A deep garden in Bali. The scent of flowers floats in the air, and fountains joyfully gush out of the glass of water held by the statue of the goddess of grace. Not far away, sparkling, that is the sea, the moon on the sea and the tide.

Since it's a masquerade, the outfit is very important, some people play Cinderella, some people play Aladdin, some people play Bluebeard, and some people play Miss Mermaid. Count Dracula or Snow White, take what you want. These are characters from legends or fairy tales, and people can understand them when they look up.

In Liu Tianyu's view, the more funny and unexpected the mask, that is exciting.

In Bali, there are countless references to the masks, they don't necessarily exist in movies or books, and outsiders don't necessarily know their names. Not in a high place, they crouched in the corner, shining on the wall, their simple shape, their faces serene or eccentric, and they could hardly see similar faces.

They are the ubiquitous statues of Bali.

From the moment you travel to Bali, you can find the houses here very special. The building is heavy and heavy, and I don't know where to get so many stones, the walls are made of stones, the puzzles on the walls are also made of stones, and the doors are carved with delicate and exquisite patterns.

The narrow gate is low, the courtyard is spacious, and the courtyard is covered with red flowers and green trees. And every family always places a statue in a small temple or unexpected corner, and Liu Tianyu guesses that it is not a god statue, but a puppet or a character from their own story.

These figures are delicate, with thin eyebrows and slender figures, and wear pink embroidered sarongs or yellow sarongs, some of which are directly depicted on the statues, and some are made of cloth, and the figures are calm and serene with their hands folded. There is a simple type, with a round face, a round head, a round body, long eyebrows, round eyes, thick lips, and an expression like a good-natured fat soldier, squatting under the wall of people's doors.

It is not so much like a door god, it is better to say that he is like the Maitreya Buddha in our Great Huaxia Temple, and it makes people let down their guard at a glance.

Some people also wear red flowers on its ears, I don't know if they are used to grooming and dressing up, and they also dress up the stone statue more joyfully.

In addition, there is a horror type, directly like a monster from Harry Potter or the Lord of the Rings, looks like a prehistoric monkey, and the funny thing is that he still wears a high hat on his head, a bracelet on his hand, and he also wears flowers all over his body, dressed neatly, and that dull and contemplative expression, very similar to the giant statue on Easter Island, which makes people feel that this thing is just an alien, how many times can there be a search in the world.

What surprised Liu Tianyu the most was the stone statue squatting at the entrance of a silverware store, surrounded by black and white checkered cloth, the image of a witch with angry eyes was extremely exaggerated, her eyes were wide open, her belly bulged like a ball, and she had three folds. On Halloween, she can go straight to the street without makeup to be scary.

However, what makes Liu Tianyu a little puzzled is that the styles of these statues are too different. Like gods, like people, like animals, like monsters, Indonesian hobbies are really fantastical and surprising. Chinese people like to squat two lions at the door, suppress demons and subdue demons, Indonesian people put these statues, more like family members, or what hat to wear to him and arrange flowers.

There are also some land fathers (it should be land fathers), each land father-in-law is different, transformed into various images, this family likes to be happy, just make it happy, that family likes to be frightening, just come to a scary. Compared with those statues of gods that are high above, Liu Tianyu prefers this statue close to the land. Touched by the earth, the statue seems to have a human soul, a human demeanor, and even a human strange taste and worldliness.

It was such a ball, under the moonlight in Bali, the houses seemed to fall silent, and the statues of all the houses were resurrected, slipping out from all corners, and then gathered together, what kind of spectacle was that, Liu Tianyu felt that watching the ball was more lively than watching Toy Story, more magical than Harry and Potter.

In particular, these images also carry the story of each family, and when they come together, they can also tell a story of one thousand and one nights. It's a pity that Liu Tianyu always glances at the statue when he looks at it, and he is always on the road, so he doesn't have time to take a closer look. I don't know if anyone has gone out of their way to photograph this kind of statue and compile it into a booklet.

Overall, the dance party was a lot of fun.

Following.

Liu Tianyu and Zhou Ruolan went to Tanah Lot under the guidance of a tour guide surnamed Li.

However, according to the tour guide surnamed Li, on the way to Tanah Lot, he would pass by a reservoir.

After soliciting the opinions of Liu Tianyu and Zhou Ruolan, mainly Zhou Ruolan, the three of them stopped halfway to go to the reservoir to take a turn.

