A life without books is as lonely and difficult as a day without love.

The lonely and difficult days still survived until the weekend.

This weekend, Ye Qian and I met to visit Badachu Park, which is located at the southern foot of Beijing's famous Xishan Scenic Area.

"Why is this called the Eight Places, and not the Seven or Nine Places?" Ye Qian asked me after buying the tickets.

"Because there are eight ancient temples in the mountains!" I smiled, "The eight places are: one Chang'an Temple, two Lingguang Temple, three Sanshan Nunnery, four Dabei Temple, five Longquan Nunnery, six Xiangjie Temple, seven Baozhu Caves, and eight Zhengguo Temple. This question is too simple, fools know it! ”

"Then I'll ask you a question that is a little difficult," Ye Qian said with a smile, "If you can answer it, I'll surprise you today; If you can't answer, I'll give you a scare today! ”

"Please ask!" I said with confidence.

"What are the twelve scenes of the Eight Places?" Ye Qian smiled.

"I know," I said earnestly, "but I don't remember it all, and I guess I can only name about ten!" ”

"Ten is your answer!" Ye Qian said with a smile.

"The twelve scenes are," I pondered, "and overlooked, the apricot forest of the spring mountain, the green peaks and clouds, the sunset of Lu Shi, the sound of smoke and rain, the night moon of the five bridges, the flowing springs of the water valley, the stacked green of the tiger peaks, the red leaves of late autumn, the dawn of the high forest, the mountain torrents after the rain and the clear snow of the mountains." ”

"Twelve," Ye Qian smiled, "The answer is all!" ”

"Oh my God!" I exclaimed, exaggeratedly, "You can count!" After ten fingers, two more toes! ”

"What kind of mountains do the three mountains refer to?" Ye Qian asked again.

"Cuiwei Mountain, Pingpo Mountain, and Lushi Mountain," I said impatiently, "do you think we are here for fun or for exams?" ”

"I have a big plan," Ye Qian said mysteriously, "It has something to do with you, but I can't say it now!" ”

"What's the plan?" I asked with interest.

"It's no good, don't say it!" Ye Qianqiu said slightly.

"Tell me," I urged, impatiently, "I can't stand your appetite!" If you say it now, I'll buy all the tickets when I come out to play in the future! ”

"Very good," Ye Qian said coquettishly, "My plan is that after we have visited all the attractions in Beijing, I plan to let you write a book about love stories, and tell the love story of Beipiao with the major attractions in Beijing as the background!" Therefore, we need to observe carefully and deeply understand when playing, so that we can accumulate a lot of relevant materials and lay a solid foundation for writing that love story in the future! Of course, this premise is that we haven't broken up at that time! ”

"That's a good plan," I said excitedly, "why didn't you tell me sooner?" ”

"If I told you earlier," Ye Qian smiled, "Will anyone take the initiative to contract the tickets in the future?" ”

"Not only are you far-sighted, but you are also deep," I said with great admiration, "so why write that book later, instead of starting now?" ”

"The time is not ripe now," Ye Qian said with a serious face, "Now romance books are basically famous, and it is difficult for ordinary authors to publish, and it is useless to write them!" Only when the time is ripe and the material has accumulated enough, the time for real creation can actually be very short! ”

"It's really a win-win-win ”

"Now admit that you're simple-minded!" Ye Qian said with a smile.

"It's very simple," I said solemnly, "like stones, and it's playing with stones; It is also like wood, and it is elm; More like ......"

"Stop!" Ye Qianxing said with slight disgust, "Besides, I don't want to be with you!" ”

I smiled.

Ye Qian smiled.

"The ancients said," Ye Qian said as she walked, "the beauty of the three mountains is like a gorgeous house; The beauty of the eight places is like an antique in the house; Twelve landscapes, like a garden outside the house. ”

"The ancients seem to have said," I said with a smile, "the beauty of Xiangshan lies in artificiality; The beauty of the eight places lies in nature. ”

"Alright," Ye Qian said to me at the gate of the mountain, "we can start the tour!" ”

"Then let's start with a Chang'an Temple!" I suggested.

"One place is not open," Ye Qian explained, "because it has not been restored to its original appearance after it was destroyed before." However, we can take a peek from the hillside high above the wall! ”

"Let's go!" As I spoke, Ye Qian and I came to the high place outside the red wall of Chang'an Temple.

