Outside the mountain gate of White Horse Temple, there are two stone horses facing each other. The stone horses are 1.8 meters high and 2.2 meters long. They wear bridles and saddles. They have a gentle temperament and fine workmanship. It is said that they were the first to carry sutras in the Han Dynasty. The horse is actually a stone statue in front of the tomb of Wei Xianxin, the Taishi Taibao of the Northern Song Dynasty.
In the 24th year of the Republic of China, Master Dehao took charge of Baima Temple and moved the stone horse in front of the mountain gate. After Ye Junze and Lin Xin passed through the mountain gate, they walked towards the Buddhist temple inside.
Because White Horse Temple is composed of many areas, in addition to the traditional Chinese ancient building areas, there are also building groups with different styles from other countries.
Ye Junze and Lin Xin naturally planned to go sightseeing in the Chinese Ancient Building Area first. As for other areas, let's wait until they have visited the entire ancient Chinese building area first.
Anyway, they had already arrived at the White Horse Temple, so of course they wanted to take a tour of this place.
After passing through the mountain gate, Ye Junze and Lin Xin arrived at the Buddhist temple within a short time.
After arriving here, Lin Xin picked up her phone, continued to look at the content on the encyclopedia, and introduced it to Ye Junze.
Just listen to Lin Xin slowly say: "The Buddha Hall is located on the central axis from south to north. From front to back, there are the main gate, Tianwang Hall, Big Buddha Hall, Daxiong Hall, Jieyin Hall, Qingliang Terrace and Pilu Pavilion. Architecture. Among them, the Tianwang Hall is a high platform Xieshan style building. It was first built in the Yuan Dynasty and rebuilt in the Ming Dynasty. It is 5 rooms wide from east to west and 3 rooms deep from north to south. In the middle of the hall is a carved dragon and gilded Buddhist niche transported from the Forbidden City. Ming Dynasty
The "Jiazhen" big-bellied Maitreya Buddha statue, the four heavenly kings statues, Wei Tuo Tianjiang statue, etc.; the Great Buddha Hall was first built in the Yuan Dynasty, rebuilt in the Ming Dynasty, and repaired many times later. Dou Gong.
It is 5 rooms wide from east to west and 3 rooms deep from north to south. It is a place for Buddhist activities in the temple and a place where monks chant morning and evening.
There are statues of Sakyamuni Buddha, Manjushri and Samantabhadra Bodhisattvas, Kassapa and Ananda’s disciples, supporting gods and Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva. "Listening to Lin Xin's careful introduction, the two of them were getting closer and closer to the Heavenly King's Hall in front of them.
It didn't take long for them to reach the Heavenly King's Palace and slowly walked into it. As soon as Ye Junze and Lin Xin walked into the hall, they saw the withered dragon and gilded Buddhist niche placed in the center.
In addition to this Buddhist niche, there are various Buddha statues placed around it. For example, the very conspicuous statue of Maitreya Buddha with a big belly, as well as the statues of the four heavenly kings, the statue of Wei Tuo, etc.
In general, there are quite a lot of various Buddha statues placed in this Heavenly King Hall. Anyway, Ye Junze and Lin Xin couldn't help but feel dazzled after watching it for a while.
Looking at the many Buddha statues in front of them, they felt that they were about to suffer from face blindness. After touring every room in the Heavenly King's Hall, Ye Junze and Lin Xin came out and walked slowly towards the next location - the Great Buddha Hall.
The two of them looked very leisurely and not in any hurry. Anyway, they are ordinary tourists now, so they don't need to be so anxious. They just need to enjoy the moment of leisure.
Since you have already traveled, you should definitely focus on enjoyment and seize the leisure time of the moment without having to think about so many things.
Only a few minutes passed before Ye Junze and Lin Xin arrived at the Big Buddha Hall again. As soon as the two came over, they saw a huge yellow bell at a glance.
This big bell attracted the attention of Ye Junze and Lin Xin in just an instant. The two of them looked at the bell very carefully.
After looking at it silently, Lin Xin took out her mobile phone and introduced in a serious tone: "The big bell hanging in the southeast corner of the Great Buddha Hall was cast in the 34th year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty. It is 1.65 meters high and weighs 2,000 meters. Five hundred kilograms." When Ye Junze heard this weight, he couldn't help but secretly clicked his tongue and sighed aloud.
After having a more detailed understanding of this big bell, the two of them stopped thinking about it and walked towards the main hall.
I don’t know if it was because Ye Junze and Lin Xin came here by chance. As soon as they entered the Great Buddha Hall, they saw a monk giving a lecture.
I saw the monk sitting cross-legged under the Buddha statue, with a meticulous expression on his face, giving people a solemn feeling, and there was also an indescribable temperament about him.
