In front of Kiyomizu-dera Temple, Nanami Hashimoto is holding a mobile phone and taking a selfie with Mai Shiraishi and Nanase Nishino, with a happy smile on their faces, and behind them is the famous Niomon Gate of Kiyomizu-dera Temple. Visitors to Kiyomizudera Temple usually take a group photo in front of the Niomon Gate, and Kiyomizudera Temple's Niomon Gate and the Shimizu Stage outside the main hall are the most famous symbols of Kiyomizudera Temple.

"Nanamin, Mai, do you know that the stable here is a monument that has survived from the Muromachi shogunate to the present day! In ancient times, samurai who came to Kiyomizudera Temple to worship would tie their horses to the stable on Kiyomizuzaka in front of the Niomon Gate and then walk into the temple to worship. That's why there are so many shops here. "Nishino Nanase stood in front of Niomon Gate and introduced the monuments in front of Kiyomizudera Temple to Nanami Hashimoto and Mai Shiraishi.

"It's amazing, is it such an old building?" Hearing Nishino Nanase's introduction, Mai Shiraishi suddenly pointed to the stable and asked Nishino Nanase, "Nanasai, when Qianye came to Kiyomizu Temple back then, did you also tie the horse here?" ”

Hearing Mai Shiraishi's question, Nanase Nishino suddenly covered her mouth and laughed, so that Nana Hashimoto and Mai Shiraishi on the side looked inexplicable before explaining: "Master, he never comes to Kiyomizu Temple on horseback, because he ...... Hahaha, because he can't ride a horse. Nanase Nishino's words made Nanami Hashimoto and Mai Shiraishi laugh with her after being stunned for a moment.

"Qianye, he can't ride a horse? He hasn't learned to ride a horse for so many years? Nana Hashimoto felt a little unbelievable, and the fact that Qianya, who had lived for a thousand years, couldn't ride a horse surprised her at the same time, but also felt very funny: "How did Qianye go out before?" Did he ride in a carriage every time? ”

Hearing Nana Hashimoto ask, Nanase Nishino couldn't help laughing, and explained to Nanami Hashimoto and Mai Shiraishi, who was curious on the side: "Master, he rarely goes out, which you can know by looking at the time he stays in the Taisha here and how often he goes out." And in the past, the master usually took a carriage when he went out. In the earlier Heian period, when the master went out by ox cart. ”

"Oxcarts? Nana Sai, you're talking about the cow-pulled palace chariot, right? Hearing Nishino Nanase talk about the ox cart, Nana Hashimoto quickly thought that what she said should be the palace cart pulled by the ox that only the princess and the royal family would ride in ancient times, but Nanami Hashimoto still didn't understand: "Qianye is so powerful, why can't he ride a horse?" In ancient times, both samurai and ministers should have been able to ride horses, right? ”

Nishino Nanase shook his head and said with some regret: "I don't know this very well, both me and Tamako have asked the master, but he just replied that he doesn't like to ride a horse, and Miss Ruodie doesn't seem to know about it, at least she has never seen the master ride a horse, so it's a mystery." ”

"Let's talk about this later, it's a big deal to ask Qianye directly, the purpose of our here today is to have a good time!" Mai Shiraishi laughed loudly, interrupting the discussion between Nanami Hashimoto and Nanase Nishino, and took the hands of the two of them and rushed towards Niomon.

Nanami Hashimoto and Nanase Nishino, who were pulled by Mai Shiraishi, could only helplessly stop the discussion, and let Mai Shiraishi pull their arms and run forward, but the faces of the two still had happy smiles, and they were not dissatisfied because they were pulled by Mai Shiraishi's arms.

The three of them walked through the Niomon Gate and walked along the stone steps, where the three-storied pagoda stood quietly, with its ancient vermilion black tiles and cornices, making them unconsciously stop and linger. Standing next to the three-storied pagoda, the three of them looked forward and had a panoramic view of Kiyomizu-dera's most famous Shimizu Stage and the Otowa Waterfall on the side.

"Why is this high platform in front of the main hall of Kiyomizu-dera called 'Shimizu Stage'? Is it used to perform songs and dances? Mai Shiraishi asked curiously to Nanase Nishino and Mai Shiraishi on the side, obviously surprised that the high platform in front of the main hall of a temple should be called a "stage".

"Because it's really a 'stage'! Kiyomizu-dera Temple, along with Todai-ji Temple and Yakushi-ji Temple in Nara, is a part of Nara Buddhism, and when special pujas are held, a stage is set up in front of the main hall to perform dance and music. Other temples have open spaces in front of the main hall where they set up a stage, but the main hall of Kiyomizudera Temple, which is located on the steep slope of the mountain, had no place to build a stage, so it had to be built from a giant tree from the bottom of the mountain, and this place is called the 'Shimizu Stage'. Nanase Nishino pointed to the Shimizu stage in front of him, and explained the origin of its name to Mai Shiraishi.

After listening to Nanase Nishino's introduction, Mai Shiraishi looked at the ancient Shimizu stage in front of her with admiration, and sighed at the greatness of the ancient craftsmen: "How did the ancients build this high platform hundreds of years ago?" Without cranes and cranes, how could such a platform be built? ”

"Yes, the craftsmen of the ancient times were really remarkable enough to be able to build such magnificent buildings." Nana Hashimoto sighed, and her eyes were full of amazement. After all, in ancient times, when there were no modern construction machinery, it took a lot of skill to build such a completely suspended platform and build a Buddhist temple on it.

