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Chapter 350 VII Jing'an Temple

Playing for several days in a row made Gan Tiantian really pleasing to the eye and excited. She has never been so happy since she was a child.

After going to the Oriental Pearl Tower, the Bund and the Huangpu River, the mother river of Shanghai on the first day, the two of them went to People's Square, Shanghai Grand Theater, Shanghai Museum, Yu Garden, Nanpu Bridge, Jinmao Building, Century Avenue, Chongming Island Donghuai Migratory Bird Protection Area, Grand View Garden, Jinjiang Paradise...

After a few days, although Gan Tiantian was still excited and You Xing was still there, she already felt extremely tired and exhausted, and later on, she had begun to stop being so active.

On this day, on the car going to Jing'an Temple, Gan Tiantian arched her elbows and was leaning on the seat of the car with her eyes closed and Leng Fei resting her mind.

"Fei, are you tired?"

"Not tired." Leng Fei closed his eyes and replied expressionlessly.

"Aren't you tired? Are you made of iron? I'm tired!" Gan Tiantian muttered in a low voice.

"Are you tired? Well, let's not go out tomorrow and have a good rest at home. I'm really tired of shopping these days."

"No, there are too many tourist attractions in Shanghai. Have we seen enough of them in the past few days?"

"Almost? It's far away. Didn't you look at the guide map that guides the tour? There are nearly a thousand famous tourist attractions in Shanghai, and we only visited a few?"

"Ah, so many? It's okay, I don't want to go shopping anymore. After this day, my whole body is like a piece of wood. I'm so tired! I didn't expect that playing is so tiring. I used to watch people travel around. , I'm quite envious, I didn't expect that it would not be easy to play."

"Then let's go home after visiting Jing'an Temple today?"

"Okay, after visiting Jing'an Temple, let's go back and have a good rest for two days."

The two of them made up their minds, and immediately became energetic again.

Arriving at Jing'an Temple, the two came to the gate of the temple with the flow of people. Gan Tiantian was immediately refreshed by the unique architectural style of the temple, swept away the fatigue on the road, and instantly refreshed.

Gan Tiantian pointed to the solemn and elegant plaque in Jing'an Temple and shouted to Leng Fei: "Fei, look, where this plaque is hung, it is different, and it really moves people's hearts. It's so bold. , Somewhere, it makes people feel that there is a kind of power surging in their hearts."

"What power?" Leng Fei asked casually.He was very puzzled by Gan Tiantian's negativity in the car, how could such a plaque make her so excited?However, he didn't pay much attention to it, and walked in while watching it carefully.

"I don't know, anyway, I always feel that although there are so many people playing and kneeling in this temple, don't you think that if it is in other places, there are so many people, it must be full of people and very lively But if you look at this again, even though there are so many people walking around, you still feel very quiet, people's faces are also very quiet, and their mood is very easy-going and pious. Fei, I really didn't expect such a quiet place in the world .”

"It's nothing surprising, a place like this is a place that comforts people's hearts, and people naturally calm down."

Leng Fei has been to many places in the country and many temples, and he thinks this situation is very natural.

But Gan Tiantian was the first time in her life to go to a place like a temple. She was usually in a busy street or in a hotel in a community. She was used to the crowded, noisy, bustling environment. , Even if the doors and windows are closed, those annoying sounds will stubbornly squeeze in from the cracks in the windows or from places you can't think of, disturbing your soul.But in this temple, no matter how many people are there, it gives you the feeling that there is no such ups and downs and impetuous emotions. Everyone who walks into the temple looks so quiet, respectful, solemn and peaceful. When you walk up to those big and small Buddha statues, whether you are kneeling or not, your expression is so solemn and pious. Here, you will never see that kind of cunning, insidious, and disturbing evil spirit.

In a corridor, Gan Tiantian and Leng Fei met a young monk with a quiet expression. When they got close, the young monk raised his hand silently to salute the two of them, and then passed by silently.

Gan Tiantian's heart couldn't help but feel a heartfelt admiration for the calmness and tranquility of the monks. What a peaceful state of existence this is...

Gan Tiantian suddenly thought, if a man can become a monk, can a woman also become a nun?

While looking at the various Buddha statues in the temple, she asked Leng Fei: "Fei, do you think women can also become monks in this temple?"

Leng Fei said to her: "Women can of course become monks, but that's not how they are called. They call female monks nuns. The temples where nuns live are called 'an'. In fact, the meaning is basically the same."

"Oh, so that's the case. Are there any nunneries here in Shanghai? Are there many nuns?"

"Of course there is. You are like Chenxiang Pavilion and Cixiu Temple in Huangpu District. They are places where female monks become monks and practice. They also have a long history. I heard that there is a very young mage in Cixiu Temple who graduated from Shanghai. Buddhist Academy."

"What, there is also a Buddhist academy in Shanghai? Why haven't I heard of it?" Gan Tiantian was very surprised when Leng Fei said that there was such a young mage in Cixiu Temple.

"Why, it's quite novel, isn't it? Let me put it this way, there are many such female monks all over the country. They are all young, and some of them have become abbots and temple managers at a young age. In the future, they will all be monks. The successor of the abbot of the monastery."

