The Pentium Era - South to North

At around six o'clock in the morning, a group of monks and a group of Taoist priests had already arrived. Xiaohu and his relatives also arrived one after another. Although Miss Cai was an only daughter, she had many cousins ​​and cousins, and their children There were a lot of relatives, and the total number of relatives who came was as many as dozens. These people can be regarded as Miss Cai's survivors.

Isn't there a saying that goes, "If you are poor in the busy city, no one will care about you, but if you are rich in the mountains, you will have distant relatives." Miss Cai's family is not prosperous and is not considered a prominent family, but it is definitely a wealthy family. Do wealthy families still lack relatives?

Relatives all wore white mourning clothes. The men put on straw sandals over their leather shoes and sneakers, and the women put on shoes made of white cloth like shoe covers.

Ms. Cai's funeral was scheduled for 7:36 in the morning. According to local customs, the coffin of the deceased had to be parked in the mourning hall for seven days before the funeral could be carried out. Dutiful sons and daughters also had to "trap the coffin" next to the coffin every day. feet" and slept until the time of the funeral.

Unfortunately, everyone is busy with work now, and no one has time to wait here for five or six days, so everything was simplified and we decided to hold the funeral at an auspicious time today.

Miss Cai's family cemetery is more than two miles away from the manor, and it is also in Nan'ao Ridge. From here, it turns around a mountain col and is on a sunny slope.

When the time came, the monks and Taoist priests began to beat gongs, drums and chant sutras. The funeral procession was arranged by an elderly Taoist priest. Hundreds of people listened to his command. The funeral procession was very long, and the leader had already walked out of the manor. The mourning hall has not yet emerged from the back, and they are crowded in the black cloth shed.

The Taoist priest in charge ran back and forth, holding a walkie-talkie in his hand, barking and giving instructions.

At the front of the team are the people who are doing the work of cleaning pigs and sheep, followed by the God of Paths, those who put money and papers, those who hold inscription flags, those who carry filial piety lanterns and auspicious lanterns, the drumming band, those who hold colorful flags, Feng Shui Masters, Those holding parasols and wreaths, the Gezi Opera Troupe, the Twenty-Four Filial Piety floats, the coffin bearers, Taoist priests, monks, golden boys and girls, and paper flags.

Behind the team holding paper flags was Ms. Cai's coffin carried by six people. Behind the coffin, there were two teams, namely the male bereaved team and the female bereaved team. The last one was more distant and could not be listed. The distant relatives who are included in the list of survivors, like the Han emperor Liu Bang, Zhang Chen, and Tan Shuzhen, do not have the ranks of relatives, friends, neighbors, and local sages in mourning clothes.

The mighty team formed a long snake, meandering out of the manor, walking two to three hundred meters along the mountain road, and reached a gentle mountain col. Under the order of the Taoist priest in charge, the team stopped.

Xiaohu walked from the front to the back, knelt down on the ground, and thanked Liu Bang and Zhang Chen, the last relatives, friends and neighbors of the Han Dynasty, for taking time out of their busy schedules to attend Miss Cai's funeral.

This link is called the "Farewell Step". After relatives and friends arrive here, they no longer send them forward and say goodbye to the funeral procession. Xiaohu and the procession of close relatives continue to move forward with the coffin.

They arrived at the family cemetery. The Feng Shui master chose the location of the grave. The "Tu Doll" had dug the grave a day in advance. When the coffin arrived, they took off the covering on the coffin. The male survivor knelt on the left side of the coffin. The female bereaved kneeled on the right side of the coffin and cried loudly. The cry was so loud that it moved the heavens and the earth. Zhang Chen and the others could still hear it faintly.

The monks and Taoist priests began to recite their own sutras. After reciting the sutras, they began to "put out the plug." The "earth doll" took a chisel and drilled a round hole at the end of the coffin, and then embedded a metal water plug. The purpose is to allow air to circulate inside the coffin for early death.

Finally, the "earth doll" led the six people carrying the coffin and used ropes to hoist the coffin into the grave that was as deep as one person. Then Xiaohu shoveled a few shovels of soil and sprinkled it on the coffin to show his filial piety.

Then Xiaohu's father and many relatives and friends each shoveled a shovel of soil and covered the coffin. Finally, the "earth doll" led the people and filled back all the excavated soil, turning it into a small hill. After Xiaohu and the others left, , the "earth doll" must use cement and lime to make a round grave.

After the tomb is buried, the male and female survivors burn gold paper on the land and silver paper on the tomb, and take back all the sacrifices. At this point, the funeral is completed.

After the funeral, Xiaohu placed Ms. Cai's tablet in the "soul sedan" and took it home for worship, which is called "returning to the Lord."

Going to a funeral is a mournful event, but returning to the deceased is an auspicious event, so Xiaohu had to take off his mourning clothes and put on a long light yellow dress.

After returning home, a sumptuous luncheon had been prepared in the manor to entertain all the relatives, friends and helpers attending the funeral. At the same time, Miss Cai's tablet was placed in the main hall where the coffin and portraits on the wall had been removed. Monks and Taoist priests burned incense, Burning paper, reading scriptures, and family members burning incense, worshiping and crying are called "An Ling".

After the lunch, most of the relatives and friends, as well as Zhang Chen and Liu Bang, the great ancestor of the Han Dynasty, will go back to Taipei, but Xiaohu will stay for "doing Xun".

The so-called "making ten days" is an offering made every seven days after Ms. Cai's death. During these days, "filial piety rice" will be made sooner or later and offered on the coffin table. Xiaohu and the relatives who can come nearby will serve it. Incense is burned on silver paper, and women kneel down and cry. When doing Xun, they also ask monks and Taoist priests to "do merit."

