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Volume 4: Spreading Wings Chapter 1,273: Incense

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    There is a proverb in the north: the first month is good, the fifth month is bad.  In fact, this custom was passed down from the land of Jingchu. In the south, the fifth month of the lunar calendar is commonly known as the evil month and has many taboos.  For example, avoid drying bed sheets and pillow mats, avoid repairing and building houses, etc.  Customs such as drinking realgar wine, tying colorful threads, hanging mugwort, and the city god's patrol are all the characteristics of the evil month.  However, people¡¯s enthusiasm for traveling remains undiminished. People in modern times have seen foreigners picnicking, reading, and partying in parks, and admiring cherry blossoms in Japan. They admire the civilized behavior of foreigners, but they forget that our country has been in the Wei, Jin, Song, Ming, and even  In the middle of the Qing Dynasty, Chinese people were the originators of this field.  On May day, all the cities in Gangnam, Gyeonggi Province, are crowded with tourists, both inside and outside.  Along the major rivers and lakes in Jinling, there are hundreds of thousands of peach and willow trees. Visitors bring mats and food to eat and drink under the shade of willows, on the grass, in pavilions and mats, and watch dragon boat racing, horse racing, etc. with laughter and laughter.  There were competitions, games, etc., and the children flew kites happily until the evening.  Many books record that in May, many villages and towns in many areas will build theater stages and open them for three days in a row. People come to the troupe to perform plays, which is a common occurrence.  No matter what family, they will rush out to relax in the first few days of May, because the proverb says that "a severe drought will not last until May 13th."  After mid-May, God will order the Dragon King to dispatch dragon soldiers.  There are records in the Song Dynasty: The secular month of May is called Dragon Rain, also known as Gezhe Rain. It is said that there are frequent rains in summer, and dragons have their own territories.  Rain often varies from time to time.  The theory of dividing dragons first appeared in the Song Dynasty. According to the records of the Song Dynasty, April 20th was the small division dragon and May 20th was the big division dragon.  A hundred years later, the stars have changed, and by the Ming Dynasty, the date is naturally not very accurate. However, there is a saying that is correct: sunny days are mainly droughts, and heavy rains are mainly floods.  In ancient times, the resistance to natural phenomena was weak, and agriculture basically relied on God. Therefore, every day throughout May will affect the hearts of countless people. Continuous sunny days will make officials and farmers very anxious, and continuous heavy rainy days will still make the government and farmers very anxious.  Very anxious.  If the weather is sunny and the rain is just right, everyone will be happy to say that God bless you, the saints are wise, and the weather will be smooth this year! On this day, Xu Hao was relaxing at home and had nothing to do. The pomegranate flowers were blooming brightly, and a pomegranate tree was planted opposite.  Oleander, he looked at the goldfish in the pond and thought to himself.  He didn¡¯t know that a few decades later, pomegranates and oleanders would be juxtaposed in the atrium, with a fish tank in the middle. It had become a standard feature for almost all well-off families in big cities in the north. Someone once wrote a poem to ridicule this phenomenon, ¡°Canopy Fish Tank Pomegranate Tree.¡± ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? away from the poor family nearby.  The little guy entered the yard and saw Xu Hao watching the fish with his head down. He ran over and said, "The master is here. I brought flowers specially for the ladies to smell." As he said that, the little tiger raised the flower basket and  Xu Hao turned around. The little guy's craftsmanship was becoming more and more skillful, and he smiled and said: "Well done, thank you for your hard work. I'll add one more tael of silver to the old rule. Prices have risen recently." Xiao Huzi said happily: "  Thank you, sir, thank you, sir." He turned around happily and went to the accounting room.  Xu Hao smiled and ordered the flower basket to be delivered to the inner house.  When he turned around, he saw Li Ma, who was next to the eldest wife Wang, walking towards him and said to him: "My wife is going to hold a peace ceremony today. The eldest man was not feeling well last month. Everyone was in a mess. My wife didn't know how to go to the temple."  