"Really? They became monks at such a young age, and they don't miss ordinary people's lives, and they can get used to the poor life in the temple? They are really amazing." Gan Tiantian sighed sincerely.

"Why, do you still envy them?"

"That's right, who do you think ordinary people can endure such hardships? They can practice with peace of mind if they are vegetarians every day? There are some people who I admire very much. I really can't bear that kind of life."

"Actually, some of them become monks because they are obsessed with Buddhism. Such women are yearning for the highest state of Buddhism, so they become monks and devote themselves to studying Buddhism. There are also many people who have experienced ups and downs or suffered huge hardships. Frustrated and painful, I lost confidence in life, so I went to a temple and became a monk to practice and avoid the hardships of real life."

"What you said is true? Did you make it up?" Gan Tiantian seemed a little dubious about what Leng Fei said.

"Really, what I said is not false at all. I met such a female monk in Wutai Mountain. It is said that her home is in a very remote rural area, and she is very poor. Not to mention studying, she can't even eat. Later, she met a young man, and the two loved each other to death, but in order to change the life of the whole family, the family insisted on letting her marry a widowed old man who was very rich in the village. Beating her and scolding her, the old man bullied her and took possession of her body, but she just refused. Her parents locked her in the house and didn't let her go out to date that young man. After a long time, when she was planning a wedding for her at home, she escaped secretly at night and went to find the young man. But how did she know that the young man heard that she was engaged to an old man in the same village, I stopped dating him again. In a fit of anger, I got engaged to the girl arranged by my parents. On the night she escaped, she entered the bridal chamber with another girl. When the female monk found out, she cried to death. But this is the end of the matter, She didn't want to marry that old man, so she went to Mount Wutai to shave her hair and go home."

"Ah, there really is such a thing? I thought that such a story could only be made up in books!" Gan Tiantian said with emotion after hearing the story of the female monk told by Leng Fei.

While talking, the two came to the seated Jade Buddha statue of Sakyamuni in the Mahavira Hall, put their hands together in front of the statue devoutly, and bowed in salute.

Gan Tiantian raised her head, stared quietly at the seated Jade Buddha statue of Sakyamuni, and prayed silently in her heart, for herself and for her sweetheart Leng Fei, praying for their safety and all the best.The strange thing is that Gan Tiantian always feels that the eyes of the Jade Buddha seem to be shining with light, and the light covers her completely inside, making her heart warm. This is a feeling that Gan Tiantian has never had before, even she feels very Surprised.She looked at the Jade Buddha in front of her obsessively, as if she was bathed in the warm sunshine...

Gan Tiantian suddenly heard Leng Fei calling her from behind, she turned her head and saw that Leng Fei was standing outside the door of the Buddhist hall looking at her.She agreed, and when she looked back at Jade Buddha's eyes, the light was gone, and the warm feeling was gone.

Gan Tiantian couldn't help feeling very surprised, and somewhat doubted whether the feeling just now was an illusion of her own.She hesitantly left the Buddhist hall, and when she was about to leave, she looked back at the seated jade Buddha statue again, and the seated jade Buddha statue looked at her very gently and benevolently.

"What's the matter with you?" Leng Fei was very strange seeing Gan Tiantian like that.

"Fei, did you feel anything unusual just now in front of this Jade Buddha statue?" Gan Tiantian asked Leng Fei.

Hearing Gan Tiantian ask him this way, Leng Fei said indifferently: "How does that feel? Isn't that a seated jade Buddha statue? It can't talk to people, it's just a symbol. Hey, how could you Ask me like this? There shouldn’t be some kind of telepathy, right?” Leng Fei followed with a kind of humorous ridicule.

But Gan Tiantian hasn't come out of the feeling just now, and said to Leng Fei: "Fei, do you think it's strange? After I lowered my head to pray, when I raised my head, I felt that the jade Buddha's eyes radiated a dazzling light. , I was covered by the golden light, and I felt warm all over my body, and my heart was very open. Once you called me, and when you looked back, you felt nothing. What do you think is going on?"

When Leng Fei heard this, he couldn't help laughing, and said: "You, you are just too pious, and when you take the imagination in your heart as reality, you have that kind of illusory feeling. Let's go, don't dream anymore."

While speaking, Leng Fei hugged Gan Tiantian's body and protected her out of Jing'an Temple.

Gan Tiantian looked back again, the seated jade Buddha statue flashed in front of her eyes again, she blinked her eyes, and looked carefully again, only the solemn and elegant plaque of Jing'an Temple came into view...

On the way back, Gan Tiantian and Leng Fei didn't know whether it was because they were too tired, or because they were infected by the atmosphere of Jing'an Temple, they sat silently in the car all the time.

After returning to the hotel and entering the room, Gan Tiantian said to Leng Fei: "Fei, I am too tired today, let's take a bath and have a good rest! Tomorrow, let's go to the Chenxiang Pavilion and Cixiu Temple you mentioned, okay ?"

Leng Fei asked strangely: "Didn't we agree to take a good rest for a few days? Why are you suddenly interested in Chenxiang Pavilion and Cixiu Temple?"

Gan Tiantian smiled at him, stepped forward to hug him, kissed him, and said coquettishly, "I just want to go! Can you just stay with me?"

When Leng Fei heard it, yes, just accompany me!