We enjoyed the view for a while, and then drove towards Tantuo Temple.

Tanzhe Temple sits in the north and faces south, leans against the Baozhu Peak, and is surrounded by nine tall peaks in the shape of a horseshoe, as if under the support of nine giant dragons.

"You say," Ye Qian smiled, "What are the ten views of Tanzhe Temple?" ”

"They are," I blurted out, "the red leaves of the plains, the nine dragons playing with pearls, the arches of a thousand peaks, the clouds of ten thousand ravines, the palace of Nanxun, the Yuting flow cup, the majestic peaks holding the sun, the mountains and the moon, the Jinping snow waves and the night rain of the flying springs." ”

"Then you say," Ye Qian smiled again, "How many scenes can we see today?" ”

"It's a sight everywhere," I said earnestly, "and I'll see it!" ”

Ye Qian smiled slightly.

The car quickly rounded the curves next to Tallinn up and down.

On the hillside, the ancient trees are towering to the sky, surrounded by mountains, and there is really a feeling of stepping into a fairyland.

We parked the car.

We stepped across the Huaiyuan Bridge, and the mountain gate came into view. Above the middle door hole, a white marble banner plaque has six big characters inscribed by Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty "Ejian Xiuyun Temple". Passing through the mountain gate, the Buddha hall that you see is the Heavenly King Palace, and the Maitreya Buddha statue with a big belly sitting on your back in the hall is the hall. The Daxiong Hall is the most majestic and magnificent building in the temple, and it is the highest level of heavy eaves hall style in the ancient buildings. The horizontal plaque of "Fuhai Pearl Wheel" is the handwriting of Emperor Qianlong. The four "gilded sword light kiss belts" on both sides of the owl kiss are the imperial gifts of the Kangxi Emperor, which are unique to Tanzhe Temple in the country. Ye Qian and I climbed the steps of the Daxiong Treasure Hall and looked at the square and buildings in front of the hall, and a familiar feeling suddenly came to my mind.

"Where do you think you've seen this scene?" I asked Ye Qian in confusion.

"The movie "Shaolin Temple" was filmed here," Ye Qian said with a smile, "Now, this has become a filming base for martial arts film and television dramas!" ”

"No wonder!" I laughed.

We said that we came to the back of the Mahavira Hall.

Before Pilu Pavilion, there are four tall ancient trees, two in the south are the Suluo tree, the two in the north are the ginkgo trees, the one in the east is the "imperial tree" named by the Qianlong Emperor of the Qing Dynasty, the tree is more than 30 meters high, the trunk is more than 6 meters thick, it is said that it was planted in the Liao Dynasty.

"Tantuo Temple," I asked Ye Qian in confusion, "I heard that there is a dragon pond behind the temple here, and there are Zhe trees on the mountain, so the folk have always called Tanzhe Temple." Now, we don't see either the pond or the tree! ”

"According to the records of the temple," Ye Qian explained earnestly, "the hillside used to be full of trees, but now this tree is rare; The site of the temple is located on the Qinglong Pond, and the descendants named it Tanzhe Temple. ”

"I didn't see it today, and I didn't see it either," I smiled, "I didn't see anything!" ”

We watched as we walked.

Before we knew it, we had come to Pilu Pavilion.

Pilu Pavilion is behind the Three Temples and is the highest point in the Tanzhe Temple.

Pilu Pavilion is a double-storey pavilion type building, the lower pavilion enshrines the Buddha of the five directions, the clay lacquer gold, the middle one is the Buddha of Vilujana, and the Pilu Pavilion also gets its name from this. This was originally the place where the Buddhist scriptures given by the emperors of the past dynasties were treasured, and it was called the Tibetan Scripture Building.

The most characteristic of Pilu Pavilion is the brick carving on the top, a large ridge made of bricks traverses the whole pavilion, and beautiful patterns are carved before and after the large ridge: the front hollow carved out the "dragon playing with pearls", eight golden dragons chase a brilliant orb, very spectacular; The back carved is the "phoenix opera peony", six colorful phoenixes are clustered with huge peony flowers, which looks graceful and luxurious.

"You see that the owl kisses at both ends of the big ridge are really peculiar," I said to Ye Qian in wonder, "the front pattern is a golden dragon playing with pearls, and the back pattern is a dragon and phoenix Chengxiang!" ”

"In feudal society," Ye Qian said with a smile, "the dragon is the symbol of the emperor, and the phoenix is the symbol of the queen." ”

"That's right!" I said seriously, "In a society where imperial power is supreme, in all patterns where dragons and phoenixes appear at the same time, there is always a dragon on top and a phoenix on the bottom, otherwise it is a great rebellion." This auspicious image of a dragon and phoenix is the opposite, with a golden phoenix soaring high above and a swimming dragon below. The golden phoenix is high above, occupying two-thirds of the area of the whole pattern, and the swimming dragon below only plays a role as a foil. ”

"What's so strange about that?" Ye Qian smiled, "Do you want to know why?" ”

"Yes!" I nodded seriously, "Why is Tanzhe Temple so bold as to dare to use such a pattern that violates the rules of heaven?" ”

