Masterful appearance

Da Ci'en Temple, a world-renowned Buddhist temple, was one of the four scripture translation sites in Chang'an in the Tang Dynasty, and it has been around for more than a thousand years.

Located in the southern suburb of Jingzhao, the ancient capital of the thirteen dynasties, it was founded in the 22nd year of Zhenguan, Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty. It was built by Prince Li Zhi in memory of his mother, Empress Wende.

Da Ci'en Temple is the most famous and magnificent Buddhist temple in Chang'an City in Tang Dynasty. It was built by imperial order of Tang Dynasty.Tang Sanzang Xuanzang once presided over temple affairs here, led the translation of Buddhist scriptures, and founded a Buddhist sect.

Therefore, Da Ci'en Temple has a very prominent position in the history of Chinese Buddhism, and has always been valued at home and abroad.

However, Yue Qianling found that apart from herself, other people didn't see much piety in this grand and solemn temple, especially Chu Tianci, whose eyes stayed in the temple for all the time that looked like a tortoise and was not a tortoise, far more than Buddha statues. much time.

"All the tyrants are almost the same. There are at least a few hundred tyrants, large and small, in the Da Ci'en Temple. When will we find them?" Gu Anqi said, wiping the sweat from her forehead.

It is not far from the gate of Daci'en Temple. There is a road between pines and a three-meter-high iron incense burner in the middle of the road. A large ritual instrument of Da Ci'en Temple.

The big bell in the bell tower on the east side is the "Yanta Morning Bell" cast in the 27th year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty, and the evening drum on the west side is made in modern times.

The morning bell is melodious, passing through the forest slightly, the sun is shining, and echoing in the sky of the Yanta; at night, the drums are pounding, the sound of chanting scriptures, and the incense in Qujiang Yancun Village is not extinguished.

"Morning bells and evening drums! This is the place." Chu Tianci suddenly realized. "In the text we deciphered, the two poems specifying the location are actually a double meaning. They not only refer to Jingzhao, but also refer to the Great Mercy Temple."

"Actually, there is one thing I don't want to understand. Why do you have to choose Baxia?" Yue Qianling asked feebly after taking a sip of water.

"Hehe, speaking of this, there is a legend related to Liu Bowen. All the Dragon Nine Sons have boundless magic power and great supernatural powers. They followed Liu Bowen in battle for many years and helped Zhu Yuanzhang win the Great Ming Dynasty. At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang, an ambitious emperor, wanted to keep them by his side forever, to stabilize the country and dominate the world, so he took Liu Bowen's Sword of Slaying Immortals and ordered the nine sons, but the nine sons were still divine beasts. The fairy sword couldn't shake Jiuzi, so he decided to use tricks. He told the boss of Jiuzi, Bi Xi, that if he could carry away the monument of the ancestors' gods and virtues, I would let you go. He carried the stele on his body without hesitation, but he could not move even an inch with all his mana. It turned out that the stele of divine merit and virtue was used to record the meritorious deeds done by the real dragon emperor in his previous life. The merits and virtues are immeasurable. , can suppress gods and ghosts in all directions." Qiu Nuo said with a smile while sitting beside him.

"It's just a legend, but the most common thing to do in a monastery is to carry a stele on one's back and leave clues. These inscriptions are indeed a good choice." Gu Anqi nodded and said.

"This idea is quite right, but it must be useless. There are very few original buildings in Da Ci'en Temple, and most of them were renovated later. If the clues were left on the inscriptions, they might have been destroyed." Yue Qianling shook her head in denial. "Besides, I also asked the tour guide who was in charge of the explanation just now. In the entire Da Ci'en Temple, there is not a single cultural relic that is said to be a cultural relic, and the furthest ones are only left over from the period of the Republic of China."

"No Leaks Overlord?!" Chu Tianci looked around and said calmly. "The Fourteen Tombs of the Ming Dynasty are very important. If Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to keep the clues, he would definitely think of these questions. Therefore, there must be a tyrant in this temple who has clues. Where is it?"

After searching for a long time in the Da Ci'en Temple, I found nothing. Chu Tianci has carefully studied almost all the existing bullies in the temple. They are either incomplete or dated incorrectly. As for the inscription on it, Chu Tianci only missed it. Go up and read word by word.

Chu Tianci's strange behavior made the monks in the temple who had always been peaceful and uncontested couldn't stand it.

"Buddhism is a clean place, please be almsgiver solemnly." The monk in charge of cleaning the courtyard clasped his hands together.

Chu Tianci was standing on a tyrant looking at the inscription on it, and quickly jumped down from it, smiling apologetically.

"I'm really sorry, Master, may I ask if there is a Baxia built in the Ming Dynasty in this Daci'en Temple?"

"This temple is the Wulou Temple of the previous Sui Dynasty. During the reign of Emperor Gaozu Wude, the incense was not kept burning and was finally abandoned. In the reign of Li Tang Zhenguan, in addition to being located in the outskirts of the city, it was eroded by wind and rain, and it was even more dilapidated. Zhenguan was 22 years old. Crown Prince Li Zhi built a wishing temple on the former site for his mother, Empress Wende." The monk lowered his head and said calmly. "These are recorded in the documents in the temple, but there is no record of the construction of Baxia during the restoration of the Ming Dynasty."

After Chu Tianci politely thanked the monk, he sat down on the bench in disappointment. Obviously, the Tibetan poem mentioned Wu Leu Ba Xia, why couldn't he find it.

