Maybe I can't have a normal youth

Chapter 418 God's Domain
After several people decided to set off, they packed their luggage, bid farewell to the hotel with excellent service, and took the Shinkansen to Kyoto according to the action route that was checked first on the mobile phone.

As soon as they entered the entrance of the shrine, everyone felt that the surrounding atmosphere had changed. This place was different from other places, solemn and solemn.

"What exactly is a torii gate?" Zhao Bai'an didn't know much about it.

Mobile Encyclopedia Ji Qiu started popular science: "Simply put, torii is an enchantment that separates the world of gods from the world of humans. The Japanese believe that through this, they can enter the realm of gods."

While talking, Ji Qiu pointed to the things above the heads of the four of them.

Zhao Bai'an looked up and saw a building similar to a Chinese torii. It was red and often appeared in anime. It turned out that this was the famous torii gate!

It seemed that there was nothing special about it. I always felt that they had come all the way, and this was what they saw. I couldn't help but feel an irrepressible sense of loss in my heart.

Zhao Bai'an lost the enthusiasm he had just now, and gradually became a little absent-minded.

Ou Sijia noticed that the people around her were walking more and more slowly, she stopped walking, turned her head and asked in concern: "Xiaobai, what's wrong with you?"

Zhao Bai'an didn't worry about anything else, he curled his lips and said: "This place, I think we are at a loss here, if we knew it was like this, we might as well go to other places to have fun, I don't understand, why it is mentioned in the guide Japan must come here to see."

As soon as she finished speaking, there was an inexplicably annoyed scolding sound from behind, and of course it was also in Japanese.

"xxxxxxxx!" That's what Zhao Bai'an heard.

Hearing it when they were unprepared, Zhao Bai'an and Ou Sijia were taken aback, they felt their sweat pores stand up.

The two quickly turned their heads and saw an angry white-haired old man walking towards the two of them leaning on a cane.

Zhao Bai'an looked at Ou Sijia wonderingly, and Ou Sijia was naturally confused, she didn't understand what he was trying to do with this old man who appeared out of nowhere.

She shook her head at Zhao Bai'an, Zhao Bai'an withdrew her gaze, and projected it on the old man again.

The old man looked anxious all the way up, and after standing still, he glared at Zhao Bai'an angrily.

Zhao Bai'an felt very nonsensical about this, she wanted to ask, but immediately realized that she could not speak Japanese, so she stretched out her hand and tugged Osijia who was beside her.

Ou Sijia understood instantly. She politely asked Zhao Bai'an in Japanese: "Old man, who are you? What's the matter?"

The old man also said something in Japanese that was incomprehensible, but translated into Chinese it meant this: "Your friend is so bold, how dare you talk about our place as the realm of gods."

Ou Sijia immediately understood the whole story. It turned out that they unintentionally collided with the beliefs of the local people. The old man seemed not to understand Chinese, but it was really inappropriate for the four of them to be noisy.

She can understand this, because it is the same in China. She deeply knows that no matter how deep the regional culture is, belief will always be an inviolable territory.

Therefore, Ou Sijia hurriedly apologized to the old man in Japanese: "I'm really sorry! We didn't know the rules and offended, I'm really sorry!"

When the old man heard that Oska had such a good attitude, the anger in his heart subsided.

He changed his attitude and began to chat with Oscar, the content of which was nothing more than some routine inquiries, such as where did they come from?What are you doing here? Wait.

Ou Sijia naturally responded honestly. Facing the stumbling Japanese, the old man didn't mind and listened patiently. Instead, the two chatted more and more speculatively.

In the end, the old man offered to be a tour guide for them, and at the same time tell them about the history of the torii, so that they can understand the sacredness of this place.

Oska naturally would not refuse, and the other three people were also very surprised after hearing it, but this emotion was only for a moment, and then it was replaced by a kind of surprise. It is a great thing to have a local as a tour guide Good thing!
So the four of them started the torii tour with the old man again.

This time they did not have the blindness just now, but had another kind of fun. The old man was a responsible guide, and he took Zhao Bai'an and the others around every corner of the shrine.

During the period, he also explained the history of the shrine to Zhao Bai'an and the others in detail, as well as the origin and culture of the torii. The old man told Zhao Bai'an and the others everything he knew.

Because Ou Sijia already had some understanding, she didn't react too much, but Zhao Bai'an was completely shocked after hearing it. She didn't expect that such a simple building would contain so many profound meanings.

She put away her boredom and began to look squarely at every plant and tree in the shrine. At the same time, she secretly savored every word the old man said just now, feeling emotional and awe-inspiring.

She learned from the old man that the torii is an auxiliary building of a Japanese shrine, which represents the entrance to the realm of the gods, and is used to distinguish the realm of the gods where the gods live and the world where humans live. This is no different from what Ji Qiu said.

It's just that the pious tone of the old man made Zhao Bai'an suddenly serious.

She couldn't help raising her hand to touch every orange-red wood she could see, and every torii structure she could touch.

At this time, the old man said something again, which seemed to stop him.

Zhao Bai'an didn't quite understand it at first, but the old man later explained the structure of the torii to her in detail.

Only then did she understand the real structure of the torii gate. The internal distribution of the seemingly simple torii gate is actually very complicated.

The torii usually includes structures such as forehead beams, wedges, and tortoise belly. The so-called forehead beam is actually a rectangular structure fixed between the guan and the bamboo. The wedge is the structure set at the penetration of the two columns. It is a stone structure set at the bottom of the two columns, both of which play a fixed role.

Now, the rope that Zhao Bai'an saw in front of him was called Zhulian Rope, and its purpose was to create a barrier to prevent disasters from passing through.

After such an explanation, Zhao Bai'an suddenly had a different feeling. This feeling is like reading an ancient book. At the beginning, it felt boring, but after going deeper into it, he discovered that the story in it turned out to be different. It makes people feel emotional.

Zhao Bai'an was like this at the moment, and she began to feel a little lingering, especially when walking on the stone steps, her whole body was integrated into this deep and silent environment, as if there was no one else around, and she was out of this world.

This feeling made her forget everything that happened until she reached the end of the stone steps and when the torii trip was coming to an end, she was still reminiscing and intoxicated.

At this time, Zhao Bai'an was a little absent-minded, and she didn't even react when her companions waved goodbye to the old man.

In the end, it was Ou Sijia's friendly reminder that she withdrew her emotions and also smiled and waved.

(End of this chapter)