Chapter 104: Visiting the Temple Fair
In addition to the silkworm temple, there are no other temples in Shilitang.
The venue for this temple fair is in Shiyuan Tiancun on the other side of the wharf, where there is a relatively famous temple dedicated to Guanyin Bodhisattva, known as Guanyin Temple.
There are various statues of Guanyin inside, such as the thousand-armed Guanyin, the lotus sitting Guanyin, the sending son Guanyin, and the Yangzhi Guanyin......
Naturally, there are many people who go to worship, and Li Qing has been to Jiang a few times before, all to repay his wishes.
Jiang is a relatively enlightened woman, she does not worship Buddha statues at home. Only the ancestral rank is enshrined in the shrine at home. But Jiang sometimes goes to the silkworm temple to see and add some sesame oil money.
Spend a few copper plates to cross the river, and then walk on the dirt road for a while, you can see the Guanyin Temple.
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the incense of Guanyin Temple is vigorous, and there are not a few people who come to play and worship Guanyin. Even some people in the county town will come by boat.
The open space in front of the temple is full of small vendors, there is no shortage of all kinds of jugglers, and some are doing a little business while playing.
There are also flower farmers who pick the flowers that can bloom in winter and make garlands to sell.
Yun Ji saw the strings of sugar gourds at a glance, since he ate sugar gourds, Yun Ji abandoned the sugar people he used to love and became obsessed with sugar gourds.
When you bite into it, it's crispy and powdery, sweet and sour. Li Qing would occasionally buy it and eat it. This is a life, eating is also a pursuit of life, only food can not be disappointed.
After a while, the two of them had a string in their hands. Yun Ji is okay, but Li Qing has to bear the fingers of some menopausal women.
It's such a big person, and he still eats what children love to eat.
Li Qingcai doesn't care! I spend my own money to eat, and I don't eat other people's rice, so why hurry.
"Mother, look at the fire." Yun Ji let go of Li Qing's hand and ran to the juggling circle. However, he was too short, and when he approached, he was blocked and couldn't see. Yun Ji couldn't squeeze in for a long time, and returned to Li Qing in frustration.
"I can't see it."
"Who told you to be too short! Or my mother will carry you, so you can see it. Li Qing swallowed the last sugar gourd, she ate it very well, and she didn't eat the sugar juice out of her lips at all.
threw the bamboo sticks, wiped his hands, and Li Qing carried the clouds twice.
"Let's see if we can see it." Li Qing raised his head and said to Yun Ji.
Yun Ji felt that his ears were hot, everyone else was carried by his father, but he was carried by his mother. His mother didn't care about etiquette at all, and was only for his good.
It's nice to have a mother's baby! I have one of the best mothers in the world, thinking about Yun and happiness.
"Silly baby, what are you thinking, how is it, do you see?"
Yun Ji nodded hurriedly, "See, it's clear!" ”
"Let's go, my mother will take you to see what you want to see, where to go." Li Qing squeezed Yun Ji's legs and asked him to go up a little more.
"Only by standing higher can you see farther, Xiaobai looks, can you see further?" Li Qing walked to the juggling circle with Yun Ji on his back, and Yun Ji came out and saw the monkey and the fire changing face clearly.
"Yes, mother!" One day, I will definitely stand on a high place and take my mother and grandmother to see farther away.
"Let's go, let's go and see the others, you see there are masks for sale, do you want us to buy them and play around?"
"Yes, yes, yes." Clouds and hands in favor. "Mother, let me down, I can go the next way."
Li Qing gently put Yun Ji down, straightened his clothes, and said, "You kid, you look thin and thin, I didn't expect it to be as heavy as a stone, if it weren't for my mother to be able to carry a big stone, I wouldn't be able to carry you." ”
"Hey, hey, you can carry it, you can carry it, and you will change to a little white-backed mother in the future." Yun Ji touched Li Qing's sleeve and said.
"Okay, I'll wait, hahaha."
The noodles are made of wood, some are made of paper, some are made of leather, some are made of straw, and then they are double-sided paste paper. Most of the masks are depicted in the shape of monsters and ghosts or gods, and some are in the shape of animals.
"See which one you like?" Li Qing said to Yun Ji.
"This lady takes her children to buy masks, look here, specially made for children to wear, to ensure that evil spirits are eliminated."
The stall owner was an old man in his fifties and sixties, and he saw Li Qing pulling a baby. He had seen so many people's faces, and it was the first time he had seen two people so spiritual. The mother's temperament was steady and wise, and the child's eyebrows and eyes were cunning, and he was full of bookishness.
Li Qing and Yun Ji followed the stall owner's instructions and saw some smaller masks on the small stall on the side.
"Mother, I like this." Yun Ji picked up a half-mask of a white-faced man, this mask was white except for a fire mark between his eyebrows and a pattern carved on his sideburns, and there was no other decoration.
"Then you can tell me why you like it?"
Li Qing half-squatted down and looked at Yun Ji with a mask. The mask is only halfway through, revealing the mouth under the nose. It's not scary overall, and it's even a little cute.
"It's not as complicated as other masks, and it looks very comfortable." Yun Ji helped the mask on his face.
"The little boy has good eyesight, this is portrayed according to the appearance of the divine beast Bai Ze, this is an auspicious beast that turns evil into auspiciousness, and the meaning is very good!" The stall owner exclaimed.
"How much?" Li Qing asked with a smile.
"Five copper coins." The stall owner said, Li Qing opened the money bag and paid the money, and thanked him. Pull up the clouds and go to the Guanyin Temple, since you came, of course you have to see the Bodhisattva statue.
"Mother, why do you think they worship the Bodhisattva?" Yun Ji saw a group of people kneeling in front of the thousand-armed Guanyin, kneeling three times and knocking nine times.
"That's their sustenance." Li Qing pulled Yun Ji to a corner, if these words were heard, she didn't dare to guarantee that those who burned incense would attack her.
"Since ancient times, no one has been able to distinguish between ghosts and gods, and if you believe in it, you have it, and if you don't believe in it, you don't have it, and some people have no way to ask for hardship, so they have to believe in God, so they come to worship, and pray that God can give them all the things they want, and they can have peace of mind, and they are not afraid of anything, which is good."
Li Qing paused, and then said: "However, some people are obscured by this demon and embark on an evil path, one of them is useless to seek Buddha and worship God, and often goes to extremes and harms people a lot, and the other is a vain attempt to obtain financial gains, once it is exposed, they will be regarded as shameless and shameless people, and they should be brought to justice." ”
If the law does not reach, it will secretly exert its strength.
Li Qing didn't give the last words to Yun Ji, these right thinking, now is not the time to hand it over to him.
"Bang bang." Suddenly, I heard the sound of a folding fan knocking on my hand, and I heard a man say: "What this lady said is very reasonable, this god and demon worship is indeed just to seek peace of mind, but what the lady said is a disadvantage that Wei has never thought of." ”