Chapter Twenty-Five: The Rapid Ringing of the Bell of the Xian'en Temple
When I arrived at the ancient house, the tour guide explained to everyone:
"The architecture of this ancient house, including the carvings and paintings, is of high artistic appreciation. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 The info is said to embody the highest architectural and artistic skills of the time. This ancient mansion has existed in the wind and rain for more than 500 years, but it is still very strong. It didn't matter how we repaired it, it was a miracle. It can be seen that from an architectural point of view, both in terms of design, materials and construction process, it is very successful.
As you can see in a moment, the whole house is very large. All we have to do is go around the tall walls and shadow walls, and we will be able to see the whole house.
Okay, let's take a look at the wall with its beautiful carvings and paintings, as well as the shadow wall, and then we'll go inside. After a while, you will see that the overall style of this ancient house is elegant and simple. Both ancient architecture and aesthetics have been fully exerted and embodied here. ”
Tourists nodded their heads in agreement when they heard this.
After hearing the tour guide's explanation and seeing the approval of the tourists, she felt that she wanted to see this ancient mansion very much. She thought to herself:
"Is it really that good?"
Hualing has visited almost all the famous ancient towns and ancient houses in the country. Hearing the guide's words, she began to wonder if the ancient houses in this unknown town would really be as good as the tour guide said? However, the tourists who came with her were some scholars in the fields of archaeology, architecture, and literature, and if they weren't really that good, they wouldn't have come here every year. Thinking about it like this, the painting spirit is even more looking forward to it, and wants to see what is so special about this ancient mansion.
The painting spirit looked up at the walls and shadow walls of the mansion.
"Oh my God, how are these walls and shadow walls so tall, and how big is the old house inside this wall?" she said with a sigh as she looked at it.
Hua Ling took several photos with her camera, and asked the tour guide to take a few more photos of her as she did when she first entered the ancient town.
After taking the photo, the painting spirit took a closer look at the shadow wall and the wall, the workmanship, painting and carving of the wall are really exquisite, she couldn't help but nodded, admiring the workmanship, painting and carving craftsmanship of these ancient designers and craftsmen, and the craftsmanship of the craftsmanship.
After the painting spirit took a few more photos, the tour guide began to lead everyone around the shadow wall into the courtyard of the ancient house, and at this moment, the entire ancient house was presented in front of everyone.
Indeed, as the tour guide said, this one is really bigger and more beautiful than any ancient house in any ancient town she has ever visited. This one really surprised her.
At this time, the painting spirit was not only surprised, she was even a little stunned. She felt that even if it was just an ordinary old house, being able to enjoy the buildings and scenery would give her a lot of inspiration for painting. She decided to forget about the troubles caused by the dreamy ancient town and the paintings of that ancient town for a while, and concentrate on admiring the ancient buildings and scenery here.
The main house of this house is very tall, and like the old houses in other places, it is the traditional north-facing south-facing appearance, and it also has east and west wings.
After taking a few pictures, she asked a tourist next to her to take a picture of her. But before they could take a closer look, the tour guide led everyone into the hall of the main house.
The furnishings in this hall are also antique, exactly like in ancient times. Hua Ling didn't look carefully and started to take pictures, she was afraid that the tour guide would be in a hurry to take everyone to other places.
As soon as a few photos were taken, the tour guide really led everyone through the hall of the main house, and then through the corridor to the backyard of this ancient house.
Hua Ling saw that this backyard was very large, and there was a small garden in this backyard. The garden has a unique rockery, pond and pavilion, and there are many flowers and trees.
The small garden in the backyard of an ancient mansion like this has been seen a lot when the painting spirit has traveled before. She glanced at it and felt that there was nothing special, so she didn't look closely, just took a few pictures at random.
At this time, the tour guide came over and said to the painting spirit:
"Now you don't have to rush to take pictures, you will have free time. They also like this ancient house very much, and hope to have a long time to move freely here. At that point, you just take these pictures slowly. Come, let's go back to the hall first. After speaking, the tour guide led everyone back to the hall of the main house.
Back in the hall, the tour guide smiled and said:
"Next, I'm going to show you around the East and West wings here, and then we'll come back here. ”
After speaking, the tour guide took everyone to the east and west wings on both sides to have a look.
When he returned to the main hall, the tour guide said:
"Okay, everyone has seen the general situation of this ancient mansion. Now, then, it's free time. At your request, I'll give you an extra half an hour. ”
"Oh, that's great. This time I finally got a little more time. One tourist said happily.
The other tourists clapped their hands for joy when they heard that the free time was longer and said, "Great." ”
She was so happy to see that the whole group of tourists had become so happy because of this.
