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Chapter 305 Avalokitesvara and Maitreya Buddha
Zhang Feng took out a few pieces of the worst nephrite jade, because nephrite jade is low in hardness and suitable for beginners to practice their hands. It is best to use these scraps of Hetian jade to practice skills.

Although jade carvings and wood carvings are made of different materials, they also have many similarities. Before carving, you must make a draft. You must be very familiar with the jade or wood in your hand, and design the main points according to their appearance, cracks or scars. Carving things, so that you can be confident, and you won't fail to carve because you are not familiar with the material.

Then Zhang Feng picked up a piece of jade and started designing. He was going to carve a Guanyin first, so Zhang Feng took a pen to write and draw on the jade, tracing the general appearance of Guanyin, and finally picked up a carving knife and began to carve carefully.

Jade Avalokitesvara is the most common theme in jade wares. Avalokitesvara, the world is saved by reciting the name of the Bodhisattva. Therefore, there is the meaning of Avalokitesvara, the one who sees freedom, and sees the world to extricate oneself from suffering and happiness.

Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva is one of the three sages in the West, and it is a symbol of compassion. When all living beings are in suffering, as long as they call his name, they can be liberated.He also transforms the karma of sentient beings into various identities, so he has various nicknames, totaling about 33 different images.

What Zhang Feng wants to carve is the most common Water Moon Avalokitesvara,
"Shuiyue Guanyin" has no source in the early Buddhist classics. It can be said that it is a Buddhist god created by the ancients. ".

The jade Guanyin pendant of this theme symbolizes people's longing for happiness and a happy life.The image of Guanyin's great compassion and great compassion warns people to have a heart of compassion.

As the carving progressed, Zhang Feng's technique became more and more proficient, and he quickly adapted to jade carving, so his speed became very fast. After about half an hour, a piece of uncut jade was finally carved. Although it looked rough, it only needed to be polished a few times, and it would be a beautiful Shuiyue Guanyin jade pendant.

Before polishing, Zhang Feng is going to carve another piece of Maitreya Buddha. I remember that there is a couplet describing Maitreya Buddha:
A big belly can tolerate things that are difficult to tolerate in the world; when you open your mouth, you can laugh at the ridiculous people in the world.

Thinking of Maitreya Buddha's big belly and smiling face, Zhang Feng smiled slightly,
A big belly means that we should be magnanimous, more tolerant, and less fussy; a smile means that we should face life with a smile.

These two aspects must also complement each other and form a virtuous circle. As long as we are magnanimous, tolerant, and open-minded, we will not be sad, and we will smile at life every day and be optimistic.

So Zhang Feng decided to carve a piece of Maitreya Buddha, hoping that everyone will be healthy and happy.

About an hour later, two brilliant and lifelike Buddha statue jade pendants appeared on the stone table. Looking at the fruits of his labor, Zhang Feng smiled with satisfaction, and then put them into the jewelry box.

"Brother, what are you doing!" Just then Zhang Yi walked in with a smile.

"I just carved two jade pendants, you didn't go to the market today??" Zhang Feng turned around and saw that it was his cousin, so he said with a smile.

"Nope." Walking over and seeing two exquisite jade pendants, Zhang Yi couldn't help exclaiming: "Wow, brother, you are too awesome, the jade pendants carved by yourself are so beautiful, what else do you think you can't do?"

"Hehe, there are still many things I don't know!" Thinking about so many skills in the system, I only learned a few of them, and they were all ordinary skills, so Zhang Feng smiled and shook his head and said.

"Brother, when did you become so humble?" Zhang Yi asked with a smile.

"Your brother and I have always been so humble, okay?" Zhang Feng said cheekily.

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"By the way, big brother, how about we go catch crabs at night?" Zhang Yi suddenly suggested to Zhang Feng.

"Catch crabs?" Hearing his cousin's words, Zhang Feng realized that autumn is here, when crabs are fat and autumn is the best season to eat crabs.

Some people say that "when the autumn wind blows, the crab's feet itch; when the chrysanthemum blooms, the crab comes". Every September and October of the lunar calendar, it is the time when the crab yolk is full of oil, so foodies will definitely eat it at this time.

The reason why crabs in autumn are delicious is that the season has a lot to do with the growth quality of crabs. Autumn is the best time for crabs to grow. Their meat is thick and tender, delicious and fragrant, making them the most delicious in a year.What cream crab, meat crab, hairy crab, etc., all grow best in autumn.

Crab meat in autumn is the freshest. As a rural kid who grew up by the river, he is very familiar with the god of the river—the river crab.

I remember when I was a child, every autumn, the greedy monkeys like Zhang Feng would go to the river to catch crabs. It was because the family was poor and had no oil, so they boiled them in water and ate them. The taste was like heavenly delicacy. Let's say it was a gluttonous feast.

"You don't know, Little Seventh Uncle bought five or six catties yesterday. As soon as he took it out, he was immediately bought by a tourist. He sold it for 40 yuan per catty." Zhang Yi said enviously.

"Little Seventh Uncle caught so many?" Zhang Feng was also surprised. It seems that the ecology of Moon Lake is getting better and better. In the past, everyone was desperate to get it from the lake, so there were few fish and shrimps in Moon Lake more than ten years ago. It's so pitiful that even the crabs were almost caught and exterminated by everyone.

"It's not a lot, old uncle Yu is really good at it. He made a whole ten catties the day before yesterday." Zhang Yi also said in amazement.

"Did they go into the ground cage?" Zhang Feng was surprised for a while before he realized that if he just caught them with his hands without getting out of the ground cage, he would definitely not be able to catch so many.

"Of course, they put a few ground cages in the lake every day." Zhang Yi nodded.

"Don't worry about them, let's just catch some crabs and try them out. We can catch them on the river beach at night." Zhang Feng said with a smile. Now he is not short of money, but just wants to experience the fun of catching crabs.

Afterwards, Zhang Feng and Zhang Feng made an appointment to gather here after dinner. Of course, they would also call Uncle Er Niu and Liu Yiyi. Activities such as catching crabs are more interesting only when there are people.

The crabs in Moon Lake are all river crabs, also known as Chinese mitten crabs. Although they are small in size, they are tender and nutritious. They are the favorite of gourmets. Every autumn, tourists from the city will come here to buy a catty or two of them for a tooth-beating festival. , not only braised or steamed, river crabs are extremely delicious.

River crabs generally live in caves by the river. Every day after night falls, they will leave the caves to start looking for food, looking for small fish and shrimps or the rotting corpses of big fish.

So at this time, it is the time when the villagers attack. With flashlights and buckets, as long as they search carefully, they will surely gain a lot. Therefore, Zhang Feng smiled and looked forward to the action at night.

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