Chapter 7: Chen Chujie obtained the Four Treasures of the Heavenly Book Bodhisattva Throne

Section 4 Nunnery and "Nunnery Sacrifice"

Guanyin Bodhisattva said: Chen Chujie led 50 people who were originally migrant workers and are now known as stonemasons to build the Yanjia Bridge arch bridge with cyan rock, and promptly organized manpower to dig the arched mound of earth at the bottom of the cyan rock arch bridge. After the original mound was cleared, the weir (embankment) was dug upstream, which was originally 50 meters from the bridge, and the river flowed down the original waterway from the bottom of the blue rock arch bridge.

Chen Chujie led 50 people who were originally migrant workers and are now known as stonemason masters, and adopted a new model of building a red rock arch bridge to train talents, and then building a blue rock arch bridge for thousands of years. On the day of the passage of Yanjiaqiao, Chen Chujie invited the largest flower drum theater troupe in Qiyang County to hold a large-scale ribbon-cutting ceremony for the passage of Yanjiaqiao. Qiyang County ordered a special bridge to congratulate! The Qiyang County Order sent Chen Chujie a fat pig and ten jars of rice wine! Thousands of people within a radius of 20 miles, such as Zhujia (Courtyard) Bay, Maowu Courtyard, Liumutang, Chenjiayuan, Xiaojiaao, Zhushan Courtyard, Zoujiayuan, Niejiayuan, Dengjiayuan, Zuojiatang, Zengjiayuan, Zhougong Village, Huawu Courtyard, etc., all rushed over to congratulate the people! There are also merchants in Qiyang and Shaoyang. On the same day, they all came to Yanjiaqiao to congratulate!

On that day, Yanjia Bridge was very lively. The whole stone bridge colorful flags are flying, and the whole scene is full of gongs and drums and firecrackers. Chen Chujie invited the most prestigious Flower Drum Theater Troupe in Qiyang County! The most prestigious Flower Drum Theater Troupe in Qiyang County sang the traditional repertoire of Flower Drum Opera, and Meitang Nunnery hosted Xiao (Xiao) Hanqing's lyrics of "Bangs Chopping Wood" and "Three-Character Law" and other programs! The stage is built on the first red rock arch bridge! At this time, the water of the Yanjia River has flowed smoothly from the bottom of the arch bridge of cyan rock. The red rock arch bridge is flat and open on dry land on both sides of the bridge. It is very convenient for thousands of people to watch theatrical performances.

Before the start of the theatrical performance, the Qiyang County Commander made an impromptu speech and read out the Yongzhou Government's commendation order for Chen Chujie to repair the Yanjia Bridge.

Qiyang County Decree said: Chen Chujie led 50 people who were originally migrant workers and are now known as stonemason masters, and it took less than half a year to build the only bridge across the river in the official road from Qiyang to Baoqing (Shaoyang) - Yanjia Bridge, which is a miracle created by strange people! At the same time as building the bridge, they built the only section of the official road from Qiyang to Baoqing (Shaoyang) that is the widest and best - the section from Zuojiatang to Yanjiaqiao. This section of the road is 2 meters wide, with a flat slope and a small curve, which is conducive to lifting sedan cars (ox carts and horse-drawn carriages). Chen Chujie's achievements in repairing bridges and paving roads have become the heroes of our Qiyang County! Chen Chujie is worthy of the hero who paved the way for us to build bridges in Qiyang County, and is the pride of our Yongzhou Mansion! Master Yongzhou Mansion awarded Chen Chujie the honorary title of "Luxian Bridge God"! And give a fat pig and ten jars of rice wine to give rewards. We, Qiyang County, want to record his fame and county chronicles. We want to pave the way for Chen Chujie to build a bridge, erect a monument, and immortalize his fame in the annals of history!

(Author's note: At that time, Chen Chujie still kept the arch bridge made of red rocks, so that it played a role in draining floods during the flood season.) Later, with the continuous increase of human beings, the water volume of the two tributaries of the upper reaches of the Yanjia River decreased year by year, and the stones piled up on the red rock arch bridge were no longer flooded. The red rocks in the bare sun are quickly weathered. Hundreds of years ago, Chen Chujie led 50 people who were originally migrant workers and later known as stonemasons to build the red rock Yanjia Bridge arch bridge has long disappeared! ）

Guanyin Bodhisattva said: It is precisely because Chen Chujie built roads and bridges, his merits are immeasurable, and the accumulation (Buddha) fate is too deep, so the Buddha fate gave him to quickly find the four holy relics for the burial of Tianzigang!

