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Registration actually means paying money, and you are not asked to write down your name, phone number, etc. It is probably because the Taoist temple wants to see how many people come to offer incense every day.

Nowadays, mobile payment is also developed. Some people pay with cash, while others use mobile phones to scan QR codes to pay. This is very troublesome to calculate. If you arrange for someone to collect the money here and register it, you can handle these problems very conveniently.

Very traditional way.

However, a place like this is not technologically advanced at all. Chen Xing just took a look and found that at least there are not many modern equipment that can be seen. There is actually only one electric light in this hall, and other things may have been used hundreds of years ago. That’s it.

A few minutes later, Chen Xing came back with the incense.

All Taoist temples believe in the Three Pure Ones. No matter what sect they are, or even if they are fake Taoist temples in some scenic spots, you can see the Three Pure Ones statues inside.The same is true for Qinghong Temple, but here they mainly worship Yuanshi Tianzun.

Kneel down on the futon, bow, and put incense.

Okay, this is how the process of worshiping God is completed.

The incense is bought here and then used in this place. Such a simple act requires tourists to spend dozens, hundreds, or even thousands of dollars to do it. Chen Xing will definitely not go, or even turn around. Walk.

To be honest, Chen Xing feels that this phenomenon is no longer a conflict between tourists and scenic spots, but simply that others are treating tourists as fools.

He has many fan groups, and most of them are people who like to travel. Chen Xing has seen one or two thousand incense in it.

It doesn't make much sense.

Fifty cents is probably just a return. After all, the incense they use is not the thin ones used during Qingming Festival. The incense they buy is as thick as chopsticks... Maybe the cost is not enough?
This alone made Chen Xing have a good impression of this place.

After leaving Sanqing Hall, Chen Xing walked towards the inside of the Taoist temple.

The environment here is very deep. After entering from the entrance, the overall appearance of the Taoist temple is very similar to the kind of house with several entrances in ancient times. The open space in the middle has been turned into a garden. In some places, there are stone pools with lotus plants planted inside. , and the aquatic plants that grow very tall.

However, there is no flowering seen this season.

Going forward along the road, there are Cihang Hall, Eight Immortals Hall, and Luzu Hall.

The Eight Immortals don't seem to need any introduction. Anyone from China should know who the Eight Immortals refer to. At most, they can't remember all the names.If Chen Xing ever encounters someone who asks what the Eight Immortals are, Chen Xing will definitely report him.

Maybe we can catch a spy.

As for Cihang?

Isn’t this Guanyin Bodhisattva?Do Taoist temples also enshrine Buddhist gods?

When Chen Xing walked into the temple, a Taoist priest immediately put away his cell phone.

It was still too early now. Only some tourists who climbed Laoyashan in the early morning would enter the Taoist temple. And their Taoist temple was also large in scale. It was not easy for tourists to visit Cihang Hall, so Dong Xing went straight to Cihang Hall to be lazy. .

Unexpectedly, tourists came in just after arriving.

"Immeasurable longevity."

"Hello, Master Taoist, I just want to take a look."

Chen Xing saw that this Taoist priest was quite young, probably no more than 25 years old. He also wore glasses. In recent years, the probability of young people wearing glasses has become higher and higher. Chen Xing has a cousin who has not finished elementary school. Started wearing glasses.

I guess we have to look at genes to see if the old Chen family is less likely to suffer from myopia.

"Oh, look, have you eaten yet?"

"Ate."

"Okay, if you haven't eaten, we have breakfast here, including steamed buns, steamed buns, and porridge. Those who have served the ancestors with incense are free."

"Have you never put any incense on it?" Chen Xing asked.

"Then it's two yuan per person and you can eat as much as you want."

"Ah? Then how do you make money?" Chen Xing was a little dumbfounded.

A stick of incense costs [-] cents, and breakfast costs [-] yuan. So doesn’t everyone go to burn incense?Then you pay fifty cents for all you can eat. Isn’t this a waste of money?If you encounter someone who has no food to eat, just come here and eat one meal every day to take care of yourself for the whole day. This is not a gym, this is charity!

"Taoist temples don't make any money in the first place. They rely entirely on funding from above to survive." He smiled and said.

Chen Xing is an atheist. After learning that the system was created by scientists from parallel time and space or the future, he didn't believe it even more.But now he admires Taoists very much. His rule here that people can eat all they can after burning incense has saved many people in the local area.

It is difficult for ordinary people to imagine the pain of some frustrated people. For them, having such a place to eat is definitely a happy thing.