Yue Qianling, Qiu Nuo, and Gu Anqi all came back from other places in the temple, and the result was the same, nothing was found.

"It's getting late, it seems that today is not fruitful, but this Da Ci'en Temple can't run anyway, we still have time, why worry, why don't we go shopping today." Yue Qianling said weakly.

Chu Tianci thinks about it too, no matter what, they are all world-famous Buddhist temples. In Buddhism, fate is talked about, and it may not be a good thing to act hastily.

The Daxiong Hall, one of the central buildings of the Da Ci'en Temple, has a five-sided intermittent mountain roof, exquisitely carved beams and painted buildings, and golden fish hanging on the gable walls on both sides are extremely beautiful.

There is a long tripod censer in front of the hall, full of incense for a long time, and the wind and smoke are swaying. The three-body Buddha statue enshrined in the Daxiong Hall was made in the second year of Chenghua in Ming Dynasty. Solemn and solemn, with an ancient and familiar religious atmosphere, everyone can feel the tranquil aura after entering the hall.

Chu Tianci thought in his heart that since Zhu Yuanzhang believed in metaphysics and Fengshui so much, there should be no reason for advocating Buddhism. Why did he choose a temple with a lot of incense to hide the clues?

After the Daxiong Hall, enter the Daxiong Courtyard, which is a first-level high-ground building courtyard including the Daxiong Hall, the East and West Side Halls, the second-floor Buddhist scripture hall and the Sansheng Hall.

It turns out that there are small gates in the northeast and northwest of the main hall leading to the Big Wild Goose Pagoda in the north, and the two gates lead directly to the Big Wild Goose Pagoda. The religious symbolism is very clear, representing the road leading to the Paradise of Ultimate Bliss.

On the second-level high platform after the Buddhist scripture hall is the most majestic central building of the temple, the Big Wild Goose Pagoda. It is composed of a tower base, a tower body and a tower brake. Out of the eaves, there are two layers of water chestnut teeth in between. Fengduo is hung on each eaves corner.

Chu Tianci really didn't have the mood and strength to go up, but Yue Qianling didn't care at all, and dragged him to insist on climbing the tower. There were wooden stairs in the tower, and there were holes on all sides of each floor.

Chu Tianci climbed to the top floor, looking around, and the sights of Chang'an are vivid in his mind.

At this height, you can have a panoramic view of the entire Daci'en Temple. Standing on a high place, the breeze blows towards your face, a feeling of refreshment, and the mood that was depressed just now suddenly improved a lot.

There are four strong and powerful characters along the side of the tower.

Seven-level pagoda.

"Saving a life is better than building a seven-level pagoda. What does this have to do with the Big Wild Goose Pagoda?" Gu Anqi asked curiously.

Qiu Nuo smiled and looked into the distance, explaining calmly.

"Buddha is Sanskrit. It translates to pagoda, pagoda, commonly known as pagoda. The levels of pagodas are generally singular, such as five, seven, nine, thirteen levels, etc., and seven levels are the most, so there is a seven-level pagoda. Said that the pagoda was originally used to bury the bones of sages or store Buddhist scriptures, and the merits of building the pagoda are great."

"There is a poem by Cen Shen from the Tang Dynasty that describes the Big Wild Goose Pagoda." Yue Qianling said with a smile.

The tower is like a gushing out, and the towering heaven is soaring.

When you step out of the world, Deng Dao is empty.

It suddenly presses down on Shenzhou, and its peak is like a ghost's work.

The four corners obstruct the day, and the seven layers cover the sky.

Peeping down refers to the tall bird, and listening to the startling wind.

"Looking down refers to the tall bird, looking down to hear the startling wind..."

Chu Tianci suddenly repeated the last line of the poem beside him, and then looked down, Yue Qianling didn't know why he reacted so strongly, Chu Tianci circled around the tower and then froze in place.

"Brother Tianci, what's wrong with you?"

"Look from above and below, what does the Great Mercy Temple look like?" Chu Tianci said excitedly, pointing to the bottom.

The other three looked carefully at Chu Tianci's words, and Gu Anqi slowly opened her mouth wide.

"The mountain gate of the Great Ci'en Temple protrudes outward. To the east of the main axis of the Big Wild Goose Pagoda is the Pagoda Garden and the Bell Society. To the west of the axis of the Big Wild Goose Pagoda is the Peony Garden and Peony Pavilion. It is just symmetrical from left to right, like a four-legged and steady!"

Qiu Nuo and Yue Qianling looked at each other dumbfounded after watching it, and said in surprise.

"From this height, the structure of the entire Da Ci'en Temple looks like a tortoise. The ones that An Qi mentioned are four-legged, while the treasure hall and the main hall courtyard are the tortoise's body, and the protruding mountain gate is..."

"It's not a turtle! It's Baxia, that is, Xuanwu, one of the four ancient beasts." Yue Qianling said ecstatically. "The Da Ci'en Temple was built according to the layout of a bully."

"No omissions under the tyrant." Chu Tianci said with a thoughtful smile. "It turned out to be here, huh, the whole Da Ci'en Temple is a tyrant, and what is being carried is not the stele, but the Big Wild Goose Pagoda! The white jade tofu left by Zhu Yuanzhang and the place where the words in the Jiulin Chengrui plate are really hidden are where we are standing now. The Big Wild Goose Pagoda!"

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