Easy Tycoon

Chapter 530

Yang Jing smiled slightly and said: "Hello, Taoist priest, I am a traveler. I saw this Taoist temple today, so I came to visit it. By the way, I would like to offer some incense to the heavenly gods, for the blessing of the heavenly gods."

Hearing this, the Taoist priest smiled slightly, made a "please" gesture with one hand, and continued to pick up the broom to clean the courtyard.

Yang Jing didn't think he was disobedient either.The Taoist priests in this Taoist temple are obviously true disciples of the Sanqing, not the fake Taoist priests in some scenic spots who seek fame and fame.

The true Sanqing disciples pay attention to quietness and inaction, detachment from nature, and never pay attention to things outside of the body.Therefore, when the meritorious master came to the door, these true Sanqing disciples would not mind whether the meritorious master would give money or not.

Yang Jing walked in, only to realize that this Taoist temple is really small, even Song Laohei's house probably occupies a larger area than this Taoist temple.

The architectural style of the Taoist temple is somewhat similar to the courtyard house in Yanjing.After entering the gate, there is a small courtyard, about [-] square meters, facing the north and south is a small main building. There is a plaque above the gate, which reads "Sanqing Hall", needless to say, The Daimei temple enshrines the three Taoist ancestors Yuanshi Tianzun, Daode Tianzun and Lingbao Tianzun.

There are three wing rooms on both sides of the Sanqing Hall, which must be the living places, kitchens and warehouses of the Taoist priests in Guanli.

Although the Taoist temple is not big, it is full of greenery. There are big trees around all the houses, and there is a ginkgo tree that is hundreds of years old in the center of the courtyard, with deep roots and lush leaves.

The small Taoist temple is full of a peaceful and natural atmosphere, which is deeply in line with the Taoist concept of "Tao follows nature". When people are in it, they will involuntarily feel a feeling of being far away from the world.

Yang Jing nodded slightly, and walked towards the Sanqing Hall. There was an incense table at the entrance of the Sanqing Hall, a merit box was placed on the left, and a young Taoist priest stood on the right. The cupping ceremony chanted: "Heavenly Lord with immeasurable merit!"

Yang Jing also made a bowing ceremony, then put down the backpack, took out ten hundred-yuan bills of the "Four Great Men" from his pocket, and put them into the merit box, then rearranged his clothes respectfully, and After washing his hands from the washbasin next to him, he said to the young Taoist priest, "Master Daoist, I want to invite incense."

Burning incense is not something you can do casually. According to the Taoist rules, you must tidy up your clothes and wash your hands before burning incense. Yang Jing did it right.

The young Taoist didn't seem to have thought that the young layman would take out so much money for incense sticks all at once. After being taken aback for a moment, he smiled and nodded at Yang Jing, and then took out three sticks from the box behind him. Daxiang is more than one meter long and thicker than a thumb.

But the Taoist priest didn't hand over the incense. Yang Jing knew that there was another procedure to do before offering the incense, which was to light the wax.

According to the rules of Taoism, before burning incense, candles are lit, which means "the silver lamp shadow shines brightly on the sky, and the splendor shines on the silver rainbow.

Although Yang Jing is not a disciple of Taoism, the holy ring is an out-and-out treasure of Taoism. As the host of the holy ring, Yang Jing naturally needs to study some rules of Taoism.

Originally, Yang Jing didn't believe in Buddhism or faith, but since he got the holy ring, he has unconsciously regarded himself as a Taoist disciple.So today, when offering incense to the Taoist ancestor of Sanqing, it is natural to strictly follow the Taoist rules to offer incense.

After the candles were lit, Yang Jing took the three incense sticks, and after burning them, he began to burn incense.

These three incense sticks also have their own heads, which are called "Three Treasures Incense". When burning incense, you must use your left hand to burn incense, because in the tradition of Chinese Taoism, the left hand is generally called the auspicious hand, and the right hand is the murderer; In the Chinese folk tradition, the left is the most important.

Holding the incense in Yang Jing's left hand, first insert an incense in the middle of the incense burner, which means "Taobao incense"; It is "Jingbaoxiang"; three inserts on the right side mean "teacher Baoxiang".This is the source of sambo incense.

The three sticks of incense are required to be about one inch apart, which represents the heart of an inch, and they must be horizontal and vertical, not skewed.

Yang Jing did all of this well, and the young Taoist priest next to him nodded slightly after seeing it.

After the incense is burnt, it is "money (paper)", that is, burning paper money.

These are the three things that need to be done before visiting the statue of the patriarch, lighting wax, burning incense, and turning money.

After doing all this, Yang Jing respectfully walked to the left door of the main hall, stepped into the main hall with his left foot first, then walked to the three holy statues of the Taoist ancestors of the Sanqing, and performed three kowtows and nine prostrations according to the rules. Then he stepped out respectfully from the right door of the main hall with his right foot first.

Yang Jing used to only believe in kneeling to the sky and kneeling to his parents, but since he got the holy ring, facing the icon of the Sanqing Daozu, Yang Jing still made a standard three-kowtow and nine-worship ceremony very devoutly.