No matter how many times I kowtow, the Bodhisattva has a spirit anyway, and the master's illness will be cured in a few days. So the wife has chosen a date to set up the altar yesterday and hold a day and night Dharma ceremony today. Thank you very much.  Bodhisattva, I came here to ask the third master to come and take a look." "I'll be there in a moment," Xu Hao said.  The older this man got, the more he believed in God. Since he sent someone, he had to go.  Half an hour later, he entered Dongfu alone and followed the sound of gongs and drums.  In a large courtyard, many men have gathered around, and upstairs are groups of relatives and women dressed in colorful clothes.  On the altar in the courtyard, there is a large paper flag five feet high. A middle-aged man has his head wrapped in mysterious silk, a paper hat, and a Taoist priest's robe. It is not clear whether he is a real Taoist priest. He looks like a Taoist priest.  A bit like the lay disciples sent by Maoshan.  Xu Hao stood on the periphery. He didn't know much about this aspect. He didn't know that such a Dharma meeting was a special kind of livelihood. These people were called Duan Gong, both Taoist and secular. They probably belonged to the individual contracted units under the Taoist temple.  The middle-aged man muttered to the sky, not knowing what he was thinking.  Suddenly, a tall man walked over with his long hair tied together, his arms bare and wearing a small coat, revealing his strong chest, a green cloth skirt tied around his waist, and a kitchen knife in his hand.  Xu Hao noticed that his relatives were commotion, and saw the strong man shouting: "So-and-so is going to open a prosperous house." After a while, the guy picked up a kitchen knife and slashed his own arm.  Blood flowed out, and he looked around triumphantly.  The relatives around him applauded and cheered loudly. Xu Hao only thought it was funny.? The strong man immediately used a teacup to catch the blood that had been released, and then walked to the door in a flash, smeared his own blood on the door frame, stomped upstairs, and wiped the blood when he saw the door, which frightened the people upstairs.  The women on the bed screamed and hid again and again.  In an instant, there was a lot of excitement in the building, and the men were laughing. Xu Hao said in his heart that he is so down-to-earth! Ordinary people still have this set of Jianghu habits.  To put it bluntly, Dharma gatherings like these to honor gods and fulfill their wishes are just like holding church gatherings, just for the purpose of inviting relatives and friends to come and have fun.  Sure enough, after a lot of laughter upstairs, the self-harming man came down, and a few strings of whips were crackled downstairs.  It seemed that the morning ceremony had come to an end for the time being, and it was time to have lunch. The waiters moved a long table to the middle, set up an incense table, and placed a large pot of pork head, elbows, etc., these people  Humming and chanting around the long table seems to be called turning the flower plate.  The mage on the altar stopped chanting sutras and sang a play in tune with the sound of gongs and drums.  At this time, a banquet was set up inside and outside the building. The housekeeper of Dongfu invited relatives to the table. Xu Hao felt bored and turned around and walked away quietly.  It is said that after lunch, some people left, while others stayed to continue watching the night party.  The so-called night party is that these people in work clothes and ghosts perform somersaults, do tricks, and do everything possible to make the audience reward money. It is called joy to reward the gods.  The next day, Xu Hao received an invitation from Mu Ang and invited all his brothers and family members to visit Qixia Temple to fulfill the agreement on the day of taking in concubines.  Mu Ang spent the money in vain, so Xu Hao immediately agreed and went into the inner house to tell Mu Ningxue. Mu Ningxue hurriedly asked people to prepare incense sticks, incense, etc. Xiao Yushi and the others also prepared incense rituals after learning about it.  Money, red envelopes, and other things that need to be prepared.  May 14th, the weather is sunny.  When she got up in the morning, Mu Ningxue finished dressing and put on a brand new light cyan Hanfu with wide sleeves and long white gauze.  After breakfast, Xu Hao and his wife and concubines came out to meet Xu Hai, Xu Song and other couples, and rushed to Xiaodongmen Pier by car and sedan.  When we arrived at the pier, a group of people descended the stone slope in a mighty manner. Mu Ang and his wife, Mu Xi and his wife, saw them on the boat and had already welcomed them out.  