I'm a little curious, isn't Saipan a mixed tribe? Different peoples all worship mountain gods?

Wang Hao nodded, pointed to the stump outside the courtyard of a house on the side of the road, and whispered to us that he didn't believe in the legend of the mountain god, but the villagers of Saipan believed it.

"Look at these tree stumps, that is the altar of the mountain god's grandfather, there will be food and incense candles on it during the New Year's Festival, and it is absolutely impossible to sit on people, it will be regarded as disrespectful to the mountain god's grandfather, which is a big taboo......"

I followed his direction, and sure enough, although the houses in this village were scattered, there was a tree stump standing in front of the small courtyard of every house.

As we went up, the road became more and more rugged, and as we passed through the village, a large dense forest appeared in front of us.

These trees are not tall, but the branches are quite dense, including pine, fir, chestnut, tea and camphor trees, etc., which are diverse and disorganized. The forest was filled with turbidity, fluttering and flickering.

Wang Hao stopped, lifted the T-shirt and covered his mouth and nose, saying that there was a heavy rain yesterday, this is a miasma, everyone covered their noses, and if they inhaled it, people would swing and it would not be cured.

As he spoke, he took out a large bag of betel nuts from his pocket, gave one to each of us, and told us to chew it, saying that they have a saying here, betel nut turns into miasma, as long as we keep chewing, we will be fine.

I knew how bad the miasma was, so I was busy chewing the betel nut while blocking my mouth and nose.

This betel nut looks black, the taste is like wood at the beginning, with a smell of wine, chewing for a long time, but feeling a wisp of sweetness, with heat, a little up, and a little addictive.

Wang Hao took us and continued to climb up in the dense forest for nearly half an hour, and an old mansion with a huge area and an arched courtyard finally appeared in front of everyone.

I was amazed that the old house was made entirely of stone compared to the wooden stilted buildings that dotted around Saipan.

In addition to the wooden gates, both the roof and the towering courtyard walls are made of heavy, solid stones. In particular, the roof is not the tiles used in old houses, but rather a single stone slab with thick thatch.

Although the construction process is rough, it reveals a strong sense of history, and I am afraid that it is more than 100 years old.

This is the top of the mountain, the terrain is high, and the old house is located in an impermeable wood, no wonder you can't find it when you look down the mountain.

The earth atmosphere here is rich, like a giant dragon, from the bottom of the mountain to the tail, there is a dense forest hidden dragon head, the essence gathers but does not disperse, it is seen from afar but not visible, it is really a rare feng shui essence.

Last night in the stilted building, the mobile phone signal was still coming and going, and here, due to the dense forest, the signal was all cut off, leaving only three cold words on the screen: no service.

Wang Hao took out a key to open the courtyard door and led us into the courtyard.

A stone carved screen stands not far from the door, the screen is heavy, carved a stone lion, the eyes are slightly closed, the feet are stepping on the auspicious clouds, the sun is rising above the head, and the expression seems to be smiling but not smiling.

The lion's head knocker at the gate or the carving of a lion on a screen was a common practice in ancient architecture.

The ancients believed that tigers, lions and other fierce beasts have the power to control the house and block evil, and the tiger is a fierce beast, and the power of deterrence is too strong.

Relatively speaking, the lion is relatively peaceful, so the patterns on the ancient buildings are mostly in the image of the lion, driving away the blessing. E-Book Workshop

Bypassing the stone carved screen, I saw that the area of this courtyard was more than 30 square meters, and it was cleaned very clean. There was nothing but a thatched house built in the corner of the wall and a stone well.

There are no common chicken sheds, pigsties, and dog kennels in the villagers' homes, and the sky above them is mostly covered by the dense branches of the dense forest, and only the mottled light and shadow fall in the courtyard, which is a little gloomy and cold, without a trace of human fireworks.

The ancestral house of the Wang family looks like it is divided into three rooms, in addition to the main house, there are two ear rooms in the east and west, but it looks a little strange in the direction.

In ancient China, Feng Shui was highly valued, so almost all the houses from the imperial palace to the common people were located in the north and facing south.

That's because the south is yang and the north is yin, and the pattern of sitting north and facing south is conducive to absorbing yang energy, and it is suitable for lighting, enhancing air circulation and avoiding strong winds.

However, this ancestral house of the Wang family is sitting in the south and facing north, which makes people feel a little inexplicable. However, it is also possible that I have turned the other way and completely reversed the north and the south.

The fat man and Amorous walked around the yard, and soon they were attracted by the stone well, and ran over to see it curiously.

Affectionately ran to the well, only to take a look inside and let out a "huh", I didn't understand what it meant, and I followed it to see. Only then did it turn out that the well was extremely deep, and it did not seem to be drilled, but a natural formation.

The temperature is obviously much colder than other places, and the wall of the well is also very bright, and there is no common moss and other things.

The most strange thing is that the well water in the well shows a dark green color in the not transparent sky, which makes people feel a little stunned, as if there is a hole in it.

Generally, the drinking water wells of large families are built outside the courtyard or on the side of the house, but this well appears impartially in the middle of the courtyard, which is quite eye-catching.

The whole courtyard is an arched oval, and the ancient well in the middle is like an abrupt eyeball, and it is like a worm on the jade plate, which is strange and inexplicable.

I asked Wang Hao, this well was not drilled, right? Did your cousin say that?

Wang Hao scratched his head and said no, isn't this well drilled? The water in it is so sweet that people say it's a mountain spring.

As he spoke, he lifted an iron bucket beside him, and skillfully pulled a bucket of water out of the well for us to taste.

I saw that although the iron bucket had been deformed, there was not a trace of scale on it, and the water contained in it was not the turquoise color that we saw on it, but it was extremely clear and free of any impurities.

Wang Hao saw that we didn't drink, so he smiled and said that it was okay, I often drink this water, and I definitely don't have stomach trouble.

Seeing that he was so enthusiastic, we also took the bucket and tasted it. Sure enough, this water is clear and sweet, and it is refreshing to drink it, but the fly in the ointment is that it is too cold, as if it has been chilled in the refrigerator.

After drinking water, Wang Hao opened the door of the main house and led us into the house. Like the courtyard, the house is very tidy.

The wooden beams, tables, chairs, bogu shelves and other furniture are all wood, the style is simple, and it is not a product of modern times at first glance, and it is placed on the stone floor under your feet.

It's just that the room is dim, like it's going straight from day to night.