On the fifth day of the fifth month of the sixth year of Xuanhe (1124 AD), today is the traditional Chinese Dragon Boat Festival, and the whole province is immersed in a joyful festival atmosphere. I said to the crown princess Zhu Lian: Ai Concubine, at this festival, why don't we go to the outside of the city for a walk, the prince heard that the Daxiangguo Temple is very lively today, let's go and see how about it? I saw the crown princess Zhu Lian and said happily: Okay, the concubine also wants to go out for a walk, and by the way, take the children out for a long time. Seeing Zhu Lian so happy, I suddenly wanted to say to Zhu Lian: Ai Fei, I will go to Daxiangguo Temple today, in order to experience the real life of ordinary people in Beijing, we will change our clothes and go shopping as an ordinary resident of Beijing, so that we can experience the fun, I don't know what Concubine Ai wants? Crown Princess Zhu Lian hurriedly nodded yes, and I called the chief of the guard Zhang Heng and said: Chief Zhang, today's Dragon Boat Festival, the prince and the princess are going to Daxiangguo Temple to experience the folk customs. Zhang Heng, the chief of the guard, immediately said: Obey! I continued, "Wait and prepare, and you can go after lunch!" Zhang Heng, the chief of the guard, took the order and left!

After lunch, I went to the Prime Minister's National Temple, which is located in the southeast of the city, with the crown princess Zhu Lian, my daughter Princess Roujia, my son Zhao Chen, the housekeeper Wang Jin, and Chunxiang, Xiaxiang, Qiuxiang, and Dongxiang. When I arrived at the gate of Xiangguo Temple, I saw the housekeeper Wang Jindao: the crown prince and the princess, this gate was rebuilt by Emperor Taizong in the second year of the road. I nodded and looked, only to see that the gate is very majestic, and there are four golden characters on the gate: Daxiangguo Temple. With a smile on his face, he led the way to the gate, and Wang Jin, the housekeeper on the side, continued: Prince Qiyu, this place is said to be the private residence of Xinling Jun Wuji, the prince of Wei in the Warring States Period, after the Warring States Period, after the Qin, Han, Wei and other dynasties, in the sixth year of Emperor Tianbao of Wenxuan Emperor of the Northern Qi Dynasty (555), the temple was first established here, called Jianguo Temple, and then destroyed in the war, in the early years of the Tang Dynasty, this place was the residence of Sima Zhengjing, to the first year of Chang'an of Wu Zetian (701), the famous monk Huiyun purchased this house, built the temple, and still named after the Jianguo Temple, and the world called it "the ancestor of the temple". In the second year of Yanhe (712), Tang Ruizong commemorated his ascension to the throne by King Xiang, and gave the name Xiangguo Temple, and I nodded while walking (995-997), and the housekeeper Wang Jin continued to introduce: Because the Great Xiangguo Temple is located in the most prosperous part of the city, and the south is adjacent to the Bianhe, the main traffic artery of the country, the geographical position is superior, the transportation is very convenient, and the temple is large-scale, the courtyard is wide, and the tourists are endless, so it has gradually become a business and entertainment center.

When you arrive at the gate of Daxiangguo Temple, you will see all kinds of birds and beasts trading here, there are pets such as cats and dogs, and there are many precious birds and strange beasts, the princess Zhu Lian and the children are very happy, look at the east and look at the west, this touches the head, that asks the price, and the eyes of Zhang Heng and others, the head of the guard, are floating everywhere, always paying attention to every move around, like the enemy currently.

After half an hour, when the children have had enough, by the way, the housekeeper bought a few cats and dogs, and the group went to the temple, and came to the second temple gate, only to see that the front of the door was full of all kinds of objects for daily use, there were colorful tents set up in the courtyard, open-air sheds and ordinary wooden shelves and goods stalls, and there were grass mats, bamboo mats, screen tents, toiletries, saddles, bridles, bows and swords, seasonal fruits, all kinds of dried fruits and bacon and other items for sale.

Take a closer look, in the area close to the Buddha hall, there are the candied fruit of the Wang Daoren of the Mengjia Taoist Academy, the pen of Zhao Wenxiu and the ink of Pan Gu (the master of ink making is known as "Mo Xian"), these three occupy a fixed position in the front row. The corridors on both sides are filled with nuns from various monasteries selling embroidery, flowers, jewelry, jade, ladies' headdresses, colorful turbans inlaid with gold threads, hats, high temples made of wigs, hats worn by noble women, and ornaments made of ribbon fabric. I saw the crown princess Zhu Lian rushing into the stall, and she was very happy to watch. The children also ran east and west, and the four incense were chasing everywhere, so I looked around, and saw that the scale was very large, and there were more than 200 shops of all kinds in each corridor on each side, and each stall was overcrowded, and the business was very good.

After they had had enough to buy, the group came to the third temple gate, only to see that the furnishings here were similar to the second gate. I took the housekeeper Wang Jin to the attic of the three gates, and saw that there were 500 gilt bronze Arhats and Buddha teeth (one inch and two minutes long, six points wide, and four points thick) on the attic, and I heard the housekeeper Wang Jin say: "Lord Qiqi, if there is any fasting offering here, you must receive the holy decree before you can open the door." I nodded my head and continued to look at it. After a while, he took the housekeeper Wang Jin down the attic, at a glance, the third temple gate of the Great Xiangguo Temple, there are two glazed towers, then approached the glazed tower to watch, then saw the housekeeper Wang Jin introduced: the temple is also distributed Zhihai Zen Temple, Huilin Zen Temple, Baofan Law Temple, Hesha Courtyard and East and West Pagoda Courtyard, it is the courtyard behind the temple, each courtyard has a monk who is responsible for presiding over affairs. Whenever a fasting meeting is held in the temple, all the food, tea and fruits and all kinds of utensils, even if they need three to five hundred servings, are all prepared immediately. I nodded in agreement.

