The rise of the late Song Dynasty reigns supreme

Chapter 153 Love at first sight
"Little Master, I don't know where I can pray for blessings?" Zhao Ji walked around Yunxin Temple leisurely, there are many halls, which makes people dazzled, and he doesn't know where to offer incense.

Generally speaking, the individual buildings of the temple are unique, and each has its own different meaning.The Daxiong Hall is the main hall of the temple, the core building of the entire temple, and the place where monks gather to practice day and night.Generally, Sakyamuni is worshipped, and Sakyamuni's name is "Daxiong", so it is called Daxiong Hall.

Daxiong, the Buddha has wisdom and virtue, and can break through the small and deep. He is called Daxiong. The big one includes everything; Xiongzhen Daqian also.

The Dizang Hall is dedicated to the Jizo Bodhisattva, and it is one of the important side halls of the Buddhist temple; the Tianwang Hall, also known as the Maitreya Hall, is the first hall in the Buddhist temple. The statue of Wei Tuo Tianzun is enshrined on the back, hence the name.

However, these are not the halls that Zhao Ji is looking for, what he is looking for is the Hall of Our Lady.

The Notre-Dame Hall is the main hall of the Jinci Temple. The main buildings in the Jinci Temple are located at the end of the central axis, facing west to east.It was built to worship Yi Jiang, the daughter of Jiang Ziya, the wife of King Wu of Zhou, and the mother of King Cheng of Zhou. It was founded in the Tiansheng period of the Northern Song Dynasty.

In order to pray to the Empress Dowager, Zhao Ji asked the little novice that the Notre Dame Hall is the best place.However, the novice didn't know what he meant, and said suspiciously: "Almsgiver, you can pray for blessings in the Daxiong Palace, so you can go there!"

"Little master, I'm praying for my mother, and I want to go to the Hall of the Holy Mother, but I don't know how to go?" Seeing that the little novice mistakenly thought that he was praying for himself, Zhao Ji explained.

After hearing this, the little novice realized that he had misunderstood what he meant, and then guided Zhao Ji to the Hall of Notre Dame.Under the guidance of the little novice, Zhao Ji found the Temple of Our Lady.The Notre Dame Hall is an important building in the Northern Song Dynasty, and Zhao Ji is also a nobleman, so it is only natural to go to this hall.

The hall of Our Lady is seven rooms wide and six rooms deep, with double eaves on the top of the mountain and yellow-green glazed tiles trimming the sides. The hall is 19 meters high.There are corridors around the hall, and the front corridor is two rooms deep, which is very spacious. There are eight wooden carved dragons on the pillars in front of the hall, all of which are wooden buildings.

The side corners of the eaves columns of the main hall rise obviously, giving people a sense of stability. The structure of the hall is single-trough type, that is, there is a row of inner columns. Except for the front porch, there are corridors one room deep around the hall, forming the lower eaves.The "column reduction method" is adopted inside and outside the hall, and the pillars and eaves pillars are used to support the beams on the roof of the hall, which expands the space inside the hall.

Zhao Ji stepped into the hall. There are 43 statues in the hall. The main statue is the Virgin Mary sitting in a wooden shrine.Each of the attendants has their own service, which is a portrayal of court life.I saw that all the statues had expressive eyebrows, unrestrained and lifelike shapes, just like real people.

Zhao Ji tidied up his clothes, kneeled respectfully on the futon, saluted, closed his eyes silently, and chanted Buddhist scriptures.It was not until half an hour later that Zhao Ji got up and walked out of the Notre Dame Hall with a solemn expression.You must be solemn and solemn in the hall, and when you come out, you will smile and walk around again.

"I didn't expect that there would be a Mani Hall in this temple?" Zhao Ji strolled leisurely, and another solemn and solemn hall came into view. Seeing the name on it, he was slightly surprised, and remembered that Fang La was Mo Ni. The identity of the leader of the Buddhist religion, he wondered: "Could it be that this hall is related to the Manichean religion?"

Manichaeism does not have much connection with Mani Temple, but Zhao Ji was a little surprised when he saw the back of Mani Hall, and couldn't help thinking of it.The Mani Hall was first built in the Sui Dynasty, and its current name was not used until it was rebuilt in the early Song Dynasty. The unique building is an isolated example in China.

The main hall of the Mani Hall is 7 rooms wide and 7 rooms deep. It has a cross-shaped plane and a narrow rectangle with a north-south central axis.The roof of the main hall is the top of the mountain with double eaves, and there are mountain flowers in the middle of the four sides.

