After getting a little closer, Alice found that there were always people in front of the statue who were either joining their hands to bow, holding their chests to salute, or kneeling on the ground, or even kowtow.
That sense of piety is like that of Christian saints who go to church to worship Jesus.
Alice, who was confused, raised her doubts to Jenny and asked: "Jenny, what are those people doing? Why are they worshiping at that statue?"
"Madam, these things are a bit complicated to explain. I don't know how to tell you for a while." It seemed that because there was too much information, Jenny felt that she didn't know where to start.
"It's okay, we have plenty of time now anyway, just tell me what you know!" Alice comforted.
"Okay then! Let's sit over there and talk!" Jenny said as she skillfully led Alice and others to sit on the unoccupied seats on the southwest side of the statue.
Since the statue faces north and south, Jenny and others sitting on the southwest side can just see the front of the statue, due south.
"What on earth is going on? Tell me?" After sitting down and settling down, Alice couldn't wait to ask.
"Actually, I don't know very clearly. I probably heard it from the concierge and others. Then I can tell you what I know and what I understand?" Jenny answered not very confidently.
"It's just small talk, it's nothing, just talk casually." Alice encouraged.
However, at this time, even Kennedy and Jerry sitting next to her pricked up their ears, curiously waiting for Jenny's answer.
"Okay." Jenny responded and continued.
"It is undeniable that some of the people who worshiped these people did salute because they were sincerely grateful to His Majesty the Emperor for giving them a good new life."
"Some people see others saluting, and if they don't salute, they will look out of place with others, so they are forced to salute there. Of course, there are many such people."
“Other people worship Jesus with a devout mind just like we do, hoping to pray for God’s gifts and care through salutes.”
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"Jenny, let me interrupt for a moment. You said that the previous two situations are understandable. But what do you mean by saying that they worship this statue or worship His Majesty the Emperor, which is equivalent to our worshiping the Holy Son Jesus?" Alice I found that I suddenly couldn’t understand what Jenny said, and my mind was in a state of confusion.
"Madam, because you have never lived here, you don't know their customs and traditions very well." After being suddenly interrupted by Alice, Jenny could only reorganize her thoughts to explain.
"This is actually related to their myths and legends. They believe that the emperor is the administrator chosen by the gods in the human world, and is called the son of the sky. He is the incarnation of the true dragon and is blessed by the gods."
"Aren't dragons supposed to be evil? Why do they still think of the emperor as a dragon?" Alice interrupted by asking again.
"Madam, this is the cultural difference between them and us. In Europe, dragons are indeed evil existences. But the dragons in their eyes are different from the dragons in our Europe. The dragons they think look like this ." Jenny said as she took out a dime note from her pocket and handed it to Alice. On the back was a five-clawed golden dragon.
"Oh, I think I understand, they are different species." After seeing the image of the dragon that Jenny handed over, Alice felt like she understood.
"Well, you can put it that way! Anyway, dragons are sacred existences here." Jenny didn't want to explain too much on this issue, so she just continued following Alice's words.
"The emperor is a dragon. He is divine and has the blessing of the gods. Of course, this is just a rumor."
"It is also said here that His Majesty the Emperor was actually born from a god from heaven, similar to our Holy Son Jesus."
"Because he is truly the king of destiny, he was able to defeat the powerful Tatars and conquer this country in such a short period of time. Some people who knelt down to worship him hope to be blessed by his gods."
"Oh! Why does this sound a bit like a fairy tale?" After Jenny finished speaking, Alice said feeling a little incredible.
"Really? Right!" Jenny responded indifferently.
"But there are indeed some unexplainable things happening to this emperor. For example, when it comes to writing, most people can't write at all without some training, and they can't write well. But he seems to have learned it all at once and become proficient in it." Jenny suddenly said Gossip started.
"Of course, he said it was because there was a Taoist master and professor in the temple, but the local villagers said that after living there for so many years, how could they not know if there was a Taoist priest there? We are not stupid. "
"So those people speculated that he might have met an immortal. Only immortals have the ability to prevent others from seeing him and only let the emperor see him. Only immortals have the ability to teach the emperor many powerful things in such a short period of time. .For example, the power of law.”
"Because the immortal who taught His Majesty the Emperor is the God of Fire, the muskets of the Yijun are much stronger than those of the Tatars. With the blessing of magic power, the spirit and spirit of the Yijun soldiers are stronger than those of the invincible Manchus. As for the Do you know why their country uses the word '燚'?" Jenny asked Alice, pointing to the word "燚" on the dime note she just took out to show Alice the word "dragon".
"I don't understand." Alice shook her head. She doesn't even understand Chinese, so she doesn't understand the word "燚".
"Because 'fire', the word '燚' consists of four Chinese characters for 'fire'. The emperor designated this word as the country's name just to thank the "God of Fire"!" Jenny suddenly felt very satisfied.
As expected, I feel comfortable gossiping to people who know nothing about the matter.
"This literacy and writing is actually possible for some smart people with simple learning. For example, our British Sir Isaac Newton is a very powerful person. As for the muskets of the Yijun than the Tatars So powerful, I thought he might have just improved his musketry skills. These alone cannot prove that he can compare with the Holy Son Jesus." At this time, Kennedy, who was listening on the sidelines, spoke out.
"Oh! Okay, sir. I just heard what others said. I don't know what happened specifically. Anyway, it doesn't affect him becoming the greatest emperor of this empire." Facing the knowledgeable nobles, Jenny still He showed timidity and did not dare to argue excessively.
