Wanchuan East Note, an island neutral

"Died in the middle of Tianli Town, spanning 200 states in the southeast"

Standing in the middle of the Yangtze River, this island and Guazhou and Xijin cross into a horn, for the north-south artery, by the local people called "a hibiscus in the heart of the river".

Jinshan Temple stands on this island, it is built on the mountain, the halls are side by side, the pavilions are connected, there are many palaces such as the Daxiong Treasure Hall, the Tianwang Palace, the Guanyin Pavilion, the Myoko Terrace, the Lenga Terrace, the Cishou Pagoda and so on. The mountain is covered with splendid buildings, so that people can not peep into the original appearance of the mountain, so people have the saying that "Jinshan Temple wraps the mountain".

Jiang Liu'er, who returned from Chang'an, sat on the Rizhao Rock on the top of Jinshan, holding his cheeks with both hands, watching the ships coming and going on the river from afar, and the boats rushed to Chu in the afterglow of the setting sun.

The mountains in the distance are integrated with the river, the Buddhist temple in front of you and the river waves are facing each other, and the gulls and birds are naturally flocking, chirping and flying low on the water. At this time, Jiang Liu'er's eyes showed a faint sadness, and what appeared in her mind was the figure of her mother, who seemed to have forgotten the years at the moment, and just sat alone on the Rizhao Rock and looked at the floating clouds on the river.

"Jiang Liu'er. ”

A familiar and old voice sounded from behind Jiang Liu'er.

Hearing the familiar voice, Jiang Liu'er's heart sank, and when she looked back, it was Master Elder Fa Ming, so she hurriedly stood up and said with her head together: "Master." ”

Elder Fa Ming waved his hand, motioned for Jiang Liu'er to continue to sit down, and came to Jiang Liu'er's side again, dusted the dust off the stone with the sleeve of the monk's robe, and also sat down on this mountain stone.

Looking down at the many splendid temples all over the mountain, Elder Fa Ming stroked a handful of white beards and asked with a smile, "Jiang Liu'er, do you know the origin of my Jinshan Temple?"

"Back to the master's words, the disciple only knows a little bit about it. ”

"Oh? ”

"My Jinshan Temple, formerly known as Zexin Temple, also known as Longyou Temple, was built in the time of Emperor Ming of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and was the authentic sect of my Buddhism Zen Buddhism. Jiang Liuer said solemnly.

Elder Fa Ming nodded his beard and asked, "Why did my Jinshan Temple become famous?"

"Master, my Jinshan Temple is the origin of my Buddhist chanting sutras, fasting, worshipping the Buddha, and recommending the undead. During the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Emperor Wu of Liang personally came to my Jinshan Temple to participate in the grand ceremony of the water and land conference during the Tianjian period, which was the beginning of the water and land meeting of my Buddhism, and it was also the largest ceremony in Buddhism at that time, and the grand occasion was unprecedented. ”

"Exactly. Elder Faming smiled.

"Do you know who I am the founding patriarch of Jinshan Temple?" Elder Fa Ming turned pale at the mention of the founding patriarch of this temple.

"I often hear the master say that the founder of my Jinshan Temple is a Lingtan monk and a Zen master of Nafahai. ”

"Do you know the story of the two of them?"

"I don't know. Jiang Liuer is quite honest, he reads poetry and books on weekdays, and naturally knows the ancient adage of "knowing is knowing, not knowing is not knowing, and knowing is also knowing".

"Speaking of this, I have to talk about some of the origins of my Jinshan Temple and snakes......" Elder Fa Ming looked at the river from afar, his eyes were deep.

"When Patriarch Lingtan first came here, this place was deserted, and Patriarch had to sit in meditation in a stone cave behind the mountain. The local people say that there is a white dragon in the cave who often spits poisonous gas, and people die when they touch it, but the ancestor has some magic power, so he ambushes it by the power of Buddha in the stone cave. This cave is now the White Dragon Cave, and there is still a stone crevice, which is unfathomable. ”

Seeing that Jiang Liu'er listened attentively, Elder Fa Ming continued, "Let's talk about another patriarch, Fahai Zen Master. After the death of the Lingtan monk, the temple of Helin Temple fell into disrepair, and it has collapsed into a ruined temple, and the monks of the original temple have also left. At that time, the temple was ruined and overgrown with weeds. Patriarch Fahai knelt in front of the remnant Buddha and vowed to restore Jinshan Temple. As a sign of determination, he burned his fingers. Since then, Fahai has lived in a cave, opened mountains and farmed, and studied Buddhism. ”