"You see," Ye Qian said seriously, "Chang'an Temple leans on Cuiwei Mountain, sits west and faces east, surrounded by red walls, and two into four. You see that there are two whitebark pines of the Qing Dynasty in the front yard, and there are two whitebark pines of the Yuan Dynasty in the courtyard of the Niangniang Palace in the backyard. These two pairs of old trunk and horizontal branches, the frost skin is half-off, like a canopy. ”

"In the eyes of the ancients in our country," I said with a smile, "the whitebark pine was regarded as a white dragon, a silver dragon, or a divine dragon, and many poems praising the whitebark pine were written throughout the ages. ”

"Sing a song, please!" Ye Qian smiled.

"The Tang Dynasty poet Zhang wrote a poem," I said softly, "the leaves are thin with silver branches, and the flowers are dried with fragrant powder." In the smoke and rain at the temple gate, it is mixed with the white dragon to see. ”

"China's whitebark pine," Ye Qian said softly, "since ancient times, it has been planted in royal palaces, royal gardens, imperial tombs, ancient temples and other places." Their white dry green crown and the exquisite ancient buildings of China's yellow tiles and red walls complement each other, embellishing the places of interest and historic sites where they are located with antique colors, and becoming a unique garden landscape in our country. Now the question arises, what is the meaning of whitebark pine? ”

"I only know the pine tree," I told the truth, "I don't know the meaning of the whitebark pine!" ”

"It's very modest to ask if you don't understand," Ye Qian said with a smile, "Whitebark pine is a unique tree species in China, so it represents China; Whitebark pine is adaptable, free of pests and diseases, very healthy, and has a longer lifespan than other tree species. Therefore, it represents tenacity, health, and longevity! ”

"Then let's make our love like a whitebark pine!" I said happily.

"It's best to look like these two ancient whitebark pines in the courtyard of Niangniang's palace," Ye Qian said affectionately, "Staying together, after hundreds of years, after the vicissitudes of life, they are still flourishing, and there is no third whitebark pine to intervene!" ”

"I guess the two whitebark pines in the backyard are a couple," I thought about, "and the two trees in the front yard are another couple, and they live in harmony without interfering with each other!" ”

"Goodbye, two ancient whitebark pine couples," Ye Qian said with a smile, "We're going to visit Lingguang Temple!" ”

Lingguang Temple is the second temple in the Eight Great Divisions, dating back more than 1,300 years.

It sits north facing south and is laid out longitudinally. The south is the Great Compassion Temple and the Goldfish Pond Temple, and the north part is the Abbot's Temple, the Tower Temple, the Lay Temple, and the Daxiong Treasure Hall.

The existing monuments in Lingguang Temple are the big goldfish pond under the cliff behind the palace.

The big goldfish in the goldfish pond have a peculiar appearance, the largest is more than two feet long, the most golden-red, ink-chrysanthemum-colored, and various colors such as silver gray and colored spots. There are a few sky-blue goldfish, floating in groups, like a weaving cotton. Visitors stand on the shore of the pond, the reflection enters the water, and the goldfish quickly swim in groups, constantly spitting bubbles. Some people cast bait, and after they latch on, they are very active.

"It is said," I said to Ye Qian, "the goldfish pond was built in the sixteenth year of Qianlong, and was expanded and stocked with goldfish during the Xianfeng period. ”

"So what is the meaning of the goldfish?" Ye Qian asked with a smile.

"The hall is full of gold and jade, and there is more than one year after another!" I blurted out.

"What about the carp?"

"Steady progress, soaring!"

"What about catfish?"

"More than every year!"

"I can't help but ask you," Ye Qian smiled, "What about the fish turning into a dragon?" ”

"Meaning transformation!" I smiled.

"It's hard for you," Ye Qian said with a smile, "You're really a talent!" ”

"You asked me so many questions about fish," I said to Ye Qian seriously, "I'll only test you one question about fish, if you can answer it correctly, I'll pay for all of our meals together in the future, how about it?" ”

"Really?" Ye Qian urged with interest, "Ask!" ”

"Do you know what a half-fish is?" I asked with a smile.

"Half of the fish?" Ye Qian guessed.

"I'll give you another chance!" I say.

"I really don't know," Ye Qian said with a frustrated face, "This question is too weird!" ”

"Half of the fish," I said in a vague way, "has a peculiar shape, a distinctive shape, with a raised and scaly body on one side and a flat, smooth, and scaleless body on the other, so that it looks like a fish with a half body, hence the name." ”

"Is there really such a fish?" Ye Qian asked suspiciously.

