Chunyang First Headmaster

Chapter 437 The Big Boss Appears!

There are different teachings: "Green rice with solitary leaves, green poppy poppies with buds, red talisman heart for wearing, and long lingering threads for picking."

At that time, Duanyang was approaching, and in a restaurant by the Taihu Lake, an elegant young man in long gown was sitting by the window as if there was no one else around. There were several dishes in front of him, and he was holding a small wine glass in his hand, looking out the window into the distance. The sparkling Taihu Lake seemed to be crazy for a while.

"The Dead Bamboo Man wanted me to come to Gusu. Why? Five and five Duanyang is commonly known as the Dragon Boat Festival. What will happen here?"

Xiao Qianli has been staying by the Taihu Lake for four days. The huge Gusu City is calm and peaceful. Poor Xiao Qianli had to hold back his temper and play in the city at will.

As the sun sets, the Taihu Lake is sparkling, and the scenery is picturesque and beautiful.

When Xiao Qianli was enjoying the sight, he suddenly heard a long chime ringing in the distance, at first he didn't take it seriously, but suddenly he saw many drinkers had already paid their bills and hurried downstairs.

With a thought in his heart, he looked downstairs and saw that many shops with stalls on the street had packed up their goods, closed their doors, and left empty-handed.There were also many common people, carrying their children and supporting their elders, walking slowly in the same direction.

"Could it be at this time?"

Xiao Qianli stood up immediately, threw some scattered silver coins as accounts, and went straight downstairs, with his hands behind his back, as if nothing had happened, he followed the flow of people and walked slowly towards the edge of Taihu Lake.

From a distance, you can see tens of thousands of heads moving, I don't know how many people are here, and the crowd is very lively.Xiao Qianli turned his head and looked around, immediately chose a clean place, called a small fishing boat, and ordered to bring some sake fish and shrimp, sat on the bow of the boat, a small boat, and slowly walked along the edge of Taihu Lake.

At this time, there were already many large and small boats on Taihu Lake, and a high platform was erected on the shore, offering incense and candles.Xiao Qianli found it interesting, and asked casually: "Boatman, what are you doing on the shore?"

The boatman laughed and said: "The guest officer is not a local, so naturally he doesn't know the customs on our Taihu Lake. Every night before Duanyang, the eminent monk of Hanshan Temple will preside over the sacrificial ceremony to drive away ghosts and demons."

It turns out that the fifth day of May, in addition to being the traditional Chinese festival of Duanyang, in Buddhism, the Dragon Boat Festival is also known as the "Festival of Renewing Life".

In addition, the ancients believed that May was the "evil month", also known as the "five poisonous moon". In this month, the yang energy reached its peak and the yin energy began to be produced.The folks believe that this is the time when the five poisons are infested, and various methods should be used to prevent the harm of the five poisons.Generally, a picture of the five poisons is pasted in the house, and the five poisons are printed and drawn on red paper, and then five needles are used to pierce the five poisons. This is a legacy of evil spirits and witchcraft.

There are five poisons among the people, and there are also five poisons in Buddhism, namely: greed, anger, ignorance, arrogance, and doubt. The Dragon Boat Festival breaks the five poisons, that is, breaks these five kinds of hearts, and diligently cultivates precepts, concentration and wisdom to extinguish greed, hatred and ignorance.Those who stop are determined, and those who observe are wise.It is the method of meditation and meditation.

Xiao Qianli nodded when he heard the words, suddenly his heart moved, and he asked: "Hanshan Temple? There is also a Hanshan Temple here? Could it be that the abbot is named Hanshan?"

Seeing that the boat was not far from the altar, the boatman stopped rowing immediately, straightened up and wiped his sweat, and said with a smile: "The guest's words are so strange. There is only this Hanshan Temple in the world, but the abbot's name is Lian. Chan Master Xing, the temple is located on Xiaohan Mountain in Gusu, hence the name Hanshan Temple!"