In front of the monk were monks sitting on futons. Of course, it was not just Buddhists, there were also tourists like Ye Junze and others, who were also sitting cross-legged on the futon, with pious expressions on their faces, listening carefully to the monk's sermon.
Ye Junze and Lin Xin looked at each other, nodded lightly, and without thinking about anything else, they found two free futons and sat down cross-legged on them.
Anyway, they had nothing to do, and they just happened to catch up with the activities here. Since you are lucky enough to hear the eminent monks here preaching, why should you not listen?
In any case, this is a novel experience for the two of them. After all, it is rare for such eminent monks to give lectures in person, and they really did come today.
Otherwise, there is a saying that arriving early is worse than arriving wisely. If they had come at other times, they might not be able to catch up with such a thing.
After Ye Junze and Lin Xin sat cross-legged on the futon, they didn't say anything more. The two of them pricked up their ears and listened carefully.
In fact, when Ye Junze and Lin Xin were studying Buddhism in school, the teachers also specially told them about it, but they were not so thorough.
If you insist on asking teachers to teach them Buddhist scriptures in class, wouldn't it be a bit of a pushover?
Anyway, it is enough to have a general understanding of the existence of Buddhism, what it is, and what it is doing.
As for things that have not been covered in class, they have to wait until they have the opportunity to learn about them in the future. And isn’t this current situation just such an opportunity?
So after Ye Junze and Lin Xin sat down cross-legged on the futon, they listened to the monk's sermon attentively like other tourists.
Regardless of whether they can understand or not, and regardless of whether they are really listening attentively, at least their expressions and appearance are quite adequate.
Anyway, just looking at their current appearance, other people present probably wouldn't suspect anything.
Ye Junze and Lin Xin listened to the monk's sermon, and before they knew it, nearly a quarter of an hour had passed.
At this time, Lin Xin suddenly secretly sent a message to Ye Junze: "Brother, have you noticed? This master who lectures seems to be a bit unusual." Hearing this, Ye Junze nodded slightly and responded with the same message. : "I feel the same way." Ye Junze paused for a moment, then continued to speak: "If my perception is not wrong, he should have a cultivation level. And the fluctuations of cultivation level emanating from him, It's quite good, at least it's still in the elixir formation stage." Lin Xin nodded slightly and responded via voice transmission: "Yes, it's the same as what I felt." Ye Junze smiled slightly and said slowly: "Let's continue listening. Lin Xin responded with a smile: "That's fine." After a brief message exchange, the two stopped talking and listened carefully to the monk's sermon again.
After nearly a quarter of an hour passed like this, Ye Junze and Lin Xin suddenly felt an inexplicable fluctuation.
In their perception, there seemed to be a special wave coming out of the monk's body.
Not only that, but as the verses were narrated, a mysterious halo seemed to gradually spread around his body, as if he was covered with a layer of glow.
Of course, this change can only be felt by monks with cultivation levels like Ye Junze and Lin Xin.
If it were other ordinary tourists, there would be absolutely no way to detect the changes in the monk.
For others, the monk is still sitting there, preaching to everyone tirelessly.
Compared with before, there is no difference. If anything, it's probably that they were able to understand it more quickly when they listened to each other's lectures.
There is almost no need to use your brain. As soon as you hear the words, you will naturally understand what it means.
After feeling this scene in person, Lin Xin smiled slightly and spoke to Ye Junze again: "Junior, it seems that our previous guess was not wrong." Ye Junze nodded lightly and responded through the voice: "We can only It is indeed the White Horse Temple. It has been able to exist for so many years. It is indeed a Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon." Lin Xin nodded slightly and said with deep sympathy: "Yes, regardless of other things, just with his current style, he can be regarded as a "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" He is an eminent monk." Ye Junze smiled and said in a voice message: "Since he is the master of the White Horse Temple, there must be something unusual." Lin Xin nodded lightly and said in a voice message: " That's right." During the gap between the two people's voice communication, a new change appeared on the monk's side.
Under his body, it looked like a huge lotus was slowly blooming. Not only that, as the monk continued to speak, tiny lotus flowers seemed to bloom one after another in his mouth.
Maybe this is the so-called Tongue Lotus? And as he lectured, the lotus flowers in his mouth also fell on everyone present along with the scriptures, as if they were some kind of blessing.
Of course, except for Ye Junze and Lin Xin, the other tourists didn't notice it.
Maybe the Buddhist disciples present are aware of this? Ye Junze and Lin Xin were not sure either. After nearly half an hour passed like this, the monk's lecture finally came to an end.
So the tourists and Buddhist disciples present expressed their thanks one after another: "Thank you, Master." After saying that, people got up from their futons, turned around and left the hall.
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