Along the way, Xiao Yu was really like a god, supervising ancestral halls and temples all over the country.

The most common temples among the people are the City God Temple, the Dragon King Temple, the Land Temple, and a kind of three-god temple that is extremely common in the north.

City God Temple, in ancient times, as long as there is a city place, there will be a City God Temple, City God Temple originated from one of the eight gods of the "embankment", the so-called "embankment" refers to the moat, so the earliest City God is not a god, and later evolved into the "water god", that is, the god of the moat, and then gradually evolved into the guardian saint of the suburbs.

At this time, the city god was stipulated as: the lord of a city in the world of gods and ghosts, Taoism regarded the city god as the god of "cutting off evil and eliminating evil, protecting the country and protecting the country", which can be invited by people to protect the people's harvest of grains.

Legend has it that in the Zhou Dynasty, there was a tax official named Zhang Fude, who was born on February 2 of the second year of King Wu of Zhou, and was an honest official, and Zhang Defu, who was one hundred and two years old in the third year of King Mu of Zhou, died. During Zhang Defu's lifetime, he helped a poor people, and later this person heard that Zhang Defu was dead, so he moved four large stones to build a stone house to worship him. Soon, the man turned from poor to rich, and many people began to follow suit and build temples to worship.

In the past, there were 25 houses as a shrine, and each shrine established a shrine to worship the land god of its own side, which was the earliest land temple. Nowadays, there are such small stone temples in the alleys of some mountain villages, which are simply made of four stones.

Dragon King Temple, there are all over the place, and the temples dedicated to the Dragon King in ancient times are almost as common as the City God Temple and the Land Temple.

The dragon king, also known as the dragon king, is people's personified worship of the dragon. The folk fused the Buddha and Taoism on the dragon, so a roughly unified dragon king lineage was formed: the "Five Emperors and Dragon Kings" were distinguished by the direction, and the "Four Seas Dragon Kings" were distinguished by the ocean.

As the god of the water tribe, the dragon king is particularly in awe of the dragon king, and the dragon king is said to be the same as the land and the city god, and there are differences in local folklore. Although it is said that the people take food as the sky, but it is absolutely not okay for this food to leave the water, so whenever the wind and rain are out of balance, there is no rain for a long time, or when the rain does not stop for a long time, people have to burn incense and pray for the dragon king to be in good weather, so it appears in the folk like the City God Temple and the Land Temple.

In Bodhi Prefecture, Xiao Yu met a dragon king temple who didn't know what to do.

Along the way, those dragon kings who did not have the imperial court seal, which one was not respectful to Xiao Yu? When I came to Bodhi Prefecture, I saw that I was about to reach the Two Realms Mountain, but I met someone who had no eyesight, it was really unlucky.

The main hall of this temple is the dragon king hall, the main hall is in the middle of the clan god statue of the dragon king of the East China Sea as the main body, the dragon father and dragon mother are in the center, and the left and right are respectively for the nine sons of the dragon king, each with its own name, at a glance. The Dragon King is one of the four spirits in myths and legends, the king of the water tribe, in charge of the clouds and rain.

According to legend, Manjushri Bodhisattva performed and propagated the Dharma, educated the nine sons of the Dragon Palace of the East China Sea, made them listen to the Dharma, practice all goodness, give wind and peace to the people, spread rain and blessings, and became the dependents of the Bodhisattva of refuge.

Unified living in the Xida Ganhe Dragon Palace Courtyard, here to rest and teach. The statue of Jiulongzi was enshrined from the Great Sui, the dragon father and dragon mother were in the center, and the rest of the dragons were arranged in turn, symbolizing auspiciousness and blessings.

On the platform symmetrical with the stage, two ancient trees, one pine vigorous, one cypress dripping green, like two heavenly protectors, strong and tall, branches swaying, very spectacular. The red wall and gray tiles, the antique color is still the same, especially the south stage is the most quaint, and there are couplets compiled by Master Renjing on both sides: "Laugh at the things of life and the world, and the culture of opera and music comes from ancient to modern." Villagers from other places believe that there are many people who wish to repay their wishes, and they will invite the opera troupe to sing on the stage of the Dragon King Palace, and the good people from all directions often go to the Dragon King Temple to burn incense and pray for the Dragon King to control the water, pray for smooth wind and rain, and peace and security of the country.

