooden "windmills" for rice carts; There are also wooden barrels for grinding red.

"Shoot! Qin Le! Burn the house to worship the ancestors! Master Jiang Hongyan stood at the offering table and loudly announced the start of the ceremony.

The ceremonial workers first placed the "paper house manor" in front of the left side of the tomb.

Jiang Hongyan commanded the men and women of the Chen family and his grandchildren, from high to low, from oldest to youngest, and from male to female according to gender, in two columns. Chen Chujie and his wife, two sisters and brother-in-law knelt in the front row of the "manor"; In the back row are the immediate and collateral relatives of Chen Guangbiao and other grandchildren.

Presiding over Chiang first bowed to the heavens, the earth, and the grave.

"Make a wish to our ancestors!" Jiang Hongyan Zeng Shi gave a loud order.

The two columns of the Chen family, led by Chen Chujie, circled around the "manor" in turn. Each person needs to go around three times, and each circle can make a wish to the ancestors.

"Burn the house!"

After the circle was over, the Chen family dispersed. The ignition is operated by the monks of Hengshan Temple. Eight mages first piled up dry straw and dried daylily stalks around the "manor". The mages lit firecrackers placed in the stalks of dried straw and dried daylilies. In an instant, the flames around the "manor" burst out, and the fire borrowed the power of the wind, and the wind helped the fire. Amid the deafening sound of firecrackers, the "manor" soon formed a large red fireball. The "manor" in the fireball soon collapsed. Turned to ash.

After the "burning house to worship ancestors", Jiang Hongyan instructed Chen Chujie to plant three cypress trees around the tomb. According to the theory of "Feng Shui", cypress trees belong to the material of emperors and generals. After thousands of years of wind and rain, these three cypresses, now less than 10 centimeters in diameter and less than 4 meters in height, stand tall on the top of Tianzigang Mountain. These three cypress trees are not tall, but they were planted at the end of the Yuan Dynasty and bear witness to the history of the Ming Dynasty, Qing Dynasty, Republic of China and New China for more than 600 years. For more than 600 years, they have neither frozen to death by the cold winter ice and snow, nor have they died in the drought of the scorching heat. What's more interesting is that they have neither grown taller nor thicker, and have always maintained their original body shape and posture when they were planted more than 600 years ago, showing the legendary story of Tianzigang to the world like a sculpture.

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