"Yes," I said seriously, "in people's impressions, the mandarin duck is a symbol of beauty and love, they are always in pairs, inseparable, and lingering together, so people often use the mandarin duck as a metaphor for loyalty to love." The half fish is also like the mandarin duck, and the male and female fish always love each other and live together. What's even more interesting is that every time they encounter a distress beach as they move forward, the male and female will cling to each other with the flat side of their bodies, and the two fish will become one, working together to move up the river. If one of the fish can't swim, the other won't leave alone. Therefore, the local people have a hymn that 'love should be like half a fish', which is a metaphor for people's unswerving loyalty to love and growing old together. ”

"Then how come I've never seen such a fish before?" Ye Qian asked curiously.

"If you're from Guangxi, you'll know that," I explained, "Half of the fish lives in the Huaping National Nature Reserve in northwestern Guangxi, and is on the verge of extinction because of its delicious meat and frequent poaching." ”

"Love should be like half a fish," Ye Qian said with a smile, "Life should be like a big goldfish!" ”

"Career should be like a big carp," I said with a hippie smile, "and don't be a big dead fish!" ”

We came to Sansan-an with emotion.

Sansanan is the third temple in the Eight Great Divisions, which was founded in the third year of Kim Tiandeok, more than 900 years ago. The mountain gate of Sansanan Temple faces northeast, and it is a courtyard with an exquisite layout and beautiful construction.

"As soon as I walked here," I said to Ye Qian with emotion, "I suddenly felt open-minded, and I felt a lot of emotion. ”

"Did you bring cotton?" Ye Qian asked me expressionlessly.

"What do you want that thing for?" I asked, puzzled.

"Such a poetic place," Ye Qian said softly, "I want to make the roots of my ears clear for a while!" ”

I glanced at Ye Qian expressionlessly, and then closed my mouth stupidly.

Ye Qian pursed her lips and smiled.

We came to the Temple of Great Compassion in silence.

Dabei Temple is the fourth temple of the Eight Great Divisions, dating back more than 900 years. The temple is alone in the depths of the jungle, the layers of halls rise according to the mountain trend, the staggered falls, the mountain gate to the south.

"Look at how beautiful the green bamboo here is!" Ye Qian smiled and said to me, "The stems are well-proportioned and the branches and leaves are beautiful. ”

I was expressionless and silent.

"Ignore me, huh!" Ye Qian said with a smile on her cheeks.

"No," I said with a smile, earnestly, "the average bamboo is bound to wither in late autumn." Look at the bamboos here, they are still so verdant! ”

"This is a rare breed of yellow skin, which is a rare variety," Ye Qian said with a smile, "Even in winter, when the frost is frozen, they will still be verdant, which is also a rare scenery in the Eight Great Places." ”

"The symbolism of green bamboo is always upright!" I said it seriously.

"Yes," Ye Qian said delicately, "bamboo symbolizes the flexibility and strength of life, longevity, tranquility, happiness and harmony. Bamboo is elegant and charming, slender and soft, evergreen and undefeated, symbolizing eternal youth; The bamboo is chic and upright, beautiful and handsome, symbolizing the demeanor of a gentleman; The bamboo is hollow, restrained and low-key, symbolizing the character of humility. ”

"I hope that our love will be like this green bamboo, and our youth will last forever!" I said to Ye Qian with a smile.

"I also hope that you are like this bamboo," Ye Qian smiled, "Have integrity, be modest, and eventually rise to the top!" ”

"Then I also hope that you will be like this bamboo," I said affectionately, "slender and feminine, the more you live, the younger you are, the more beautiful you live!" ”

Ye Qianwan smiled, her cheeks were smiling, and her tenderness was rippling.

I smiled slightly, and so did my skin.

We talked and laughed and came to the Daxiong Treasure Hall.

In the center of the hall is enshrined Shakyamuni Buddha, and the attendants are the two disciples of Ananda and Ka Ye, and the eighteen Arhats are arranged in two compartments. The eighteen arhats in the Mahavira Hall all sit upright on the marble, listen carefully to the teachings of Shakyamuni, or thoughtful, or dance instruments, all of them are vivid, which can be called masterpieces.