After greeting each other, Xu Hao helped his wife get on the boat, and then helped Xiao Yushi, Zhiqing, and Qingwen. He glanced at the smiling upstart aunt Hongwen.  Hongwen stood behind Du Qianqian and noticed that the young master and the girls were not here. She couldn't tell whether she was happy or disappointed, and she took the maids from Prince Mu's Mansion to welcome the ladies and aunts into the cabin.  Xu Hao and Zhang Fu walked onto the bow of the boat and asked, "Why don't you use your own boat?" "Hiring a boat is more interesting." Mu Ang explained with a smile.  "Yeah." Xu Hao looked at the four or five ordinary cruise ships and four long rowing boats on one side of the big ship. The servants from each family were carrying things and getting on the ship. The wives and maids each had their own boats, nearly two to three hundred  There were people, carriages and horses, and there was only one big ship that would be overcrowded.  They were a group of men chatting to pass the time. For half an hour, everyone made arrangements.  With the order from the boatman here, the ten ships unmoored together. The sailors shouted slogans, rowed the oars, punted the poles, and slowly drove away from the shore one by one.  The smaller boat went in front, and the big boat followed closely behind. Mu Ang also hired a group of children to play and play.  The weather was good, and the fleet passed by embankments and markets along the way. Tourists on an outing, customers selling things, and people eating tea in teahouses heard the sound of silk and bamboo in the distance and looked toward the river.  Some older people shook their heads and said, "These young men spend so much money. Today's trip will cost hundreds of taels of silver." The younger ones said with envy: "In life, you must be like this.  The gameplay is worthy of this life.¡± Even in Jinling, such a scene is rare.  Because when wealthy families travel with their families, most of them use their own boats or borrow official boats, and rarely hire local boats.  "Most of the people who need to hire a boat are young men, literati, and prodigal sons who travel together, hugging famous Qinhuai prostitutes, playing and singing. Even if there are a dozen friends, at most one big boat is enough.  Xu Hao and Zhang Fu have been in high positions for so long that they are unaware that they have become the center of attention.  Many impetuous young people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait saw so many beauties on the boat that they couldn't tell their age from a distance. Besides, there were so many young girls, all dressed in red and green, and they all praised what a great show, how romantic! The young people ran away.  Come out and stand on the shore and learn what you are doing. However, you have limited money and can¡¯t do what you want, but you can¡¯t bear to see such a lively scene.  So they hurriedly called for friends, hurriedly made an appointment with some friends, and hired a tent boat with two oars. Everyone crowded in the cabin and urged the boat girl to catch up.  Some young people arrived late. There was no cruise ship, so they could only hire a small fishing boat with a canopy. Fortunately, most of the fishing boats in Jinling were used to carry passengers part-time.  It is absolutely impossible to use a canopy without a canopy, as it will be exposed to the harsh sun.?, it must be heat stroke.  People in ancient times would strive to be elegant no matter what they do. Take the car of Xu Hao and others, for example. The canopy has been removed long ago, and now it has a red oil frame and a green oil silk canopy. It is as beautiful as a painted boat.  There are also many glass flower baskets hung around the cabin, as well as glazed lotus flowers and various insect and bird lanterns, which shine in the sun and look dazzling from a distance; five-color glass air-dead wind lanterns are hung on the mast.  There are about a hundred more lanterns. ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? In addition, since the lights are hung, it also indicates that the time for play is at least one day and one night.  So the good-hearted young people who followed also bought some lotus lanterns along the way, tied them with ropes and hung them on the boat. Firstly, they looked good, and secondly, they couldn¡¯t live without light at night.  After all, we have to settle the accounts. We have three meals a day and one night, and various expenses along the way. Even if we live frugally, each person will have to pay hundreds of cash.  The trouble made the friend who had no money complained so much that he couldn't help complaining. He didn't know how many quarrels he had over this.  