Facing the 400-year-old guest room, Lu Xihua sat alone in the room, admiring all the details of the decoration in the room: the weaving paintings of King Juntari Ming, the flowers and birds of Gongbi, the magpie-shaped bronze incense burner, and even the porcelain of the tea set was burned with the Sanada family's six-text coin pattern... Although it is only a place to entertain and rest, it is full of Buddhism and Japanese history and traditional culture.

On the high eaves of the inner wall of the house, there is also a poem written by the people of the empty sea: sitting alone in the idle forest and the grass hall is dawning, and the voice of the three treasures smells a bird. A bird has a voice, a person has a heart, and the voice and heart are all there.

In the early days of Japan, due to the influence of traditional Chinese culture, only the imperial family and ministers were qualified to learn Chinese characters, so the creation of Chinese poems was the patent of the royal family, which was the right of the emperor before.

However, Master Jianzhen's eastward journey brought Buddhism to Japan, a small land, and then the return of the Tang envoys who continued to flock to the Tang Dynasty on the other side of the sea made the spread of Buddhism in Japan reach a heyday, and its rise shook the Japanese literary world.

Kukai and Zicheng, the scholars who returned from the Tang Dynasty, are all proficient in Sinology, and the poetry is even more casual to the point. Buddhism and Chinese poetry spread from their mouths, so that Chinese poetry and Han culture were no longer the preserve of the Japanese imperial family, but became a cultural exchange that was the envy of more powerful and wealthy classes.

If you don't know Chinese characters or poetry, then you can't be called a literati.

In the Muromachi shogunate period, the famous mad monk drank wine and ate meat and was close to women, and he wrote a poem describing his love with a blind girl: the blind forest was accompanied by a mandarin duck at night, and was whispered by the mandarin duck at the bottom. The New Testament is full of three meetings, and the ancient Buddha of this residence is spring.

By the time of Japan's Warring States Period, almost all daimyo would compose Chinese poems.

The god of war, Uesugi Kenshin, is also highly accomplished in Chinese, and has a poetic reputation, with the most famous poem "September 13 Night": the frost is full of barracks and the autumn air is clear, and several lines have passed the three watches of the wild goose night. Crossing the mountains and getting the scenery of Nengzhou, covering Mo's hometown is also an expedition?

Until now, the blood of Chinese literature has long been buried in Japanese literature, and the two are no longer inseparable.

Lu Xihua was in meditation, and there was a knock on the door, and it turned out that the monk in the temple came to inform him that it was the evening class time, and interested guests could follow him to the Dharma Hall to observe.

Lu Xihua naturally agreed, and when he went out, he saw Sakurai Izumi waiting outside the door for a long time, with a smile on his face, looking radiant and well-rested.

Renhua Dingin Temple was originally called Nensushuin Temple, and the deity enshrined was Amitabha Buddha. Lu Xihua didn't dare to slack off, this sect leader of the Western Elysium disappeared after his own world was broken, and in the communication with the greedy wolf, the broken army, and the giant gate, there was no news of his fall, only that the affairs of the saint should not be speculated about.

Lu Xihua didn't dare to be arrogant, this kind of ancient giant who didn't know how many hundred million years of sanctification was very likely to hide somewhere and wait for the opportunity for revival. This kind of honorific position, even the name cannot be easily called, and it can be perceived and thought by it without noticing, which is really dangerous and terrifying.

The evening service was presided over by the abbot of the monastery, the Venerable Taka Lord, and there was nothing special about it, except that a dozen monks gathered together to chant the sutras, but the melody of music was added.

Izumi Sakurai knelt beside Russihua and whispered that Japan's famous Kabuki was formed on the basis of the Buddhist chanting dance. The so-called chanting of the Buddha dance is to chant the Buddha while dancing, which is quite a bit of the chanting flavor of the ritual of sacrificing heaven and earth in shamanic teachings.

During the evening class, Lu Xihua found that the guests in the temple were really not small, maybe some new ones came in the afternoon, and at a cursory glance, there were as many as sixty, and most of them were foreigners with white skin and hair of all colors. You must know that this is a special time, and the embassies of various countries have issued notices warning the Japanese people who are staying in Japan that it is better to leave Japan as soon as possible.

Perhaps it is because the Japanese government has not given a definite answer to the anomaly that appears in the sky over Tokyo until now, and foreigners have an innate adventurous spirit in their genes, and their yearning for mysterious things is extremely strong. Even the warning from their own embassy did not stop these people's enthusiasm for tourism, but they became more interested in some mysterious religious sites.

