I was unhappy in my heart, and said in a deep voice: "Sister Qi, if you want me to say, we shouldn't give this Qi Xuguang such a big face, even if we want to hold a lake festival, we don't need to be so excited, it means that now, we make the plate so big, and when the time comes, people inside and outside the Yuling clan will come to participate. ”

"It's a blessing or a curse, it's a curse that can't be avoided, but I think this is a rare opportunity. If the person behind this scene wants to make a substantial big move, it should be this opportunity! ”

I have a chill in my heart, Ji Weiqi's meaning is very obvious, this time to hold the "Lake Festival" ceremony is like a touchstone, if the people behind the scenes open their mouths, they will definitely take the opportunity to make trouble, we wait for them to automatically cast the net, it is self-evident, someone must be doing something from it, the danger of this operation is also conceivable, thinking of this, I can't help but admire Ji Weiqi's courage. Or it can be said that she admires her courage to know that there are tigers in the mountains and prefer to go to the tiger mountains.

Ji Weiqi was silent, her pretty face was indifferent, but I knew that this strong woman had endless secrets hidden in her heart.

Time passed in silence.

Our ship made its way through the darkness of the night to our destination.

I twisted the steering wheel to the left, and the boat turned to the left in the middle of the lake, saying, "At the current speed, we will be on the opposite shore in thirty-five minutes." ”

Taihu Lake is located in the southern edge of the Yangtze River Delta, known as Zhenze and Gu District in ancient times, also known as the Five Lakes and Kaze, is one of the five major freshwater lakes in China, ranking third, across Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, bordering Wuxi in the north, Huzhou in the south, Yixing in the west, and Suzhou in the east.

The lights on the shore of Taihu Lake loom in the thick fog.

The speed of the boat began to increase slowly.

It was at this moment that an indescribable feeling arose in my heart.

"Danger!"

Our boat was approaching the shore at high speed, when a wave suddenly swept over. This wave is really weird, the lake is very calm, how can it suddenly set off waves.

At this moment, the sound of rain was heard in the mist, as if water droplets were pouring down from the eaves, making people feel as if they were weaving a moving side of water in front of them. However, it was not raining at this time, and it was like treacherous magic.

The cold brought by this sudden "rain" made my spiritual platform refreshing, just like the transcendence of the mundane on this lake.

"It's weird!" Even Xu Qian couldn't help but be suspicious, "This fog is so strange, I'm afraid it's ......."

"Don't scare yourself, this Taihu Lake is vast, and it is normal for the weather on the lake to be a little abnormal." A calm female voice said solemnly behind me, "Be careful of the morning rain and autumn cold, if you accidentally catch a cold." ”

Ji Weiqi is caring about me, this sentence of concern can obviously dissolve the frost, rain and snow, but she said it as cold as ice. Still, I was very moved.

Slowly, a high wall appeared in front of us, and it looked like it should be a temple. I moved my eyes from the bottom to the top, crossed the green tiles on the top of the temple wall, sent to the misty depths, and said lightly: "This temple is a good place, surrounded by mountains and rivers, a fairyland on earth." ”

"Sister Qi, haven't you heard that there is such a temple by this Taihu Lake?" Xu Qian asked, "Looking at the age of this temple, it is estimated that it has been many years, is it unreasonable?" ”

"What's wrong with this fog?" I thought of this, "I'm afraid this fog has a magnetic field or a mirage or something." ”

My speculation was unfounded, and Ji Weiqi said lightly: "Whether there is a problem with this fog or not, it would be good to go and see it first, and the temple will not run." ”

I have already heard the meaning of Ji Weiqi's words, which clearly means that she also thinks that there is something wrong with this temple. It seems that Xu Qian's intuition and I are right, this bizarre fog and this temple that has never been known to the world, perhaps, there is really a twist and turn story waiting for us to reveal.

I knocked on the door, and it wasn't long before a man came out and slowly opened the door. What came out was a nun, Xu Qian stepped forward to give a salute, although I didn't get close, I could imagine the nun's beautiful face.

"She is so young and beautiful, why does she want to become a nun?" A thought suddenly flashed through my mind, and I couldn't help but be suspicious.

"Donor, what are you doing!"

"Mrs. Shi, I'm really embarrassed to take the liberty of disturbing."

"The poor nun is a monk, so it is better to go into the temple and talk about it." The nun was very polite and invited us in.

Walking into this Zen temple, I can't help but sigh at the entanglement of grievances in the world, if the silkworm spins silk, until death rests, it is too superficial, this place of cultivation is elegant and refined, which makes people feel refreshed and happy. The courtyard is full of plane trees, and the autumn breeze is bleak, and the green leaves of the trees are gradually turning yellow. A frost, a gust of autumn wind, the yellow leaves have broken away from the branches and fallen downward. The freshly swept floor was covered with a golden carpet.

"When the leaves of the sycamore fall in the autumn rain, it is so beautiful!" I couldn't help but feel a feeling of emotion for this beautiful scenery.

After a while, a cool autumn wind blew through the sycamore leaves and fell flowers, and they swirled and fell, sometimes like a withered butterfly, returning to the embrace of the earth; Sometimes like a little paratrooper landing from an airplane, landing freely; Sometimes it looks like a cute yellow elf falling from the sky.

