Chapter Seventy-Five: Visiting the Longmen Grottoes

The next day, Zhou Qinghai thought that he didn't know where to go for the time being, Luoyang City is such a beautiful and rich place, it is better to let Xiaocao lead him to have a good tour of Luoyang City, learn customs and customs while appreciating, and lay some foundation for himself to explore the rivers and lakes. Xiaocao listened to Zhou Qinghai's thoughts, and said that Luoyang City, as the capital of many dynasties, is very prosperous, and there are many cultural attractions in the city, the most famous of which are the Longmen Mountain on both sides of the Yi River in the southern suburbs of Luoyang and the Longmen Grottoes on the Xiangshan Mountain. Longmen Grottoes were excavated in the period of Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and then went through the Eastern Wei Dynasty, the Western Wei Dynasty, the Northern Qi Dynasty, the Sui Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty, the Five Dynasties, the Song Dynasty and other dynasties to build continuously on a large scale for more than 400 years, the north and south are as long as 1 kilometer, there are 2,345 cave niches today, more than 100,000 statues, and more than 2,800 inscriptions on the inscriptions. Among them, "Longmen Twenty Products" is the essence of calligraphy Wei Tablet, and the "Tablet of Yique Buddha Shrine" written by Chu Suiliang is a model of Kaishu art in the early Tang Dynasty, and Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes and Yungang Grottoes are called the three major grottoes in China.

When Zhou Qinghai was in Huashan, he heard that there were many cultural attractions in Luoyang, and the most desirable thing in his heart was the Longmen Grottoes. Zhou Qinghai said that the Longmen Grottoes are indeed the cultural treasures of the Chinese nation, let's go see the Longmen Grottoes. Xiaocao jumped up and down all the way, and finally came to the foot of Longmen Mountain at almost noon. There is a hotel at the foot of Longmen Mountain, and Zhou Qinghai and Xiaocao sat down in the hotel and asked for two plates of side dishes, two bowls of rice and a pot of wine. While eating, Zhou Qinghai saw that there were two martial arts people with big swords hanging from their waists next to them drinking. Although Zhou Qinghai had heard of many major martial arts sects in the mouths of his master, his wife and his brother, after all, it was the first time he had gone down the mountain, and he was not familiar with these martial arts sects, and Zhou Qinghua did not see which martial arts sect these two people were. Zhou Qinghai poured the wine into the wine glass, picked up the wine glass and tasted it slowly. The afterglow of Zhou Qinghai's eyes swept to the two martial arts people, and the two martial arts people would look at Zhou Qinghai for a while, and look at the little beggar for a while, and turn their heads to eat. The two martial arts people are apprentices of Yue Yunxian, the older one is Han Xuepeng, the younger one is Han Xueyou, and the two are from Liangzhou, Gansu, and they are brothers, and they entered the Kongtong Sect Soul Chasing Gate together. Han Xuepeng picked up the chopsticks, dipped wine on the table and wrote three words, looking from a distance, it seemed to be a person's name. Han Xuepeng nodded knowingly, and Han Xuepeng wiped off the three words with the paper on the wine table. Han Xuepeng shouted at the shopkeeper to settle the bill, and the shopkeeper trotted to Jacky Han and Han Xuepeng. After Jacky Han and Jacky Han settled the money for the food and drink, they left the hotel softly. Zhou Qinghai saw Han Xuepeng and Han Xueyou leaving, thinking that it was the usual two hotel guests leaving, and he was not a little defenseless. After eating, Zhou Qinghai and Xiaocao sat at the table, Xiaocao lowered her head, and suddenly remembered the eyes of Han Xuepeng and Han Xueyou just now, and then told Zhou Qinghai that there seemed to be something strange in the eyes of Han Xuepeng and Han Xueyou just now, and he always felt uneasy in his heart. Zhou Qinghai looked at the empty wine table and said that it was just two people among the many martial arts people, maybe they were passing by here, maybe they wanted to admire the Longmen Grottoes like us, they were all gone, there would be no problem. Xiaocao said that he had never been in contact with martial arts people, so maybe he was thinking too much. Zhou Qinghai and Xiaocao rested for a while, then got up and went to the Longmen Grottoes.