The eaves pillars are made of thick materials, with side feet and bulges; on the forehead of the appendix, there are common architraves, and the end of the forehead of the appendix is ​​made of cirrus head style; the tweening shop is made of 45° oblique arches.There are doors and windows on all sides of the building, and only the eye wall of the gong is slightly exposed to light, so the lighting and ventilation in the hall are not good.The bucket arches under the eaves are grand, sparsely distributed and complexly configured.

Out of curiosity, Zhao Ji strode over, saw the palace door opened in all directions, stepped over the threshold and walked in without thinking too much.Raise your head, and on the Buddhist altar in the hall, five golden and colored sculptures of Buddha are enshrined.In the middle is a seated statue of Sakyamuni Buddha, solemn and dignified, wise and refined; on the left stands his disciple Kasyapa, with his fists clasped in both hands, sincere and dignified; on the right stands his disciple Ananda, with his hands clasped together, intelligent and pious.

The walls of the hall are also covered with murals on the theme of Buddhist stories, with gorgeous colors, rigorous structure and smooth lines.However, the most striking thing is the colorful statue of Avalokitesvara behind the back wall of the trough in the Mani Hall, also known as Avalokitesvara sitting on its back.She has changed from the previous image of sitting on a lotus platform with a clean bottle in her hand, sitting leisurely and leisurely in the middle of the mountains with overlapping peaks, auspicious clouds lingering around, and mountain springs gushing in colorful hanging mountains.

Wearing a crown on the head, the scarf hangs from the front of the shoulders and floats outwards around the arms.The head is slightly on the right side, the body is slightly leaning forward, the left foot is stepping on a colorful lotus, and the right foot is bent and resting on the left leg.Gently stroke the left wrist with the right hand around the knee.She has a beautiful face and a peaceful expression. Under the curved and long slender eyebrows, the phoenix eyes are slightly opened, looking down slightly.

Zhao Ji stared at the beautiful scrolls in front of his eyes, and couldn't help admiring: "It's really a masterpiece of magic!"

His eyes were attracted by the picture scroll in front of him, he didn't pay attention to behind him, he bumped into someone unexpectedly, he realized that he was abrupt, he hurriedly lowered his head, and apologized: "It's a bit abrupt to be attracted by the picture scroll in front of me, please forgive me! "

"Do you understand the artistic conception of this scroll?" The man did not blame Zhao Ji for his recklessness, but asked curiously, "Could it be that the young master is also a master of craftsmanship?"

When Zhao Ji heard the man's voice, there was a bit of surprise in the softness, and a bit of tenderness in the softness. At first, it sounded like the oriole coming out of the valley, the kite singing and the phoenix singing, clear and loud but also gentle; But it is like the gurgling water, the willows blown by the wind, and the low back is soft and charming; when you listen to it carefully, you can only feel that the sky is wide and the clouds are calm, and the sea is calm and calm, which makes people want to be open-minded and unable to stop.

Immediately, Zhao Ji raised his head and saw that there was indeed a woman in front of him as he had guessed, and he was stunned.At that moment, Zhao Ji knew that he had fallen, and only the shadow of that person remained in his eyes.I saw the woman in front of me had hands like catkins, skin like creamy fat, collar like grub, teeth like gourd rhinoceros, gnat head and moth eyebrows, smiling sweetly, and beautiful eyes that dazzled people.

Zhao Ji didn't know that his behavior was a little reckless, he couldn't move his eyes away, he was completely attracted by the appearance of the woman in front of him.Clear and bright pupils, curved willow eyebrows, long eyelashes trembling slightly, fair and flawless skin with a hint of pink, thin lips as delicate as rose petals, frowning slightly, with a curious expression on his face color.

"It's really a rare beautiful woman in the world, just like a fairy descending from the earth!" Zhao Ji was startled and thought secretly.

Seeing that Zhao Ji's eyes had been fixed on him, the man seemed to be stupefied. He was a little angry in his heart, his brows were furrowed, his voice was a little angry, and he said in a low voice, "Master, do you remember what the little girl asked?" ?”

Although it was impolite for Zhao Ji to keep his eyes on, the man was still a little curious about him.Seeing that she was a little angry, Zhao Ji hurriedly said: "I'm being abrupt, I can definitely tell Miss what the young lady said before, this is my strong point, how can I not know!"

Therefore, Zhao Ji expressed his views on the lifelike scrolls in front of him one by one, including the carving technique and layout.The woman couldn't help being a little surprised when she heard about it. She had never seen someone who was so knowledgeable in this way, and seeing Zhao Ji's clothes and appearance, she thought to herself: "It turns out that he is a foreigner, no wonder!"

(End of this chapter)