"Nanasai, isn't the so-called Mairaku Bongna just performing Kagura Dance? Is it performing on this Shimizu stage? The three of them continued to walk forward, and after passing through a wooden door that said "Pumen Pavilion", the three of them had already come to the Shimizu Stage, and Mai Shiraishi looked at the Shimizu Stage with a wide field of vision in front of them, and asked Nishino Nanase on the side, "Has Qianye been here before?" The view of the foliage from here is truly spectacular! ”

Nishino Nanase nodded, as if recalling the memory of when Wise Tamako and Chiya came here to enjoy the maple together, and said to Mai Shiraishi with a happy smile on his face: "Master he likes it here very much, every spring when the cherry blossoms are in full bloom and when the autumn maple leaves are red, he will come here to enjoy the cherry blossoms and autumn leaves, and when I follow him, I also accompany him here every year." ”

At this time, Nanami Hashimoto, who had been studying the architectural structure of the Shimizu stage in front of her, asked Nanase Nishino, "Nanasa, is this the stage structure of Noh?" Because of the spatial design that I studied at university, Nana Hashimoto was particularly interested in the architectural structure of the Shimizu Stage.

"Well, this is indeed the Noh stage, and the corridor we are standing in now is the 'bridge hanging' in the Noh stage, and the roofs that protrude from both sides of the main hall are the music houses for musicians to play." Nanase Nishino nodded, affirming Nanami Hashimoto's judgment, and at the same time asked Nanami Hashimoto with a hint of cunning in his eyes, "Then Nana Min, since you can see that this is a Noh stage, can you see any difference between this place and the ordinary Noh stage?" ”

Nana Hashimoto looked at the entire Shimizu Stage carefully, her good-looking eyebrows furrowed, and after she looked back and forth a few times, she still didn't find the difference between the Shimizu Stage and the ordinary Noh Stage: "Nanasai, the Shimizu Stage is built according to the general Noh Stage, I don't see any difference, the only difference is that the area of the Shimizu Stage is larger, right?" ”

Seeing Nanami Hashimoto frowning, Nanase Nishino covered her mouth and chuckled, and reminded Nanami Hashimoto: "No, Nanatoshi, there is a big difference between the Shimizu stage and the ordinary Noh stage." Nanamin, did you really not find out? Actually, the difference is obvious, Nanamin, you can find it if you think about it. ”

"Is it true that the Shimizu Stage doesn't have the roof and pillars of a normal Noh stage? I've seen a normal Noh stage with four pillars and a roof, but I don't think there's anything here! On the side, Mai Shiraishi was also attracted by the dialogue between Nanami Hashimoto and Nanase Nishino, looking at the Shimizu stage in front of him, recalling the Noh stage he had seen, and guessing uncertainly.

"It's true, but it's not the difference between the Shimizu stage and the regular Noh stage, and there are some Noh stages that don't have roofs and pillars." Hearing Mai Shiraishi's guess, Nanase Nishino tilted her head, and after hesitating for a moment, she still denied her guess.

"The obvious difference? If it's a clear difference, it's a very different place, right? Nana Hashimoto thought about Nanase Nishino's prompt, walked to the fence of the Shimizu Stage, looked at the edge of the stage hanging under his feet, and the empty mountain scenery in front of him, thought about it carefully, and then suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and asked Nanase Nishino, "Nanasai You are talking about the audience, right?" Shimizu Stage doesn't have an auditorium, right? ”

Nanase Nishino smiled and nodded, confirming Nanami Hashimoto's guess: "Sure enough, it's Nanamin!" As soon as you say it, you can guess that the biggest difference between the Shimizu Stage and the Noh Stage is that it doesn't have an audience! Nanase Nishino walked up to Nanami Hashimoto, and with her looked down at the brilliant red maple leaves on Mt. Otowa and the red maple leaves soaked in blood, she couldn't help but open her arms and let the mountain breeze blow through the tips of her hair.

"Nanasa, why aren't there any auditoriums here? If it's a stage, whether it's singing or dancing, or performing Noh drama, there always needs to be an audience, right? Mai Shiraishi stood beside Nanase Nishino and asked her puzzled. Mai Shiraishi was puzzled about the stage without an auditorium, where would the audience watch the performance if there was no auditorium?

"The audience at the Shimizu Stage has always been there!" Nanase Nishino laughed, pointed to the main hall of Kiyomizuji Temple behind Mai Shiraishi and said to her: "This is a stage for dance and music, and what is performed is a dance music dedicated to the gods, so since it is a dance music dedicated to the gods, then the audience is naturally the gods themselves!" ”

"Huh! So, is the audience at the Shimizu Stage the Guanyin Bodhisattva enshrined here? Mai Shiraishi looked at Nanase Nishino with wide eyes, with an interested smile on her face: "No wonder there is no audience on the Shimizu Stage, it turns out that it is the gods who want to enjoy the dance music!" If the gods say they don't need an auditorium! ”