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Chapter 477 Let Your Senior Brother Show It

"These two dragons are obviously from the Ming Dynasty. Only dragons from the Ming Dynasty have this shape. And don't you think the dragons look cute and relaxed?"

"This is because the Ming Dynasty had already relaxed the use of dragon and phoenix items. It was from that time that women were allowed to wear phoenix crowns and bridal robes when they got married. This was specially permitted by Empress Ma."

"Although men cannot wear dragon robes, they can use ordinary dragons such as Jiaolong, Shuilong, and Yunlong as decorations and embellishments for their tombs after they die. This is not considered as presumptuous."

"It was precisely because of this that many stone statues and important temples at that time had dragon carvings on them."

"But this is just an ordinary dragon. It doesn't look majestic or domineering at first glance. It's just used by ordinary people."

Xu Wen's explanation was already very detailed. After listening to his explanation, the netizens in the live broadcast room suddenly realized that dragons could have such details.

But in fact, what Xu Wen introduced is not detailed enough. Fanlong can still be used by ordinary people, but there are differences among ordinary people.

Rich commoners could use dragons and could afford stonemasons and carpenters, but poor people couldn't even afford pipes, let alone these carvings.

After listening to what Xu Wen said, Sun Ya felt very confused.

"You just said that these dragons are used on the graves of the dead, so why are they here? Are they allowed to be used like this in temples?"

Xu Wen went on to explain: "Among the many occasions in which dragons and phoenixes are used, the most special one is in the dojo."

"Because according to our country's traditional culture and mythology, many gods are actually related to dragons and phoenixes."

"For example, among the four heavenly kings of Taoism, one of them has a jade dragon as its pet. For example, in Buddhism, there are also arhats who can subdue dragons and tigers, and their mounts are dragons and tigers."

"So in order to facilitate the creation and construction of temples, successive dynasties have relaxed many standards in this regard. For example, it is allowed to carve dragons and phoenixes on pagodas or stone walls, and it is also allowed to carve dragons and phoenixes on the horizontal railings of corridors."

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

Previous dynasties were very orderly, and the words "strict hierarchy" were reflected in every aspect of people's lives.

For example, except for some special holidays and ceremonies, people are not allowed to use bright yellow, as that is the royal color.

For example, when naming or speaking, one should be careful to avoid using the emperor's name, otherwise it would be disrespectful.

It can be said that there are too many rules, and these rules alone can write a special book.

Shi Shi asked in confusion: "If there were so many rules in ancient times, would the people be able to remember them?"

"Because as far as I know, the illiteracy rate in ancient times should be very high, right? Many people never knew how to read in their entire lives. How could they know these rules if they didn't even know the characters?"

Xu Wen smiled and said, "It's very simple. First, they can spread these rules by word of mouth. In this way, even if you can't read, after you hear others tell you what not to do, do you still want to do those things?"

The netizens in the live broadcast room suddenly realized what was going on.

"I see. This way of communication is a bit like how we discuss hot news topics now. Once something happens online, we will immediately tell people around us."

"Then I can understand. Although most people are uneducated and illiterate, there will always be literate and educated people who will tell them these rules, and they will know them over time."

"This is actually quite pretentious. When you talk about rules with others, it's as if you made these rules. As you talk, you feel superior to others. Then people in the past must have been happy to teach these rules to others." Shi Shi also thought of this.

But she was still confused.

"That's still not right. I also heard that scholars were very precious in the past. It was not possible for a village to produce a literate scholar. So there would always be people who didn't know some rules and made mistakes, right?"

"If this is really the case, how should this person be dealt with?"

Without even thinking, Xu Wen said, "For people like this, the government will first explain to them what rules and taboos they have violated, and then punish them according to the law."

"For example, someone accidentally used the royal color, or damaged something given by the emperor, or discussed gossip about the emperor."

"So if those who break the rules are caught, they should be arrested or killed. There is no such thing as leniency."

When everyone heard what Xu Wen said, they couldn't help but shiver.

They had known for a long time that human life was worthless in the past, but they had never imagined it would be so cruel.

"Didn't the ancients say that punishing without teaching is cruelty? Don't they think there's anything wrong with doing this?"

Xu Wen sighed and said, "It's very simple, because they don't even regard those who break the rules as human beings."

"There is actually a second reason why everyone follows the rules, which is that many poor people don't have the opportunity to make mistakes."

"Think about it carefully. The poor people in the past were poor and had no clothes to wear and no food to eat."

"How could such a poor person have the opportunity to use bright yellow paint? Or use dragon and phoenix patterns or damage the things bestowed by the emperor?"

"Most people actually have nothing to do with these rules, so even if no one really teaches them these rules, it's not a big problem."

"But once they break these rules, it can only be considered bad luck, and they will die anyway."

As they were talking, Xu Wen had already led them through the central hall of the temple and directly to a large platform.

This platform is entered through a circular archway, and there is a cliff behind the platform. Standing on the platform and looking into the distance, you can see a dense forest valley. The scenery is breathtaking!

The young monk Jingkong said, "This place is called Guanyuntai, and it is also where the brothers practice on weekdays."

Sun Ya and the others looked down and saw that there was indeed a pit on the bluestone slabs on the Guanyun Terrace at regular intervals.

Many of these pits are already quite deep.

According to Master Jingkong, all these pits were made by monks when they were practicing martial arts.

These pits can show from the side how long the history of this temple is and how great its heritage is!

At this time, Xu Wen said to Jingkong: "Call some of your brothers over to show us martial arts."

(End of this chapter)