Chapter 62: Maoshan Mountain
In fact, if you talk about it, the charms and spells used by our Li family should be traced back to a branch of the Shangqing faction in the Sanqing. Maoshan is the birthplace of the Shangqing faction and is called the "Shangqing Altar".
In fact, I still understand about Sanqing in many aspects, Sanqing refers to Yuqing, Shangqing, Taiqing, these three factions are the highest gods of Taoism, the lord of Taiqing is the moral Tianzun is the Taishang Laojun, the lord of Yuqing is the Yuan Shi Tianzun, and the lord of the Shangqing is Lingbao Tianzun.
So if it really counts, my Li family's sect should worship Lingbao Tianzun, and Maoshan is precisely the dojo of Lingbao Tianzun.
In fact, in the territory of Jiangsu Province, there are two Maoshan mountains. A Maoshan at the junction of Jintan City and Jurong City in the south of the Yangtze River, called Nanmao Mountain; The other is in Xinghua City on the north bank of the Yangtze River, called Beimao Mountain.
During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, Ren Dachun, a representative of the Yangzhou School who was famous for his research and research, said in the "Tablet of Guomao Mountain": "Beimao Mountain is the place where Sanmao Zhenjun first practiced the Tao".
That is to say, during the period of Emperor Jing of the Western Han Dynasty, the three brothers Mao Ying, Mao Gu and Mao Zhen originally cultivated in Beimao Mountain to save the people, so it was called Maoshan Mountain. Later, they were invited to Juqu Mountain in the south of the Yangtze River, which led to the distinction between South and North Maoshan Mountains.
As early as the Han Dynasty, Xianyang, Shaanxi, there were three brothers of the Mao family, brother Mao Ying, the second brother Mao Gu, and the third brother Mao Zhen, who saw through the red dust and wrote down "only to see the willow green in spring, and see the chrysanthemum yellow in the autumn wind, and the glory is finally the dream of the three watches, and the wealth is also the same as the frost in September". They wear the stars and the moon, eat and sleep in the dew, day and night, go to the shore of the Yellow Sea, see a high mountain, the forest is towering, the green shade covers the sun, the grass is like grass, the lemongrass is everywhere, they stay in the mountain to live in seclusion, cultivate the Tao, collect medicine and alchemy, and save the world.
After a long time, the Mao brothers finally achieved positive results and were ranked in the immortal class. Therefore, the descendants built the Sanmao Taoist Temple, called them Sanmao Zhenren, and called the mountain Sanmao Mountain. Those who come to the mountain to learn the Tao and seek medical treatment are endless. At that time, in the area of Jintan in the south of the Yangtze River, the plague was prevalent, and there were three Mao real people in Maoshan in the north of the Yangtze River who had superb humane law, and the medical skills were clever, and they could cure all kinds of diseases, so they came to seek treatment, and the three Mao people were happy to go, and they lived in Huayang Cave in Qushan Mountain.
After being treated by real people, hundreds of people have been cured. After the death of Sanmao Zhenjun Immortal, people were grateful to Dade, built a temple on the top of the mountain, and made a statue for worship. Since then, Juqu Mountain has been renamed Nanmao Mountain, and Sanmao Mountain in Jiangbei has been renamed Beimao Mountain, referred to as Maoshan Mountain.
This is the origin of Maoshan Mountain, of course, these things are not secret, but I saw it from the introduction of the scenic spot, and then I wrote it out for everyone to see, nothing special.
We have a book is long and no book is short, I just look at the scenery all the way, while climbing the mountain, I sit down and rest for a while when I am tired, I feel very happy to look at the surrounding scenery, after all, Maoshan has been known as the ancient blessed land since ancient times, and the scenery is nothing to say.
Just walked all the way, when I climbed to the main peak of Maoshan Damao Peak Jiuxiao Wanfu Palace was already more than half a day later, just climbing the mountain this one tired me and my grandson, this is not that I have bad physical strength, but I am a little stupid and did not bring something to eat, although there are vendors on the way to sell things, but after all, there is still a feeling of physical exhaustion.
Along the way, I found a lot of interesting things, such as someone in the scenic area of Maoshan with a sign fortune telling, and there are people who sell talismans, and everyone basically pretends to be quite like that.
When I was resting earlier, someone asked me if I wanted a talisman? What else do you say to drive away ghosts and evil spirits, a sharp weapon to keep peace, to be honest, I really don't know how to answer him, isn't this Li Kui meeting Li Kui, after the incident, Li Kui still had to let Li Kui buy the axe in his hand, and told people that this was used by Li Kui, which is a bit too fucking nonsense.
But I really saw the charm of Maoshan, and even the small vendors selling things around me can give you a meal about Taoist origins and so on.
Because when I came, it was not a winter and summer vacation, nor was it a holiday, so there were not many tourists on Maoshan Mountain, Jiuxiao Wanfu Palace is actually a building complex, with a total of five halls: Taiyuan, Gaozhen, Ersheng, Lingguan, and Dragon King; Tibetan scriptures, the holy master two pavilions; Yuxiang, Huanxiu, Yiyun, Chongbi, Lizhen, Yihu six courtyards, the left and right sides of the Taoist house, guest hall and other buildings nearly 100 rooms.
