After the worship service, Wu Han continued to take Sun Shiwan to visit the church hall.
As a landmark building of the Purple Horde Khanate, the Niangniang Temple has a long history, and a large amount of the Khanate's resources have been concentrated on reconstruction and maintenance, and the layout is very exquisite. Sun Shiwan watched with gusto.
"This temple has been damaged and repaired many times since it was built, but the main body is still a historical site from a thousand years ago. It is already a miracle that it is still in use today," Wu Han said.
"Of course, this is also related to the decline of Rome. For such a long time, all dynasties had no money to build a new one. Sometimes they even couldn't even raise the funds for repairs. When the Greek dynasty ruled before, they had to build this temple. All the money was donated by people in Moscow.”
"At least being able to raise money is considered a skill." Sun Shiwan pointed out: "As businessmen, this is what we like."
"The main reason is that it was not completed." Wu Han added: "The Greeks received the money and misappropriated it to hire Turkmen to fight the civil war. Osman was brought here by them at that time. "
"This is really a prodigal son..." Sun Shiwan also sighed with emotion.
"But it's much better now." Wu Han pointed to the top of the hall and said: "When Taoist Yin was the abbot here, he spent more than ten years renovating and strengthening the top and bottom. Now the building is in much better condition. .”
"Moreover, over the years, we have added many other functions to the sacrificial hall." He walked to a nearby stand and pointed to the button on it: "The Khanate has to receive Romans from all over the world, and everyone has different beliefs. It is really difficult to use the same set of altars. Therefore, in order to meet the needs of our friends, we also installed many replacement devices."
"You see, this is the Catholic series of sacred vessels designed and installed under the sponsorship of our sincere old friend, His Majesty the Frankish Roman Emperor." Wu Han introduced: "Of course, you can also call him a Latin suit. This word Mr. Guo proposed it, I think it is more appropriate."
"Then please show me quickly." Since the beginning of the visit, Sun Shiwan has seen so many unique exhibitions. His curiosity has been aroused and he can't wait.
"Okay." Wu Han said, tapping a white button: "Wait a moment."
As the button was pressed, several bells rang in the church. Sun Shiwan was surprised to see that the semicircular shrine began to move backwards, and two wooden doors painted with religious paintings stretched out on both sides and gradually closed. Upon closer inspection, it turns out that there is a track on the ground in front of the shrine, and the wooden door slides out along it.
At the same time, the floor also opened, and a sacrificial table slowly rose. According to Catholic standards, scriptures, crosses, bread and wine were placed above. Sun Shiwan took advantage of the fact that the floor was not tightly covered, and looked down. It turned out that there was a basement below, and several priests were busy inside. Some people saw him and nodded kindly.
At this time, there was another sound of metal clanging overhead. Sun Shiwan looked up and saw that it was a huge cross hanging from above. He was about to make a few comments when suddenly, the statue of Brother Tian in front of the hall also changed.
It originally sat on a chair like the small statue in the shrine. However, with a pop, the seat and Brother Tian's robe opened directly. Sun Shiwan was startled, and when he came back to his senses, he looked again and found that the seat and clothes were made of wood, and the front and back halves were stuck on the statue.
At this time, two ropes hung from both ends of the cross above.
The priests had been dismissed, so Wu Han and Guo Kang took matters into their own hands. Wu Han walked over and pulled out a buckle from Brother Tian's back. His arms suddenly relaxed and hung down on both sides of his body. It turns out that the joints of this arm are all movable.
The two of them each picked up a rope end, where there was a hook shaped like an iron nail. Sun Shiwan took a closer look and saw that there was a hole on Brother Tian's wrist where it was previously covered by the robe. The two of them inserted the iron nails into the holes and fastened them onto the hands of the statue above, holding them firmly in place. It seems that the movements are quite skillful, and I don't know how many times I have used it.
"This step is the big problem." Wu Han explained: "We have no way now to make the rope hang up automatically and accurately. The staff can only insert the buckle."
With that said, he returned to the console and pressed another small button. Several bells rang, the cross made a clicking sound, and he began to collect the rope.
After a while, the rope was finished, and the two hooks hung Brother Tian on the cross again. There are probably limited buckles on the shoulders, so that the arms and body form a "Y" shape.
Looking further down, under the loincloth, there are also obvious movable structures - Brother Tian's leg joints are also movable. After being hung up, it will naturally go down and hang there.
"How is it?" Wu Han said proudly: "This set of automatic hanging heavenly brother equipment was also invented by us. This kind of advanced equipment cannot be seen in any other churches. Of course, there are indeed areas worth improving, and we will do so in the future. I will continue to work hard. Mr. Sun, do you have any suggestions?"
"I think...it's okay." Sun Shiwan seemed to be seeing this thing for the first time: "But why not just change it to a statue? Wouldn't that be simpler?"
"This is specially designed for display to guests." Wu Han explained: "Religious sacred objects all have strong symbolic meanings. For example, our statue of Brother Tian symbolizes that no matter which sect they are, they all worship the same God. Brother Yishu. If the statue were changed, it wouldn’t have such a clear meaning.”
"That's it." Sun Shiwan suddenly realized, but after thinking about it, he asked again: "You said this is for the Catholic guests? Are you hanging Brother Tian in front of them? Isn't it impolite?"
"It doesn't matter, because we are Romans." Wu Han waved his hands and defended: "It doesn't matter that the Romans hung up Brother Tian. We are restoring history."
"Then there's no problem." After Sun Shiwan finished speaking, he looked at Brother Tian who was hanging up and reminded: "Oh, by the way, do you want to change that expression too?"
Wu Han raised his head and saw that although Brother Tian was hung up, he still had a smile on his face and looked very happy. To be honest, it is indeed a bit inconsistent.
"I have already told them this." Guo Kang said: "My idea is to make some interchangeable face sculptures. Every time I change the pose, the face will be replaced."
"But this will require further modifications to the statue, and it will still have to be replaced. Some priests think that it is not good to change faces in public. So, I haven't done it for the time being. If I have other methods later, I will try it. "
"If I have the chance, I really want to hire the craftsmen here to build something similar to ours." Sun Shiwan looked very satisfied: "This is indeed a manifestation of technology."
