Chapter 13: Movable Heavenly Brother

After the worship, Wu Han continued to take Sun Shiwan to visit the church hall.

As the landmark building of the Purple Horde, Niangniang Temple has a long history, and it has concentrated a lot of resources of the Khanate for reconstruction and maintenance, and the layout is very exquisite. Sun Shiwan watched it with relish.

"Since the temple was built, it has been damaged and repaired repeatedly, but the main body is still a monument from a thousand years ago. It's a miracle that it has been used so far. Wu Han introduced.

Of course, this is also related to the decline of Rome, and for such a long time, successive dynasties have not had the money to build a new one. Sometimes, even the funds for maintenance are not enough. When the Greek dynasty ruled before, the money for the construction of this temple was donated by Moscow. ”

"At least I can raise money, which is also a skill." Sun Shiwan pointed out: "When we do business, we still fancy this. ”

"The main thing is that it hasn't been completed." Wu Han added: "When the Greeks got the money, they embezzled the money and hired Turkmen to fight the civil war. That's when Osman was brought here by them. ”

"This is really a loser...... Sun Shiwan also sighed.

"But it's much better now." Wu Han pointed to the top of the hall and said, "When Daochang Yin was the abbot here, it took more than ten years of hard work to renovate and strengthen the upper and lower levels, and now the situation of this building is much better. ”

"Moreover, over the years, we have also added a lot of other functions to the sacrificial hall." He walked to a nearby platform and pointed to the button on it: "The Khanate has to receive Romans from all over the world, and everyone has different beliefs, and it is really difficult for some strong people to use the same set of altars. So, in order to take care of the needs of our friends, we also installed a lot of replacement devices. ”

"You see, this is the Catholic series of sacristy designed and installed under the patronage of our sincere old friend, His Majesty the Roman Emperor of the Franks." Wu Han introduced: "Of course, you can also call him a Latin suit. This word was proposed by Guo Gongzi, and I think it should be more appropriate. ”

"Then please show me quickly." Since Sun Shiwan visited, he has seen so many unique exhibitions, and his curiosity has been aroused, and he can't wait.

"Okay." Wu Han said, patting a white button: "You wait." ”

As the button was pressed, several bells rang in the church. Sun Shiwan was surprised to see that the entire semicircular shrine began to move backwards, and two wooden doors with religious paintings stretched out from both sides, gradually closing. If you look closely, it turns out that there is a track on the ground in front of the shrine, and the wooden door slides out of it.

At the same time, the floor opened, and a sacrificial table slowly rose. According to Catholic standards, there are scriptures, crosses, bread, wine, and so on. Sun Shiwan took advantage of the fact that the floor was not tightly covered, and looked down, it turned out that there was a basement below, and there were several priests busy in it. Someone saw him and nodded kindly.

At this moment, there was another sound of metal colliding with the head. Sun Shiwan looked up and saw that it was a huge cross, hanging from above. He was about to comment a few words, when suddenly, the statue of Heavenly Brother in front of the hall also changed.

It was originally sitting on a chair like the statuette in the shrine. However, only to hear a pop, the seat and the robe on Brother Tian's body actually opened directly. Sun Shiwan was startled, and when he came back to his senses, he found that the seat and clothes were all wooden, with two halves in front and back, just stuck on the statue.

At this time, two ropes also hung down from the ends of the cross above.

The priests had been dismissed, and Wu Han and Guo Kang took matters into their own hands. Wu Han walked over and pulled out a buckle behind Brother Tian's back, only to see that his two arms suddenly loosened and fell to his sides. It turns out that the joints of this arm are all movable.

Each of them picked up a rope end, and there was a hook in the shape of an iron nail. Sun Shiwan took a closer look, and there was a hole on Brother Tian's wrist, where it was covered by the robe before. They thrust the nail into the hole, and fastened it to the hand of the statue above, and held it firmly. It seems that the movement is quite skillful, and I don't know how many times I have used it.

"It's a big problem at this point." Wu Han explained: "We have no way to make the rope accurately and automatically hook up, and the staff can only insert the buckle." ”

With that, he returned to the console, pressed another small button, and a few bells rang, and the cross clicked and began to retract the rope.

In a short time, the rope was finished, and the two hooks were just hanging on the cross again. The estimated limit buckle on the shoulder, so that the arms and body just form a "Y" shape.

Looking further down, under the position of the loincloth, there is also an obvious moving structure - Brother Tian's leg joints are also movable. After hanging it, it naturally hangs down and hangs there.

"How?" Wu Han said proudly: "This set of automatic suspension Heavenly Brother device was also invented by us. No other church has this kind of advanced equipment. Of course, there are still areas for improvement, and we will continue to work on them in the future. May I ask Mr. Sun, do you have any suggestions? ”

"I think...... OK. Sun Shiwan did seem to have seen this thing for the first time: "However, why not just change the statue?" Shouldn't that be easier? ”

"It's specially designed to show guests." Wu Han explained: "Religious holy artifacts have strong symbolic meanings, such as our Heavenly Brother statue, which symbolizes that no matter which sect, it is worshipping the same Heavenly Brother Shifting Rat. If you change the statue, it will not have such a clear meaning. ”

"I see." Sun Shiwan suddenly realized, but he thought about it and asked, "You said this is for Catholic guests?" Hang up Brother Heavenly in front of them? Isn't it rude? ”

"It doesn't matter, because we're Romans." Wu Han waved his hand and argued: "It's nothing for the Romans to hang up Brother Tian. We're restoring history. ”

"Then there's nothing wrong with that." After Sun Shiwan finished speaking, he looked at the hanging Heavenly Brother again, and reminded: "Oh yes, do you want to change that expression?" ”

Wu Han raised his head and saw that although Brother Tian was hanging, he still smiled and looked very happy. To be honest, it's a bit of a discord.

"I've already told them about this." Guo Kang said: "My idea is to make some face statues that can be replaced, and every time I change poses, I can also change the face. ”

"But then the statue needs to be modified, and someone has to change it. Some clergy think that it is not good to change their faces in public. So, I didn't do it for the time being. If I had other options, I would have tried. ”

"If I have the chance, I'd like to hire all of you craftsmen here and go to us and make something like that." Sun Shiwan looked very satisfied: "This is indeed the embodiment of technology." ”