Chapter 677: The Pure Land of Buddhism
Chu Xintian didn't care. He led Chu Yuan to the flower hall to greet the elders of the Lu family.
Due to the large number of people traveling, the Lu family sent a big carriage, and six people sat in it at the same time, letting Lin Er and Hammer follow behind.
Before going out, Lu Weichuan should make some arrangements. All the sights they visit are close, and they don't have to travel long distances by car or horseback.
After all, the capital of a country is the capital of a country. It's a thriving place. There is a long gap between the county seat and Sungai Village. Everywhere they went, there was a bustling crowd.
Chu Xintian herself is not very fond of lively people, she thinks, living here, the pressure is also very high, in addition to seeing so many people every day, the cost of all aspects of life is also very high.
Chu Xintian just asked Lu Weichuan about the housing prices in the capital.
In her opinion, whether modern or ancient, the most representative of clothing, food, housing and transportation is housing prices.
Lu Weichuan said that the most ordinary small house in the capital is a few thousand taels. If it is removed from the one with a larger foundation, it will be two or three thousand taels.
The large houses where the princes and nobles lived were all feng shui treasures given by the emperor. On them, they built to their liking, naturally spending countless pieces of silver.
When Chu Xintian heard these words, she couldn't help but slap her, thinking to herself that even if she could buy a house in the capital, she didn't want to live here.
Preferably in Sungai Village. It's quiet and comfortable.
In fact, in this day and age, it's pretty much the same everywhere. No electricity, no internet.
Living in the capital is not necessarily better than living in Sungai Village.
Finally, when it was almost noon, Lu Weichuan took a group of people to the oldest Xiangguo Temple in the city.
Xiangguo Temple is a thousand-year-old temple located on the Little Elephant Mountain in the south of the city.
When Buddhism was introduced to the Central Plains, it swept the world. Over the course of a hundred years, thousands of temples have sprung up in the Central Plains.
Later, the royal family changed, war broke out, and the Central Plains region was invaded by barbarians. Many princes who did not believe in Buddhism occupied the Central Plains and began to exterminate Buddhism. Many ancient temples were destroyed. Xiangguoji Temple was not big at first, and the incense was not strong. Today, it was neglected in the disaster, but it has been preserved.
Until a hundred years ago, Emperor Gaozu of this dynasty, built the capital here, in order to appease Buddhism, so that Buddhism and Taoism have equal status in the central plain, Buddhism gradually raised its head, and many new temples were built in the capital.
Sangokuji Temple, which survived the war, did not flourish due to its original Buddhism.
Lu Weichuan saw that Chu Xintian didn't like to be lively, so he decided to take everyone to Xiangguo Temple.
After entering Xiangguo Temple, Chu Xintian saw many monks wearing saffron monk robes and yellow lama hats.
Chu Xintian knew that this Xiangguo Temple was likely to be what modern people call Tibetan Buddhism.
In traveling to this era, Chu Xintian found many histories that were different from what Chu Xintian knew in modern times, but there were also many similarities and overlaps.
The Central Plains region, like the era experienced by Chu Xintian before, experienced the prosperity of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, Emperor Wu of the Qin and Han Dynasties, and the Tang Dynasty, but it was very different in the later eras.
Chu Xintian is not a historian, but she believes that the era in which she lives may be another parallel space, created by some unknown mysterious force at some point in history.
It makes sense. Why, there are so many similarities and so many different changes in the history of this era, Chu Xintian knows.
Chu Xintian didn't know much about Buddhism. Although Sangkokuji Temple is relatively old and the incense is not strong, the believers here are very religious. Many pilgrims knelt on the ground and kowtowed.
Although Chu Xintian did not believe in Buddhism, he came to the beautiful Xiangguo Temple, which was very quiet. Chu Xintian also felt very comfortable.