There is no shortage of people who like to die, and even in wars, there are special war correspondents who go to the battlefield to report on the actual situation, not to mention that there is such a big news floating above Tokyo, Japan, that they can't hide it if they want to.

Koyasan is the stronghold of Japanese Buddhism, far from Tokyo, and it seems that after the incident, the people who went here did not seem to be affected too much, completely overturning the assumption that the two were on the Nankai Prefecture Railway, looking at the empty carriages.

The cost of accommodation in Renkesin Temple is not low, and it is also one of the highest in Koyasan Temple. Each person would have to spend 35,000 yen for a night's stay, including dinner and breakfast the next day, and the 60 visitors in front of them would earn 2.1 million yen a day just for their accommodation. Coupled with the other goods and activities of the temple, opening a temple in Japan is really a business that comes to make money.

Lu Xihua was bored to watch, but those foreigners were interesting, eating and watching, looking like they were relish and intent. The exquisiteness of Japanese Buddhism in clothing and teaching utensils can indeed attract a large number of people who do not know the truth.

After the chanting, the abbot Takuda also improvised a Buddhist chicken soup in Japanese and English, but his English and Japanese were basically the same, and Lu Xihua finally knew where the pronunciation of the 'digging door' came from.

After the abbot Tama left, everyone gathered in the cafeteria for dinner, which is called shojin ryori, and it is said that the practicing teachers ate this food every day, and it was vegan.

There are 10 dishes: 1. Cooked cold dishes (pumpkin, bamboo shoots, green beans, shiitake mushrooms, tofu), 2. Sesame tofu (seasoned with wasabi and soy sauce, Koyasan's most famous specialty is tofu, which Lu Xihua feels is not much different from the hot pot frozen tofu in China.) ）

3. Boiled black beans (with a small amount of bee sugar, sweet and floral); 4. Bean skin and miso soup; 5. Pickles (pickled radish, pickles);6. Pot boiled (tofu, cabbage, enoki mushrooms, shiitake mushrooms, chicken leg mushrooms, crab mushrooms);7. Tempura (green peppers, lotus root slices, yams, pumpkin, shiitake mushrooms);8.Cold vegetables (bracken, bean curd);9.Wild vegetables and yam puree mixed with chopped seaweed;10.Fruits (melons).

There is also hot tea and rice, and almost all of the ingredients in these dishes, except for tempura and sesame tofu, are lightly seasoned with a little salt and sugar, giving off their original flavor and natural fragrance.

There are also different utensils used to serve the dishes, such as lacquered bowls for sesame tofu and miso soup, clay dishes for soy sauce, and porcelain bowls of various sizes with flowers, birds, fish, insects, and characters painted on the outside. Foreigners find it interesting and think that it is a pleasure to enjoy the food while also admiring the utensils.

Izumi Sakurai is discussing with two new Spanish friends who have met in the bath what kind of sitting posture should be used to eat food on the floor elegantly, comfortably, and durably. As a student from a well-known university in Japan, I have naturally practiced this knowledge and am teaching them how to use these tableware correctly.

Everyone was eating in the restaurant, and they all gathered together in a low voice, and there was no loud noise or anything like that, but at this time, an old woman in a wheelchair came in.

After introducing herself, it turned out that she was the wife of the previous abbot and the mother of the current abbot, Master Tian Tian, and was now in her 70s. Originally, Japanese Buddhism allowed monks to marry only the Pure Land Shinshu sect, which was founded by the Venerable Master Qin Luan, but now this trend has spread to almost all Buddhist sects, including Shingon Buddhism.

This Lianhua Dingyuan is a very obvious family heirloom temple, father to son, son to grandson, so continuous relay.

Unexpectedly, the old woman opened her mouth to speak fluent English, and talked to the guests about her life for more than 70 years, although she still had some accents, but it was much more authentic than her son, at least there was no barrier to communication with Europeans and Americans.

"I was born in the Taisho period, and I never left Koyasan for the rest of my life, except when I went to Tokyo to study as a girl. I think that if you were born in Koyasan, you will die in Koyasan, and I feel that what happened over Tokyo Castle will bring about an unknown era, and I don't know if it will be good or bad, so I can't speculate here. ”

"When I was studying at a university in Tokyo, I majored in English, which was a major that not many girls would choose at the time. But when I was young, I was always envious of Western things, but I was not interested in the local and women's careers, and I always felt that women could take on more social responsibilities. ”

