Chapter 324: Heaven is above, and there is Suzhou and Hangzhou below

The people of this era are not as ignorant as the people were not enlightened in ancient times.

People in modern society have their own ideas and propositions.

The so-called true can't be fake, and the fake can't be true.

Right is right and wrong is wrong.

The eyes of the masses are bright.

So someone in the tourist crowd stood up to speak, and the old man who cried Qin Hui finally disappeared speechlessly to hide his face.

And so it ended.

Liu Tianyu and Zhou Ruolan mingled in the crowd and continued to visit the tomb of King Yue with other tourists.

It is said that there is heaven above and Suzhou and Hangzhou below.

When you come to Hangzhou, you can't help but see Suzhou.

After a quick trip to Hangzhou, Liu Tianyu and Zhou Ruolan, who found that there was still a surplus of time, rushed to Suzhou to kill them.

Suzhou Fengqiao.

Fengqiao is very prosperous.

And the prosperity of Fengqiao not only attracts many businessmen, but also attracts a lot of literati, here is lively during the day, and the information is accessible. Life is convenient and can fully satisfy people's social desires. The nights are peaceful and quiet. The song vividly exudes its ethereal and deep, with a shocking power that penetrates people's hearts, and makes people's hearts and minds clean.

Liu Tianyu held Zhou Ruolan in his hand, looked at the delicacy of Suzhou, and felt that he was living in seclusion here. It seems that there is a feeling that the highest state of Chinese Zen Buddhism is hidden in the city, and it is no wonder that there are famous gardens concentrated in the Fengqiao area in the past dynasties.

Fengqiao is also a place where literati often visit and gather, and the traditional Chinese literati are the most knowledgeable people who know how to live, they gather together to recite poems and paintings, listen to the piano and drink. Playing chess and tasting tea, it can be described as chic and elegant, so there are many poems of Fengqiao and Hanshan Temple.

Jiangfeng Thatched Cottage is the place to reproduce the elegant collection of literati, the rockery and flowing water in the garden are natural and elegant, the main hall hangs four full and elegant big characters of Jiangfeng Thatched Cottage written by Wen Zhengming, and arranges a bamboo furniture, with a piano table, a chess table, and a wine table.

The traditional Chinese literati believe that bamboo is upright, dignified, and unyielding, which is the spiritual symbol they advocate, and the bamboo furniture carving is exquisite, and it is rich in the furniture of strong Chinese plot and traditional craftsmanship.

Liu Tianyu and Zhou Ruolan walked and saw that the south side was a study, which was arranged with a Ming Dynasty study furniture, with painting tables, chairs, bookcases, flat heads, strips, etc., where you can enjoy the smooth lines and concise style of Ming Dynasty furniture.

Out of the Jiangfeng Thatched Cottage came to Tang Deng.

This is the southern ecological plant area of the scenic spot, planting more than 100 kinds of thousands of plants, mainly red maple, embellished with the water post promenade, the building of Baochun Xuan, in creating the romantic atmosphere of the water oasis, the red maple leaves in autumn, creating a poetic and picturesque feeling.

The copper lamp in front of him was completely made according to the real sample of Tang lantern, using six tons of copper. The lamp is six meters high, suggesting six or six major shuns. The lower part of the lamp is the lotus seat, the upper part is the hexagonal lamppost, engraved with the Ruyi pattern, the beast unicorn of folk worship, and the top is gilded, showing the graceful and elegant and solemn style of the Tang Dynasty, becoming the iconic landscape of Jiang Fengzhou.

It is connected with Tang Bell, Tang Tower, and Tang Poetry in time and space, enriching the ancient culture of the scenic spot. Tang lantern is really a Buddhist object, Buddhism believes that the lamp can break the darkness and bring light, which is the purpose of Buddhism. Fengqiao has the ancient Hanshan Temple, and the original Fahua Nunnery on Jiangfengzhou is a famous Buddhist resort. When this Tang lantern was opened, the abbot of Hanshan Temple held a consecration ceremony, so it was very aura.

Yizhiyuan was originally a residential garden where Qing Dynasty exegetes and scholars lived in Fengqiao. In the middle of the garden is his study, where he completed many literary works, the most famous of which is that it is an important reference book for exegesis, and many articles are included in it.

Here with the lake stone, the small pond is built into a small garden next to each other, and the water is built to build a pavilion, and the poetic name is sorrowful. The small garden pavilion on the north side, the pavilion in the former residence of Yang Zhan is called Shuiyue Pavilion, which is a scenic spot to commemorate the residence of celebrities.