The painter decided to take a closer look at the style of the ancient building. She noticed that there were a lot of rooms here, and that the painting spirit seemed to see that the furnishings in these rooms were not exactly the same. The main room plus the east and west wings, if you look at each room, an hour and a half may not be enough. The furnishings and the detailed decorations, as well as the embroidery, paintings, calligraphy and sculptures in these rooms are very much to admire.
At this time, the tour guide said:
"The furnishings in this old house have been kept as much as they were at the time. They also try to use the objects at that time, they are all antiques, please be careful, do not touch, for a long time, not strong, easy to break and break. Everyone must stand outside the red line of the staff, and don't go in to see it. I don't need to say more about this, everyone has been doing very well in the past few years. I believe that the painting spirit will also do a good job. ”
Speaking of this, the painting spirit also nodded. Then, the tour guide continued:
"Our ancient town, not long after the opening of the scenic spot, there are still many people who don't know here, and there are not many people who come. You've basically been here several times, we're all old friends who are more familiar with each other, and you're all archaeology, architecture, and art workers, so don't worry about letting everyone move freely, I won't follow and stare at it. If only no one else had this free time. The first time the painting spirit came, I was afraid that she would get lost or strayed into the forbidden place, so I had to follow. ”
Speaking of this, the painting spirit smiled, and the other tourists also smiled.
The tour guide went on to say:
"The solid wood furniture, ceramics and other furnishings here are all the objects of the last owner of the house, about one or two hundred years ago. The calligraphy and paintings, tablecloths, curtains and bedding, including the cotton and silk fabrics used for the bedding and embroidery, were all specially customized by modern people according to the records of ancient books and the styles unearthed from ancient tombs in this vicinity. The fabrics and calligraphy and paintings unearthed from those ancient tombs have been handed over to the national cultural relics protection unit for preservation, and the facilities for preserving those cultural relics here are not perfect, so you can't see those here, please understand.
If you look at this glass booth, there are photos of precious items that are not easy to preserve from ancient tombs in the vicinity, and you can look at the embroidery on it, which was all at that time. The photos of the other objects in the booth are also photos of other items unearthed from the ancient tomb, and they are all from that era. Just take a look, please don't touch the booth.
There is a large area of ancient tombs nearby, and this ancient tomb is also a forbidden place like those temples, Taoist temples, and churches. Let's not go there. Because this was once the retreat of celebrities and scholars hundreds of years ago, there will be a large number of calligraphy and paintings in the ancient tomb. Originally, the state cultural relics department was going to excavate. However, because it is a forbidden place in the ancient town. According to various considerations, the state cultural relics department has only systematically excavated a small number of ancient tombs. It is said that the excavation process was very difficult, and there were many mechanisms inside.
Legend has it that the celebrities who live here are calligraphers, painters, astrologers, mathematicians, and alchemists, that is, people who engage in all kinds of chemical reactions of lead and mercury, I don't know very well, I heard that there are architects, weapons experts, and some secret weapons experts who live here, and some warlocks and wizards from the tropical jungle, as well as experts who specialize in designing ancient tombs.
They are skilled in the design of weapons and mechanisms, as well as the use of poison and sorcery. I heard that many of the hidden weapons in those ancient tomb organs are poisonous. It's very dangerous inside. In addition, it is said that during the excavation, a thousand-year-old ice block from the extremely cold land was dug up. I really don't know how these extremely cold thousand-year-old ice cubes moved here and haven't melted yet. The temperature in this ancient town is above zero, and there is almost no snow, but the temperature occasionally falls below zero in winter, and a little snow is also light snow. Some speculate that it was once a place of extreme cold thousands of years ago. However, according to ancient records, there has never been a situation of extreme cold here. So the appearance of these millennium ice cubes is quite incredible.
We have a few archaeologists here, and if you're interested in learning about them, if they're not bothered, you can ask them. ”
After speaking, the tour guide smiled and stretched out his hand to let everyone look at a few tourists here.
The tourists smiled and nodded.
After hearing the tour guide's words, the painter realized that those people were archaeologists.
"Oh, so you guys are archaeologists. I said how did you guys talk about some tomb mechanism along the way? The painting spirit smiled and nodded at them.
A few of them smiled and nodded.
"Well, did you hear me clearly? Now, it's free time, and in an hour and a half, everyone will gather in the hall. Okay, disband. ”
After the tour guide finished speaking, everyone dispersed.
After less than a moment of free movement, I heard a rapid ringing of the bell not far away.
"When~dang~when~when~" The bell rang unusually quickly.
And they all stood still and listened carefully to the sound of the bell.
After listening for a while, the tour guide lowered his head and muttered:
"No, this isn't the usual bell. Their usual bells can't be heard so far, not so loudly, and not so quickly. This is the sound of the bell in the Great Bell Tower of Sen'en Temple. Could it be that something big happened to Xian'en Temple? This bell usually doesn't ring, but it only rings once during the Chinese New Year. It's impossible to ring this bell at this time, what's going on?"