However, after graduating, I couldn't find a job, so I had to return to my hometown of Koyasan. When a small school was about to be established in the mountains, the principal wanted me to teach at a university in Tokyo. I asked, "What do you want me to teach?" The other party replied, "Ordinary and domestic subjects are fine." However, at that time, I could only speak English, which was really distressing. Eventually, I managed to open an English course at school, even though I also had to teach other subjects part-time, which was not a good thing to do in order to make a living. ”

Then war soon broke out, and English became the language of the enemy. Needless to say, all English classes in the school were abolished, and I was treated like a strange person, and almost no one wanted to associate with me, let alone get married. ”

"During the war, many Japanese Navy men were sent to Koyasan for training. They are in Koyasan in the cold winter, training in the snow to hone their willpower. However, it didn't do much, and most of them still died on the battlefields of the Pacific, in the deserted sands. ”

"After the war, the Americans took over, and all of a sudden I became popular. Almost everyone knew the girl who could speak English at Koyasan Elementary School. Many Americans asked me to translate for them, and I felt that my life was so fulfilled because the English I had learned was finally useful, and I was able to survive the war as a survival skill. ”

"But because of this, I made the local Japanese even more annoying, and no one wanted to marry me even more when I was almost thirty. Finally, I met the young abbot of this Renhua Dingyuan. In the Meiji era, the emperor issued an order to "lift the ban on carnivorous wives", and the state no longer treated monks as a special group, recognized that monks could also marry and have children, and allowed monks to inherit monasteries. So I thought that marrying a monk would not be a bad result, so I got married here, and it has been decades now. ”

"In the past, there weren't many tourists in Koyasan, but all foreign people who came to visit wanted to come to me and talk to me about it, and let me tell them about the history of Koyasan and the story of Kobo Daishi... But because of the body, there have been fewer in recent years. ”

"I don't know why today, but I want to talk to you about myself and about this temple. All in all, I hope you will have a pleasant memory of Koyasan. ”

"Because of what happened in Tokyo, the famous Ichinobashi Bridge in Koyasan has been blocked, and the road leading to Okunoin is temporarily closed, and there is a ceremony to be held in the inner courtyard of Koyasan, so I can't go to see it in the near future, so please forgive me. The old woman left one last word, and then left.

It turned out that for some reason, the most mysterious Okunoin in Koyasan was closed, and out of careful consideration, the old woman came out as a hostess to appease the guests. First, she is old, and second, she is a woman, with a natural affinity, and can be understood by guests of different civilizations, and it is not good to complain about anything.

The travelers have expressed their understanding, as Tantra, there must be a correspondence for this mysterious event, otherwise it cannot be called a Tantric sect, but they have some regrets about not being able to go to Okunoin.

"It's over, I can't go to Okunoin, I'm going to stay here for a while, waiting for the company's notice, maybe there's still a chance, what are you going to do? Aren't you going to meet some friends? Is it too late?" Sakurai Izumi grumbled on the way back from dinner.

Lu Xihua smiled, "I'll go see him tonight, I guess he has been waiting for me for a long time, and the location is in the Ao-no-in." I think that's why the lockdown is there. ”

Sakurai Izumi opened his mouth and said in surprise, "You are really cheeky, in order to see you, your friend blocked the Okunoin? This is a great man who became a Buddha in the flesh and stored his body in the deepest temple of the Okunoin Lantern Hall, waiting for the arrival of Maitreya Buddha hundreds of millions of years later. At that time, the people of the air and sea will be resurrected again and become the Buddha's attendants. ”

Lu Xihua didn't argue anything, these creatures are all derivatives of Kong Xuan's remnant soul world, if Kong Xuan is resurrected, these creatures don't know if they still exist, if they are like the Big Dipper Seven Star Monarch, when he ascends the throne of the Star Monarch, he will take everything in the past of the entire world as the nourishment for his rebirth, it is the embodiment of the ruthlessness of the Great Dao.

On the path of cultivation, every great power came from the sea of corpses and blood, and the Taiyi Gate ranked first in the Horned Jupiter Domain, and I don't know how many lives fell behind it, and I guess it will be the same.

In the dead of night, the sky was dark, whether it was starlight or moonlight, all gone, and it seemed that another invisible curtain covered the stars and moonlight in the sky, only the night wind and the short chirping of grass insects added a little hidden interest to the night.

Lu Xihua opened the door, walked out of the room, came to Sakurai's room, and knocked lightly on the door.

"Please wait a minute~" Izumi's voice came from inside the house, sounding a little excited.

After a while, the door opened, and Izumi Sakurai opened it and came out, "Let's go, let's go meet your mysterious friend together, my heart is empty, if I am willing to admit that I lied, I won't go." ”