According to folk history, between 1281 A.D. and 1306 A.D. of Haishan (Wuzong) in the Yuan Dynasty, among the Chen clansmen in the Xianren Mountain area of Meitang, Chen Chujie, the son of the Chen family, was 36 years old when he was on an errand in the "Township Office" of Loess Pu in his place of residence, and he also served as a "head catcher". Once, after Zhou Nanshan, the director of the "Township Office", tried a thief case, Chen Chujie sent two thieves - "Ball Balls" to leave the loess paving boundary, Chen Chujie accidentally obtained the "Heavenly Book Secret" left by Tang Seng - Chen Xuanzang Immortal Mountain. Chen Chujie is a person who has read "private acquaintance", and after reading the "Book of Heaven" scriptures, he immediately hid it in his "heart". Later, Chen Chujie sent the stone that looked like a flying pigeon without a base back to the Meitang Nunnery. Since that day, Chen Chujie secretly collected "fish, grass, water, and wine" and buried them in the ancestral tomb of Tianzigang in accordance with the content shown in Tang Seng's "Secret of Heavenly Book", and kept the "secret" of the dragon vein from generation to generation.

According to historical records, during the reign of Kublai Khan, Timur (Chengzong), and Haishan (Wuzong) of the Yuan Dynasty, that is, between 1271 and 1311 AD, superstition flourished among the imperial family. Timur's mother, Hongji Thorn, drove a large number of migrant workers to build the Wutai Mountain Buddhist Temple, and nearly 10,000 migrant workers were crushed to death in logging and transporting wood.

The royal family built a large number of buildings, built temples and repaired temples, which rapidly improved the social status of monks and Taoist priests, and blew a wind of building new temples, temples and nunnery among the people. When Haishan became emperor, foreign monks would chant scriptures, and Western "holy monks" became the favored national treasures of Chinese emperors.

During the period when Haishan (Wuzong) was emperor, he indulged in pleasure and respected the Western monks, causing the Western monks to behave indiscriminately. Once, an imperial concubine met Gong Ke, a western monk, on the road, and in order to break the way, Gong Ke and others actually pulled the imperial concubine out of the car and beat her fists and feet. The attendant said: This is the imperial concubine, how dare you fight? Gong Ke said: Don't talk about the imperial concubine, even the emperor has to discipline us. After saying that, he walked away. The imperial concubine reported to the Xuanzheng Yuan, and the answer she received was that she was ordered by the emperor to strictly protect the Western monks, and those who cursed the Western monks cut off their tongues, and those who beat the Western monks were beheaded.

[Long view, close view, close-up, stunt] The imperial palace of the Yuan Dynasty flourished, built temples, repaired temples, and reused monks, which quickly spread to remote mountain villages in the south of the Yangtze River. In 1310 AD, Xiao Tianfu, the presiding officer of Meitang Nunnery, decided to rebuild the nunnery. At that time, male laborers such as Chenjiayuan, Liumutang, Zhushanyuan, Huawuyuan, and Niejiayuan near the nunnery all went to volunteer to help. Chen Chujie discovered the "Book of Heaven" 6 years ago and is "painstakingly" collecting four holy relics, so he is naturally among the villagers who help.

The Meitang Nunnery Hall is small in scale, with two rows of houses facing south in the north and in the front, and walls on the east and west sides. The central main room of the front row house houses a ceramic statue of Guanyin Bodhisattva. Because the founder of this nunnery is Xiao Tai Xianni, the purpose of building the nunnery is to provide women in the mortal world with blessings. On both sides of the main house are side rooms, where Buddha offering utensils and farming tools are placed. The four bungalows in the back row are bedrooms and kitchens. More than 1,000 years ago, when Xiao Taixian built a nunnery, the front row used cyan rocks; The rear row is made of red rock. The roof is all made of fir beams, and silk thatch is used as tiles. The ground is compacted with loess, white ash, river sand, and small river pebbles to form a "quadrangle soil". This "quadrangle" is very strong. The Tang Dynasty has been nearly 2,000 years ago, although there is no trace of the collapse of the house in that year, but the "Sihe soil" of the foundation of the house is still faintly recognizable!