The left side of the main hall is dedicated to the fire god Lei Gong, named Zhurong, which means to bless all living beings with worry-free food and clothing, prosperity and health;

The right side of the main hall is dedicated to the king of the ox, people abide by the farming civilization in ancient times, worship the king of the ox, can look forward to the prosperity of the six animals, the grange is abundant, and the simple ideal of the common people is entrusted. The temple on the west side of the right side enshrines two Buddha statues, respectively, the god of literature and wealth, and Zhao Gongming, the god of martial arts, admonishing people to get rid of the demons in their hearts, and to get rich, and to bless the wealth and prosperity. In the meantime, the Wuguan Hall and the guest hall are skillfully arranged on the east and west sides, forming an elegant and unique special dojo.

The small courtyard temple with carved beams and paintings presents the multicultural integration of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, reflects the good wishes of Buddhists and believers, and expresses the care of the great monks in history for the current society.

Xiao Yu knew that this Bodhi Prefecture was the territory of Buddhism.

When she came here with the old sword fairy, she found that the incense here was very vigorous. But the people all looked depressed, and they didn't look energetic at all. Xiao Yu walked in silently, although this is the Dragon King Temple.

However, there are also statues of the Buddha and the Bodhisattva.

She smiled slightly and asked loudly, "Still not out yet?"

In the Dragon King Temple, it was silent.

Xiao Yu stretched out his hand and held the old sword strip behind him.

At this time, someone smiled and said: "Don't be so big in your temper, come here to be a guest, talk well." ”

An old man, falling from the statue of the dragon king, is the god of this temple. Although there is no imperial court, it has the protection of Buddhism, and it is very arrogant. was not afraid of Xiao Yu at all, but still looked at her.

Xiao Yu knew that in the Buddhist Sect, there were also eight Heavenly Dragons.

When the Buddha is in the Vulture Mountain, surrounded by countless people, the Dragon King of the Sea leads countless dependents to the Buddha, and the Buddha is very happy to say the deep law. Please ask the Buddha to descend to the underwater dragon palace to receive offerings, and the Buddha will allow it. When the dragon king turned into a big hall, with the blue glaze purple grinding gold solemn, the jewel Yingluo seven treasures as the column, extremely large, and from the seaside through the gold and silver glaze three treasure steps, so that as for the dragon palace, please respect the world and the public to the dragon palace.

The World-Honored One led the immeasurable masses to the Dragon Palace, sat on the Leo seat of the main hall, and said the wonderful law to educate the dragon's dependents.

The dragon is one of the eight tribes, and it has supernatural powers and can change clouds and rain. The dragon king is the king of all powers, and he has all the riches, if he can

Offering from the heart makes him happy, and the sincere donor can quickly obtain wealth in this life, increase his blessing and wisdom, gain great authority, smooth career, and abundant financial resources.

The head of the dragons is called the dragon king, and in the Lotus Sutra and many scriptures, there is also a division between good and evil in the dragon king. The good dragon king is called the dragon king who follows the Dharma, that is, the dragon king who relies on the good dharma, and this kind of dragon king will guard the Dharma and protect all sentient beings. The evil dragon king, called the illegal dragon king, this kind of evil dragon king, will cause evil wind, evil water, hail and plague in the world. And the ratio of good and evil dragon kings is determined by the power of the good and evil karma of all beings.

In the Buddhist world, the largest animal, in addition to the gold-winged bird, also has a dragon or dragon king. According to the Ahama Sutra, the two largest dragons, one "Nanda" and one "Vayanda". Nanda is bigger, Vayananda is smaller, some say they are brothers, some say they are master-slave relationships.

