travel starts with photography

Chapter 288 The Buddha's Light
This room seems to be the Garan Hall.Jialan is the provincial name of Sanghalamma, which means gardens.Eighteen Jialan gods, also referring to Jialan Bodhisattva, are actually Guan Gong.When Buddhism came to China, many local historical figures were sealed.

He is quite familiar with Buddha statues, after all he can draw thangkas.

However, he has no feeling for Buddhism, nor does he have any opinions. After all, he also knows very good monks, who have been doing good deeds after living in seclusion on the mountain for so many years.But what Chen Xing saw more on the Internet was the monk holding a bag and begging for alms.

There are many such things on the Internet, but how many Taoist priests do this?

Therefore, as a Chinese person, Chen Xing still prefers the set of immortals and gods.

However, it doesn't matter what you believe, just ask for peace.

A monk came over from the main hall and asked, "Is there anything for the benefactor?"

Chen Xing looked back at him, smiled, and said, "Someone told me that there are beautiful stone carvings here, so I'll come and have a look."

"That's right, the statue is on the top of the mountain, but the road is difficult to walk."

This monk was probably in his thirties. He was probably worried that Chen Xing would not find his way, so he said, "Well, I'll take you there."

"Thank you."

Walk out of the small room built in the stone cave, and continue to walk up the stairs made of stone slabs. The road ahead is okay, and the stone slab is relatively large and not steep.

Chen Xing asked, "Master, how long have you been here?"

"It's been three years."

He didn't talk much, Chen Xing didn't talk much unless he asked him, and kept walking, but the road was not easy when he was about to reach the top of the mountain. Before, it was a stone slab that was more than half a meter long and thirty centimeters wide, but now it has become a stone slab. You can only step on it with one foot, and it is very difficult to step on it with two feet.

There is no way to fix it like this.

There is no longer a direct way up the mountain, this path is all along the rock wall and goes up.

But it’s better to be safe. The left side is the wall, and the right side is the cement pile that was only repaired in modern times, and the middle is connected by iron chains.So although this road looks dangerous, there are supports on both sides, so I walked up it.

"Be careful, benefactor, it has rained and the road is slippery."

"it is good."

Chen Xing was also walking intently.

Fortunately, there are handrails, which are piles laid in modern times. If it is really a wooden pile and rope, Chen Xing really dare not walk on it.

He doesn't even dare to ride on a high-altitude swing or a roller coaster.

A gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall.

He doesn't have that kind of gene that likes to look for excitement, and spending this life in peace is what he hopes for.

This kind of road is not long, and the two soon reached the top of the mountain.

The top of the mountain is almost flat, covered with vines and weeds, but there is a stepped road going forward, and there is a mountain without grass in front of it... Fuck!
The entire surface of this mountain is covered with carvings, which are the kind of mural carvings. A hole about forty to fifty centimeters was dug into it, and then the Buddha statue was carved with local materials in this hole. This kind of Buddha statue looks like 20 here. Multiple.

However, this must say a but.

These carvings have all been weathered away, and the faces are all unclear, only a little blurry figure can be seen.Weathering made their bodies form circles, like the traces of thick hemp rope tied up circle after circle.

Wow, this is really beautiful.

If the statues here are all in good condition, and you can see the details and faces, Chen Xing will not think it is so magical, but only think that such a place has well-preserved ancient stone carvings are very beautiful, but now this is really amazing There is charm.

"This should be the stone carving you mentioned. It's a pity that we didn't keep it well."

"No, it's the most beautiful like this." Chen Xing said, and then raised the camera to signal, "Can I take a picture?"

"The donor is free."

The feeling of light and shadow is not strong, but the feeling of the picture is the most important thing.

After the shooting, Chen Xing looked at the photos in the camera, thought for a while, and said, "Master, go back first, I'll wait here for a while."

"Wait?"

"Well, I want to wait for the sun to set."

"It's still a long time before the sun sets, why don't you come to our temple for a vegetarian meal?"

Chen Xing touched his stomach and said, "That's fine."

It's only noon now, and it takes about [-] minutes to come from the temple. It's okay to wait until four or five o'clock before going up the mountain.

Anyway, the stone wall is here, and he can't escape.

Still holding the two sides down the mountain.