Xiao Tianfu presided over the decision to demolish the original house and rebuild a courtyard house. The north and south buildings retain the style of the original houses. The original east and west walls were widened and built into wing rooms for living or placing agricultural tools. This time, the house was built with green bricks and green tiles. It's just that the ground is still unchanged with "Sihe soil".

At 15:38 on August 28, 1310, Xiao Tianfu presided over a simple "Nunnery Sacrifice" ceremony before demolishing the original house. Nearly 100 villagers and grass farmers participated in the volunteer help. Xiao Tianfu presided over an offering table, put three animal offerings, lit three pillars of incense, knelt down and bowed three times, and then read aloud the "Lou Sacrifice" written the night before:

Today, at 15:38 on August 28, 1310 A.D., I am here to hold a profound and special farewell ceremony to the nunnery where my Xiao family has lived for more than 100 years. This nunnery was built in the early Tang Dynasty and has a history of more than 500 years.

How can we forget that for hundreds of years, the nunnery has used her hard and powerful "steel and iron beams" to keep the men of my Xiao family warm all year round, so that the men of the Xiao family have a happy palace of having children and settling down.

How can we forget that for hundreds of years, the nunnery has used her hard and powerful "steel and iron beams" to keep my Xiao family women warm all year round, so that the people of the Xiao family have a happy palace to have children and settle down.

How can we forget that for hundreds of years, the nunnery has used her hard and powerful "steel and iron beams" to block snow and frost for the children of my Xiao family all year round, so that the children of the Xiao family have a peace of mind to study and find a job in the former residence palace.

Five hundred years of wind and rain, the nunnery gave the Xiao family a gift, we will never forget;

After 500 years of working together, the nunnery has forged friendships with its neighbors and friends, and we will live forever for generations!

The sound of firecrackers shook the sky, and the nunnery was transformed into a new appearance. Today, the nunnery will be easily flattened. But the soul of the hermitage created by her, "working together in the same boat, seeking the country and benefiting the people" will live forever!

For more than hundreds of years, the hermitage has been close to its neighbors and friends like brothers and sisters, and they have joy to cherish together; In times of difficulty, we are in the same boat. This nunnery is the harmonious hermitage of the land of China.

The old nunnery can be resurrected once it goes, and the soul of the building will live forever. Let's work together to build a new nunnery! Now, I propose that the people of the Xiao family bow collectively three times in the face of the old nunnery where they have lived together for more than 500 years.

With a bow, thank the heavens and the earth, it is they who have given human life, bestowed the gods of the nunnery, and made us dance together in the nunnery, and their names will be immortalized!

Two bows, thank Xiao Taixianni, she gave me a home, and now I can live and work in peace and contentment, and share peace!

Three bows, thank you distant relatives and neighbors, it is you who have given me and our Xiao family descendants the homeland to thrive, so that our Xiao family will be prosperous for generations!

Xiao Tianfu, the 89th generation of Meitang Nunnery

August 28, 1310 at 15:38 A.D

Immediately after the ceremony, the villagers dismantled the old hall.

When the villagers demolished the old house, when they stacked the statue of Guanyin Bodhisattva, they found a red rock block shaped like a carp in the base; A white porcelain vase contains a farrowing grass; an empty blue jade bottle; An empty hoist. Xiao Tianfu certainly knew the purpose of these objects. When the villagers saw these objects, they were all surprised and had different opinions.

"This is the treasure of the town left by Xiao Tai Xianni."

"This is an heirloom left by the ancestors of the Xiao family."