After they had enough to buy, the group arrived at the main hall again, only to see that the corridors of the main hall were all handwritten by famous masters of this dynasty. I heard the housekeeper Wang Jin introduced: Qi Yu Prince, in the early years of the Dynasty had left a handwriting here Gao Yi, Sun Mengqing, Gao Wenjin and Gao Huaijie father and son, Wang Daozhen, Li Yongji, Li Xiangkun and others, Yingzong Zhiping two years (1065) heavy rain caused the Bianhe River to burst, flooded Xiangguo Temple, except for the murals in the east and west corridors of the main hall to be preserved, the rest were damaged, after the repair of the four corridor walls, convened the painting masters at that time, famous artists, according to the copy sample of the Great Inner Mansion to re-imitate, the participants at that time were Li Yuanji, Wang Yi, Chen Tan, Wang Rui, Cui Bai and others.

I nodded while walking and watching, only to see that on the wall on the left, there are paintings of the blazing light Buddha descending nine Qu and a hundred ghost plays, and on the wall on the right, there are paintings of the Buddha descending to the ghost and the mother of the Meng, and the Wang Daozhen painting "Buy the edge of the Tuo Prince Park for the lonely elders", Li Yong and Li Xiang cooperated to paint the "Fastness of the Righteous Fighting Saint in Disguise", Wang Daozhen's painting of "Zhigong Change" and "Twelve-faced Guanyin Statue", Gao Wenjin's painting of "Great Demon Surrender in Disguise" are all located in it, and the bands and horse teams displayed in the courtyard of the main hall are all located. The corridors on both sides of the main hall are all wall reliefs, tall palaces and figures, all of which are exquisite and ingenious. After reading it, he led everyone to the outside of the palace, and said to the crown princess along the way: Ai Concubine, see that you have unfulfilled intentions, or we will go to the side of the street and go shopping. I saw that the crown princess Zhu Lian nodded hurriedly. I summoned Zhang Heng, the chief of the guard, and whispered to him, and then I saw the chief of the guard, Zhang Heng, rushing forward.

After a while, a group of people came to the East Gate Street outside Xiangguo Temple, only to see that both sides of the street are Pu head, belts, books, crown jewelry shops, these are women's favorite objects, I saw the princess with the children and four incense to transfer the store, I took the housekeeper Wang Jin has been walking slowly, while walking to listen to the housekeeper Wang Jin introduced: Qi Yu Prince, Xiangguo Temple outside the east of the East Gate Street is the record lane, there is a brothel, there is an embroidery alley, which is full of embroidery nuns' residences, the north is the small sweet water lane, There are mainly shops selling southern food, and there are also many brothels on that street, and further north is Li Qingcao's ginger shop. Fold to the east is the tax street, Gaotou Street, Jiang Xinghou Alley, there is mainly the rouge skin painting music hall, the south and north lecture hall lane, as well as Sun Diancheng pharmacy, boots shop, etc., out of the north lane of the body, the alley is the Song family medicine shop, the walls on both sides of the shop, are the landscape paintings painted by Li Cheng, which is very famous.

Then go west is the famous Jingling Palace Street, from the east street of Jingling Palace to the east, in the north of the street, is the former Qianming Temple, because of the fire, the back is changed to five temples and three supervisors, and then go to the east, the name of the street and lane facing the south is called the third sweet water lane, in the east, it is the Xixi House Inn, the liveliness of this store is second to none in Beijing, the name of the store comes from the Western Han Dynasty Sima Qian's "Historical Records of the Goods and Colonies" in the world bustling, all for the profit, the world is bustling, all for the benefit. Further east, the south of the street is Gaoyang Zhengdian, to the north into Mahang Street, and then to the east, the north of the street is the car yard, the south of the street is the second sweet water lane, and then to the east is the audit court, and then to the east, it is the Tongshuzi Han family, until the front door of the Taimiao, facing south is the Guanyin Courtyard, which is the first sweet water lane, from the Taimiao to the north into Yulin Lane, leading to Caomen Street.

I then nodded and said: Steward Wang is so familiar with this area, it is rare. I saw the housekeeper Wang Jin and said with a smile: "Lord Qiqi, the old slave often lived in this area when he was young. So it's more familiar, especially for the past of this little street, alley, and shop. I nodded to know, and in the blink of an eye, I saw the Imperial City Division's official He Lai and others in plain clothes mixed in the crowd, and looked around all the time, I thought: It seems that I still have to go back early, otherwise the Imperial City Division is really not at ease, although there is no big problem with the security of the Beijing Division at present, but I am not afraid of 10,000, I am afraid of just in case, or don't embarrass them. Then he said: Steward Wang, go and call the crown princess and others, and I will wait to go home. The housekeeper Wang Jin replied and walked away.

In the middle of the night, I saw everyone coming, and I also walked towards them, and when I arrived, I said to the crown princess: "Ai Concubine, it's not too early, or let's go back?" I saw the crown princess Zhu Lian replied: Okay prince, I am really happy today, we bought a lot of things, and the children are also very happy, like Grandma Liu entered the Grand View Garden, I feel that everything is so fresh and fun. I laughed and said, "Okay, let's do this today, and I'll take you out to play another day when I'm free." Then he turned back to Steward Wang and said, "Steward Wang, then let's go back." I saw that the housekeeper Wang Jin whispered a few words to Zhang Heng, the head of the guard, after answering, and followed everyone back to the house......