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Most of the small temple is overgrown with weeds, and there are some wild trees of different heights planted in an irregular manner, or seeds blown by the wind, or undigested and pulled out by birds, one here and one there, which looks very messy. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info But now they are all dry leaves, only the big pine tree is still green. In this temple, only this big pine tree was transplanted and planted artificially, and it is in the middle of the front of the Thousand Hands Guanyin Hall behind, on the central axis. It's just that whether it was planted with the construction of the temple is unknown.

I heard that there were monks living in this temple, but they have long since disappeared. Now a row of houses has been built on the west side of the front hall of this temple, which serves as the seat of the village committee, and some of the village leaders hold meetings and deliberations here. The people of the village were gathered in this temple for a general meeting or any important gathering. Although this temple is very small compared to other temples, it is very large compared to the courtyards of most people in the village, covering an area of about ten acres.

Behind the Four Heavenly Kings Hall was cleared out of a very spacious and flat open space for people to gather. This place is also one of the few places where there are no weeds growing in the temple. There is also a stone mill in the southeast corner of the temple, which used to be mostly used to grind grain, but now the grain harvesting is mostly mechanized, but it is rarely used for this purpose. Now, most of the villagers use it after cleaning it to grind leeks and chili sauce.

In addition, there is a vegetable patch next to the row of houses of the village committee, and there are no weeds growing there. This vegetable plot was opened by an old bachelor who lives in the village committee.

The old bachelor was hired by the village committee and was responsible for guarding and cleaning the village committee. But he didn't have any wages to pay, and it was a great benefit for him to be able to occupy two houses in the village committee for his own use. And on weekdays, he can also get some small benefits from what the village committee does and what it does. This, as long as he doesn't go too far, the village leaders don't have much to worry about. After all, he does his best, and there is no merit and hard work.

The Four Heavenly Kings Hall has not been lost, probably because there are people living not far from the front hall. In addition, in comparison, the Four Heavenly Kings Hall is also relatively intact and sturdy, and there is no major damage. Although the roof is also broken, there are no loopholes, and there are no windows on all sides, only two doors in front and back, which are locked on weekdays.

The most important point is that the statues of the four heavenly kings in this Heavenly King Hall are really large, each of them is six or seven meters high, with a head as big as a water tank and eyes as big as a sea bowl. The sculptures are lifelike, and they look very majestic, and both eyes are glaring downward. Lin Xu remembered that when he first entered the palace of the Four Heavenly Kings with his father, he was very startled by the eight eyes of the Four Heavenly Kings.

When you come back to your senses and calm down, you will feel shocked. There is also a sigh that I don't know how the people who built this temple made such a big statue in the first place. It is also because of the huge size that these statues of the four heavenly kings may be well preserved because of this. It's really hard for people to steal such a big thing. It's really hard for you to get this head down, and you can't take it alone.

In comparison, the Buddha statue of the Thousand Hands Kannon Hall is much smaller. The largest statue of the Thousand-armed Kannon is only half the height of the four heavenly kings, and of course, there is also the reason why the Guanyin is seated and the heavenly kings are standing. But overall, the Buddha statues in the Thousand Hands Kannon Hall are much smaller, and this also makes it convenient for the thieves.

I don't know when the theft of the Bodhisattva's head in this temple began, anyway, it has happened twice since Lin Xu can remember. There was also a time to alarm the city's public security bureau, a lot of police cars came, and they also made a record of inquiries to Lin Xu's family who lived next to the Thousand Hands Guanyin Temple. It's just that Lin Xu had already entered the middle school in the township at that time, and the boarding school could only go back once a week, but he didn't meet at the right time, and he only heard from his parents and sister later.

However, until now, the lost Buddha statue has not been recovered.

It was the second time that the city's public security bureau was alarmed, and the previous time, although the villagers also knew that the Bodhisattva in the temple had been stolen again, no one reported the crime. Because the people in the village have no awareness of cultural relics protection at all, and they don't take it seriously at all. If you steal, you can steal it, and it's not your own home anyway. Later, I learned that it was just a topic of conversation after dinner.

But since the police car came, the villagers began to pay attention. It may also be that the police have explained something to the village leaders, but the village committee has mobilized people to start patrolling the temple at night during the winter season when thieves are most active. But it's only been that year, and no one has paid attention to it anymore this year, and no one has arranged to organize a night patrol for what they should do.

As a senior intellectual in the village, Lin Xu's father Lin Lang has always had a sense of cultural relics protection. On weekdays, he also likes to collect some antiques, and Lin Xu has seen two iron boxes of copper coins in his father's safe. It's just that his strength alone is limited after all, and he can't play a role, although he is the accountant of the village, but this position really doesn't have much say in the village committee. Moreover, he is not yet a party member, so his influence in the village committee is even more limited. He himself is careful on weekdays, but he can't guard against a thief.

This winter, he also proposed to the village committee to continue to organize young villagers to visit the temple for the night. But it was not taken seriously and did not pass. When he came back home, he complained, but there was really nothing he could do. I can only hope that the thief will not worry about the few remaining heads in the Thousand-Hand Guanyin Temple, what can I do?

Regarding the protection of cultural relics, Lin Xu is also not aware of it now, he just feels that it is a pity that the Buddha statue in the thousand-armed Guanyin Hall has no head, and it is also very scary to look at it.

In fact, Lin Xu is currently more afraid of this small temple next to his house since he was a child. Especially when he was a child, the open space outside his house was separated from the temple by a low and uneven earthen wall. There are also a few collapses, and there are gaps that can be passed directly.

When night falls, the temple has an eerie feel. The darkness and deep darkness, the broken cornices that were exposed in the night, and the majestic and tall body of the temple outlined in the faint moonlight, always made him feel as if lurking in the darkness a fierce beast that wanted to be devoured.

So much so that when he was young, he didn't dare to come out to go to the thatched house at night, and he always dared to come out only when he was accompanied by his parents. In particular, there are many owls nested in the temple, which are not seen during the day, and they come out to move at night, "fluttering" their wings, and "cooing", which makes people even more afraid when they hear the sound. And those two eyes are glowing, and when they are matched, people feel chills when they look at them.

Lin Tong is the same, and girls are naturally afraid of the dark, and they are even more afraid than him. Especially after watching the hit "Liao Zhai" on TV one year, the two brothers and sisters were so scared that they didn't even dare to go out at night. Isn't there a ghost in the desolate ancient temple that is often performed in "Liao Zhai", unfortunately there is such a qualified temple next to his house. At that time, he had nightmares every night, and often dreamed that the headless Bodhisattvas and Buddha statues in the thousand-armed Guanyin Hall revolved around him. He and his sister were so frightened that they slept in the same bed with their parents, and they dared to go back to sleep for a long time.

And Lin Lang and his wife also began to pay attention to this issue after this incident. Soon after, he hired someone to tear down the earthen wall, which had collapsed in many places, and built a tall solid brick wall. However, for the convenience of Lin Lang to the village committee, there is still a small door left here to enter and exit the temple.

In addition, the distance from the gate to the thatched house is equipped with four light bulbs to illuminate the whole way. After the high wall was erected and the light bulb was installed, the two dared to come out together. Now that I'm older, I'm much bolder, and I know that there are no ghosts in this world, so I'm not so afraid.