Only Chen Chujie saw these four items, and his expression of joy and excitement at that time was seen in his heart by Xiao Tianfu, the host of the nunnery. Chen Chujie is middle-aged, has a wide range of experience, and has deep sincerity. Six years ago, he was already familiar with the contents of the "Book of Heaven", and he had been painstakingly collecting these four holy relics for six or seven years. He had already engraved these four treasures in his heart. Chen Chujie saw that everyone didn't know the "inside story" of the discussion treasure, and he was secretly happy in his heart; At the same time, when I saw a few villagers touching the treasures with their hands, I was especially afraid that they would break the treasures. The "urgency" in Chen Chujie's heart was also seen by Xiao Tianfu, the host of the nunnery. Xiao Tianfu thought that the "fate" that the ancestors have passed down from generation to generation is probably Chen Chujie.

"Folks, these four items are the treasures of the town nunnery that Xiao Taixian Ni specially left behind when he sculpted the statue of Guanyin Bodhisattva, so don't break it." Chen Chujie shouted loudly. After that, Chen Chujie said to Xiao Tianfu: "Presiding, I will put them away first, take them back at night and put them in your bedroom (temporarily staying in Chenjiayuan during the demolition and construction of the nunnery), and return to their original position when the Bodhisattva statue is returned after the nunnery is built." ”

"Good! Just do what Chu Jie said! Xiao Tianfu said.

In the afternoon of the same day, Chen Chujie took the four holy relics of "Red Stone Golden Carp", "Porcelain Bottle Grass", "Jade Bottle" and "Scoop Gourd" home to Xiao Tianfu's bedroom.

At 19:39 p.m. on August 29, 1310, Chen Chujie has been missing the "Four Treasures" day and night since he got the Book of Heaven for more than 6 years, and today he finally appeared, and he was also obtained by him alone.

After Xiao Tianfu presided over the organization of the villagers to demolish the original houses, they immediately rebuilt a courtyard house. The north and south buildings retain the style of the original houses. The original east and west walls were widened and built into wing rooms for living or placing agricultural tools.

The front row of the quadrangle is the courtyard wall on both sides, the middle of the courtyard wall is a pai door, the pai door is a bluestone column, there is Xiao Wenqiu carved in regular script font on the column, Xiao (Xiao) Hanqing welcomed the Tang monks and apprentices to leave Meitang in that year, a traditional couplet written on the door frame of the gate:

Meiwan seedlings grow into phoenix trees day by day

The living water of the pond should jump out of the Arowana at the right time

This lower link implies the golden-scaled red carp in the dragon vein mound of Tianzigang.

This time, the house was built with green bricks and green tiles. It's just that the ground is still unchanged with "Sihe soil". Xiao Tianxiang, the master mason, set off a 10,000-ring firecracker for Xiao Tianfu on the beam of the main house (local dialect: throwing stacks) one day; And stood on the wall buttress to publish his ancestral "auspicious words", and got the highest red envelope at that time - 10 taels of silver!

The masonry master Xiao Tianxiang built the house "lost" one day, carried forward the teacher's training, inherited the ancestral industry, and published an auspicious word that has been passed down for thousands of years. In the past, it was the master masonry who "spoke good words" on the wall stacks of the new house. Nowadays, in Qidong, there is a group of "OOOs" who "say good things" and ask for money and red envelopes when people move into new homes. The content of the good words spoken by this group of "OOO" is exactly the same as the content of the "good words" spoken by the master masonry master Xiao Tianxiang when he was building the house "throwing stacks".

Xiao Tianxiang, the master mason, stood on the wall and improvised the "good words" as follows:

Firecrackers are set off for grandma

The hermitage is auspicious

Tianfu presides over Tianfu

The splendid monastery is forever brilliant

100,000 firecrackers rang out for a long time

Build a house and build a hall

Guests from all over the world came to congratulate them

The sages of the eight directions made their reputations

Tianfu presided over the prosperity of fortune

Children and grandchildren are blessed and live a long life

Do good deeds, build roads and build bridges

It is rumored that Qiyang passed Shaoyang

The children and grandchildren are all talents

After finishing college, I went to study abroad

The palace of handsome military generals

The annual salary is 100,000 gold oceans

The sound of firecrackers welcomes relatives and friends

auspicious clouds send health

Xianyou's family is rich and silvery

God protects his children and grandchildren

New bricks, new tiles, new beams

Fukumon Fukuzhai Fu'an Hall

Congratulations to the owner of the new hermitage

Happy life is long for 10,000 years

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