"You say," Ye Qian asked with a smile, "why the Eighteen Arhats, and not the Seventeen Arhats or the Nineteen Arhats?" ”

"Eighteen is an auspicious number," I said seriously, "and many quantitative expressions in Chinese culture are expressed in terms of eighteen, such as the eighteenth, the eighteenth marquis, the eighteenth martial arts, the eighteen bachelors, and so on. There are also many eighteen in Buddhism, such as the eighteen worlds, the eighteen changes, the eighteen layers of hell, and so on, all of which originate from the 'eighteen complexes'! ”

"You smell it," Ye Qian said and sniffed deeply, "This Arhat still has a fragrance!" More than 700 years have passed, and the refreshing sandalwood still wafts through! ”

"Without your incense," I said to Ye Qian affectionately, "I hope that you will be eighteen years old, more and more fragrant, better than sandalwood, more than musk, Concubine Xiang will be ashamed of herself when she sees you!" ”

Ye Qian smiled coquettishly.

I'm satisfied.

We laughed and came to the Great Compassion Hall behind the Daxiong Treasure Hall.

In front of the Great Compassion Palace, there are two ancient ginkgo trees.

In late autumn, the yellow leaves are falling and the ground is full of broken gold, and these two ginkgo trees are more than 700 years old.

"These two trees don't seem to be husband and wife trees?" I thought about it and said to Ye Qian.

"Yes," Ye Qian said with a smile, "these are two male ginkgo trees!" ”

"Oh!" I suddenly laughed and said, 'It's a good couple!' ”

We talked and came to Longquanan.

Ryusen-an is the fifth temple of the Eight Great Divisions, sitting west and facing east.

Entering the temple gate, the first thing you see is a carved fence square pool. The pool wall is surrounded by bluestone, which is solid and clean; In the pool, the clear water is clear and clear. It originates from the arched stone cave of His Royal Highness the Dragon King, and pours out through the mouth of the stone dragon head on the west wall of the square pool, the trickle is like a note, and it lasts for many years.

"This water is the famous Dragon Spring." Ye Qian said softly.

"The water is not deep, but if there is a dragon, it will be spiritual," I said with emotion, "This pool of spring water is clear and transparent, dusty, sweet and clear." Good love is like a clear spring, nourishing life and purifying the soul. ”

"Don't be emotional," Ye Qian said with a smile, "Let's sit down here at the Longquan Tea House!" ”

"Okay," I said earnestly, "while taking a break, drinking tea, looking at the mountains, and chanting poetry." ”

"This tea house has a long history," Ye Qian said coquettishly, "they make tea with Longquan water, and it tastes very good!" ”

"Then let's taste the love of tea and spring water!" I said in the deepest depths.

"Actually," Ye Qian pondered, "Buddhism and tea are inseparable. In the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, the monks already had the style of tea. ”

"Yes," I said seriously, "the temple is the center of tea culture, and many tea poems are written in the temple and are widely circulated. The famous "Sweet Water Song" was completed at the Longquan Tea House. ”

"If you can memorize that poem for me word for word now," Ye Qian smiled, "I dare to register my marriage with you tomorrow, my words count, and I will never break my word!" ”

"Oh my God!" I regretted and said, "I really memorized this poem last night, I feel that you will test my poem, and I still haven't memorized it after half a night!" ”

"What if I can memorize it?" Ye Qian asked with a smile.

"If you can memorize that poem to me word for word," I swore solemnly, "I dare to register my marriage with you now, and my words count, and I will never break my word!" ”

"Even if you want to marry me," Ye Qian pursed her lips and said, "Then what do you use to marry me?" Do you have a house in Beijing? Do you have a car? Do you have an account? Have a job? ”

I was expressionless and silent.

"So," Ye Qian smiled, "young man! You've got to work hard! ”

I was still expressionless, still silent.

"Don't be sad," Ye Qian said with clear eyes, "It is estimated that no one will be able to memorize that poem, unless it takes a long time to memorize it!" What is the meaning of love in tea? ”

"The meaning of love in tea is purity, firmness, and many sons and blessings," I gushed out, "Xu Cishu of the Ming Dynasty said in "Tea Shu": 'Tea does not move its roots, and plants must give birth to children.'" 'Because tea is the purest, it symbolizes love; The tea tree cannot be transplanted, symbolizing the unswerving loyalty of love; The many seeds of the tea tree symbolize the prosperity of the descendants; The tea tree is evergreen in all seasons, implying that love is evergreen, and the husband and wife grow old together, respecting each other like guests. ”

"The answer is correct," Ye Qianwan smiled, "I'll give you a prize in the evening!" ”

"The love of tea and spring water is brewed slowly," I said to Ye Qian emotionally, "Our love is also brewed." You are like tea, curvy; I'm like water, boiling hot. I soaked your sleeping muscles and bones with hot enthusiasm, a wisp of fragrance, curling up, giving people warmth, refreshing, gradually gradually, our body and mind merge into one, you have me, I have you, two into one......"

