Chapter 395: Tribute in the Temple
"You see in the middle of the river valley, the island in the river where the Tanuki Lang Jun Temple is located is not big, forming a steep spire, once it snows in winter, the river valley will be completely frozen, then the river channel that is exposed to the water will be completely frozen, and the surrounding peaks will be reflected into the river valley after the sun, and the staggered overlap of the mountains will form an undulating state visually, and from a distance, it looks like the Tanuki Lang Jun Temple standing on the top of the mountain."
"But this thing will disappear in the summer, could it be that the river will suddenly disappear in the summer?" Xu Xiake didn't understand what Song Siyuan meant, so he could only ask the doubts in his heart.
"The answer is hidden under these layers of ice~"
Song Siyuan took out the water bladder and splashed water on the ice, after the ice solidified the water, it was clear that there were many reed-like roots under the ice:
"After the river rises in summer, I guess these plants will also burst out of the water, like reeds all over the river, at that time the island in the river will also be covered by plants, as long as there are plants throughout the year, then this tanuki temple is completely invisible, from the height of other peaks, you will only see the eyes full of green, I think the secret of the disappearance of the Tanuki Lang Jun Temple, is hidden in the river valley, isolated islands, water plants!"
"This kind of thing can't be so coincidental, I guess someone deliberately built the temple here, then this is more proof that the greedy beetle and Kong Deshun are in collusion, let's go to the front and have a look."
Song Siyuan and Yue Guanchao glanced at each other, stepped on the ice and hurried towards the isolated island in the river, they cautiously came to the isolated island, as they got closer and closer to the Tanuki Temple, everyone gradually saw this Tanuki Temple!
To such an offering ancestral hall, it is rarely a separate building, most of them are temples with courtyards, and the tanuki temple in front of them is also a similar pattern.
On the whole, the Tanuki Temple presents the pattern of the front hall and the back yard, the temple view is about the size of five private houses, the eaves of the yellow tile, the overhanging roof of the mountain, the round arch hole, the carved porthole, the loess wall is built on the left and right sides of the temple, the square courtyard is regular and straight, it can be seen that the yellow wall is covered with gray tiles, the withered rattan is dry and swaying, and it is reluctant to come down on the wall.
Five meters in front of the temple, is an uncommon aconitum archway, the left and right pillars are four meters wide, about four or five meters high, the single arch frame fang, the false eaves fly out, the blue pitch black plaque is hung high in the middle, and the four big characters of the neat handbook "Tanuki Lang Jun Temple" are neatly written on it.
Before and after the aconitum archway, there is a gray stone road that extends ten meters before and after, just passing through the aconitum archway, extending their gaze to the temple view!
They stepped on the stone road and passed through the aconitum archway, the smell of those lynx cats had obviously not dissipated, revealing the fishy smell of felines, but the movement of children disappeared without a trace, not only the cry disappeared, but even the laughter was gone, only the cold wind blew the earthen wall, and countless dust were raised.
With a squeak, they pushed open the temple door, there were door openings in the front and back of the temple, and the four walls were quite elegant, red and indigo were superimposed, creating a majestic and mysterious divine painting.
The mural depicts nearly 10,000 wild cats of different forms, either scratching their heads and posing, or licking their fingers and claws, or accumulating their strength to jump, lying on their stomachs and fluttering birds, in short, each with its own form, the brushstrokes are real, and the fine fluff can be seen from afar.
At the position of the left and right walls, the candlesticks are set separately, the shape is like half a tanuki protruding from the wall, the cat's paws are divided into several petals and hold up the wick, and the lamp oil is stored in the arm, and the flames are generated from the cat's paws, burning bright yellow candles around.
In the middle of the temple is a stone throne, on which you can see the lotus relief, the golden coat and gray pants with a cloak of the raccoon Langjun, and the image of the float is completely consistent, with kind eyebrows, kind eyes, crying and laughing and sitting on the stone platform.
Look carefully, the top of the throne sprinkled with a golden tent curtain, he holds the gold bag on the left, the right is ruyi, there are two New Year's dolls dressed up in the horn boy to help him hold the pen, ink, paper and inkstone, the throne table is lying on the pit with countless black civet cat stone carvings, all of them have vivid fur and real eyes, as if they will come down and bite the living people with a scream.
Yue Guanchao looked at the eyes of Tanuki Langjun, and there were a few white spots in the dark eyes, as if the eyes were full of light, making people involuntarily attracted to it, and after watching it for a long time, there was a terrifying feeling of being stared at the back of a wild beast.
"This is the statue of Tanuki-kun, and the food is quite hearty~"
Xu Xiake walked into the offering table in front of the throne, the offering table was at least two meters long and half a meter deep, and there were six plates on the black lacquered tabletop, on which were placed pig's head, dog head, cow's head, sheep's head, horse head, whole chicken, and there was good meat with stick bones around, and there were more than a dozen plates of fresh dried fruits and kernels on the side table farther away, they were all built into a hill, and there was a sweet and rich fruity smell, plus three incense burners lit up curling smoke and dust, it really seemed that this statue was enjoying the incense.
"This is indeed rich, ordinary people are not rich, worship the family immortal can buy a roast chicken, and then give a stick of incense is already a luxury, like this collection of six animal heads plus fashionable fresh fruits are not many people at all."
Sun Daqiao approached the offering table and sniffed at the stick bone, the stick bone was so fragrant that people drooled.
He pulled a piece of salted meat and stuffed it into his mouth, which melted in his mouth, was fragrant and flavorful, and his tongue was full of relish, so that people couldn't help but pull another bite and throw it into his mouth, and before he knew it, he had eaten the meat outside the stick bone.
Yue Guanchao only felt that Sun Daqiao was greedy at first, until he picked up the animal's head and gnawed it, then he realized that something was wrong, and hurriedly approached the old man with Song Siyuan.