How big are these two dragons? According to the "Adding One Ahama Sutra and Listening to the Dharma", they can wrap around Mount Meru for seven turns, with their heads still on the top of the mountain and their tails stretched out in the sea. Dragons, like goldfinches, are not only oviparous, but also wet, metaphytic, and viviparous. The dragon kings are all blessed with heavenly blessings, and their residences are very luxurious. For example, "Chang A Han Sutra Dragon and Bird Product" says:

At the bottom of the sea, there is the palace of the dragon king, 80,000 in length, the palace wall is sevenfold, the seven-fold column, the seven-fold net, the seven-fold tree, the circumference is strictly decorated, all are seven treasures, and even countless birds, and the harmony and song. "The Book of Charcoal in the Building" describes the magnificence of the Dragon Palace, which is more detailed and vivid:

At the bottom of the sea, in the north of Mount Meru, there is the Dragon King's Palace. The length of the breadth is 80,000 by ten years. Seven treasures: gold, silver, crystal, glass, red pearls, clams, agate, make seven walls, seven columns, seven crossings, seven treasure trees, and good circles.

Golden wall silver door, silver wall gold door, glazed wall crystal door, crystal wall glazed door, red pearl wall agate door, agate wall red pearl door, clams wall all treasure doors.

The color painting is good, there is a gate in its wall 20,000 miles, the door is 2,400 miles high, and it is 1,200 miles wide. Its door is often guarded by 2,500 ghosts and gods, and there are railings on the wall, which are exposed and curved. Watching by the door, the bath, there are all kinds of trees, all kinds of incense, all kinds of flowers, all kinds of leaves, all kinds of birds, and they sing in harmony.

Egg, fetus, wet, and chemical dragons all have such magnificent palaces. However, as mentioned earlier, although the life of the dragon kings is very rich, there are three troubles: hot wind and sand often come to burn themselves, evil storms often come to loot the palace's property, and golden-winged birds often come to kill.

The reason that overshadows the magnificence of the Dragon Palace is that the Dragon Palace and the Goldfinch Palace are always neighbors. According to the scriptures, the goldfinch bird, which has four births, eggs, fetuses, wetness, and transformation, can only kill and eat dragons of the same species. For example, the oviparous goldfinch can only eat oviparous dragons, not fetal, chemical, and wet dragons, and the same is true for others. But the Goldenfinch Palace and the Dragon Palace of the same species have to be together.

For example, the "Building Charcoal Sutra" says that in the north of the sea, there is a big tree called "Ju Li", which is as high as 4,000 li, the circumference of the main trunk is 280 li, and the branches and leaves are distributed for 2,000 li.

In the south of the pear tree, there is an aquatic species Goldenfinch Palace on the branches, and there is an aquatic species Dragon Palace under the sea water to the south of the tree. There is a viviparous goldfinch palace on the west branch of the tree, a viviparous dragon palace under the sea west of the tree, and an oviparous goldfinch on the east branch of the tree

Palace, there is an oviparous dragon palace under the East Sea of the tree. There is a metamorphic species Golden-winged Bird Palace in the north of the tree, and there is a metamorphic species Dragon Palace under the sea in the north of the tree.

The old dragon king smiled and said, "I know that the girl has a dragon sword, but I am the dragon of the Buddha Sect, which is different from the dragon king of the land of Kyushu." ”

Xiao Yu frowned and said, "No matter what kind of dragon it is, if you do bad things, you will die." ”

The old man smiled and said: "In Bodhi Prefecture, there are monks with profound Buddhism everywhere, can you still use a sword?"

Xiao Yu stretched out his hand, took off the old sword strip behind his back, and slowly slashed down towards the idol in the seedlings!

The old man was a little nervous, but after feeling that there was nothing wrong, he laughed out loud: "I said it, the dragon king of our Buddhist sect is not easy to be the same as the dragon king of your Kyushu land. They are afraid of you, but I am not afraid of you, holding a handful of broken copper and iron, who to scare? ”

Suddenly, cracks appeared on his face.

At this time, he wanted to say something, but he couldn't open his mouth.

Xiao Yu no longer paid attention to him, but looked at the Buddha statues around him and asked, "Do you want to protect him?"

The idol of the dragon king exploded and was split into pieces by a sword. The old dragon king, who was smiling just now, couldn't laugh at this time. His soul slowly disappeared into the air as the golden body of the god shattered, and he didn't even let out a scream.

Xiao Yu put away the old sword, left slowly, and said with a smile: "I've seen something stupid, I've never seen such a stupid one." ”

(End of chapter)