Chen Xing looked at the statue of the immortal in the stands. Although the clothes and other items were very different, he could somehow tell at a glance that it was Guanyin Bodhisattva.

"Taoist Priest, I would like to ask if Guanyin is not unique to temples?"

"No, we generally call him Cihang Zhenren here. He is considered a special one among our Taoist gods. Have you heard of the list of gods?"

"I've watched TV series before."

"That's easy to explain. Cihang is mentioned in Fengshenyan. He is one of the twelve golden immortals under the throne of Yuanshi Tianzun. He is also one of the twelve golden immortals worshiped by our Taoists. In many Taoist temples They all worship the real person Cihang."

"Oh..." Chen Xing said in sudden realization.

"I thought Guanyin was from Buddhism."

The Taoist priest wanted to say something, but hesitated, and finally sighed.

"Well, it would be great if you could ask me this question instead of worshiping Guanyin Bodhisattva directly."

Historical changes, the introduction of Buddhism and deliberate missionary popularization have made many people accustomed to seeing Bodhisattvas in temples, regardless of Buddhism or Taoism. The name of Cihang has gradually become blurred, and Guanyin Bodhisattva has become a household name.

The Taoist priest also put away his Buddhist appearance and introduced Chen Xing: "This virgin here is called Dragon Girl. According to legend..."

Perhaps the system's passive skills took effect again. In short, when Chen Xing walked out of Cihang Hall ten minutes later, he was already talking and laughing with the young Taoist priest, as if he was an old friend. rack style.

The name of this Taoist priest is Dong Xingzhi, and his legal name is Dong Sanzhi.

He joined Taoism in 18, when he was only 20 years old. He then finished college and came to Taoism as a permanent resident last year.

"How can you continue to study as a teacher?"

"Hey, don't talk about studying. Many of my senior brothers are still working normally. Our Taoist priests in Zhengyi don't have to abstain from eating meat and fish. There are only a few animals that we can't eat. We can also get married and have children. It's not as strict as Quanzhen."

"Can you still get married?"

"Yes, I think you and I are very destined. Why don't you also become a Taoist priest? I will introduce you to the master, and I guarantee that he is also from the third generation."

Dong Xingzhi's guarantee seems useless, but ordinary people can't use it.

The Zhengyi sect's generation is "Gao Hongding Da Luo, the three mountains are more prosperous". As early as 20 years ago, there were no three-character generation. Now if you want to be a Taoist priest of Zhengyi and the inheritance is more authentic, you can do it. Mountain character generation, or recovery.

"Forget it..." Even if he could get married and have children, Chen Xing didn't want to be bound by anything.

"Our Qinghong Temple has two unique features. The first is that our architecture is really inherited from the Ming Dynasty. There are basically no changes. Many architects and historians came to us to study it in the past. These two unique features are The volleying talisman, it’s hard to explain, I’ll take you to see it.”

Taoist priests basically have nothing to do during the one or two hours after morning classes.

After the morning classes were over, some of the twenty or so people dispersed, and some of them went to eat. After eating, they would either go back to their rooms and relax for a while, or they would clean the mountain door, or do some other chores.

There is no natural gas in Qinghongguan, and the firewood needed every day has to be carried back from the mountain.

This is also Dong Xingzhi's job, but memorizing it once is enough for two or three days, so he only has time to be lazy today.

As for going back to the room to sleep.

It is indeed possible, but if Dong Xingzhi really does this, his master will probably add more burdens to him in a few days... You have time to go back to sleep, which means you are still very free, and young people should have more Do a little bit.

That's why he hides in the side hall where no one comes and plays with his mobile phone.

Chen Xing also lamented that today's Taoist priests are really different from those on TV.

And it was different from the monks Chen Xing had come into contact with.

He has seen real ascetic monks. On the mountain in Chunmanzhai, the monk named Da Jingteng has been fasting and chanting Buddha on the mountain for decades. The Dharma is profound, and his eyes seem to reveal wisdom when he speaks.

Well, that's a bit exaggerated, but that's the impression he gave Chen Xing.

In the temples I encountered while traveling, even though the monks had not read so many Buddhist scriptures, they always acted politely when facing tourists.

But the Taoist priests Chen Xing saw in this Taoist temple did not feel so superior.

Whether it was the Taoist priest who registered to sell incense or the young Taoist priest in front of him, they all gave Chen Xing a very approachable feeling, as if they were just a group of people who could be met around him at any time and were suitable for being friends.