Going down is more difficult than going up, mainly because you have to face the cliff below. It always makes people feel a little scared, so it wastes a lot of time.

When we returned to the small temple, there was one more monk, so now there are six people.Although the temple is small, there are quite a lot of people. They tidied up one of the rooms, and seven people including Chen Xing ate here.

The monk who took Chen Xing up the mountain before was the youngest among them. He did not become a monk here, but a monk in a famous temple in Nanchang. He felt that life here is more pure, so he came here for a long time.

Indeed, there are not many farmhouses nearby in this deep mountain and old forest.

Chen Xing thinks that real monks should be like them, away from the world, what does the colorful outside have to do with a monk?You don't even need to beg for alms, but you can grow your own vegetables and eat them yourself. Isn't this also a kind of practice?

In ancient times, there were many natural disasters and man-made disasters. Sometimes there was really no way. The monks had to go out for alms in order to make a living, but is it necessary in modern times?

A fatter monk brought up the last dish and said to Chen Xing: "I made two more dishes today. We really haven't seen tourists from outside for a long time, so we have to celebrate."

Chen Xing said: "So many tourists come to Wuyuan every year, don't they all come?"

"There are few people in the village outside us, and there is no road construction, who will come?" said the fat monk.

"Hong Pu?" the old monk said.

The fat monk grunted twice, and sat down obediently.

Rice, stir-fried vegetables, cubed tofu, steamed small potatoes, this is the kind that has not been peeled. If you want to eat it, you need to pick it up and peel it yourself, and then there are vegetarian meatballs.

I have seen a lot of meatballs, but this is the first time Chen Xing has seen this vegetarian meatball.

"What are these balls made of?"

"It's made by kneading radish, green vegetables and noodles together, and the taste is no worse than meatballs."

Another monk said with a smile: "Why, when did you eat?"

These people have lived here for many years, who doesn't know who.

Chen Xing tasted one.

The vegetarian meatballs are kneaded and boiled in the soup. The soup is mushroom and cabbage soup, and the mushrooms are kindly provided by Chen Xing.Although there are only two very simple ingredients, the taste of the soup is very strong, and it really has the thick feeling of meatball soup.

Chen Xing gave a thumbs up to the fat monk who was cooking, and said, "It's amazing, it's amazing, it's delicious."

"Haha, cooking, as long as everyone likes it."

The atmosphere at the dining table was very lively, everyone was chatting while eating, and there was no habit of eating without talking.

In fact, this Chinese saying has been said for many years, but it basically only applies to one's own home.If you really adhere to the habit of not talking while eating outside, then business can't be discussed, and it's all a rule set at the wine table.

After eating, the monk who brought Chen Xing up the mountain brought out a rattan chair and said, "You can sit on this chair, it's comfortable to sit on."

"Thank you, how about you?"

"We have homework to do."

There is a bamboo forest outside, it is very cool to stay in it, and there is a small beetle that sticks to the bamboo and has a long mouth. This kind of small creature was hard to come by when Chen Xing was young. There were even people outside the elementary school. Grab this and sell it.

But don't bother them today.

Chen Xing moved the rattan chair here, followed a big cattail fan belonging to an unknown monk, and sat on the chair shaking it.

He rarely took naps, but fell asleep in this environment.

This kind of life in the mountains is really pleasant.

Nowadays, many bosses who are well-off in the city are willing to return to the farm to build a villa to live in. There are probably some reasons for this.

Chen Xing dreamed vaguely that he took a photo of a rock wall with a Hasselblad, and then won a lot of awards along the way. His ability to take pictures of the sunset was recognized, and many photography trainings, or the school regarded his style as a Textbooks...

Yenching University also invited me to give a speech.

Just as I was thinking about what I was going to say, I felt itchy on my face, and when I raised my hand to grab it, I caught a lot of bamboo leaves.

Ok?
Chen Xing woke up confused.

I haven't had a dream for a long time, can't this kind of dream last longer?

hateful!

Chen Xing threw away the leaf in his hand, took out his mobile phone to check the time, confirmed that it was not yet four o'clock, and shook the big fan twice with peace of mind.

Needless to say, there is something more to this dream.

Hasselblad is very good at shooting sunsets. Chen Xing has tried this countless times, so it happens that the subject of the picture is also good this time, and can be cut out for evaluation later.It can even be sent to Hasselblad to see if they can catch it.