We suddenly realized our gaffe, stepped back and lowered our hands, "Master, please forgive me for being disrespectful. ”

The nun said casually: "The donor doesn't have to be polite! ”

I looked around at this independent courtyard in the empty mountain, and it was clear and silent.

"Please forgive me for being rude, I don't know the number of Shitai Fa ......"

I didn't know that I was too presumptuous to ask, but the nun said with a slight annoyance: "Donor! ”

I looked at her in amazement.

What impresses her most is her beautiful and straight eyebrows, bright eyes, and countenance that never seems to have experienced emotional fluctuations, which is reminiscent of a beautiful snow-white paper that no one has ever written, and her plain robe highlights her detachment from the dust.

The nun clasped her hands together, and the string of Buddha beads hanging between her fingers made a soft sound, bowed her head and said, "The poor nun is moved with hatred, sins and sins!" ”

A strange thought crossed my mind, and I wondered if I was even in it

Empty door, whether she has to suppress her true feelings like this, if she can smile, it must be very good-looking. Of course, he couldn't say this offensive and disrespectful thought, and said apologetically: "It's all bad, and it angers Shitai!" ”

"Don't blame the donor, it's just that there have never been any guests in my temple, and I am used to being alone."

"I see."

The nun said calmly, "Poor Nifa meditates. ”

"Master Jing Si, it's polite." I bowed respectfully to her.

During this process, Ji Weiqi and Xu Qian didn't talk much, probably to observe the strange things in this temple. We went around and didn't see anything wrong. Seeing that it was not too early, I didn't want to bother any more, so I found a reason to ask her about the lake festival, but she didn't respond, so we took our leave.

Along the way, Ji Weiqi didn't mention this meditation master again, but only talked about the lake festival ceremony. Although this matter is fully handed over to Qi Xuguang, since the scale of the ceremony is very large, it must be a trivial matter, according to our judgment, Qi Xuguang should use a name to hold this grand event.

Day 3.

After a long period of closure to fishing, from September, Taihu Lake will open its arms to the most generous reward for fishermen. Early in the morning, the sky was still bright. The Taihu Lake Fishing Festival and Opening Ceremony was held at the wharf of Guangfu Fishing Port Village, Taihu Lake National Tourism Resort in Suzhou.

I have to say that Qi Xuguang is still scheming, so he can kill two birds with one stone, he can save a lot of effort, and he also has less trouble to deal with in many ways. Smoke billowing from the altar, hundreds of fishing boats on the lake, drumming and horns breaking through the sky, is the most important celebration of the year for the fishermen of Taihu Lake.

64-year-old Blessing Dragon is a villager in Yugang Village, before yesterday's fishing ceremony, he sorted out fishing nets and sails on his fishing boat at home, and was immediately "targeted" by a group of photography enthusiasts. ”

The ceremony starts at 9:00, but before 6:00 in the morning, the "long guns and short cannons" of Suzhou and even the surrounding cities and counties have already poured into the small fishing village, looking for the nearby hills along the lake, the soil slopes, and even the second-floor balconies of the fishermen's small houses, just to find a good position to take pictures of this scene rich in folk customs. In order to meet their needs for a deeper experience and understanding of Guangfu, Yugang Village has established the Taihu Lake Fishing Song Transmission Base and the Wuzhong District Traditional Culture Overseas Dissemination Base, and has also launched a number of cultural tourism projects such as unique tourist routes, Taihu Lake food, and wind photography.

Different from Lao Zhu, who is busy at home, fellow villager Lao Zhao led the whole family to the lake early in the morning to watch the sacrificial ceremony, the sun by the lake is scorching, Lao Zhao specially instructed his wife to occupy a seat in the shade, and put on a sunhat for his little grandson: "Several generations have been fishermen, and they are tanned." I hope that he will be admitted to university and go out to work in the future, and stop doing this hard work. ”

Like many folks, Lao Zhao has been from two months

After suspending his part-time work in the city and returning to his hometown, he and his son boarded the fishing boat that had been parked for several months, and began to mend the nets, repair the machinery, and prepare the supplies of materials. Less than an hour after the opening ceremony, Lao Zhao watched very seriously, and when 60 big men dressed in traditional fishermen's clothes walked up to the altar holding yellow crescent fishing flags, the drums symbolizing peace and harvest sounded, and he held his grandson high on his shoulders, excitedly letting the children see all this. The whole ceremony is divided into six parts: inviting the gods, offering to the gods, worshiping the gods, releasing the animals, pleasing the gods, and sending the gods, which basically follows the ancient tradition, and is particularly important for the fishermen who have lived by the Taihu Lake for generations.

"Sister Qi, it's a shame that Qi Xuguang came up with it, and he actually put the Lake Festival Ceremony and the Taihu Lake Fishing Festival together!"

"It shows that people are business-minded." Xu Qian said with a smile.

The stage of the whole festival is set against the background of the seven-masted sailboat of Taihu Lake, and the boss of the fisherman's boat is the protagonist of the whole event.

(End of chapter)

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