From the Tang and Song dynasties to the Ming and Qing dynasties, Fengqiao Ancient Town has always been a famous commercial market town in the country, and it has become a densely populated place because of its abundant commodities and information, thus depositing a strong Wudi folk customs and various folk arts. Now an ancient street of the Ming and Qing dynasties has been restored on Jiangfengzhou, and the landscape of ferries, post stations, rice shops, and pawnshops has been rebuilt.

Antique Fengqiao rice line, in the Ming and Qing dynasties, Fengqiao ancient town is an important grain distribution center along the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal, rice lines all over the town, after the gradual decline, the ancient street to restore the old rice line scene, reproduce the prosperous charm of the past. A pawnshop in the old days. The tall pawnshop counter, the short one has to tiptoe to reach, thinking of Lu Xun's pawnshop. The scene at the counter is very spacious and magnificent.

At the end of the ancient street of the Ming and Qing dynasties is the Fengqiao Water Horse Station, which reproduces the scenes of the dissemination of government decrees, the delivery of materials, and the reception of officials. It also invited various folk art masters from Suzhou to operate performances and display their works. Such as Suzhou embroidery, jade carving, stone carving, lanterns, paper-cutting, four treasures of the study, etc.

These masters of folk art are willing to be lonely and poor, and use their life's energy. Guarding folk crafts that are on the verge of being lost. The completion of Jiang Fengzhou Celebrity Art Workshop has given them a stage to show the folk crafts of Wu to Chinese and foreign tourists, and they can have a deeper understanding of Suzhou.

There is a paper-cutting shop on the street, which exhibits and sells Chinese folk paper-cutting, and the craftsmanship is exquisite and beautiful. There are all kinds of Taihu Lake stones exhibited in the Songfeng Pavilion, and there are thousands of postures. Fengying Embroidery Village, a variety of exquisite embroidery exhibits. There are calligraphy and paintings hanging in the Fengqiao Painting and Calligraphy Institute. It is said that literati and artists often gathered here to learn calligraphy and painting.

Liu Tianyu didn't feel anything about this thing, but Zhou Ruolan was very interested, and with a wave of her jade hand, she simply bought a lot of things, and asked the store to send them to the famous hotel where she stayed.

came out of the paper-cutting shop, and the two didn't stop, and went to Hanshan to say goodbye.

It is said that Zhao Yanguang, a folk scholar in the Ming Dynasty, buried his father in the south of Zhiyi Mountain near Fengqiao, and he and his wife opened the mountain to dig stones and plant flowers and trees. The garden is secluded in this place and guards the grave, so this place is named Hanshan Beiye.

And because the garden is built according to the mountain, so there are not only mountains and forests, but also artificial beauty, there are more than a dozen scenes such as thousands of feet of snow, Yunzhonglu, Jinghongdu, Luyunlou, Feiyu Gorge, Chiyanyi, Qinghui Building, etc.

Mr. and Mrs. Zhao and their friends. He wrote many Yongyuan poems, such as Songfeng Twenty Miles, Huadian Yetang Village. It is already deep in the mountains, and there are no suspicious guests to the door, the trees are thousands of blue, and the sound of the stream is ten thousand flows. The black cry flower dock is warm, the maple falls on the stone gate in autumn, etc., from which you can see the beauty of the garden. Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty made six southern tours, six times of luck, and gave more than 30 poems.

Jinghongdu is a scene in the cold mountain. It is used along the ancient canal wharf ferry port of Jiangfengzhou, which makes people reminisce, in ancient times, the crowds here are like flowing, and the scene of the waves is noisy, which breaks the rainbow in the sky and disturbs the tranquility of the fairy world. The heavy eaves of the ferry building towers over Fengqiao North Street, which is the climax of the northern landscape.

The three big characters of Jinghongdu are written by famous calligraphers, which are chic and bold, and indeed have a shocking spirit. The memorial arch is beautiful in the clouds, the sky and the water are bright and the top and bottom are the Qianlong Emperor gave when he toured the south, and now the famous calligrapher is re-written.

Liu Tianyu observed these calligraphy very carefully, but he was not proficient in it, so he couldn't understand the charm.

However, Zhou Ruolan practiced calligraphy when she was a child because of her family environment, and calligraphy can be regarded as an entry, so she has benefited more from observing the calligraphy in front of her than Liu Tianyu.

