Masterful appearance

Yue Qianling stretched out her hand tremblingly, touching the Zen stick, she suddenly had a feeling of boundless Buddhism. Gu Anqi was well-informed in Hong Kong, but she couldn't say a word in front of the Zen stick.

Standing alone by the door, Qiu Nuo's face was still as peaceful as ever. These things grew up when he was a child, and he gradually got used to them.

"You said that if we donate this Zen staff to the Great Mercy Temple..." Yue Qianling's voice trembled slightly. "Do you think they will let us enter the underground palace?"

"Of course!" Chu Tianci nodded.

"Then...then I want this Zen stick." Yue Qianling was still in a daze, she couldn't believe such a precious cultural relic, so Jing Wan gave it away as soon as she said it.

"But there is a problem. This thing is a royal thing, and it has been recorded and passed down. It will definitely cause a sensation when it is revealed to the world. If someone asks how this thing came about...how do you say it?"

Chu Tianci asked Yue Qianling what he said, but in fact he said it to Jing Wan, so there must be a source, and it cannot be said that he picked it up.

"Tianci, what you said makes sense. This Zen stick is indeed too ostentatious, but it has a clean path. It's not that I'm afraid that someone will trace it to the source. It's just that I don't want to be troublesome, and I like quiet and don't want to be disturbed. Why don't you look at the others." Jing Wan smiled slightly, and understood the meaning of Chu Tianci's words.

The smell of incense in the room is very unique and refreshing. Gu Anqi walked over looking for the fragrance, and said in surprise.

"Is this ambergris?!"

"This girl is very knowledgeable, you are right, it is indeed ambergris, and it is natural." Jing Wan smiled calmly.

"Amberis is known as the gold of spices. It is very precious and rare. In ancient times, only emperors could enjoy it. The longer the ambergris is left, the more unique the fragrance will be. I have also smelled ambergris before, but today It smells completely different, quite pure." Gu Anqi asked curiously, blinking her eyes. "Aunt Jing, how old is this ambergris?"

"It should be thousands of years old!"

Jing Wan blurted out, and Gu Anqi was dumbfounded. All kinds of ingredients in ambergris can be artificially synthesized, but they cannot completely replace the sea to give ambergris, because the current technology is still not up to the wonder of nature, especially natural ambergris. Ambroxol in the fragrance.

Not to mention the ambergris that has been stored for thousands of years, what is lit in this ordinary room is not incense at all, but gold!

The ordinary Buddhist hall and the ignited gold seem to be an extremely incongruous combination, but no one will doubt what Jing Wan said, a woman who can easily give away a priceless Zen staff, lights a priceless spice and What a surprise.

It's just that Chu Tianci became more and more curious about what kind of believers could use thousand-year-old ambergris to worship the Buddha.

But now Chu Tianci's thoughts were not immersed in the lingering fragrance, and his eyes were fixed on the incense burner filled with spices.

The censer is made of silver, and the table top is patterned with two phoenixes holding embroidered grass, and there is a five-legged flower belt underneath.

The whole incense burner is composed of a furnace body, a furnace cover and a furnace platform.

The edge of the cover is wide and flat, the surface of the cover is raised, and the bottom edge is decorated with a circle of lotus petal patterns. There are five lotus flowers on which the flower tendrils are intertwined. On each lotus flower there is a turtle looking back with a embroidered grass in its mouth. The lower lotus petals are hollowed out for the fragrance to overflow.

The tortoise and the ribbon represent longevity, the lotus petals represent cleanliness, and the incense comes out from it, implying the meaning of cleanliness, abstinence, and excellence.

The table top of the hearth is embellished grass pattern with double phoenix titles, and there are five-legged flower belts under it.

Chu Tianci quickly recognized that this incense burner was a Buddhist incense burner. It is a symbol of refinement in Buddhism and is one of the six offerings of Esoteric Buddhism. However, the workmanship is too gorgeous, and it is not like an ordinary incense burner for Buddha offerings.

Chu Tianci carefully picked up the incense burner, there was an inscription on the bottom, and he was dumbstruck just after reading a few words.

Produced by Wensi Academy.

Wensiyuan is a palace handicraft workshop established in the middle and late Tang Dynasty, specially producing gold and silver crafts for the Tang royal family.

This set of censers turned out to be a special offering for the royal family.

"Actually, I also like this set of incense burners. When I was a child, I felt that it looked very unique. Later, after studying cultural relics identification, I realized that this set of dazzling incense burners was graceful and luxurious in shape, with exquisite and rich decorations, representing the gold at that time. The highest level of silverware production technology condenses the superb wisdom and hard work of the craftsmen of the Tang Dynasty." Qiu Nuo said thoughtfully by the door.

"Brother Tianci, I think this is not bad. It is not ostentatious and expensive. It is also a utensil for the royal family to worship Buddha. It can be used." Gu Anqi nodded and said.

"Is it... a little less." Yue Qianling whispered beside her. "Although this incense burner is genuine, but if you want to enter the underground palace, the weight of this incense burner may be a bit light."

Jing Wan smiled and raised her hand and pointed lightly.

"You can take whatever you like from this room."

The more generous Jing Wan is, the more embarrassed Chu Tianci is. This house is full of priceless things, and it doesn't feel good to take them away casually.

Qiu Nuo at the side saw Chu Tianci's timid look, knew what he was thinking, walked over and pointed to a statue of a Bodhisattva and said with a smile.

"Gold-plated silver Bodhisattva holding a real body! Tang Dynasty cultural relics, Bodhisattva in a high bun, wearing a pearl Buddha crown on his head, bare breasts draped in silk, wearing bracelets on his arms, wearing a large skirt with intestines, wearing pearl wreaths all over his body, and staring at the front , kneeling on the lotus platform with both legs bent to the left and right."