Of all things water-related, reservoirs sound too pragmatic. However, since Zhou Ruolan wants to see it, let's go with it, anyway, they have time, and they are free to travel, so they can go wherever they want.

Cars travel from the south to the east, from the seaside to the countryside. It then turns into a winding road and spirals upward. The three of them had a delicious Indonesian-style buffet in the mountains, in a restaurant overlooking the terraced rice fields.

The car got on the road again, and this time it quickly arrived at the reservoir mentioned by the tour guide surnamed Li.

However, after the three of them arrived, Liu Tianyu found that this reservoir was really wronged by the tour guide surnamed Li, and it was clearly a wonderful lake in front of him. Anyway, it is very close to the lake in Liu Tianyu's understanding.

Standing by the lake, the view is broad, the mountains behind the lake are half wrapped in clouds and mist, and the mountains and forests are verdant. Around the lake are walking trails, also scattered with verdant trees. The shallow grass grows on the edge of the lake, and two or three local men in sarongs are standing and fishing.

The afternoon sun is overcast, Liu Tianyu and Zhou Ruolan stand by the lake, watching the lake water clear and the breeze blowing ripples. If it weren't for the temples and stone towers scattered on this side of the lake, I would have thought that when I arrived at the western plateau of China, the mountains were just as high and the lake was also far away from the hustle and bustle.

Although the stone towers of the temple are there, they are all quaint colors, and they do not dominate the crowd. On the contrary, it adds to the tranquility of the lake. There are no crowded pilgrims, and the temple tower is peaceful. Liu Tianyu and Zhou Ruolan walked hand in hand through the temple tower with the door closed. Admire the beautiful carvings on the door. Pastel tones, delicate brushstrokes, and dancing figures or gods on the doors.

This kind of place is easy to confuse people in the past life and this life, this life is a foreigner who visited the lake, where is the previous life, it may also be a grass by the lake. At the other end of the lake is the other side. It seemed that someone wanted to strengthen this atmosphere of detachment from the world, and out of nowhere came the sound of magnificent music, like singing, babbling, peculiar humming tunes.

Is this the music of their prayers and godliness? It is like an initiation. The sound of music echoes between the lake and the valley, long and long. There are lakes everywhere, and every lake has its tune. Miss Porter's lake area is filled with a relaxed and cheerful pastoral tune, like the sound of a flute, and the West Lake is like a guzheng or a jade pendant, and the lake in front of you is quiet.

Walking half a circle by the lake with Zhou Ruolan, I don't know if I have added a little wisdom, but Liu Tianyu feels unprecedentedly relaxed at this moment.

On the way, they met three or five tourists who were also Southeast Asian looks, as if they were traveling as a family, and they also met a young girl with white skin and deep eye sockets.

When the girl saw Liu Tianyu and Zhou Ruolan taking a photo in front of the temple tower, she greeted the two with a smile and a beautiful and dignified expression.

Zhou Ruolan saw that the girl had a cheerful personality, so she immediately went over to ask where the other party was from.

The other party told Zhou Ruolan that she was from Thailand.

As we all know, Thais believe in Buddhism, and Liu Tianyu and his entourage are now in front of the temple, so the two chatted a few more words.

After separating from the Thai girl, Liu Tianyu and the others went around the lake and took a lot of photos.

Eventually, we set off for Tanah Lot Temple.

About two hours later, the three arrived at their destination.

However, the Tanah Lot Temple here is different from what Liu Tianyu saw and heard before, and there are no statues in the temple here.

Seeing the temple but not seeing the god is also one of the strange things encountered in Bali.

For Chinese pilgrims, this is unthinkable, entering a temple, there is no Maitreya Buddha in front of it, there is no Wei Dao Dharma protector in the back, or there is no compassionate Guanyin and the solemn treasure of Nyolai, then can it still be called a temple? If you don't make a wish on the pillar incense on the statue of the god and Buddha, then bow down to what? air? or the idol in your mind?

Indonesians go to worship in groups and dressed in pure white clothes, and they are told that they have to pray every day, every week, every month, and in the morning and evening, so it is not necessary to see this ceremony as a group gathering. Walking in Bali before, I often met such people, and the tour guide told Liu Tianyu that they were going to worship.

Liu Tianyu saw a Western woman wearing a white long coat, sitting in the back seat of a motorcycle, the wind blowing her long skirt up, and the rider was a fierce local man, also wearing white. After Liu Tianyu saw it from the car window, he asked the tour guide curiously, Westerners also go to worship? The tour guide took a look at it and immediately concluded that the two people were a couple, married with their husbands, because they were very close, so they also went to worship.

