"When—When—When......"

In the early morning, before dawn, the melodious and solemn bell rang from the Hanshan Temple, and it was spread far away, even if it was a few miles away in Suzhou City, there were countless people who could hear the bell clearly.

The evening drum and morning bell are the rules and habits that have long been formed in temples all over the world, and people near Hanshan Temple will not be disturbed by this bell.

But today's situation is obviously a little different, just after the bell rings, a louder drum sound is also heard in the temple, the sound of dong dong is enough to wake up everyone who is still in a dream.

Subsequently, the crisp sound of copper shutting, the slightly piercing sound of cymbals, and the sound of a larger number of wooden fish began to sound continuously, converging into a wave of sound, echoing throughout the inner and outer parts of the Hanshan Temple.

Because today is the triennial March Sanhanshan Temple Festival, it is a rare Buddhist event in the entire Jiangnan region.

From this moment on, the whole temple of Hanshan Temple will do their best to hold this grand event, so that more people can feel the vastness of Buddhism, the subtlety of Buddhism, and the essence of Hanshan Temple......

At this time, the monks of the temple have been dressed neatly, solemn faces lined up in a line, under the leadership of the temple presiding over the temple, Master Wushen, first to the Daxiong Treasure Hall to worship the Buddha, and then officially open the temple door, to welcome more people to participate in this festival.

Therefore, after the sound of bells and drums gradually stopped, the more solemn chanting sound sounded from the temple again, and it spread in all directions, and finally enveloped the whole temple.

Even those monks from other sides who were placing orders in Hanshan Temple also looked serious and solemn at this time, and they chatted along with the buzzing chanting sound outside, which naturally included Sun Ning and their cross-courtyard. The monks of Yunlin Temple also began to chant the scriptures sincerely......

went out with Xiao Qian, listening to the buzzing movement in their ears, and after the two glanced at each other, they both saw weirdness and amusement in their respective eyes.

For them, these condescending scriptures really have no meaning at all, and it is also thanks to these monks that they can memorize a huge number of scriptures and read them at any time.

Not only were they surprised, but some of the other southwestern soldiers who went out afterwards also looked strange, but they didn't say much, so they had to go forward with Sun Ning and wait outside the door of the monks.

It was not until after the end of the day that the worship of the monks in the temple stopped, and the chanting finally came to an end.

More than 20 monks of Yunlin Temple also wore robes and rosaries around their necks. After giving a slight salute to Sun Ning and them, there was a solemn face, lined up in a neat line, led by Zhishan, and slowly walked towards the main hall in front.

Seeing this, Sun Ning and the others naturally followed suit.

After leaving the courtyard meditation room where the monks lived, the halls and pavilions of the Hanshan Temple that entered the eyes have changed a lot from yesterday.

The interior and exterior of the buildings were decorated with various Buddhist treasures, as well as lowly novices guarding the doors, and many objects inside the doors, such as Buddha statues, various offering tables, incense tables, candlesticks, etc., have also been renovated and shining in the light of the rising sun.

And the most eye-catching, is the huge square in front of the Daxiong Treasure Palace, at this time has erected a three-storey high, tens of zhang square circle of the high platform, look carefully, this high platform is actually made of high-quality white marble, the end is extremely luxurious.

This is the only point, it shows the wealth of Hanshan Temple, which is worthy of being a temple that can be decorated with rosewood and gold to make invitations, and the shot is not ordinary.

Around the altar, there are hundreds of seats, with a low table in front of them, and the seats are replaced by yellow futons, which are the seats of those who have been invited to enter the temple to observe the ceremony.

Obviously, today I can be invited to Hanshan Temple to watch this festival, and there are people who have a seat, they are all famous figures in Suzhou and even in Jiangnan, and these more than 100 people may be the people who can decide the life and death of millions of people in Jiangnan.

As for the ordinary people who believe in kindness, although they actually walked out of their homes as early as the middle of last night and came to the Hanshan Temple with the most pious attitude, and some even kowtowed step by step, but the vast majority of them couldn't even enter the temple gate after all, and could only look around outside the temple gate, and they might not be able to hear what the monks would say clearly.

At this time, the temple door of Hanshan Temple finally opened slowly, and suddenly attracted tens of thousands of people who had gathered in front of the door to worship and worship, and the cry of Amitabha Buddha even Sun Ning in them could hear clearly.

It's just that soon, the crowd that was crowded in front of the temple was forcibly separated and brought to both sides, because a group of real dignitaries and dignitaries would enter Hanshan Temple.

Among them, there are not only many local civil and military officials in Suzhou, but also elderly and benevolent elders from all over Suzhou.

I saw that they were all dressed in the most solemn clothes, and their faces solemnly moved forward step by step, showing their importance to Hanshan Temple and their respect for Buddhism.

However, whether it is an official with great power or an elderly person with a considerable reputation and age, they are not the most important people in the team.

The most important thing is the fifteen men in the middle of the front of this group of people, they are old or young, handsome or ordinary, but the temperament of the whole person makes people feel clearly no matter how far away they are, they are people who can suppress the scene steadily, have absolute confidence and power, and are enough to make everyone in Jiangnan avoid them.

"Jiangnan nine surnames, people from the Hao family!" Sun Ning said their identities in a low voice, and only those in power among the nine wealthy families could completely overpower the Suzhou officials in terms of identity.

These fifteen people led the crowd to the high altar and sat in the middle row.

Then, the others followed in, and after a little humility, they each found the right position and sat down.

The positions were filled one by one, and just from Sun Ning's point of view, it could be seen that the status of these officials and elderly squires was high. As long as they are close to those fifteen people, it is obviously the people of Suzhou who are now gaining power, otherwise, I am afraid that the current situation is not good.

It wasn't until the position directly facing the Dharma platform was full of people that the others were scattered in the surrounding positions, and then in front of the temple gate, there was another sensation, and another group of people who looked lower were let in.

After all, Hanshan Temple needs the support of the local people, so today's festival will naturally allow some believers to come in and experience the subtlety and prosperity of Buddhism up close.

Those who can be allowed to come in to listen and participate have naturally become the lucky ones in the eyes of everyone, winning the envy of countless onlookers from outside.

In this way, after the end of the hour, more than 1,500 people were sitting and standing around the platform, and almost the square was crowded with people, while the others could only be stopped outside the temple gate, tiptoeing their heads to see more clearly.

Sun Ning, who had already sat down, looked carefully at the altar, and at this time, hundreds of monks had also ascended the high platform, and with a crisp sound, this festival finally officially began.