When I entered the palace, just entered the door into the eyes is the Lingguan Palace, the whole palace is majestic and enshrined in the statue of Sanqing, I stood outside the hall and did not abruptly enter, I think I should first correct my mentality, although this is the birthplace of the Li family's Taoism, but I came this time and did not recognize the ancestors and return to the ancestors, just play as a tourist.
Thinking of this, I stepped into the temple, there are a few people in the hall are worshiping the statue of Sanqing, most of them are lit three incense sticks and then knelt on the ground and kowtowed respectfully three heads, I saw what these people did, I shook my head helplessly. For Buddhism, there is a prostration, and Taoism does not need to kowtow at all, but many people confuse Taoism and Buddhism, so they will kowtow no matter what they encounter.
I didn't have much to do to remind others that I didn't need to kowtow, and the little Taoist priest next to me didn't say anything, so I don't want to meddle in my affairs, just take care of myself.
I went to the incense shop at the door and bought three short incense, and the man kept fooling me and told me to let me buy long incense, the expensive kind can show sincerity.
I really didn't want to pay attention to him, and then, in the contempt of the boss, I bought the cheapest three short incense sticks and returned to the temple, I lit the incense with the candle in the temple, and then took the incense in both hands, pressed it to the center of my eyebrows, bowed three times to the idol, and inserted the incense into the incense burner.
Slowly took two steps back, made a handprint on the idol, and after making a Taoist salute, he turned around and left the main hall, I didn't notice that the little Taoist priest next to me saw me worship Sanqing, and his eyes were full of surprise.
I slowly visited the buildings of Maoshan Mountain, the Nine Heavens Wanfu Palace is actually still very large, some of the 100 buildings are occupied by Taoist priests, and some are used to sell souvenirs.
Maybe it's because I drank a lot of water when I climbed the mountain, and after a while I wanted to go to the toilet, but I didn't find where the toilet was, and after a big turn, I didn't know how, and I came to an iron door with a sign on it saying that tourists stopped.
This should be the place where the Taoist priest lives his daily life, I saw through the gap in the door, there is a courtyard inside, there are many houses, there is an incense burner in the center of the courtyard, as for the rest I can't see. Just as I was about to turn around and leave, a middle-aged Taoist priest came from not far away, and I didn't know where the toilet was, so I would ask someone by the way.
I walked forward quickly, subconsciously made a Taoist salute to the Taoist priest, and then asked, "Hello Taoist chief, where is the toilet?" The middle-aged Taoist priest looked at me, his eyes showed a little strangeness, and after returning a salute to me, he said, "Come with me." With that, he took the key out of his pocket, walked over to the door I had just seen, opened it, and walked in.
As soon as I entered the door with my front foot, I found that the Taoist priest who had brought me in front of me had disappeared, and in front of my eyes was a white expanse, and the houses and incense burners that I saw through the cracks in the door were gone, as if they were foggy, and I could not see anything.
When I turned around and tried to look for the gate again, I found that the gate was gone, what the hell is going on! Isn't this Maoshan? Could it be that the person just now was a murderer, and this courtyard is a place to trick tourists in and then rob and kill people? No, this is Maoshan!
After thinking about it for a while, I calmed down, first of all, these white fogs are definitely not ghosts or demons, because I don't feel any breath, and I can still feel a trace of righteousness in the dark. After thinking about it, I suddenly laughed, these Maoshan Taoist priests are quite interesting, they must have noticed me from the time I was incense to Sanqing in the Lingguan Palace.
The tourists on this day are some kowtows, and suddenly one day a person who bows with authentic Taoist etiquette, who is it, will be surprised when he sees it, this is indeed my negligence, but this is nothing, I know how these etiquettes should be done, if I pretend not to know, I will definitely not be able to do it.
Coupled with the middle-aged Taoist priest I met just now, how can modern people ask for directions, at most they just say hello, or disturb or something, people like me who make a Taoist salute should not be rare.
That's why this Taoist priest brought me here, probably to try me. It wasn't very difficult for me to come to this conclusion, because my approach was as if I stood out from the crowd and was too conspicuous to go unnoticed.
After laughing at myself, I thought of two results, the first is to pretend to be stupid, pretend to be scared, and then be sent out, but I am very unconfident in my acting skills, and I don't need to pretend to be stupid, right? So I chose the second one, trying to see what the white mist in front of me was.
"Qiankun uses the law to show his magical powers, and everything is in my eyes. Although the ghost and god Taoism methods are different, the eyes of heaven are open, and everything is clear. Haste as a law! "When I opened my eyes, I saw a faint trace in the white mist. It's easy to talk about finding traces, I thought about it for a while, and decided that since you want to try me, then I can't let you look down on me, so I'm ready to use my strongest charm directly! I took out the "Bingding Fire Separation Evil Talisman" that I had drawn from my pocket and read it aloud: "The fire is from the south, and the Bingding is evil and evil!" ”
"That's it! Little friend, take the evil talisman, my small yard can't stand your fire and leave the evil talisman. "The white fog gradually dissipated, and an older man was standing in front of me.
PS: I wish you all a happy Mid-Autumn Festival! Holly is more miserable, and there are no mooncakes to eat.