Mountain and Sea Demon Tomb Chapter 11 Sanqingguan (4)
"Don't worry, listen to me slowly, when this view was first built, the gentry and wealthy families, small merchants and hawkers, Jianghu artists, good men and women came one after another, it can be said that it was very prosperous, and the incense continued, and this situation lasted until the outbreak of the War of Resistance against Japan. After the Japanese army occupied Shanhaiguan in 1933, Shanhaiguan became the national border in and out of the northeast, and the Japanese army strictly interrogated the people who drove the Mengjiang Nu Temple fair, and even searched and humiliated the women, so that few people in the city went to the Mengjiang Nu Temple to burn incense and worship. Seeing this situation, Jiang Shangzhou, the abbot of Sanqingguan, Taoist priest, and other three people discussed to raise funds and hire workers, and built a matching hall on the east side of the main hall, which was set up as 'Niangniang Palace'. After the completion of the Niangniang Palace, those good men and women who originally worshiped Meng Jiangnu came to Qibaoyun Palace and Sanxiao Niangniang with a pious heart, burned incense and prayed, asked God to bless, and prayed for a bumper harvest, happiness and peace. The begging son took away a clay doll in the Niangniang Hall and left the money to give; Those who are sick put a symbolic plaster on the body of the idol of the ten incomplete and coughing gods, hoping that the two gods will take the disease away. What's more, five steps and one kneeling, ten steps and one knock, there are words in the mouth, sweating all over the face, and the scene is heartwarming. At that time, the crowd in front of the Sanqingguan Gate is surging, the statues of the gods are filled with cigarette smoke, and the bells echo until three o'clock in the afternoon. ”
Shirley Yang and I listened to him talk about the Tao, and we both said in our hearts: "How can this farmer know so much about the Sanqingguan, and he is the Tao, this is also a bit out of common sense, is there some ulterior secret?" Of course, he remained silent on the surface, and continued to talk with the farmer: "Big brother, according to your reasoning, this view should be a Taoist temple that deeply benefits the people, how can it be related to such an unclean thing as Huangpizi now?" ”
The farmer listened to what I said, nodded slightly, and continued: "This little brother is right, according to common sense, this Taoist temple should become more and more prosperous, but the only unfortunate thing is that it encountered the Cultural Revolution. Shirley Yang and I looked at each other, and couldn't help but be gloomy, how many things were destroyed in ten years of catastrophe, this is really unclear to anyone, the farmer saw what we meant, and then said: "Every historical antiquity, whether it is a building or an object, as long as it lasts for a long time, there will be some legends. ”
Shirley Yang and I couldn't help but be stunned, and said in unison: "How do you say this?" ”
"There are three legends in this Sanqingguan, and this first legend is the legend of the dust bead and the bird bead. Sanqingguan is isolated from the world, and the interior is strict and quiet. However, there are no birds on the buildings in the temple to make nests and chirp, disturbing the Taoist priests' practice. In addition, although there is no Taoist priest to clean it, the inside of the main hall is as clean as ever. The crowd was amazed. However, according to legend, when the Sanqing Temple was built, because it was the first view of Jingdong, the emperor rewarded two treasures: bird beads and dust beads. The bird bead is the eye of the thousand-year-old snake, placed on the double kiss of the main hall, and the birds dare not make a nest here; The dust bead is the eye of the thousand-year-old spider, placed on the top of the main hall, and it is said that the spider's eyes are dustless, so the Qibao Cloud Palace is always spotless. "When it comes to this dust bead and bird bead, I have really seen similar objects in the big gold tooth, both of which are extremely precious, in ancient times only emperors could use and give to individuals, although the principle is not clear, but the house with the bird beads, no matter how the birds flock outside, but they will not get closer to the house at all. No matter how dusty the outside of the house is, the inside of the house will be spotless and extremely clean. This is extremely puzzling, and until now science has not been able to understand what the exact reason is, and the beads that naturally circulate in the market are extremely scarce and extremely expensive. "I have also heard a little about the two treasures of the dust bead and the bird bead, it is indeed wonderful, it is not a legend, then big brother, you can tell us about this second legend."
The farmer paused, then said, "This second legend is the legend of the Shadow Wall. There was no shadow wall at the beginning of the construction of the three Qingguan, and the vermilion gate was facing Xiguan Street. After the temple was repaired, for a while, strange things often happened here that children born to residents died at every turn. The family invited Mr. Feng Shui to solve their doubts. Mr. Feng Shui said: 'The Dharma Protector of the Lingguan Hall in the temple is holding a steel whip and glaring angrily, and the child is frightened, so it is naturally difficult for him to survive. 'Is there any way to break it?' After thinking for a while, the gentleman replied, "Build a large shadow wall outside the temple gate to block the eyes of the spirit officer, and then it will be fine." The residents raised funds to build a shadow wall more than two feet high and three feet wide, and there was no strange incident of a dead child after that. ”
This spiritual official and other sculpture eyes, grandpa left me the book "Sixteen Characters Yin Yang Feng Shui Secret Technique" fragment also said that this kind of spiritual officer is originally a thing to suppress evil spirits, so it is inevitable that the whole body is full of evil energy, and the most evil part of the whole body is the eyes, adults may not be affected much when they see it, but newborn children, especially premature babies with insufficient congenital yang energy, will die when they see evil, so this feng shui Mr. built a shadow wall to block the most evil eyes of the spirit official, which really saved the lives of many children.