When Lao Xiao heard this, his brows suddenly wrinkled: "Lao Sun, I told you when I came out, you can bring less food, but the water must be according to the amount I calculated for you, only more and not less!" You can go wrong with this?! ”

Lao Sun smiled bitterly: "This ...... The first time I came out, I didn't pay attention for a while. Lao Xiao, you are familiar with this road, think of a way. ”

Lao Xiao said: "No way, although the Talila Desert is not the terrifying Sahara Desert, there is no oasis in the Sahara Desert. It's been so many years, and I've never seen it anyway. Let's all save some water, I brought some more, and I should be able to make it to the finish line. ”

At this time, a middle-aged woman's voice came from the walkie-talkie: "Old Xiao, I heard a few years ago that the country was planting trees and controlling the desert here, and there was no supply station nearby?" ”

Lao Xiao said: "Afforestation needs to start from the edge step by step, even if there is a supply station, it is impossible to get it to the desert." Don't think about it, the Talila Desert is too harsh to be inhabited. ”

Xiao Ou said: "Dad, if you don't do it absolutely, it's easy to slap your face." ”

Lao Xiao raised his head proudly and said, "You can say that in other places, but in the Tarila Desert, what I say is the truth!" A slap in the face? Here, the Buddha is not qualified to slap me in the face! ”

As soon as the words fell, the car rushed into a sand dune, and then ......

Then they saw a dilapidated temple appear in the hollow between the sand dunes in front of them!

At that moment, Lao Xiao clearly felt that his daughter was looking at him with a strange face, as if a big slap was slapped on his face.

"Dad, it seems that the Buddha has come to slap you in the face."

Lao Xiao's old face suddenly turned red, but he still said stubbornly: "Look at the broken temple, eighty percent is a broken temple that has been abandoned for a long time, and there is no one." ”

"Old Xiao, if anyone goes to see it, you know. Ha ha...... I hope that this time the Buddha will stop hitting you in the face, I'm afraid that your face will be completely swollen. There was a loud and loud voice from Lao Sun Haha on the walkie-talkie.

Lao Xiao snorted twice: "How is it possible?" What kind of environment have you felt along the way, the temperature of the landmark reached a terrifying fifty or sixty degrees during the day, there was not a drop of water, not a single cactus, you told me that there can be living people here? I don't even believe it! This time, it was useless if the Buddha came. ”

Lao Xiao kicked the accelerator after speaking, and the car rushed down the sand dune.

After the three cars arrived at the gate of the dilapidated temple, everyone finally saw the sign of the temple clearly.

Lao Xiao muttered with a strange face: "One finger temple, not a temple." It seems that there is really no one left! ”

"Daddy, what are you muttering? Isn't a temple the same thing as a temple? Why is it said that there is no one in the temple? Xiao Ou asked puzzled.

Lao Sun laughed when he heard it: "Girl, what you said is wrong, there is still a difference between the temple and the temple, the temple is generally very large, several before and after, and all kinds of temples are complete." But the temple is different, generally two before and after, or simply a person main hall, relatively small, not large-scale. Right, Old Shaw? I'm not wrong, right? ”

Lao Sun looked at Lao Xiao.

Lao Xiao shook his head and said, "Yes, but it's not comprehensive." ”

As soon as he said this, Xiao Ou and Sun Xing, who rushed over, and the middle-aged woman couple who got off the car behind also came over with a teenager, and the woman said: "Old Xiao, don't sell Guanzi, give the children popular science." ”

Lao Xiao nodded and said: "Temples, temples, ancestral halls, temples, and nunnery, some people like to collectively refer to them as religious buildings, but they are actually wrong. There are also people who say that "a monk can't run the temple if he can run", but in fact, this is also wrong, the monk does not live in the temple, but in the temple.

Temple, in ancient times, specifically refers to the emperor's administrative body, such as the "Dali Temple" we often hear, the Dali Temple is not a temple, it is the official office in charge of the trial and rehabilitation of the prison in ancient times.

The word "temple" also has the meaning of "continuous, continuous" in ancient Chinese. This means that the institution established by the emperor is a permanent institution, not a temporary institution, and it is to be continued from generation to generation.

Therefore, the ancient emperors called the long-term place where the Dharma was taught and where the Sangha lived, studied, and practiced as a "temple", hoping that this place would exist forever.

Therefore, the temple is an organ of affairs and an educational institution.

The White Horse Temple in Luoyang City is the first Buddhist temple in China, because the scriptures in the temple are carried by white horses, the imperial court named it "White Horse Temple".

After the Sui and Tang dynasties, the temple became less and less an official office, and gradually became a special term for Chinese Buddhist architecture.

And the temple is different, it is the place where the ghosts and gods of heaven and earth were sacrificed in ancient China.

At that time, there were strict hierarchical restrictions on the size of the temple.

After the Han Dynasty, the temple gradually mixed with the original land temple and shrine, and transformed into a shrine under the control of the Yin Cao Prefecture and the city.

"When people die, they say ghosts", the temple is a place to worship ghosts and gods, and it is also often used to seal and chase literati and warriors, such as Confucius Temple and Guan Yu Temple...... With the introduction of Buddhism, the Buddhist monasteries of later generations also have the common name of the temple character.

The ancestral hall is an offering house built to commemorate great men and celebrities.

In ancient times, it was a kind of small thatched house, that is, the so-called "knotted grass for the hermitage". In the old days, the literati's study was also called "hermitage", such as "old school hermitage" and "shadow plum hermitage". After the Han Dynasty, some nunnery was built for Buddhist nuns to live in, so "nunnery" became the name of a special building for Buddhist women to become monks and practice Buddhist affairs. ”

Speaking of this, Lao Xiao paused slightly: "This place is called Yizhi Temple, not Yizhi Temple, which is obviously a temporary place to worship ghosts and gods and pray for rain."

The temple is not a long-term building, and now the temple is dilapidated, and there are no people around, which is obviously a place that has been abandoned for a long time. Naturally, there is no one......"

Hearing such words, Xiao Ou's big eyes already lit up: "Dad, why didn't I find out before, you know so many things!" ”

Lao Sun also gave a thumbs up and said: "Amazing, it's really better to read thousands of books than to travel thousands of miles, Lao Xiao is awesome." ”

Lao Sun's son didn't dare to make a noise, he was a little afraid of Lao Xiao.

It was Tang Mei, the woman in the couple, who said: "Lao Xiao is amazing, it seems that I really have to walk with you more when I am free in the future, right, Lao Zheng?" ”

Tang Mei elbowed the old-fashioned man with glasses beside her.

Lao Zheng came back to his senses and sighed, which was a response, and he looked a little wooden.

Instead, the sons of the two said with a smile: "Uncle Xiao, I'll take your car in a while, and I can see a long way along the way." ”

Old Xiao laughed and said, "Okay, no problem!" You Uncle Xiao and I don't have much else, just a lot of stories! ”

Xiao Ou rolled his eyes and said, "Dad, don't blow it, beware of being slapped in the face again." ”

Lao Xiao shook his head and said, "Slap in the face? This time, if the Buddha comes, he can't hit your father and me in the face. ”