The stone lions on both sides of the wharf are exquisitely carved and majestic, and they are the guardian saints of Zhenzhou at the north end of Jiangfengzhou. After Liu Tianyu and the others visited Jiangfengzhou, their understanding of Fengqiao also means that they have a preliminary understanding of Suzhou. Suzhou is a water city, famous for many bridges, the poet of the Ming Dynasty said that the painting bridge is three hundred reflections of the river city, and the Fengqiao Bridge in the poem is uniquely famous.

The two not only walked through the oldest and most famous Fengqiao and Jiangcun Bridge in Suzhou, but also walked through a pavilion bridge, Yuyin Bridge, a covered bridge, and a bell bridge, a total of four bridges, two ancient and two new.

Hanshan Temple is located in Fengqiao Ancient Town on the bank of the ancient canal in the west of Suzhou City, built in the Liang Dynasty during the Six Dynasties, more than 1,400 years ago, formerly known as Miaoli Puming Pagoda Courtyard. During the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty, it is said that the famous monk Hanshan and Shide at that time had come here from Tiantai Mountain as the abbot, and changed its name to Hanshan Temple, and Hanshan Temple was one of the top ten famous temples in history.

Most of the halls of Hanshan Temple are Qing Dynasty buildings, mainly including the Daxiong Treasure Palace, the Tibetan Scripture Building, the Bell Tower, the Tablet Corridor, the Fengjiang Tower, the Frost Bell Pavilion and so on. The Hehe Taihu Stone in front of the temple, the idea of Hehe initiated by Hanshan has become an important part of the excellent traditional culture of the Chinese nation.

The rebuilt Puming Pagoda Courtyard, imitating the Tang Pagoda, is majestic, ending the history of Hanshan Temple without a tower for more than 600 years.

Liu Tianyu walked behind Zhou Ruolan, admiring the beauty of the beauty with a light smile and disgust, and he was fascinated.

The first Buddha bell in the world of Hanshan Temple is a bronze bell imitating the Tang Dynasty, the main body of the bell is inscribed, and the skirt of the big bell is cast with nine exquisite flying pictures and six milling skirts. The whole bell body is huge, heavy and beautiful. It is an artistic treasure that reflects the contemporary Chinese Van bell culture.

The big stele that was laid at the same time as the big bell is known as the first poetry stele in China, the front of the stele is engraved with a poem by Zhang Ji written by Yu Yue of the Qing Dynasty, and on the back of the stele, there is a volume copied by the Qianlong Emperor hand-copied.

There are a total of 28 dragons carved on the big stele. The large monument stands in a pool, implying the scene of rippling water waves and fishing fires when the Fengqiao is parked. The layout of Hanshan Temple is different: contrary to the common practice of temples facing south, its temple gate is facing west. Hanshan Villa is a rare place to go.

It is full of green all the year round, pine trees, green bamboo, osmanthus, cherry blossoms, plum blossoms, lawns and the moon pool, the moon pavilion, the sorrowful slope, the Hanshan Bridge, the listening bell ping, the poetry gallery and other scenery reflect each other.

Why does the mountain gate of Hanshan Temple face west? The old abbot of Hanshan Temple, Master Xingkong, said four words: adapt measures to local conditions. The Grand Canal opened in the Sui Dynasty became increasingly busy during the Tang and Song dynasties, and Suzhou is a water town, and the temple gate faces west by the river, which is convenient for passing merchants, boat people, farmers, and believers to come here by boat to worship and worship.

The West is where Lord Buddha lived. Also known as Elysium, bright and holy, without all troubles, the temple gate facing west also expresses reverence and yearning for the holy land of Buddhism, killing two birds with one stone. In addition, according to the Five Elements Theory, water can overcome fire. The monks of the past dynasties used the water of the Grand Canal to overcome the fire, so the Hanshan Temple had been peaceful for hundreds of years in history.

However. The monk's painstaking efforts still cannot escape the human disaster. The Yuan Dynasty was not hit by war, the Ming Dynasty had two fires, and the Qing Dynasty was also twice, one of which was a war. The ancient temple was burned down. The current Hanshan Temple was rebuilt in the 32nd year of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty. There are two ancient camphor trees on both sides of the mountain gate, which are lush and green. The eaves of the classical pavilion in the yellow wall, the right is the Fengjiang Tower, the left is the frost bell tower, all originate from the Fengqiao night park poem.