"This is probably because of Cixi," Ye Qian said coquettishly, "According to records, the last major repair of the Pilu Pavilion in the Chun Dynasty was in the sixteenth year of Guangxu, and it was funded by Prince Gong Yixin. Some people say that Yi Xin did it intentionally in order to please Cixi, and some people say that it was built in this way in the first place. No matter which statement is correct, in short, it is related to the Empress Dowager Cixi, so naturally no one interferes, and the responsibility is not in Tanzhe Temple. Therefore, this peculiar pattern has been preserved to the present day and presented to visitors. ”

"Actually, our love world," I said to Ye Qian affectionately, "is also the phoenix on top and the dragon on the bottom." You are high everywhere, and I must always look up to you! ”

"This is normal," Ye Qian said with a smile, "Education, income, appearance, cultural accomplishment, etc., I am much higher than you, that's right!" ”

"That's definitely right!" I said solemnly, "You're on top, and that's as it should be!" ”

"Sometimes you will be high," Ye Qian said affectionately, "I have to look up to see it!" ”

"When?" I asked knowingly.

"You want to go yourself!" Ye Qian smiled coquettishly.

"I already knew," I said to Ye Qian with a playful smile, "You said that it was when the lights were turned off at night and it was dark and rumbling!" ”

Ye Qianjiao was full of anger.

My heart was beaming.

We talked and came to the Pepsi Tree.

This is a cypress tree and a persimmon tree that live together like a couple, and people take its homonym and call it the Pepsi Wishful Tree.

"I've heard people say," Ye Qian said to me with a smile, "If you touch the Pepsi Wishful Tree, everything will go smoothly and be lucky." Especially for newlyweds, if they touch the Pepsi Wishful Tree together, they can be together for a hundred years and grow old together. ”

"Maybe!" I laughed, "But we'd better not touch it!" ”

"Why?" Ye Qian asked curiously.

"Pine and cypress fall in love, this is a kind of love across the bounds," I said to Ye Qian with a smile, "This kind of love is not for us!" ”

"What is Leapfrog Love?" Ye Qian asked thoughtfully.

"Transcendent love is a detachment of the soul," I said pretentiously, "just like the cypress and pine trees in front of me, even if they can never blossom and bear fruit, and can never become one, they will stay with each other affectionately, and they will quietly wait for a miracle to appear." ”

"Isn't this kind of love very good!" Ye Qian smiled slightly.

"This love embodies the power of a tragedy," I said solemnly, "and this tragedy is full of emotion; This kind of love embodies a kind of detachment, in the face of love, all suffering and suffering seem small and nothing, and all difficulties and dangers also seem fragile and pale. ”

"The power of tragedy?" Ye Qian muttered to herself.

"Yes," I said with a deep face, "this love is tragic! However, the love of crossing tells us that the most difficult thing in the world to cross is not the deep chasm, not the thousands of difficulties, but our own determination. ”

"I seem to understand," Ye Qian smiled, "Our love doesn't need the power of this tragedy, because our love needs to blossom and bear fruit, and it needs to be one!" ”

I smiled and nodded.

Ye Qian smiled.

We said that we came to the Yiji Pavilion.

Yiji Pavilion is commonly known as Liubei Pavilion, located in the courtyard of the palace, it was built by Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty in order to get the interest of "Qushui Liuzhen". This kind of building can only be seen in a few royal gardens such as Zhongnanhai, Qianlong Garden of the Forbidden City and Prince Gong's Mansion, and the Liubei Pavilion of Tanzhe Temple can be regarded as a rare one among the people.

There is a bamboo forest next to it, accompanied by ancient pines, and the environment is quiet, which is a good place for recreation.

The floor of the Liubei Pavilion is paved with huge white marble and carved with sinuous sinks, subtly forming a pattern of a southern dragon and a northern tiger. The spring water spits out from the mouth of the stone carved dragon in the northeast corner of the pavilion, flows into the pavilion along the stone trough waterway, rotates back and forth, turns left and right, and flows slowly.

"Emperor Qianlong has a seven-character quatrain of "Yiji Pavilion", do you know?" Ye Qian asked me suddenly.

"Yes," I said softly, "there is a green cloud in the sweeping path, and the frequency of the binga bird is spoken. Why should the drainage be superficial, how can it be the Lanting cultivator. ”

"During the Republic of China, the traveler Tian Shufan had a sentence to praise Yiyu Pavilion, do you know?" Ye Qian asked again.

"I know," I said with a smile, "the scenery by the Yiji Pavilion is very special, and the bamboo breeze is clear and sent to the late autumn." The bell of the next courtyard is heard at the bottom of the ear, and the spring water between the stones enters the pavilion. ”

"Then do you know the meaning of love in this Liubei Pavilion?" Ye Qian smiled.

"Love needs a long stream," I said emotionally, "not to be vigorous, not to be stormy, but to have a beginning and an end, and to flow long." Just like our love, it trickles down, flows slowly, it really flows, it flows for a lifetime, forever, and never stops! ”

"Nature can flow for a long time!" Ye Qian smiled slightly.

"Yes," I said emotionally, "love that flows naturally is what lasts!" ”