After finishing this set, the young Taoist priest's attitude towards Yang Jing became better, and he seemed to be very satisfied with Yang Jing's ability to complete this set of procedures so completely.

Yang Jing was not in the mood to communicate with this young Taoist priest. After prostrating in the hall just now, he has already discovered that the floor of this hall is definitely old.The ground of the main hall is paved with bluestone slabs. Although many slabs were added later, many of them are old objects that are definitely old.

In the main hall guarding the holy statue of the Taoist ancestor of the Sanqing, Yang Jing did not use the holy ring to show respect, but after leaving the main hall, Yang Jing was going to carefully look for other old things in this Taoist temple. It is also a remnant.

With the holy ring, as long as there are remnants, it can be easily identified who built this Taoist temple in the first place.

"My Taoist priest, can I visit this Taoist temple? I am a British overseas Chinese, and I like all kinds of historical inheritance of the motherland very much. Taoism is a native Chinese religion, and I also like Taoism. I like it Inheritance of Taoism, I also like Taoist architecture.”

After all, this is someone else's territory. If Yang Jing wants to study carefully in the Taoist temple, he must get his consent, so Yang Jing can only take out his fabricated identity again. Presumably this young Taoist priest is also willing to see foreign countries. People like Taoism. .

"Fusheng Wuliang Tianzun!" Accompanied by the sound of a Taoist number, Yuan Hezi, who was sweeping the floor just now, came over, "I am very happy that you, layman, like my Taoist culture. Our Taoist temple enshrines three Qing Daozu, so if you visit the Taoist temple later, please don't make any noise so as not to disturb Daozu."

"Don't worry, Daoist, I still understand the rules."

The young Taoist priest approached Yuan Hezi, and after saying something in a low voice, Yuan Hezi looked at Yang Jing more peacefully.Yang Jing guessed that his incense money and the set of procedures just now worked.

Yuan Hezi held a broom in his right hand, and made a one-handed salute with his left.

The Taoist one-handed salute is similar to the Buddhist one-handed salute, except that in the Buddhist one-handed salute, all five fingers are straightened, while in the Taoist one-handed salute, the index finger needs to be bent, which means " One breath and three cleans."

Yuan Hezi walked into a side room with a broom, while the young Taoist continued to stand beside the incense table.Yang Jing saw that he agreed to visit the Taoist temple, so he put on his backpack and started wandering around the small Taoist temple.

The main hall was entered just now, and the wing rooms on both sides are obviously not allowed to enter.But Yang Jing was not in a hurry, he walked around the hall, and found that the exposed foundation of the hall was also very old.So after Yang Jing stroked it with his left hand, Sheng Jie immediately gave the answer.

"The ruins of the main hall of Xinde Temple, in 1135, Xinde scattered people."

"The concept of faith? What the hell is the concept of faith? Did you guess wrong?" The answer given by the holy ring made Yang Jing a little confused, but it was obvious that the foundation of this hall was really old, in 1135, that is, The five years of Shaoxing in the Southern Song Dynasty have a history of more than 900 years.

Yang Jing touched another piece of bluestone unbelievingly, but Shengjie gave another answer.

"The ruins of Keats Temple Hall, in 1372, a native of Dacheng Mountain."

This result made Yang Jing scratch his head again. Obviously, the previous Faith Temple was destroyed, and then this Taoist priest named Dacheng Shanren built a Keats Temple from the site of the Faith Temple.As for 1382, isn't it the fifth year of Ming Hongwu?At noon, the old man said that Zhu Yuanzhang immigrated from Hongdong on a large scale. When the ancestors of his village immigrated from Hongdong, there was such a Taoist temple near the village.It is estimated that the Taoist temple is the Keats Temple.

Yang Jing continued to touch it in disbelief, but finally found a different answer.

"The ruins of the main hall of the Yuhuang Pavilion, in 1785, a Taoist of Xuancheng."

This answer made Yang Jing nodded slightly. At lunch, the old man said that the Taoist temple rebuilt by some Taoist priests from Zhongnan Mountain during the Qianlong period was probably the Jade Emperor Pavilion.

But whether it is the view of faith, Keats, or the Jade Emperor Pavilion, it is not the answer Yang Jing wants.So Yang Jing continued to touch without giving up, and if he couldn't get it out once, he would touch it twice. At worst, he would learn from Wei Xiaobao and touch it if he has nothing to do.
"Viewing the Remains of Yuecheng, 928, Yuechengzi."

This result immediately made Yang Jing excited.Sure enough, he guessed right, the predecessor of this Daimei Temple was indeed the Yuecheng Temple.

It's just that the Yuecheng Temple has been destroyed many times in the millennium. The foundation of this hall identified by the Holy Ring alone has four cornerstones of different ages. Counting the current Daimei Temple, this The Taoist temple has been rebuilt four times in more than 1000 years.

This Taoist temple can be regarded as full of disasters.

However, Taoist priests have always come to rebuild the Taoist temple for thousands of years, which also shows that this Taoist temple is indeed blessed by the ancestors of the Sanqing Dynasty.

After confirming the true identity of this Taoist temple, Yang Jing was in a good mood.Turning around the two wing rooms again, Yang Jing found another extremely strange place behind the west wing room.

(End of this chapter)