The inn is in the middle of Xiangshan and Longmen Mountain, and a few hundred meters ahead, a clear Yi River flows past them. Zhou Qinghai looked at the crisp mountains and clear river water, and said that the environment here is really beautiful. Xiaocao said that those stone statues were more beautiful. Zhou Qinghai was led by Xiaocao and chose to walk towards Longmen Mountain. Zhou Qinghai and Xiaocao came to Yique,. The niches on the mountain are like beehives, neatly arranged. Xiaocao pointed to these Buddha statues and said to Zhou Qinghai that this is the Longmen Grottoes. Zhou Qinghai looked at the ingenious Buddha statue, walked up to the Buddha statue reverently, folded his hands, and bowed deeply to the Buddha statue. Zhou Qinghai is out of respect for the Buddha, and out of worship of the master carver. Zhou Qinghai browsed the Buddha statues in the grotto one by one and came to Fengxian Temple. Zhou Qinghai was still full of admiration after seeing many majestic and supernatural statues and seeing this big Buddha in Fengxian Temple. This is a statue of Bodhisattva, 17.14 meters tall, 4 meters high head, 1.9 meters ear, plump body, kind face, graceful and luxurious, magnificent, not only embodies the broad mind and lofty quality of saving suffering and saving all sentient beings, but also shows the splendor and development of culture. The stone wall is carved with a maiko like a fairy, and behind her is a musician who plays the kite, lute, and gonghou. Zhou Qinghai looked at their chic demeanor and heard the pure music of the Buddha Kingdom slowly reaching his ears.

Zhou Qinghai closed his eyes and listened to the beautiful music quietly. Xiaocao was used to being naughty and mischievous, so he climbed on the lap of the Big Buddha and played on it. A shrill sound broke the pure music of Buddhism, and the dart kept stabbing at the grass's throat. Xiaocao sat on the lap of the Buddha statue in fright, and her pupils dilated as she watched the darts that were approaching her step by step. Zhou Qinghai often competed with many Huashan disciples on Huashan Mountain, and also practiced using stones to sit on hidden weapons to compete with each other. Zhou Qinghai heard the sound of "whooshing" to break the pure music of Buddhism, and knew that it was a hidden weapon flying towards the grass. Zhou Qinghai stood up and grabbed the dart flying towards Xiaocao with his hand.

When the dart was about to reach Xiaocao's throat, Zhou Qinghai grabbed the dart with his hand. Zhou Qinghai then shot the dart at a martial artist outside the Buddha grotto. The dart was attached to the martial arts person's ear and flew towards the mountain stream. Han Xuepeng and Han Xueyou wrote the three words Qi Xiaocao on the table, Qi Xiaocao is the son of the evil faction that their decent martial arts have been chasing and killing. They have been searching for Qi Xiaocao recently, but they have not been able to find Qi Xiaocao's whereabouts, but they accidentally ran into Qi Xiaocao in the Longmen Grottoes. The two of them wanted to sit next to Qi Xiaocao Zhou Qinghai Qiyu Xuanang, martial arts must be very strong, he was not their opponent, and discussed going down the mountain to find his master Yue Yunxian. After Yue Yunxian heard Qi Xiaocao's name, he said to Han Xuepeng and Han Xueyou that if I could kill this powerless Qi Xiaocao, he would definitely increase his prestige in the rivers and lakes, and immediately lead the other disciples of the Soul Chasing Sect to Longmen Mountain. After coming to the inn at the foot of Longmen Mountain, he asked the hotel shopkeeper where he went, and Yue Yunxian led his disciples to rush to Yique. Among the many Buddhist shrines, Yue Yunxian could never find Zhou Qinghai and Xiaocao, and it was not until Xiaocao made a sound of playing that they found the whereabouts of Zhou Qinghai and Qi Xiaocao.