Dong Xing led Chen Xing through several courtyards and went straight to the back of the Taoist temple.

There is also a hall at the end, called Yaowang Hall.

The King of Medicine evolved from a famous doctor in ancient Chinese history or legend. It can pray for good health, disease-free and disaster-free.The prototypes of medicine kings in different eras and different regions are also different. There are three main ones here.

Before Chen Xing went to see the introduction, he heard Dong Xingzhi say: "Look there."

He pointed to the sky.

Chen Xing also looked over there, as if there was nothing?
Taking a closer look, well, it should be a sunny day today and the sun will shine.

"What are you looking at?" Chen Xing asked.

"Take a closer look."

Chen Xing frowned and looked in the direction of his finger again. Now he seemed to be able to see something. It seemed that there was a very wide word, and then there were lines in the word, dots, and the lines were connected to the dots. , but there are a few points that Chen Xing can’t see clearly.

"A word? Wow, why are there words in the sky?"

Chen Xing immediately retreated tactically.

This time he was really surprised. Did the Taoist temple use some kind of projection equipment to project this word into the sky?

But if this was the case, Dong Xingzhi shouldn't have asked him to come over and take a look in such a mysterious manner.

"Yes, that is a kind of celestial talisman. Its function is to guide thunder and lightning not to fall in our Taoist temple. This is really effective. Although our Taoist temple has been built at the highest place in Boyu County for hundreds of years, it has never encountered such a talisman. Lightning strike.”

"This is not important!" Chen Xing said, "What is important is why he is in heaven!"

Are all ancient Taoist priests real?
Is it really possible to draw a talisman in the sky like the one in the anime?
However, Dong Xingzhi also spread his hands and said:

"You ask me, who am I asking? But someone came to study it and said it was due to air refraction. The symbol we see now is actually engraved on the top of our current building. Once it is refracted by the air, it appears on Heaven.”

"real or fake?"

"In the past, when our Taoist temple was being renovated, there were a few days when there was nothing carved on the roof. During those days, you couldn't see it in the sky."

"Have you ever tried carving other talismans?" Chen Xing asked.

Dong Xing hissed and said, "What a rebellious idea you have. Master, please don't blame me..."

Chen Xing was speechless for a while.

Well, you have to respect other people's beliefs too.

He thought about it and felt that the people who came here to study before made sense. Air refraction was always more scientific than someone drawing a urn. Otherwise, how could he explain that there were no symbols on the roof during the renovation and that there were no symbols in the sky?

But it can definitely be called a spectacle.

Chen Xing took out his camera, but it couldn't take any pictures.

It is very faint to the human eye. Chen Xing also stared at the sky carefully for a long time before he saw such a mark. Although the camera is very advanced, Chen Xing is still using the best civilian camera for taking pictures. But still no one’s naked eye is powerful.

So it’s normal that it can’t be photographed.

"How many people know this?" Chen Xing asked.

Anyway, none of the tourists who came with him today seemed to know about it, and Qinghong Temple has never been promoted online. Chen Xing was able to find simple information about this place before, and it was because of the recent tourism development in the county that they put it there. Qinghongguan counts it.

When traveling, you can’t leave out Taoist temples or temples.

Compared with this Taoist temple, there is a temple in the city that is really crowded with tourists, and it is much more lively than the one on the mountain.

"Not many people know." Dong Xing said directly.

In fact, this is not a secret. If you search carefully on the Internet and use keywords such as Qinghong Temple and Lingkong Fulu, you will definitely find some comments from tourists, but there are no photos taken on site.

Even a camera as good as Chen Xing couldn't capture it, let alone others.

Dong Xingzhi looked at Chen Xing with a shocked look on his face after such a long time, and said proudly: "Is that okay? The second best in our Taoist temple?"

"Okay, that's great."

The Taoist house alone is worth taking a photo of. Chen Xing likes to take photos of this style, and the eaves here, the big incense burner, etc. all have a heavy and simple temperament, and Chen Xing also listens to it. It is said that the large incense burner at the entrance of the Sanqing and Siyu Palaces in front is really something inherited from the Ming Dynasty.

If it hadn't taken half an hour to climb up the stairs to get here, someone would have probably stolen this thing.

Moreover, the stairs like this only happened in the last 20 years. Before the millennium, the road here was completely winding. If you walk around for half an hour, you might only get halfway, or even a third, and it would be even harder to steal. Take away the big stuff here. (End of chapter)