XXIII. Manifestation
The haunted fish pond that Yang said was on the edge of a field. The owner's house is next to the fish pond and is a small three-story building. The toilet of the house is covered in the yard, next to the fish pond.
Yang Fatzi took us to the side of the fish pond by stepping on the ridge.
Walking not far from the fish pond, the master suddenly stopped leaving, and then glared at Yang Fatzi, as if he was a little angry.
"Master, what's wrong with you?"
"This bastard is teasing us!" said the master, pointing at Yang Fatzi.
"Master, how dare I, why do you say that?" Fat Yang was a little scared.
"Let me ask you, is this place haunted more than ten years ago, and it has been very peaceful here for so many years, right?" the master asked.
"How do you know, it's true, the legend of the female ghost in red here was more than ten years ago, but there are many old people who have witnessed it, so it is widely spread. ”
"Master, what do you see in this fishpond?" Master saw it, and I was still in the dark.
"There turned out to be a woman here, and the men in his house ate, drank, prostituted, gambled, and beat her, and she couldn't stand it anymore, so she jumped down and drowned in a red pajamas. At that time, there should have been a few troubles, but no one was killed. Master began the miraculous "reasoning" again.
"Later, the yard was expanded in this house, and a toilet was built in tidying up, and those who pooped and urinated were directly discharged. The woman jumped from the toilet, and her bones were probably still underneath. Originally, he was very angry, and he was soaked in poop all the year round, and no matter how ruthless the ghost was, he probably couldn't make a fuss. ”
"Master, you are too godly, you can see this. "Yang Fatzi's five-body throw himself to the ground.
"Do you have any supernatural places here?" said Master, a little disappointed.
"Master, there are no more supernatural ones, we have a Xiao Daddy Temple here, and a General Yang Si, all of them are very spiritual!"
"It's all here, let's go and see!"
Xiao Daddy Temple is a very small and old temple. How small is it? I've seen the temple where Monkey King fought Erlang God in Journey to the West, it's only a little smaller than that.
There are three statues of gods in the temple, the statues are particularly old, and they should be dedicated to the local gods, what mothers and fathers, and I didn't memorize the names too long.
The outside of the statue is shining on the glass, and there are some lion heads for lion dances stuffed into the glass. There are still three incense sticks burning in front of the statue, which should have been watched by someone.
Master said, "Since we're here, let's burn incense." ”
According to Master's words, there are three incense sticks and one incense stick, so one of us lit one incense, made a gesture, and then inserted the incense into the incense burner.
A miraculous thing happened, we also used the incense from the temple, the incense of Master and Yang Fatzi was burning normally, and the incense I lit was very abnormal. It was as if someone was blowing it all the time, and it burned very fast. Master, their incense has just burned an incense head, and I'm actually half burned it, and the incense ashes haven't fallen!
I was wondering when I suddenly realized that Master was looking at me and smiling. That smile is very obscene.
"Master, what are you doing, there are female ghosts playing hooligans again? It's too arrogant in broad daylight!" I thought it was another incident similar to Chang Meiniang last time.
"What do you kid think, I won't tell you about this first, you will feel it in a while!!!!"
"Fatty, didn't you say there's another one, let's hurry up, or your boss won't be able to bear it!" But when I think about it, with him, what am I afraid of!
So, I came to the Temple of General Yang Si with them.
If you say, the Xiao Daddy Temple just now is surprisingly old. Then this Yang Si General Temple is new and surprising. How new is it?
This is not a temple at all, it is a garage renovation!
On both sides of the garage are two roller shutters, and for the convenience of access, a small door is opened on each of the two roller shutters.
In the middle of the garage was an offering table, which was full of statues of gods and goddesses.
All the idols are clustered around a slightly larger idol. He wears a golden crown of hair, a battle robe over armor, and combat boots. is the image of an ancient general.
In front of the offering table is a small coffee table with an incense burner and some offerings. There are three futons in front of it, which are used to kowtow and bow down. Other than that, it's a garage.
Yang Fatzi, went to invite the old man who guarded the "temple" over. The old man was watching others play mahjong at the time, and he was a little impatient when he came.
The Master said, "This is the righteous god, let's have some incense!"
As he spoke, he lit nine incense sticks! As a result, as soon as he lit them, six of them were extinguished. The garage door is closed, the glass window above is not open, and there is no wind inside. The master smiled and lit all nine incense sticks again, only to exhale, and six more incense sticks were extinguished.
"Hahaha, the general is so polite. Master muttered to himself.
This time, the master did not light any more incense, but directly inserted the three lit incense sticks on the incense burner.
Then holding a stick of incense, he walked outside the temple gate and planted the incense on the ground. Then he closed the door and returned to the altar.
Master was about to make a statue of the deity when suddenly a gust of wind blew in from the direction of the incense that Master had lit, blowing directly open the back of the garage, and the roller shutters of the front and rear doors of the garage were blown with a rattle.
"It's coming so fast!" the master sighed and said to the old man who was watching the temple, "How long has it been since no one has come to worship incense?"
The old man also saw the master's Taoism, bowed deeply, and said: "Master, there used to be a temple of General Yang Si here, and the incense was very prosperous, but since a few years ago, all the men in the village have gone out to work, and only we, the old and weak women and children, are left. The incense is also cold. The original temple was demolished, and we had to move the tablet here. There's no one here anymore. ”
Master shook his head: "It's a pity, since we are here, let's donate some money and show our hearts." As he spoke, he took out 100 yuan, and I also took out 100 and put it on the altar together.
As soon as the money was placed on the altar, another gust of wind blew the back door open and passed through the altar.
The old man shouted excitedly: "The general has appeared, the general has appeared!"
In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, we took advantage of the fact that the villagers came to watch and left quickly!
Who knew that this departure, but my nightmare began......
Master said, "Incense."
Incense is a meditative method of communication between people and the heavens, the earth, or the spirit.
I'll be a little bit more disrespectful, because ghosts and gods can't eat things with their mouths, but why do we put the offerings of fruit? And after the offerings are finished, people can still eat them? Isn't this disrespectful to the ghosts and gods?
In fact, those seemingly untouched offerings have already been enjoyed by the ghosts and gods. True, what they "eat" is the smell. Therefore, no one will make a durian in front of the statue.
Then the incense is also very understandable. Because isn't incense just a smell?
Generally speaking, every time you meditate or try to communicate, you put on 3 sticks of incense, and just when you express your pious wishes, 1 stick of incense is enough, as sung in the ritual - "Heart False Incense Transmission". Therefore, every incense offering is a meditative process, a process of paying homage to the person being worshipped.
Therefore, the more respectful and humble the incense is, the more it can express the meaning of piety. Therefore, incense is actually a self-introverted and introspective appearance. Don't expect to use good incense to say it's pious, let alone how many times you use it, just say it's respectful. It is the "heart" when the incense is applied, whether it is low-key, whether it is peaceful, whether it is willing to accept the test of the environment, and whether it is willing to have a determination to self-revise, which is the basis of "being in harmony with the Tao".