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Chapter 472 Stone Buddha on the Mountain
After hearing what Xu Wen said, Sun Ya suddenly felt embarrassed.

"You don't understand. Of course I know that renovation and restoration are different. I'm just giving you a chance to show off. Humph."

Knowing that Sun Ya was just being stubborn, Xu Wen saw through it but didn't say anything, he just smiled.

Just at this moment, a young monk came over and clasped his hands together in front of Xu Wen.

"Mr. Xu, I will be the monk who leads the way for you today. My Buddhist name is Jingkong."

Xu Wen nodded slightly.

"Sorry for the trouble, Master Jingkong."

Jingkong shook his head repeatedly.

"Mr. Xu, you are too polite. Please come this way."

Seeing that Master Jingkong was so respectful to Xu Wen, the netizens in the live broadcast room immediately felt very strange.

"Why do I feel like this little monk is very respectful to Xu Gou? Am I wrong?"

"That should be right, because I feel the same way. You see, this little monk always follows Xu Wen when he talks and does things, and his eyes are always on Xu Wen. Doesn't this mean that he values ​​Xu Wen very much?"

"Is it possible that monks don't like women, and Xu Wen is the only man, so this little monk treats Xu Wen like this?"

Not only did netizens feel that Jingkong respected Xu Wen very much, but even the women felt it too.

And it's not just respect, there's also a sense of closeness.

This feeling is very strange, as if Xu Wen is an elder of Jingkong, and now the elder has come back with his family to visit.

Under the leadership of Jingkong, they soon arrived at a long staircase.

On the left side of the stairs is a mountain with uneven stones. The most surprising thing is that there are many man-made stone Buddha statues on the mountain!
These stone Buddha statues are in small caves. Each stone Buddha is sitting cross-legged, but their postures and shapes are different.

As soon as the girls saw these seated stone Buddhas, their eyes lit up instantly.

"Wow, these stone Buddhas are so beautiful. Are they all carved by your temple? Do the people in your temple know how to do stonework?"

Hearing Sun Ya's question, Jingkong shook his head.

“These were not carved by us, but by the villagers down the mountain.”

Is this gone?

The women were stunned for a moment.

They originally thought that Jingkong would come out to lead the way for them and at least introduce the origin or background of these stone Buddhas.

In the end, it’s just said that these stone Buddhas were carved by the villagers, and that’s it?

As if seeing the confusion in the women's hearts, Xu Wen said with a smile: "Master Jingkong usually recites scriptures and does homework. He must know nothing about introductions. After all, he is not a tour guide."

"But if you want to know the background of these stone Buddhas, I can introduce them to you."

Xu Wen cleared his throat and said, "These stone Buddhas are actually older than this temple."

"Look to the right, what's that place?"

The women looked to the right and discovered that there was actually a hillside below the stairs, and there was no railing.

There is a village at the bottom of the hill, and you can see people walking, cooking, etc. This road is actually a road carved out of the hillside.

Both the construction difficulty and the location are actually very remote and difficult.

But this happens to be the only way to the temple in the mountain area. One can imagine how difficult it was for people in the past to build a temple on this mountain.

Xu Wen went on to say: "There was actually no temple on this mountain before, and the mountain was originally called Rolling Stone Mountain."

"It is named this way because there are rocks rolling down from this mountain all year round. These rocks are of different sizes, and many of them will fall directly into the village, crushing the houses in the village and killing people or livestock."

"The infrastructure and medical care were very poor at that time. So whenever rocks rolled down the mountain, people would be killed or injured. This was very difficult for people at that time to accept."

"So people at that time had no choice but to start carving stone Buddhas on the mountain and pray for the protection of the mountain god, hoping that there would be less rockfall on the mountain so that people living below the mountain could be safe."

"Later, people started to build temples on this mountain, and Luoshi Mountain was renamed Luoshi Mountain."

After hearing what Xu Wen said, the girls suddenly understood.

It turns out that these stone Buddhas on the mountain have such exquisite details!

Even Master Jingkong nodded repeatedly with his eyes shining.

Seeing Master Jingkong’s reaction, netizens in the live broadcast room burst into laughter.

"No, what's wrong with this little monk? Isn't this his territory? From his expression, it seems like he is hearing this kind of story for the first time too!"

"Didn't you hear what Xu Gou said just now? Monks are not tour guides, so it's normal for them not to know the history of their own temple. The abbot won't tell them about this."

"Indeed, I think it would be a bit strange if the abbot told them this. After all, monks are indifferent to fame and fortune. If the abbot told every little monk about these things, it would sound a bit like bragging."

"Even if that's the case, you don't even know the origin of the stone Buddha. Isn't that a bit too weird? It's outrageous!"

Although Sun Ya also thought Xu Wen's words were brilliant, she still said stubbornly, "Where did you see all this? Are you sure you're not lying to us? I always feel like you're making it up."

Xu Wen said, "Oh, when I was making the guide, I had nothing better to do so I looked through the local county annals. The things I just mentioned are also recorded in the county annals. Do you want me to recommend them to you?"

Sun Ya waved her hands repeatedly to refuse.

After all, those county annals and the like are all written in classical Chinese. It gives me a headache just reading them. How could I take the initiative to read such things?

Shi Shi was more interested in this kind of historical story, so she asked, "So why did the villagers carve stone Buddhas on this mountain in the first place? Could it be that the mountain gods are these stone Buddhas?"

"But I heard that there is only one mountain god on a mountain, but there are so many stone Buddhas here, and each one feels different."

Xu Wen smiled and explained: "In fact, the concept of mountain gods is a Taoist concept. There is no specific term for mountain gods in Buddhism."

"The villagers thought that only by carving a deity on the mountain could it protect them, so they just carved a stone Buddha."

"Later, other villagers thought that one stone Buddha might not be enough, so they asked someone to carve another one."

"Over time, the mountain became like this, full of stone Buddhas, and each one is different."

Netizens nodded and thought it was reasonable.

After all, they have the same mentality when they pray to gods and Buddhas.

(End of this chapter)