Chen Xing remembered some clauses written when signing the contract.

If they can shoot good works, they will tailor a unique Hasselblad X2D for this photography.

The effect of this camera is still uncertain, but the honor is definitely full.

Chen Xing decided to take the filming for a while more seriously.

He checked the camera's battery, and then turned on the system's video recording function... He had to record all the pictures he took of that scene, so he could post a review then.

I also want to talk about going to Poyang Lake to shoot, but the sunset effect now is obviously better than Poyang Lake.

At 04:30, Chen Xing moved the chair back to the temple and returned it to them together with the fan.

"Be careful when you go up the mountain, and remember to hold on to the rope."

"thank you, I know now."

He has been up there once and knows what kind of road it is.

That is to say, Chen Xing is not yet proficient in walking this kind of road. These monks often go up the mountain. If they are not dragged by themselves, they probably don’t need to be helped. Three steps and two steps are combined, and it only takes 10 minutes to run to the top of the mountain.

The light near five is soft.

After Chen Xing went up the mountain, he took down the camera and tripod from his backpack, and looked for the best shooting spot by observing the angle of the sun setting in the sky.

In the end, I was almost on the edge of the cliff, and I found a place that was good enough to have an overview of the whole situation.

Hasselblad X2D is a medium format camera. Compared with the full frame, its 21mm can express far more things than the full frame 21, so if someone finds this place through Chen Xing’s photos in the future, there is no one that is good. The lens of the camera can't shoot the same effect as him.

The tripod was set up, and Chen Xing sat on the ground like this.

and so on.

If you want to be a landscape photographer, you must be patient.

Landscape photographers sometimes wait for a gust of wind, or a person who walks into the frame by chance, or, like Chen Xing now, wait for the sun in the sky to fall to a suitable angle.

Even more patient than a landscape photographer is a wildlife photographer.

Don't wait for this kind of person for a day or two. In the school textbook, there is a former boss who lived on the snow mountain for nearly a month in order to take pictures of snow leopards, and set up tents, not warm ones. cabin.

When I learned this, apart from admiration, I probably didn't have a second thought.

The mountain was so calm that the cries of insects could not even be heard.

There are a lot of chirping insects in summer. When Chen Xing was sleeping in the bamboo forest in the afternoon, there were singing insects singing all the time.But there is nothing on this mountain, although sometimes you can see something jumping in the grass.

But he never cried out.

It feels very sacred, Chen Xing thought to himself.

A bird landed on the top of the stone wall, and probably saw that the clothes Chen Xing was wearing were different from the surrounding environment, so it flew towards Chen Xing and landed on the camera body.

Chen Xing's eyes widened immediately.

Don't catch me!
He stretched his hand forward to drive it away, but the bird jumped onto Chen Xing's hand and grabbed it.

It doesn't seem to be very heavy?
Chen Xing withdrew his hand, but it didn't run away either.

It was a white bird with beautiful eyes. It was about the size of Chen Xing's palm. It naturally lowered its head and used its beak to trim its feathers. It didn't worry about what Chen Xing would do to it.

As long as Chen Xing doesn't hurt him, then Chen Xing is equivalent to this bird's friend.

A friend who can't communicate.

Chen Xing adjusted the delayed photo with his left hand, and then stretched his hand forward to find a composition.

It would be great if the bird could listen to Chen Xing. When the sun sets, the bird stands on the top of the stone wall, and there is a small bird on the edge of the originally smooth stone wall. That kind of picture is amazing. .

Pushing the hand upwards, I used a little bit of strength.

The bird was thrown out, flapping its wings and flying away along the way.

There are no insects on it, and there are quite a lot of birds.

After a while, the sun became softer and softer, and it also landed at the position Chen Xing had planned.

The setting sun was falling so fast that Chen Xing didn't dare to rest beside him, so he just sat next to the tripod and stared at the camera.When the sun completely sank behind the stone wall and the light diffused from all sides of the stone wall, Chen Xing pressed the button to shoot.

At this moment, a group of birds flew across the sky and became a group of silhouettes in the camera's picture.

That's what it feels like!

Before Chen Xing went to check the camera, he felt it was all right.

This is an absolute landscape blockbuster!

(End of this chapter)