The last ten days is called "the last ten days", which is seven to forty-nine days. After the last ten days, Xiaohu can leave the manor. After one hundred days, he will come back to do the "Hundred Days Sacrifice" and invite the monks and Taoist priests came to the house and held a grand ritual ceremony. They waited until the first anniversary of Miss Cai's death and held the "Year of Righteousness" before Xiaohu could "take off his filial piety".

Mang Chao accompanied Zhang Chen and the others back to Taipei. When Miss Cai was there, Zhang Chen and Tan Shuzhen had no chance to come to Taipei to visit Miss Cai. Miss Cai was gone, so Xiaohu asked Mang Chao to lead Zhang Chen and Tan Shuzhen to where they were in Building 101. Take a look inside Fubon Financial Holdings, especially Ms. Cai’s office.

Xiaohu has decided that he will keep Miss Cai's office forever.

The Taipei 101 building is 508 meters tall, with five underground floors and 101 floors above ground. It is the fourth tallest building in the world. It is preceded by the Burj Khalifa, Canton Tower and the Mecca Royal Clock Tower Hotel in Saudi Arabia. , the 632-meter-high Shanghai Center under construction will also surpass it, and it will be ranked fifth in the world.

Fubon Financial Holdings is one of the fourteen shareholder units of the 101 Building. Their offices are on the 78th and 79th floors of the 101 Building. Mang Chao took them on a tour starting from the first basement floor. Zhang Chen didn’t want them to On the day they arrived, Liu Bang, the great ancestor of the Han Dynasty, led them straight to the Xinye Restaurant on the 85th floor. They didn't have time to tour the entire building.

The first basement floor of Building 101 is a lifestyle food court. In addition to various lifestyle and personalized fashion stores, it also provides delicacies from all over the world, with thousands of seats and a comfortable dining environment.

The first floor is Avenue 101, which houses the world's most popular fashion brands, including clothing, bags, accessories, makeup and skin care, etc.

The second floor is Fashion Avenue, which is connected to the New York World Trade Center and the New York Shopping Center via an air bridge, offering a dazzling array of fashionable items.

The third floor is Celebrity Avenue, with various world-famous brand boutiques and brand flagship stores.

The fourth floor is a metropolitan square with a height of 40 meters and an area of ​​more than 500 square meters. Surrounding the square are outdoor cafes and Chinese and Western snack shops, as well as a number of European, Thai and Chinese restaurants.

The fifth floor is the financial center, where Fubon Financial Holdings also has a business hall.

The sixth floor is the fitness center, and the operator is the Taipei 101 Aerobics Gym. In addition to several training gyms, there are also the highest indoor rock climbing wall in Taiwan, a boxing ring and other equipment. The fitness center is a membership system. Chao and Zhang Chen said that the membership fee is NT$1.01 million, which is equivalent to more than 200,000 RMB.

After visiting the fitness center, Mang Chao did not take them to the company. Instead, he took the elevator to the indoor observation deck on the 89th floor. From here, you can overlook the entire Taipei city, Tamsui River, and Yangming Mountain.

The home of Liu Bang, the founder of the Han Dynasty, was on Yangming Mountain. He pointed it out to Zhang Chen and the others, but the entire Yangming Mountain was so lush that even through the telescope on the observation deck, it was difficult to see clearly.

Liu Bang, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, said: "Forget it, just go to my house for dinner in the evening and you will know. My little brother, you can also take a look at the works you designed."

The villa of Han Emperor Liu Bang was designed by Zhang Chen for him. At that time, it was still inconvenient for mainlanders to come to Taiwan. Zhang Chen helped him design the villa after looking at a series of photos of the surrounding environment taken by Han Emperor Liu Bang, but that's it...

"So far, it is still the most beautiful villa in our area." Liu Bang, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, said proudly.

"Yes, yes, when I take people there, I will tell them that this was designed by my brother." Lin Shuwan said from the side.

Mang Chao took them to visit a huge golden steel ball between the 88th and 92nd floors. This pendulum-like steel ball is a windproof and shockproof damper.

Typhoons rage in Taipei every year from April to November, and the entire city is still in the seismic zone. When there is a typhoon or earthquake, this big round ball will absorb the vibration of the building, and then transfer and dissipate the energy to the springs below. The system balances the swings of the building caused by wind and earthquakes and reduces geological hazards to a certain extent.

Mang Chao and Zhang Chen said that this is the only giant damper in the world that is open to tourists. It is also the largest windproof and earthquake-proof damper for buildings in the world. The weight of the ball is 660 tons, and the total weight of the system is 730 tons. .

After visiting this giant damper, Mang Chao took them to the outdoor observation deck on the 91st floor, which is not open to the public.

Standing here and looking far into the distance, you can not only overlook Taipei City, but also New Taipei City, see the mouth of the Tamsui River and Guanyin Mountain. Zhang Chen feels that standing on this building is suitable for distant views, not close views.

Taipei is not the Lujiazui of Shanghai. In Lujiazui, whether you look out from the Oriental Pearl Tower or the Jinmao Tower, you will see the skyscrapers on one side, the Huangpu River on the other side, and the Bund on the other side of the river. The skyline of the Bund is Charming, and the roofs of the houses on the Bund are the most elegant and exquisite ones Zhang Chen has ever seen.

The 101 Building is like a sugar cane, standing alone in Xinyi District, Taipei. When you stand on the 91st floor and take a closer look, you can see the somewhat messy roofs, like patches on the ground. .

After leaving the 91st floor, Mang Chao took them downstairs to Fubon Financial Holdings. When Zhang Chen walked into Miss Cai's office, he immediately saw the painting hanging on the wall that he gave to Miss Cai. Panoramic view of the city's Mishi River.

"The chairman likes this painting very much. When she is free, she will stand in front of this painting and look at it." Mang Chao told them.

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