"Qiu Nuo, although it belongs to your family, if you donate it, you can't get it back. You should know that everything in this house is a treasure." Chu Tianci lowered his voice. Some red.

"Brother Tianci, since Aunt Jingwan is a believer in Buddhism, if these things can be offered to the Buddha in the underground palace of Famen Temple, wouldn't it be more enshrined to the Lord Buddha? Aunt Jing's merits are immeasurable, and she should thank you in turn." Qiu Nuo smiled like a flower.

"Heavenly gift, what Qiu Nuo said is right, you should be helping me accumulate merit!" Jing Wan smiled peacefully.

Only then did Chu Tianci feel relieved, and looked again at the Bodhisattva statue that Qiu Nuo pointed to just now. The gold-plated silver bodhisattva holding the real body is exquisitely crafted, exquisite and magnificent.

The Bodhisattva is holding a lotus-leaf-shaped tray with a gilded version of the vows in both hands. There is a rectangular gilt flat frame with openwork vajra patterns on the vows, and chains at the four corners are connected to the gilt plate.

The upper part of the lotus pedestal is bowl-shaped, and the abdominal wall is decorated with four upturned lotus petals, each with eight petals. Each of the upper two lotus petals is decorated with a Buddha statue with headlight or backlight, or sitting in lotus position, and the top edge is decorated with stamen patterns for a week.

The waist in the middle is in the shape of a drum, and the four heavenly kings with swords, axes, towers, and swords are carved on the surrounding walls.

The lower base is in the shape of a covered lotus. The inscription on the gold plaque in the Bodhisattva's hand is decorated with a circle of covered lotus petals, and a Sanskrit inscription is carved in each petal;

Both the top and the bottom are chiseled in Sanskrit, and the center of the inner layer is chiseled with a cross-shaped three-cobalt vajra, with a line of dragons on each side and lined with flowing cloud patterns.

There are 65 characters in seal script on the gold plaque in his hand.

Enshrined as Emperor Guangxiao, the great sage of Ruiwen, Yingwu, Mingde, and the most benevolent, he built and worshiped the Bodhisattva of the real body and made offerings to him forever.Wishing for the holy life of ten thousand springs, the holy branches and thousands of leaves, the eight famines come to obey, and the four seas are without waves...

It is also a thing of the royal family, plus the previous incense burner. These two things are donated to the Daci'en Temple. Presumably the host will definitely let him into the underground palace to pay his respects.

Chu Tianci looked back at Jing Wan, smiled embarrassedly, and nodded peacefully, just as Chu Tianci was about to wrap up the two things carefully, suddenly a voice came from behind the pagoda.

"Put everything down!"

There were actually other people in this room. Chu Tianci and the others were attracted by the room full of treasures since they came in, but they didn't realize that there were other people in the room.

Qiu Nuo's casual face just now became stiff and humble, and he lowered his head.

"Mother, I didn't know you were here."

Chu Tianci had never heard Qiu Nuo mention his mother, but seeing Qiu Nuo's respectful appearance now, her mother must be a very dignified woman.

"Your mother has been here all the time. She said she hasn't come back for a long time, and she wanted to visit the old place to pay homage to the Buddha, so I accompanied her back to Jingzhao." Jing Wan also lowered her head.

"Nuo'er, I seldom get together with you as a mother, and I miss you a lot. I heard that your Aunt Jing often mentioned you in front of me. The world is like duckweed, but with one heart, remember that things must not be rushed, and plainness is really something that cannot be forced. "

"Nuoer always remembers her mother's teachings."

The woman behind the Buddhist hall spoke esoteric and difficult to understand, but Chu Tianci could tell that it was something a person with great wisdom could comprehend. The woman's voice was slow and majestic, with a kind of lofty aura, even Jing Wan, who had always been like calm water, was in the room. The woman's voice also became respectful in front of her.

What kind of woman can possess such domineering aura that can convince people like Jing Wan.

"Auntie, hello, we didn't know you were here, so I'm really sorry to disturb you." Chu Tianci said politely.

"Although the two things you chose are elegant and luxurious, Da Ci'en Temple is an important place for Buddhism, and those who become monks are empty of all things. If you send these two things, you have violated the precept of greed."

The woman's voice paused for a moment and spoke slowly.

"Jing Wan, give him the things in the altar!"

"Ah..." Jing Wan was taken aback for a moment, she who was always calm and calm was immediately flustered when she heard the woman's order. "The one in the altar...but...."

The woman was not speaking, as if nothing that came out of her mouth could be refuted by anyone.

Knowing that she had made a slip of the tongue, Jing Wan sighed, and carefully and reverently took out a package of things wrapped in bright yellow brocade from the altar and handed it to Chu Tianci.

"Give this to the abbot of the Da Ci'en Temple, and he will agree to any request you ask!" The woman's voice came, but it became an irresistible order when it fell on the ear.

Chu Tianci carefully opened the brocade, and there was a wooden box wrapped inside. There was nothing unusual about it. Yue Qianling complained in her heart, most likely because she was reluctant to take away the valuables, so she casually sent a wooden box. Box, what is this?

The woman's voice never came from the back of the Buddhist hall. Chu Tianci put away the wooden box and retreated with the others. When she left, she found Jing Wan sighing heavily. She was always calm and kept looking at the wooden box in her hand. His eyes were full of regret and regret.

Chu Tianci didn't understand what was so precious about this humble wooden box, and even Jing Wan, who disapproved of a room full of priceless treasures, could be reluctant to part with it.

In the Buddhist hall, Qiu Nuo's mother and the wooden box he was holding, Chu Tianci always felt that he couldn't figure out everything about today.

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