"You give me lyrical words again," Ye Qian said with resentment, "I'll let you taste the taste of people's tea!" ”

"Alright," I said with a smile, "let's start enjoying the scenery!" ”

"You said you are a big man," Ye Qianxing said with slight disgust, "I should have worried about the country and the people, but now I love and love all day long, I can have a love perception when I see anything, and it is just a matter of one or two feelings, who can stand this continuous feeling of love?" ”

"Then what can you do to make me stop feeling it?" I asked with a hippie smile.

"There is a way," Ye Qian said seriously, "I will put a chew on you when I come out next time, I will take off the chew when I want to listen to you, and if you don't want to listen, you can wear it well!" ”

"Then you have to have another halter, right?" I said with a laugh.

"That's right," Ye Qian said through gritted teeth, "Customized for you!" ”

"Do you need a saddle or something?" I continued to say with a hippie smile.

"I'm humiliating you," Ye Qian said angrily, "You know? ”

"Oh!" It dawned on me that I said, "I thought you cared about me!" ”

"Hey!" Ye Qian sighed and said helplessly, "There are three realms of traveling to ancient temples: going along the road is called road travel; Intentional going, is called a heart tour; Wandering freely is called a fugue. However, you are the exception! ”

"So what am I swimming?" I asked with a blank face.

"You're sleepwalking," Ye Qian smiled, "and it's daywalking!" ”

I don't talk to Ye Qian anymore.

We climbed from five or six to seven at the top of the mountain, and then went down to Zhengguo Temple in eight places.

"It's almost over now," I said to Ye Qian seriously, "can you take off the chew for me and let me say something?" ”

"Yes," Ye Qian smiled, "Say it!" ”

"Which of the eight places do you think is the best?" I asked softly.

"What's not the best?" Ye Qian said with a serious face, "A smart person should have the most positive attitude, and be able to find and discover the best everywhere where others ignore and despise!" Ye Qian paused, looked up at the scenery in front of her, looked down at me beside her, and still asked in an extremely serious tone, "Do you know the Panshan monk?" ”

"Yes!" I said it seriously.

"Do you know wild boar, then?"

"I know!"

"Monk Panshan saw someone buying wild boar meat on the street," Ye Qian said earnestly, "The guest said to the butcher shopkeeper, 'Please cut a pound of the finest meat!'" I saw the boss put down the meat cleaver, clasped his hands in front of his chest, and asked with a big grin: "Then where did your brother tell me where the meat is not of the highest quality?" When Panshan heard the butcher's words, he had an epiphany. What does this story illustrate? ”

"It shows that you can be enlightened in the butcher shop," I said with a smile, "and you can realize the Tao when you watch people buy meat, and more importantly, the phrase 'where is not the best', in a word, any place is the best place, any time is the best time!" ”

"Yes," Ye Qian said with a deep face, "There are the best places everywhere, and there is always the best time!" ”

"It's a reflection of when we face the outside world," I thought, "and we also have to recognize that we have the best in ourselves!" ”

"That's right," Ye Qian smiled slightly, "Now let's talk about your thoughts on visiting the Bada today!" ”

"Actually, I've thought a lot along the way," I said, taking Ye Qian's hand, "In a Chang'an Temple, I'm still impetuous; At the second Lingguang Temple, I slowly felt the peace of mind; In the three Sanshan Nunnery, I suddenly felt open-minded and full of emotion; In the four Great Compassion Temples, I smelled the refreshing sandalwood; In the five Longquan Nunnery, I saw the mellow and clear spring water, which was clean and clean; In the six Xiangjie Temples, I saw the broad and profound Buddhist style, which was deeply moving; In the Seven Jewel Caves, I saw the soul of the dead and the extinguished lamp; In the eight Zhengguo Temples, I saw the incomparable scenery of elegance and cleanness, and the poetry touched ......"

"There is a Buddha in the heart, and there is enlightenment everywhere," Ye Qian said affectionately, "Just as there is love in the heart, there is a good scene everywhere!" ”