"Xiu'er, do you really want to go to Daliang to participate in the poetry meeting?"
"Husband, is there anything wrong with you? You know that Xiu'er likes poetry the most, and Daliang is the capital of Yuzhou, so It would be nice to go sightseeing during the holidays. Xiu'er hasn't been to Shoulin for a long time." Seeing that Su Xiu'er wanted to go, Lin Yi couldn't object anymore.
Qin Xian also supported, "I haven't been to Daliang for a long time. Brother Lin, why don't we go for a walk together? That's it."
" Okay, then the lineup is getting stronger this time." Duolong smiled and quickly dropped the hammer, without giving Lin Yi any chance to refute.
A few people agreed to set off from the Su Mansion at noon tomorrow. Calculating the time, it was more than enough. It was a unique experience to enjoy the mountains and rivers and enjoy the scenery on the way.
Although the world is a bit chaotic, there is no need to worry since Lin Yi, Qin Xian, Cao Dahua and others are traveling with him.
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"Master Jia, do you want to go to Daliang with us?" Lin Yi asked.
"You are traveling around the mountains and rivers, admiring the scenery along the way. Why should I, a blind man, follow you? Why not stay in this city for a longer time."
Seeing Jia Rudao say this, Lin Yi didn't force it anymore.
After lunch, Su Xiuer suggested going to the temple to offer incense.
"This is the tradition of our Su family. When doing business, we must go to the temple to offer incense on the first day of the new year. My husband, please accompany me."
So everyone stood up , go to Jiming Temple, the most popular place in Shoulin City, to offer incense and pray for blessings.
"Brother Lin, have you been to Jiming Temple?" Duolong asked.
Lin Yi shook his head and replied, "But the name of this temple is interesting."
Duolong then talked about a legend about Jiming Temple.
The story takes place in the "Yongye" year, which is an era earlier than the "Stability".
It is rumored that the land where Shoulin City is located once had a very powerful giant centipede spirit that could travel hundreds of miles a day and spit dozens of feet of poisonous flames from its mouth.
People and animals in the surrounding area have been harmed by this centipede spirit.
Because the centipede spirit is extremely harmful, the common people cannot live a peaceful life for a day. The people within a radius of two hundred miles all hate this centipede spirit.
People prayed day and night, hoping that God would send gods down to earth to collect the centipede spirit.
Perhaps moved by the piety and persistence of the people, God really sent a deity to come down to earth to deal with the centipede spirit and eliminate harm for the people.
This god is the golden rooster.
The golden rooster came to the mortal world after receiving the order, and met the centipede spirit entrenched on the top of the mountain, spraying poisonous flames into the city.
Hearing the deafening crow of the golden rooster, the centipede spirit was shaken to its core.
A colorful glow appeared on the horizon, which stung people and made it difficult to open their eyes.
When people came to their senses, they saw thousands of glowing lights on the horizon, and in the glow stood a golden rooster.
The chicken's head is held high, its red crown is fluttering, its neck is stretched out, and it crows "OoOoOo".
After seeing the centipede spirit, he quickly ran away from the mountain.
How could the golden rooster let it go so easily? It was covered in colorful rays of light and flew down from the sky, biting the centipede in one bite.
This centipede spirit is also quite virtuous. He resisted desperately, and for a while, Jin Ji didn't get any advantage.
After a long and desperate struggle, the centipede spirit was finally bitten to death by the golden rooster, but the golden rooster also fell at the foot of the mountain because of the poison.
The centipede spirit died, and the people nearby finally lived a stable life.
In order to commemorate the golden rooster who lost his life while killing harm to the people, everyone spent money to build a temple, buried the golden rooster's body here, and named it Jiming Temple.
After listening to Duolong’s story, everyone was in awe.
Cao Dahua even shouted that he had never heard of this legend in Jiming Temple.
"If you want to mention which girl from our Shoulin city or which brothel is a prostitute, you know the best about these people."
"That's true."
The conversation between Duolong and Cao Dahua, the living treasures, amused everyone.
Arriving at the entrance of Jiming Temple, Lin Yi was a little surprised by the bustling scene of people here.
I never expected that in this world, the incense in temples would be so strong.
Pilgrims and tourists come and go in an endless stream.
“Brother Lin, don’t be surprised. At the beginning of the year, this temple is the most lively. In this world, who wouldn’t want to come and offer incense to pray for the Buddha’s blessing? Although it is also lively on weekdays, there are not so many people. People." Doron explained.
Everyone stepped into the temple, Su Xiuer donated a sum of money for incense to a monk, and everyone at the scene received three sticks of high-quality incense.
Lin Yi opened his eyes and held three sticks of incense in his hand.
People are most afraid of three long and two short, and fragrance is most afraid of two short and one long.
The three sticks of incense in Lin Yi's hand fluttered and burned slowly. The incense turned into green smoke and went straight upward.
Lin Yi put the incense in his hand into the incense burner in front of the Buddha, then knelt on the futon and kowtowed three times to the Buddha.
When Lin Yi stood up, he found that Qin Xian was playing with three sticks of incense in his hand, with no intention of offering incense.
"You're not going"
Qin Xian shook his head and said, "I'm not going."
Lin Yi smiled slightly, everyone has his own ambitions, this Buddha Well, some people believe it, and of course some people don’t.
But having said that, why do we need to burn three sticks of incense and kneel down to kowtow three times when worshiping Buddha?
In fact, this is very particular in Buddhist culture and has very profound meaning and meaning. A great merit.
The first of the three incense sticks is called the quit incense, which represents the determination to give up one's bad habits and delusions in front of the Buddha.
The second stick of incense, called Dingxiang, represents that you can get guidance from the Buddha and hope that you can enter concentration.
The third stick of incense is called the incense of wisdom, praying that you can gain wisdom and eliminate ignorance.
The significance of the above three sticks of incense is to obtain precepts, concentration and wisdom, to break through confusion and enlightenment, to use precepts to produce concentration, and to use concentration to produce wisdom.
In other words, only by getting rid of your evil thoughts can you become stable and quiet, and a quiet mind can produce wisdom.
As for kneeling once and kowtowing three times, it is recorded in the Zhou Rites that kneeling three times and kowtowing nine times is the most respectful way of saluting. Later, it was gradually simplified and became one kneeling and three kowtows.
Buddhist classics believe that kneeling down to worship the Buddha is a very important merit, and kowtowing three times in front of the Buddha has a specific meaning.
Kowtow to express your sincere respect for the Buddha and warn yourself to always maintain a respectful heart.
The second kowtow is a vow to believe in Buddhism, return to Buddhism, and determine to learn from the Buddha.
Kowting three times is a form of self-reflection in front of the Buddha, and a deep repentance for the mistakes, sins and many other bad karma that one has committed.
Buddhism teaches that everything is created by the heart, and all our external behaviors are to express our inner state.
With one heart devoted to the Buddha, the act of burning incense and worshiping the Buddha was initiated.
When we understand the merits and significance of three sticks of incense and three kowtows before worshiping the Buddha, we must respect the Buddha, be sincere, and do good deeds to accumulate virtue, so that we can better obtain the blessings of the Buddha, otherwise we will burn more No matter how much you kowtow to the incense, it won't help.
Except for Qin Xian and Jia Rudao, everyone else offered incense and kowtowed.
After completing a major task that must be done at the beginning of the year, Su Xiuer put her arm around Lin Yi and walked while talking about the Daliang City she was about to go to.
When everyone walked to the door of the temple, they saw a group of people gathered not far away.
"What's going on?" Cao Dahua grabbed a person coming towards him and asked.
"A beggar fell to the ground, almost out of breath."
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