The world is unstable

Chapter 276 Ancient Temple
Afterwards, Wenzhou exited the mission dungeon.

"Tomorrow's trip to the ancient temple has another layer of protection."

Satisfied thinking, Wenzhou is the heart, only his own strength can make him feel at ease, and only this kind of reassurance is the real sense of security.

This day was fleeting, and soon came the next day, the day when the five Wenzhou people agreed to explore the ancient temple first.

Early in the morning, Wang Youcai and Zhou Tian first went to pick up Yun Luoluo and Su Miaoke, and then drove to Wenzhou's house along the way, took Wenzhou with them, and the group drove towards the ancient temple.

It's quite a distance from Wenzhou's house, so we drove from about 8 o'clock to 9 o'clock before we arrived at the area where the ancient temple was located.

Because of the tomb of the Lonely King beside it, it is not located in the center of the urban area, but rather in a relatively peripheral area of ​​X City.
The terrain here is relatively low, so the water vapor is much denser than other areas in X City. Come here early, the severe cold in January makes everyone feel a chill.

"Hey, it's really cold."

Stomping her little feet lightly, Su Miaoke trembled softly when she got out of the car.

At this time, there were not many people here at the ancient temple. I think it was because of the previous news notice from the ancient temple, and I wanted to come over to watch the grand event during the Chinese New Year.
"Indeed, let's stop for a while and watch before leaving."

Nodding, Wenzhou also felt a little cold, so he decided,

Today, their task is nothing else, just look at the terrain, building settings, and some details or differences that may be weird,
There are no tickets for ancient temples, and the means of profit depends on the incense inside. In the temple, there will be special incense for tourists to burn incense and pay homage.
At the door, several people from Wenzhou bought a handful of incense, and they were going to enter the inner hall to continue watching.

When passing the laurel tree, Wenzhou didn't feel anything strange. What exactly was the strangeness that Chen Ping said?

Taking a hasty glance at the laurel tree, looking at the scattered red lines and lottery numbers, Wenzhou withdrew his gaze,
It might just be that the real time for the five of them to resolve the accident has not yet come. If the day of the event comes, Wenzhou may find some clues.

Stepping on the bluestone slabs under their feet, they made a crisp sound, listening to the flickering chanting sound coming from the hall, several people even quickened their pace,
Following the sparse group of people, Wenzhou and the others slowly walked into the main hall,
The interior is full of incense. Under the statue of Buddha, there are bunches of incense left by tourists' pious visits. The curling green smoke embellishes the whole hall with some agility and illusion.

On this day, the two monks were still located on both sides of the main hall, and the several futons under the incense stand were all clearly marked by the kneeling and worshiping of tourists.

Looking at the futons with hollows in front of them, the five people in Wenzhou also walked in front of a futon,

However, they didn't kneel down, just because they didn't really believe in this kind of god,
If there is a Buddha, why is there so much poverty and hunger in the world? The devotion that transcends thought is not so attractive to the five people in Wenzhou.

Therefore, everyone just bowed respectfully and thanked each other, and gently inserted the lit incense into the incense burner in front,
"Um, where's the merit box?"

But just when Wenzhou wanted to see the strangeness of the merit box, Wenzhou suddenly discovered that there was nothing in the place where the merit box should have been placed.

The other four people also discovered this clue in time, and they were all a little puzzled, why did the temple remove the merit box?

In addition to the incense burning just mentioned, the temple also has another source of income, which is the incense money from the so-called merit box.

A large number of tourists are thinking of praying to the Buddha to bless their wishes through the offering of incense. The beautiful vision is also a source of income for the temple to attract such a merit box.
At this time, the disappearing merit box inevitably made everyone a little confused. Did something happen again after Chen Ping, and the abbot had to hide it and disappear?

He straightened up and walked to the monk beside him, and asked a question. Wenzhou learned that a month ago, the temple had already declined donations from the merit box because the end of the year was approaching.

Of course, Wenzhou didn't believe this kind of nonsense. It must be that after Chen Ping, some strange things happened here in the temple, and he had to do it as a last resort.

However, if you continue to ask, you will definitely not be able to find out why.Wenzhou just gave up.

Wenzhou still knows a little about temples:

In the world of Wenzhou, the temples in the place where Wenzhou lived were first introduced from foreign countries.

In the history of Wenzhou country, there was also a period of temples’ heyday. At that time, the emperors devoted themselves to cultivating Buddhism, so that temples were built all over the country.

With the passage of time, the development of the temple has become more changeable.

In fact, "temple" is actually two concepts of temple and temple; and "temple" and "temple" were not religious buildings at first.

The original meaning of the temple is the government office. "Temples, courts, and those with laws."

The temple is an office in the ancient imperial court, directly under the jurisdiction of the emperor, which is equivalent to the first-level unit we are talking about today. The chief of the temple is called a minister.The temple is established permanently and cannot be changed (the first-level unit under the prime minister is called the Ministry, and the Ministry can sometimes be changed).

From the very early dynasties, eunuchs were appointed to the outer court, and the official buildings were commonly called temples, such as Dali Temple and Taichang Temple, which belonged to the central organization and were in charge of prisons, rituals, music, suburban temples and social affairs.

In some dynasties, the county government offices were also called Fusi.Later, when Buddhism was introduced to the country of Wenzhou, the functions of the temple also changed.

It is said that at a certain period in ancient times, monks from Tianzhu came to Wenzhou with white horses carrying Buddhist scriptures. They first lived in Honglu Temple. Therefore, Honglu Temple became a place for monks to worship Buddha.

Since then, temples also refer to temples dedicated to Buddha, such as Baima Temple, Xiangguo Temple, and Ci'en Temple.The monastery has two important tasks, one is education; the other is the translation of "Buddhist scriptures".Later, Buddhism prevailed, Daxing Temple, and "480 Temples in the Southern Dynasties" had many monks.

Here is a rough history of the development of the temple.

However, there are few temples built beside the tomb, so this ancient temple built next to the tomb of the Lonely King still has some places worth investigating.

"Excuse me, is the abbot here?"

Thinking of this, Wenzhou wanted to meet the abbot and ask about things here, if he could ask a little bit, it was a little bit.

As for this, Wenzhou's goal is also very simple, it is for some special information, hoping that he can learn more about the details of this place.

(End of this chapter)