Xiao Qianli thought about it for a while, then suddenly laughed dumbly, and shook his head and said to himself: "So it's just a coincidence. I clearly remembered the famous Hanshan Temple in Suzhou in my previous life, and I thought that the Hanshan Temple here was one with that Hanshan Temple. From this point of view, You can rest assured."

The middle-aged boatman was quite talkative. Seeing Xiao Qianli's elegant face, he smiled and said: "The guest is far away, and he must not know the local Hanshan Temple. This Hanshan Temple is originally the Linji sect of Zen, and it has been passed down for thousands of years. For a long time, it was originally named 'Miaolipu Ming Pagoda Courtyard', there are many eminent monks in the temple, and the reputation in Gusu is very high."

Xiao Qianli smiled and said: "Boatman, how do you know so clearly? Could it be that you are a registered layman in the monastery?"

"Don't dare!" The boatman waved his hands in panic and said, "Don't scare the villain. Thinking of the villain's life of poverty and hard work, why dare to talk about the word layman? It's just that when Jiaci was alive, the villain often accompanied him. Zhu Jiaci went up to the mountain to worship Buddha, so I know something about it.”

Xiao Qianli smiled, and was about to speak, when the bell rang for a long time, and an old monk in ocher cassock slowly stepped onto the high platform.The boatman said happily, "Guest officer, this is Chan Master Lianxing, the abbot of Hanshan Temple!"

Xiao Qianli looked intently, and saw that the old monk's complexion was sallow, his ears almost dropped to his shoulders, but his eyes were piercing, obviously he was a person with superb mystic arts.Seeing that his gestures coincide with the trajectory of heaven and earth, it is obvious that he is an innate golden body power.

Seeing this, Xiao Qianli nodded secretly, thinking: "This Linji Sect is one of the five major schools of the Southern Zen School, and one of the main schools of teachings of Theravada. Harmony' is the main purpose, but I don't know the characteristics of its exercises?"

Xiao Qianli was about to calm down and watch the ceremony of exorcising ghosts and slaying demons carefully. Suddenly, he felt that there was a storm on the Taihu Lake. There were tens of thousands of hectares of surging waves. He couldn't help turning his head to look curiously. Unhappy, where did the strong wind and waves come from?

With a thought in his heart, he turned around and saw dozens of boats, large and small, on the Taihu Lake unknowingly. Several people stood at the bow of the boats. They only stopped there, and they were as majestic as Yuan stopped and Yue stood. Incomparably, looking at the clothes on his body, they are clearly expensive cassocks.

I also saw about sixty or seventy feet away to the southwest, from the deserted water clouds, a huge white boat suddenly appeared!The whole ship was brightly lit, and the sound of Sanskrit singing lingered endlessly, even though it was so far away, it was still clearly distinguishable.

Seeing the giant boat, the boatman said with a smile: "Don't be strange, guest officer, all the eminent Buddhist monks in Yangzhou are gathered here, but our small boat should avoid it a little bit, so as not to collide with these eminent monks."

"Huh?" Xiao Qianli frowned, pointed to the giant boat and asked, "Could it be some big Buddhist figure on it?"

When mentioning this huge boat, the boatman suddenly showed a solemn and solemn look on his face. He put his palms together and bowed to the huge boat three times, and replied: "Well, the teacher learned that on this huge boat is the Jinshan Temple. The elders and mages have arrived..."

"Jinshan Temple!"

A cold light flashed in Xiao Qianli's eyes, and the look he looked at the huge boat suddenly became full of meaning.

If we say that the "Five Mahayana Temples" of Daci'en Temple, Dafu Lingjiu Temple, Luojia Temple, Puxian Temple, and Fuhu Temple are only limited to the Mahayana Buddhism.The name of this Jinshan Temple can be said to be even higher than the five Mahayana temples. It is the birthplace of the Water and Land Dharma Association for Buddhist chanting, worshiping and repenting, and recommending the dead. Daming Temple, can be called thunderous!
(End of this chapter)