Riding the wind of rebirth

Chapter 1963 Sorry for eating for free

Zhou Zhi's earliest calligraphy was influenced by Liu Gongquan, then Huang Tingjian, and then Wen Zhengming. From steles to calligraphy, his style has now been completely solidified.

Influenced by his fourth cousin and Grandpa Qi, Zhou Zhi has now begun to completely break away from the old ways, pursuing some changes and striving to form his own style.

Moreover, at his current level, such changes can be added at will. That is to say, every time he writes, the words he writes will be slightly different due to the size of the handwriting, the ink, and even the change of his mood.

Considering that this calligraphy might be used by Mingtai to carve a stele, Zhou Zhi added some characteristics of Wei stele to it, and the strokes became firm and heavy, which was very different from the beautiful, vigorous, elegant and fluent style he usually practiced in his study.

In addition to good handwriting, the article is also good. Zhou Zhi's article describes the beautiful scenery from the foot of the mountain to the surrounding areas of Lingshan Temple from a tourist's perspective, and then transitions to the time and experience of the two ancestor masters Gao and Yang in building the temple. After that, it writes about the miracle of ancestor Yang's incarnation as a Buddha, and the later influence on Lingshan Temple. Finally, it writes about the good deeds of people at that time who raised funds to build niches for him because they admired him, and then there were thefts caused by thieves. The monks who remained in the temple were worried that such things would happen again in the future, so they changed to cremation. The niches were changed to enshrine the wooden statue and relics of ancestor Yang.

Although the way of worship has changed, Patriarch Yang still protects this land and the people who come to make wishes. The effect of his wishes is the same as before. Every year, countless people still come back to thank Patriarch Yang for helping them realize their wishes.

The entire article is written in classical Chinese. In order to make it understandable to most people, Zhou Zhi's writing is quite straightforward. It has some of the freshness and cuteness of Ming Dynasty notes, and also some of the feeling of admiring the simple but profound words used by the Eight Great Masters of Tang and Song Dynasties. Zhou Zhi himself felt that he was mainly impacted by the various novel scenes he experienced that day, and was very satisfied with what he wrote.

He was very satisfied, and Mingtai was naturally even more satisfied. Before, it was Zhou Zhi who kept thanking him, but now the situation was reversed and he was the one who kept thanking Zhou Zhi.

In order to let the guests have a good rest, Mingtai also took everyone to the outer square and taught them a set of stretching and traction exercises, which are said to be very effective in eliminating the soreness after a lot of exercise.

Everyone followed and did it twice. At least from Zhou Zhi's perspective, it was indeed much more comfortable. Afterwards, Mingtai arranged for everyone to scald their feet with salt water. After their whole bodies were warmed up, they went to rest.

Everyone slept so comfortably that even Zhou Zhi, who usually got up early, couldn't get up. When he woke up, it was already past seven in the morning. This deep sleep made him feel refreshed.

When I tried to move my legs and feet, I found that only some of my muscles had a slight soreness. There was no lactic acid accumulation in the muscles after long-distance exercise, and there was no feeling of abnormal soreness with every step.

It seems that Mingtai was grateful for his article last night and taught everyone something real.

When I came out of the meditation room, the morning lessons in the temple had already been completed, and everyone had even cleaned the temple.

Mingtai and Liaoran postponed their morning exercise for Zhouzhi. When they saw Zhouzhi coming out, Mingtai said, "Donor Zhou, please come and give us some more pointers to consolidate our training."

Zhou Zhi smiled and said, "Those who know are not as good as those who like it, and those who like it are not as good as those who enjoy it. Today I finally understand what I mean. With your enthusiasm for martial arts, it would be strange if you can't practice well."

The three of them started practicing in the playground under the Main Hall. In fact, the physical fitness and martial arts foundation of the two, the old and the young, were already very solid. After they understood the meaning of boxing and swordsmanship, they could practice with twice the result with half the effort. Many movements that Zhou Zhi had not been able to complete in the past two years of practice were now completed by them with ease.

"That's about it." Zhou Zhi led the practice and felt that it was almost done, so he said: "If you want to develop further, I can't guide you. But if Master Liaoran wants to continue learning, I can introduce him to the successor of Yang Tai Chi. But that person is still a college student and will be in Shudu when the school starts." "We are just thinking about it for fun." Mingtai said: "I came from Northern Shaolin, and Liaoran also practiced Northern Shaolin with me. Isn't there a lake in the back mountain that looks like Tai Chi? So we think practicing Tai Chi is also God's will."

"I didn't expect that as soon as I had the intention, the Buddha would send me such a wonderful person as Mr. Zhou. This can be regarded as a kind of fate."

“Hahahaha…” Zhou Zhi was also happy: “In that case, Lingshan Temple is really a place of outstanding people and beautiful scenery, a great Feng Shui treasure land!”

Everyone got up at this time. After washing up, Liangran took everyone to the kitchen for breakfast.

Breakfast was simple, corn and bean porridge, big steamed buns, kimchi, and a plate of stir-fried bamboo shoots.

But everyone still praised the food. Mingtai said that he practiced Northern Shaolin, and it seems that he also brought the northern skill of making steamed buns. The old-fashioned steamed buns are more chewy than ordinary steamed buns, and much more delicious than the big steamed buns from Shu University.

I don’t know if it’s because of the cold climate here, or the water quality, but the kimchi is fresh, crisp and delicious. Everyone has a good appetite today. Even Mai Xiaomiao ate half a steamed bun and a big bowl of porridge.

The remaining half was naturally given to Zhou Zhi.

After dinner, everyone prepared to go down the mountain. Only Chi Xueli was reluctant to leave, as she felt that there were many scenes that could become good materials, such as the sunrise, the sea of ​​clouds and the Tyndall light in the pine forest, which she had not yet captured.

At this time, Mingtai came over with a red-headed document and asked, "May I ask, Mr. Chi, is this the director Chi Xueli mentioned in this document?"

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"Huh?" Chi Xueli took the document and took a look. It was actually issued by the Autonomous Prefecture Cultural Bureau. It said that a famous documentary director would come to Liangshan Prefecture to collect materials, and asked cultural units and tourist attractions at all levels to give them a proper reception and not to leave a bad impression on the crew.

Zhou Zhi also laughed in silence. Such things would probably only happen in this era. In the next few years, no matter what crew it was, they were basically all big names. And for this reason, the film crews simply hid in the film and television city to shoot, and were too lazy to collect materials and scenes on the spot. As a result, the quality of the movies was getting worse and worse.

Chi Xueli thought for a while and said, "How about you guys go back first? I'll stay here for a few more days and shoot the material I want to shoot?"

Mingtai was also quite polite: "The government wants us to cooperate well. As long as Director Chi doesn't mind our simple food and accommodation, you can stay for a longer period of time."

Zhou Zhi and his friends couldn't stay, as they had to return gifts to their fellow villagers, so after some discussion, they decided to let Chi Xueli stay and come back to pick her up in a few days.

Before leaving, everyone still gave incense money. They felt embarrassed to eat for free from the monk. Zhou Zhi thought about it and donated some money, but it was not incense money. He donated to help Mingtai pay for the cost of building the stele.