What's even more unlucky is that everyone has no money, so the boat girl forces them to detain a few people, while the others rush home to collect money to redeem them.  On the big ship, Xu Hai pointed to the extra ships behind him and said with a smile: "There are so many people going to Qixia Mountain."  Qixia Mountain rises.  Qixia Temple on Qixia Mountain has long been famous. It is one of the four famous temples in China and the birthplace of the "Three Treatises Sect" of Jiangnan Buddhism.  Qixia Temple was first built in the seventh year of the Yongming Dynasty in the Southern Qi Dynasty. Master Senglang, who was known as a divine monk in the Liang Dynasty, preached the Three Treatises doctrine in Qixia Temple and was revered by Buddhism as the founder of the Three Treatises Sect in Jiangnan.  Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty built relic stupas in eighty-three states in the world to inform the world, led by Qixia Temple in Jiangzhou.  During the Tang Dynasty, it was renamed Gongde Temple and the temple became even larger.  Since then, Qixia Temple in Jinling, Lingyan Temple in Changqing, Shandong, Yuquan Temple in Dangyang, Hubei, and Guoqing Temple in Tiantai, Zhejiang, have been known as the four major monasteries in the world.  Qixia Mountain is even more famous. It is known as the first Jinling Mingxiu Mountain. It was named after the "Qixia Jingshe" built in the mountain during the Southern Dynasties. It has been one of the holy places for maple viewing since ancient times.  Jinling has a folk saying that the cow heads in spring and Qixia in autumn, so the red leaves in late autumn are the most famous. In addition to Qixia Temple, there are countless places of interest on the mountain, and we can probably talk about them all day long.  Unknowingly, we arrived at the pier, and ten boats were moored one after another. The boatmen tied the ropes and set up the gangplank, and everyone abandoned the boats and landed.  But those young people who are doing good things are still behind, and they won't be able to catch up for a while.  The key to offering incense is to worship the gods when you see them, and not favor one over another. So Xu Qinglian led all the female relatives to go to the Tutu Temple on the shore to offer incense and burn some incense money.  Mu Ang Muxi was busy instructing the Mu family guards to maintain law and order along the way. After all, there were too many people and too many women. Xu Hao and other men could only wait patiently outside.  After everything was done, more than 200 people headed towards the mountain and walked to the merit forest at the foot of the mountain. A notice was posted on the wooden pole on the left.  Xu Hao walked over and looked at it. It read: Qin Jia was promoted to the title of Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs. The main hall of Shuntian Prefecture in the capital and the main halls of local counties informed passing pilgrims that for the purpose of investigating the case, it is strictly forbidden to show sincerity and respect.  ?Zhaode Qixia Temple is a place where green flowers are visited, and it is the crown of scenic spots in Jinling. From April to June every year, men and women from all over the place come in an endless stream to burn incense and pray for blessings.  There were lawless gangsters, crowding and making noise, causing trouble.  There were also bandits who took advantage of the opportunity to cut off money and objects. There were also small groups of white servants from various yamen who robbed stalls and extorted vendors. If they didn't get what they wanted, they would commit murder.  There are even beggars and flower-husbands who beg for anything.  All kinds of illegal acts have been investigated and banned.  In the current period, I am afraid that if you are a senior, you will be adorable.  In addition to ordering police officers to investigate and investigate cases, they also jointly investigate cases and impose bans.  For this reason, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to the abbot, local protector, fangkuai, and village chief of the mountain to know that if there are any unscrupulous people who violate the laws mentioned in the preceding paragraph and continue to follow the same path, and therefore disobey, they may be reported to the county immediately for strict punishment.  Shackles indicate.  If the landowners and others dare to tolerate hiding, they will be investigated seriously.  The words are followed, and you will never be wide.  It is advisable for everyone to obey and not to disobey. This is a special instruction.  (To be continued. If you like this work. You are welcome to come to Qidian to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is my biggest motivation) i1292
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