Once, when Fahai led people to dig soil and build a temple, he accidentally dug up a batch of gold and Yi, but he was not moved by the gold, but handed it all over to the government at that time. Zhenjiang Taishou played this matter to the imperial court, and the emperor who believed in my Buddha was deeply moved, and ordered the gold to be returned to the monk Fahai to repair the temple, and gave the name Jinshan Temple, which was abboted by the monk Fahai. With superhuman perseverance and painstaking management, the ancestor Fahai finally created the Jinshan Temple, which is magnificent in scale and surrounded by mountains. Fahai opened a large temple in the south of the Yangtze River, which made a great contribution to my Buddhism, and as a result, Fahai was regarded as the "ancestor of the mountain" of my Jinshan Temple. ”

"Oh, I see, the disciple knows. Jiang Liuer is very smart, and she immediately remembered the stories and characters of these Jinshan Temple.

"That's not all, you listen to Master's words. Elder Fa Ming smiled.

Fahai has a lot of connections with the white snake all his life: first, before Fahai was born, his mother once dreamed of black and white snakes at night, and a monk cut the snake and was reincarnated. The second is that Fahai once drove away a white python in the Fahai Cave, and according to legend, this white python escaped into the Yangtze River. ”

Later generations have poems praising him: "Half of the stone room is in Zen, the fame of the world is not easy to grind, the white python turns into a dragon and returns to the sea, leaving the old man in the rock." ”

Speaking of this, Elder Fa Ming was also quite emotional.

"Master, the disciple wants to ask, it is Patriarch Fahai and that ......" Jiang Liu'er's eyes flickered, and he stopped talking a little.

"Hehe, you want to ask about the story of Fahai and the White Lady. Elder Fa Ming's eyes flashed with a gleam, and then he looked at Jiang Liu'er with a torch in his eyes.

"Yes. When the disciples were at the foot of the mountain, they often heard people talk about the story of the patriarch Fahai and the Xu Immortal and the White Lady, and this story was widely spread. ”

"Oh, you can tell the teacher about it. Elder Fa Ming didn't answer the rhetorical question, and said with a smile.

"Master, the disciple also heard from many people under the mountain, and there is also the legend of the water flooding the golden mountain. However, there are places and wrongs that offend Master Zu, and I hope that Master will not blame the disciples. ”

"Well, no matter what you say, Master doesn't blame you. "Elder Fa Ming was very calm.

Jiang Liu'er said cautiously: "Master, that disciple can just say ......"

"Folklore has it that there is a white snake who has cultivated to adulthood, that is, the beautiful and kind White Lady, who married a commoner Xu Xian, and lived a very sweet life. When Zen Master Fahai learned about this, he went to persuade Xu Xian to become a monk, and tricked Xu Xian into hiding in the temple. The White Lady came to find a husband and fought with Fahai. The white lady casts a spell, and the water is boiling in an instant, and the shrimp soldiers and crabs will swarm up the golden mountain together. Fahai turned the robe into a long causeway to stop the water, and the embankment was also long, and the white lady could not win, so she had to collect the troops and go back to practice with the maid Green Snake, waiting for the opportunity for revenge. Later, Xu Xian escaped from the temple, and Fahai used a spell to town the White Lady under the Leifeng Pagoda in the West Lake. Later, the green snake who had worked hard came back to take revenge, knocked down Leifeng Tower, rescued the White Lady, and fought Fahai with the White Lady to hide in the belly of the crab. As a result, the White Lady and Xu Xian lived together lovingly again. ”

"Master, this is the legendary story of the folk Xu Xian and the White Lady. ”

"Hmm. Elder Fa Ming smiled indifferently and did not give a positive answer, but pointed to a cave not far away and said, "Jiang Liu'er, do you know what this cave is called?"

"Master, disciple doesn't know. Jiang Liu'er, who was sitting on the rock, glanced at the cave and shook his head again.

"When the patriarch Shi Fahai first came to Jinshan to practice, the temple collapsed, just arrived at the stone cave of the cliff in the middle of the mountain to participate in meditation, then heard a sudden gust of fishy wind blowing behind his head, only to see a bucket-thick python coiled there staring at Fahai Patriarch, Fahai Patriarch still meditated, and then the python swam into the Yangtze River. After the news spread, more people came to Jinshan. Since then, the cave has been called Fahai Cave. ”

Elder Fa Ming turned a string of Buddha beads in one hand, pointed to the Fahai Cave with the other, and said solemnly.