In Liu Tianyu's opinion, the woman is just dragging the clothes on the driver's waist, and even if they are wearing the same white clothes, it can't be said that people must go to worship, and it may be like the bride and groom to hold a wedding ceremony, but since the tour guide said yes, then it is.

When they arrived at Tanah Lot Temple, as the tour guide surnamed Li said, they did not see the statue of Tanahid.

And Tanah Lot Temple is located on an isolated mountain cliff temple, and the appearance does not look magnificent, just built by the sea, high up, very lighthouse taste.

Liu Tianyu even speculated that the temple was not just built for the locals, but for the fishermen who returned from the sea. The sea is stormy, and when you see this temple from afar, you will have the backbone, return to the island, and return home. But what does this sea god really look like? It is certain that he will not look like the Mazu Niangniang of the Chinese Kingdom, nor will he look like the Poseidon of the West.

I have seen a lot of Balinese statues, and the various statues in the corners, there are also many faces of gods, handsome, generous, eccentric, human-like, beast-like, half-human and half-beast. The body is draped in various colors of cloth, the most eye-catching and trendy of which is black and white plaid cloth. The tour guide said that black and white means good and bad.

Speaking of gods, of course, the tour guide will not forget to introduce the gods of Bali to Liu Tianyu and Zhou Ruolan.

He said that there are thirty-three gods here, but Liu Tianyu didn't react to this number, we Huaguo Arhats all have one hundred and eight, not to mention the great gods of the heavenly court plus the Buddha and the Bodhisattva.

There are three main gods here, the god of creation, the god of protection, the god of destruction, and the god of the sun, the god of the moon, the god of the road, and so on.

What's even more strange is that some gods are obviously just one, but they have more than 30 names and more than 30 titles.

The legend of Tanah Lot Temple does not mention the god of the sea, but mentions that the monk in the temple is very powerful, and when the wind and waves are strong, he throws two belts, turns into a sea snake, and suppresses the demon waves. Although the tour guide wanted Liu Tianyu and Zhou Ruolan to remember the names of some gods, Liu Tianyu had already heard it in the clouds, and he didn't remember all the gods of Huaguo, so how could he bother to remember the wild gods here.

After turning around Tanah Lot, the three of them came to the beach next to it.

Zhou Ruolan, like Liu Tianyu, was born inland.

Inland people see the sea like southerners see snow.

So after seeing the sea, Zhou Ruolan completely let go of herself, left Liu Tianyu and went to have fun alone.

Although Liu Tianyu was also born and rarely saw the sea inland, but after having a cornucopia, it was different, not to mention anything else, that is, when he went to the Marvel world before, Liu Tianyu and Tony Stark went to the beach from time to time to surf in the past.

Therefore, in the face of the ocean, Liu Tianyu was not so excited, but just fell far behind Zhou Ruolan and watched her laugh.

The people here are actually very business-minded.

Seeing that Liu Tianyu was alone, a surfing coach came over to talk to Liu Tianyu, and wanted to teach Liu Tianyu to learn to surf, of course, he paid.

The surf instructor, who looked like a local man, looked like a tour guide, and surfing made him unusually toned, and his expression was more intelligent, or rather cunning.

Surfing or something.

Not to mention that Liu Tianyu is not interested at all, even if he is interested, he can't use others to teach.

Surfing may be a dangerous and exciting sport for others, but that's what happened for Liu Tianyu.

Therefore, Liu Tianyu was very interested in the so-called teaching of Liu Tianyu to surf by the surfing coach.

However, because Zhou Ruolan was spreading joy, the tour guide didn't know what to do at this time, and now only Liu Tianyu was left.

Liu Tianyu, who felt bored, chatted with the surf instructor.

The surf instructor was very talkative, and the two talked and talked about how they had more than 30 names for a god.

The coach gave Liu Tianyu an analogy: for example, a person, like Liu Tianyu, works here and surfs, but when he comes home, Liu Tianyu is a son and a father at the same time. Then Liu Tianyu's job is to be a teacher again.

In this way, Liu Tianyu has different identities in different positions.

One of their gods here can have more than thirty names, which is probably the case.

That is, more than 30 gods are the same, just different incarnations, which can be water, fire, air, or the goddess of education, the elephant god of wisdom. The sun god, the moon god, he generates more than thirty incarnations according to the good wishes of the people.