Blossoms are blooming

After the family had had breakfast on the New Year's Day, An Shaoqin and his family went to Lai'en Temple to offer incense. Although the country does not promote Buddhism, it is still necessary to offer incense on the New Year's Day, and Qiu Huaisheng followed them Let's go together, because Liu's body is not suitable for offering incense, so he stayed in the palace.

Lane Temple is not far away. It takes half an hour to drive a carriage to arrive at Lane Temple. Since it is the first day of the new year, and Lane Temple is the largest temple in Kyoto, the incense is very prosperous. You can smell the incense from a distance before entering the temple. The smell of smoke, the closer to the temple, the stronger the smell, and it is even more difficult to breathe in front of the temple.

An Shaoqin just came to offer incense like ordinary people, so no one noticed the arrival of his high and mighty prince.Because this is An Ziyan's first visit to Laien Temple, he is curious about everything, such as the huge Buddha bell in the Buddhist hall, the big Buddha with a gold-plated body sitting on a lotus, such as the colorful prayer flags that can be seen everywhere, For example, seeing the people kneel down before the big Buddha devoutly, or seeing someone asking for a lottery and a monk unwrapping it... These are all novel to An Ziyan.

At this moment, a monk came up to them and bowed his head at them, and they responded the same to the monk.

"I have been waiting for you for a long time, please follow me!"

"Then there will be Abbot Lao Huiming!" An Shaoqin said.

Abbot Huiming turned to An Shaoqin again, and when he raised his head to see Qiu Huaisheng, he froze for a moment, but no one noticed his expression, and then he walked in front to lead the group.

Although Buddhism is not as popular as Taoism in Yuguo, the royal family will still build a few temples. For example, the Lane Temple was built with royal funds.

Without much effort, Abbot Huiming led several people into another Buddhist hall. This Buddhist hall is not as big as the one outside because this Buddhist hall can only be worshiped by the royal family, and the imperial palace will be closed every [-]th day. He came here to offer incense, but An Shaoqin came here once a year, that is, on the first day of the new year, he came here to offer incense, and then offered a few Buddha lamps.

The incense candles and money papers for offering incense have been prepared, no one takes out a stick of incense from the incense barrel, and then Abbot Huiming lights it for him, saying "Fire creates wealth, fire creates wealth." Wait until the incense is lit Then let them kneel on the futon and continue to read: "The incense sticks are aligned with the brows, close your eyes and make a wish!" When everyone opened their eyes, they said again: "Put the incense with the left hand and one hand!" So, everyone followed the process just now Two more sticks of incense were put on, the first stick of incense was "respecting the Buddha", the second stick of incense was "respecting the Dharma", and the third stick was "respecting the monk". Kneeling on the futon as you can see, bowing three times in total, and then everyone added incense money to the merit incense, and finally made offerings to Buddha lamps, and then sold the birds sold in the market. After they were released, Abbot Huiming took out a merit book and asked them to write their names on it.

Just when they wanted to leave, they were stopped by Abbot Huiming.

"Donor wait!"

An Shaoqin and the others stopped when they heard Abbot Huiming's call. They didn't ask until Abbot Huiming walked up to them with a bucket of lottery tickets, "I don't know what advice Master Huiming has?"

"I want to make a fortune for this benefactor, please come with me!" These words were addressed to An Ziyan.

An Ziyan was a little confused, so he looked at his father, because this was his first visit to the temple, and he was not very clear about some things.

"Go!" An Shaoqin patted An Ziyan on the shoulder, indicating that An Ziyan would follow Abbot Huiming to the front of the Buddha, and then knelt on the futon like the woman he saw before, and took Abbot Huiming's hand with both hands. Give him the stick, and then close your eyes and shake the stick until a stick falls from the stick to the ground with a "clack".

Then An Ziyan put the lottery on the ground, then picked up the one that fell on the ground, and glanced at the content on it, only to see that it reads, "When the spring day rains and the happiness blooms, the jade rabbit and golden bird gradually shine! The old things dissipate When new things come, let’s see if we pass through the dragon’s gate! The old things dissipate, and new things come, and the dragon’s gate is passed, and the sun and the moon will come!”

"Show me the lottery!" Hearing this, An Ziyan handed the lottery to Abbot Huiming.

Abbot Huiming looked at the lottery above and nodded thoughtfully. After all, it was the first time drawing lots. Although An Ziyan could understand the meaning of that sentence, he knew that the meaning of the lottery was not what he understood.

"I don't know if this sign is the upper sign or the lower sign?"

"Win the lottery!" Winning the lottery means not going up or down.

"What's the point of signing?"

"Some old things will gradually dissipate, and new people, things, and things will replace new things. If you can take advantage of the opportunity to pass through the dragon gate, everything will become better!"

"What kind of Dragon Gate is that, what kind of opportunity? Please tell Abbot Huiming clearly!"

"The secret must not be revealed, the benefactor will know about it in the future!" As he said this, the abbot took a lucky bag from the altar and handed it to An Ziyan. Good luck! Remember not to open the lucky bag, otherwise you will be in great trouble!"

Hearing Abbot Huiming's words, An Ziyan was a little surprised. He didn't expect that such a small lucky bag could turn people into good luck and disaster. If he knew this, he wouldn't ask for a lottery!Although it is a good thing to turn bad luck into good fortune, he is even more afraid that he or others will accidentally open the lucky bag, and he may not be able to keep the lucky bag properly, but An Ziyan still put it in his pocket.

Abbot Huiming looked at An Ziyan's behavior and nodded, then walked outside, and An Ziyan followed.

Abbot Huiming walked up to An Shaoqin, said to An Shaoqin, "It's time to eat fast, since the benefactor has come, let me go eat fast with the old monk!" An Shaoqin nodded, "This way please!" Abbot Huiming led the way.

As soon as a few people came to the Zhaitang Temple, the sound of the Hong bell rang. It was the bell of the Zhaitang. It didn't take long for people in twos and threes to come in from the Zhaitang. An Shaoqin and the others came early, so they could find a vacant seat quickly. Sit down, and there are more and more monks in the Zhaitang, but it will not be noisy because of the large number of people, and it shows the pure place of Buddhism.

After finishing the fast meal, the group of people returned the same way. On the way back, An Ziyan kept thinking about the agreement that Abbot Huiming said just now. The abbot's behavior made An Ziyan feel uncomfortable. He was obviously not the only one who went, so why did he lightly ask him to ask for a lottery? He would not believe that it was because it was his first time to go to offer incense that he received such an honor.

Qiu Huaisheng looked at An Ziyan on the horse in a daze. He was very curious about what lottery An Ziyan asked for just now. Looking at An Ziyan's appearance, I am afraid that the lottery is not very good, otherwise it will not be like this. It seems that we need to find some time Ask and see.It was really puzzling that An Ziyan was still there until he returned to the palace.

The author has something to say: I don’t remember how the first incense was put on. When Maomao went to incense on the first day of the new year, he put on a stick of incense.Also, I have been looking for that signature online for a long time. If there is any difference in the above, please take a look. After all, there are many things that cats don’t understand. O(∩_∩)O~~

One more thing, because I have hives on my body, my mother used a pressure cooker to cook a pot of coriander water for two days in a row and applied it to me. Every time I opened the lid, I smelled the smell of coriander, and I really wanted to go to the kitchen to grab some Salt, pour a spoonful of oil and soy sauce into the pressure cooker, and then you can eat!I usually think coriander is very smelly, but I don’t know why it doesn’t smell after being boiled in a pressure cooker. 0.0