"Guide, what does this bell mean? We've been here so many times before, but we've never heard it before. One tourist asked curiously.
"Yes, is there something wrong? This is not the usual way to knock, is it? It is so fast? Moreover, it is the sound of the big bell tower and the bell of the temple, and the bell that summons the disciples to eat and chant sutras in the temple, so there is no need to ring such a big bell, right?" said other tourists.
"Yes, this seems to be the sound of ringing the big bell in the bell tower of Xian'en Temple, is it something big that will ring that big bell? Listen, it is still ringing so quickly. Another tourist said.
"Well, I think something is wrong, too. Wait a minute, I'll ask the security guard to see if he knows?" the tour guide frowned and began to call the security guard.
The security guard's phone couldn't get through.
Everyone's hearts seemed to be nervous by the rapid ringing of the bell, and they didn't know what was going on.
The tour guide was also worried, but the security phone was always busy, and he was in a hurry to walk around the hall.
Then, for safety reasons, he decided to take everyone out of the ancient mansion as soon as possible.
Out of the ancient house, in the ancient town, everyone looked at the tall bell tower of Xian'en Temple from afar.
Outside the old house, the bell could be heard more clearly.
The tour guide scratched his head, then walked to the side and called the security guard again, fortunately, this time it was through.
The tour guide talked on the side for a long time. Then he hurried over and said:
"Here's the situation. Something seems to have happened to Sen'en Temple. For everyone's safety, we have to leave the ancient town as soon as possible. ”
After speaking, he was in a hurry to take everyone to the parking lot of the big archway in the ancient town, and he hoped to take everyone out of the ancient town as soon as possible.
After walking for a while, the guide's mobile phone suddenly rang.
The tour guide answered his mobile phone while walking, but found that he couldn't hear clearly, so he stopped to listen.
"Hey, yes, we're leaving the old town. How do you know her? Ah, yes. Is she here? yes, yes, she's leaving here with us. yes, there are exactly nineteen of us. What? Master Sen'en? Oh, what? yes? That, that's okay. I know. ”
After talking on the phone, the tour guide lowered his head and shook his head and said:
"It's so strange, how did Master Xian'en ......?"
Listening to the bell of Xian'en Temple, he looked in the direction of Xian'en Temple. At this time, he didn't have time to think so much, he looked up at everyone and said:
"Well, everyone's attention. I just got a call from a security guard. I don't know exactly what's going on, but the security guard said that Master Xian'en asked me to count the number of people. In particular, he wants me to see how the painting spirit is, and I don't know how he knows about the painting spirit. What about painting spirits?"
When the tour guide said this, everyone was surprised to find that the painting spirit was gone!
"What about the painting spirit?" The tour guide found that the painting spirit was missing, so he asked everyone in a panic.
"Oh, really. What about her?, how could the painting spirit be gone?" The other tourists were also stunned.
"Isn't it? I remember we disbanded in the hall, and then after a while, we heard the bell, and then we came out with the guide? Didn't she come out?" said one tourist.
"yes, didn't we come out together?" said another tourist.
"She's not still in the mansion, is she?" said the other tourists in surprise.
"Why didn't you come out with us?" The tour guide was so anxious that he broke out in a cold sweat when he heard that the painting spirit might still be alone in the ancient mansion.
"What should I do, tour guide, what's going on?" one tourist asked.
"Isn't that haunted?" asked the tourist softly.
"Don't talk nonsense, everybody. I went in and went to find the painting spirit. Stand here and don't move. After speaking, the tour guide turned around and was about to go back to the ancient mansion to find the painting spirit.
At this time, I don't know where a gust of wind blew, cold and cold, blowing everyone so much that they couldn't open their eyes.
When everyone opened their eyes again, they found that the sky suddenly became cloudy, and it was getting more and more cloudy. After a while, this ancient town seemed to be in the dark. It was so dark that it was hard to see each other's faces.
"Oops, that's scary. One of the tourists looked up at the sky and said scaredly.
As another cold wind blew, the temperature dropped violently, and another cold wind blew, and they began to feel chills all over their bodies.
"Why is it so cold all of a sudden?" said one tourist, who seemed to feel his breath turn into a white mist as he spoke.
"It's not going to be below zero all of a sudden, is it?" said one tourist, shivering from the cold.
"What's going on? What should I do? Isn't it really haunted?" said one tourist with tears in her eyes.
When everyone heard this, their hearts trembled, and they all became afraid.
At this time, someone exclaimed:
"Oh, you see, it's snowing. ”
"Oh my God, really, why did it suddenly cool down and suddenly snow on this hot day?" shouted one of the tourists.
The guide also shivered as he felt soft, cold snowflakes fall on his face, neck, and arms. At this time, he was also panicked, he had been a tour guide in the ancient town for so many years, and he had never encountered this situation before.