The mountain gate of the scenic spot is newly built and magnificent. The architectural style is the mountain gate repaired by Chen Kuilong in imitation of the Qing Dynasty. Although the mountain gate built by the Chen family a hundred years ago is also three door openings, only the middle gate can be passed, and the other doors are not passable. Today's three gates of the mountain gate are passable, and they are all pragmatic.

The middle door opening of the front of the new mountain gate is embedded with a plaque of cold picking. There is a couplet engraved on both sides of the door hole: trace a thousand years of bottle bowl, hide the stone wall and cold rock, outside the door of Chang Closed, open a different victory; incarnate 300 poems, fly to the west of the sky and the east of the earth, between the Song and Ming dynasties, the cup crosses Yingzhou.

There is a collection of character plaques engraved above the two small door openings, the left is Zhongwen Eagle Ridge, and the right is the road to the roof. The middle door opening on the back is inlaid with a stone tablet imitated by the Miaoli sect, and there is also a couplet written by a contemporary calligrapher on both sides: the boat stops in the middle of the night, the fishing fire Danfeng, come to see the ancient temple of the Six Dynasties, and now it is suspected that it is the outside world of three thousand dust;

The left head of the plaque above the left and right door openings is the place for talking about the scriptures, and the right head is the Buddha field. Liu Tianyu and Zhou Ruolan entered from the gates on both sides of the wall, and passed through a wide field, which was the mountain gate of Hanshan Temple. There is a stone lion on both sides of the mountain gate, which is vivid and majestic, and guards at the gate of the temple.

There is an ancient camphor tree growing next to the stone lion, like two kind old men, standing at the door and smiling to welcome visitors. Hang a plaque above the mountain gate, and write the ancient Hanshan Temple.

Two people leisurely into the temple door, facing the gilded sitting, smiling often open the belly Maitreya Buddha, like the front of the Hanshan Temple Master wrote the couplet: the big belly is round and round, can tolerate the world unbearable, full of joy, welcome the world destined people.

Behind the seated statue of Maitreya is a standing Wei Dao Heavenly General, known as the Dharma Protector Wei Dao Zun Tian Bodhisattva. There is also a couplet next to it, the upper one is Wei Dao Heavenly General, but the three worlds of the South Mi are protected, and the lower one is the incarnation of the Bodhisattva, which is not to the north of Luzhou.

Buddhism is a part of Chinese culture, and it is necessary to absorb the essence of Buddhist culture, carry forward the spirit of human Buddhism, and serve the construction of the two civilizations. Humanistic Buddhism focuses on purifying one's body and mind, and on benefiting the people in society. For example, monks plant trees, practice medicine and medicine, and persuade people to do good, and the list goes on.

Liu Tianyu silently held Zhou Ruolan, the beauty was faintly shy, and walked forward, this is the main garden of Hanshan Temple, the trees are verdant, and it can be said that the flower bed on the left side of the quiet Buddha land is embedded with two long stone carvings on both sides.

Hanshan Temple originally two Arhat halls in the north and south, respectively enshrine the five hundred Arhat statues carved by camphor wood in the Qing Dynasty, because the two are separated by more than 50 meters, it brings inconvenience to tourists to visit, and the house has been in disrepair for a long time, and the whole is not coordinated, for this reason, the original North Arhat Hall is dismantled and rebuilt, so that this thousand-year-old temple is more solemn.

The reconstructed Luohan Hall is an imitation Qing structure, the face is wide and nine rooms, the original two Luohan statues are enshrined in five layers in a stepped type, all of them are bluestone carved lion grabbing hydrangea lifelike, and the Arhat statue is protected by a Buddhist shrine.

The 500 Arhats are all gilded Arhats carved from camphor wood, which are cultural relics in the Yongzheng period of the Qing Dynasty. The 500 Arhats are the 500 disciples of Shakti Muni, and the Arhats can attain three realms: 1) they are not suffering from the cycle of birth and death, 2) they are not greedy or troubled, and they will enter the state of Nirvana forever, and 3) they are supported by the celestial beings.

In the center of the Luohan Hall stands a bronze statue of Guanyin, which was donated by the Japanese Religious Painting Academy and the Japan Zen Painters Association. The iron incense burner on the terrace in front of the Daxiong Hall casts the four characters of Dahua pottery, Dahua means the education of the Buddha, the pottery metaphor is to build, cultivate, and the melting can be used as a model solution when melting and casting metal or pouring utensils.

The comprehensive four characters are: to cultivate believers according to the norms of Buddhist teachings, so that the recalcitrant can be naturalized and reborn.