Great Zen Temple.
The grand scale enjoys the reputation of "running horses and lighting incense". This thousand-year-old temple, where tens of thousands of monks and believers live, is exceptionally quiet today.
The sound of chanting scriptures in the past was never heard at all, and an extremely solemn and dignified atmosphere permeated the temple.
A group of people walked along the tens of thousands of stone steps in the mountains to the gate of the Dachan Temple step by step.
The Dachan Temple is large in scale, but the mountain gate is unexpectedly dilapidated and small.
It is a simple wooden workshop built with thatched trees. There is a stone plaque on the front door, with three big characters of "Great Zen Temple" written on it.
The stone plaque is old, covered with moss, and the handwriting is strong, but there is no signature.
There are a pair of stone lions on the left and right sides of the mountain gate, male and female facing each other, with primitive and mottled carvings.
Other than that, there is nothing around the mountain gate.
A long and narrow corridor passes through the endless green pines and cypresses and goes straight up to the top of the mountain. In the distance, the dense forest of steles is hidden in the mountain forest.
Monk Miaoxiu, who was so graceful and graceful, stood quietly beside the mountain gate, silently waiting for the arrival of the crowd.
Miaoxiu's handsome and handsome face in the past became extremely heavy at this time, and no one was allowed to step forward to ask questions, so she bowed deeply to a few people from a distance, turned around and led them inside.
Under such a solemn atmosphere, everyone's hearts could not help but sink, they looked at each other, and followed Monk Miaoxiu one after another.
Not a single person was seen along the way, and the entire huge monastery community was like a ghost in the world.
Meng Yuanyun was a few steps behind, and approached Sun Kun, who was peeping from side to side, and asked in a low voice, "What the hell is going on in the Great Chan Temple? The enemy is at hand, why don't you see half of the monks guarding?"
Sun Kun was silent, and Lu Yunxuan who was beside him came over and said, "Brother, do you think the monks here packed up their bags and ran away because they saw something was wrong?"
Immediately, Sun Kun said angrily, "Don't talk nonsense, haven't you heard of 'you can run away from the monk, but you can't run away from the temple'? If these monks don't even want this temple, the world is so big, how can they be accommodated?" Hide? Dachan Temple must have its own plans, don’t talk, just follow along.”
Several people followed behind Miaoxiu step by step, and came straight to the Daxiong Hall at the highest point of the Dachan Temple.
If you look at it from a distance, you already know that the temple is huge. When you walk in, you will find it even more magnificent.
If the Great Zen Temple were built on flat ground, it would probably be larger than any other big city in the world, even the Xiangyang Mansion in the Southern Dynasties, which would not be as large.
The whole temple is hidden deep in the mountains and forests, and only the corners of a few halls can be seen in the virgin forest. When you get closer, you can see that these seemingly "small lotus sharp corners" are actually huge and impressive. People are dumbfounded.
All the main buildings of the Dachan Temple take the Daxiong Hall as the core and are arranged in sequence on a straight central axis. The scale of the whole temple is uniform.
All the buildings are covered with three-color glazed tiles, and the color is as new, but I don't know whether it is because the monks in the temple are diligent in cleaning, or the quality of the tiles is so good. Glazed gold, glazed red, and peacock blue are three dazzling colors, shining brilliantly under the sunlight.
Just the square in front of the Palace of Heavenly Kings is surprisingly huge.
The platform square, which is hundreds of feet away, is entirely made of white marble and surrounded by white stone railings. In the center of the white stone square, the four heavenly kings are enshrined.
The four Buddha statues are more than five feet high, and they are decorated with colored plastic and gold, which are very imposing.
On the four sides of Baishi Square, except for the entrances and exits of the four stone steps, there are five hundred arhats distributed on average, all of them are life-sized and made of gold and copper. Nei Shou is lifelike, no different from a living person.
The other buildings take the main hall on the axis as a whole, distributed in all directions in an orderly manner, separated by forest roads, and have a solemn and sacred atmosphere.
Under the statues of the four heavenly kings, there is a large incense burner, and the burning sandalwood is sending out a lot of fragrance, which permeates the whole space, making several people gradually calm down.
All the way up, when they passed the Daxiong Palace, the long-lost sound of chanting finally came. Just listening to the sound, one knew that there were at least a thousand monks chanting in unison in the hall, and an atmosphere of birth rushed over.
Monk Miaoxiu bowed to the three Buddhas, Sakyamuni, Amitabha, and Medicine Buddha in front of the main hall, and then turned around and walked away from the side hall.
Everyone saluted and followed again.
When passing the Daxiong Palace, Meng Yuanyun's ears moved slightly, and he lowered his voice and said next to Sun Kun: "There are at least three thousand great monks in the hall..."
Sun Kun nodded his head solemnly, and said slowly: "The three thousand monks are all at the peak of the Earth Origin Realm..."
Everyone froze and said nothing.
In this way, after passing through several halls, Manjusri Hall, Thousand Buddha Hall, Infinite Hall, etc., each hall has about a thousand eminent monks chanting scriptures, and finally after passing a towering bell tower of hundreds of feet, everyone finally reached the peak of Canglong Mountain. It is also the most cutting-edge place of the Great Zen Temple.
In a square more than ten times more magnificent than the square in front of the Daxiong Palace, a golden and glazed Buddhist temple is located in the center.
Five hundred arhats sat quietly around the Buddhist hall, chanting Buddhist scriptures in unison.
A powerful Buddhist mana soared into the sky, gathered into a line in the void, and turned into a slowly rotating "卍" character.
Just below the word "卍", at the gate of the Buddha Hall, three gray-bearded old monks entered into meditation like god statues, meditating motionlessly.
On the lintel, there is a plaque with four big characters "Zen Ancestral Court".
Everyone was shocked by the scene in front of them, unable to speak for a long time.
Dachan Temple, this is putting on a posture of life and death. Could it be that there will be any danger here
Monk Miaoxiu relaxed physically and mentally at this point, turned around and said to everyone: "Everyone Tanyue, the young monks have been sent here, please come into the hall, the abbot has been waiting for a long time."
Sun Kun was taken aback when he heard the words, and quickly asked: "Master Miaoxiu, what is the reason for your sect's posture today? Could it be that there is some catastrophe for the Great Chan Temple?"
Monk Miaoxiu smiled lightly, chose a Buddha's name, and said slowly: "For right and wrong, cause and effect are determined by God. You don't need to worry about it." As soon as the words fell, Monk Miaoxiu turned around and left. As decisive.
Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, the heavy feeling almost made them breathless.
"Let's go."
Sun Kun took a deep breath and led the crowd forward slowly.
Everyone was affected by the solemn scene in front of them, except Ye Qingxuan.
Still in the same hanging state, with a lollipop in his mouth, he looked around curiously along the way, and when he saw an arhat sitting still in meditation, he showed a trace of doubt, then slapped his head, Pointing at the other party, he smiled and said, "Hey, Great Monk, I seem to recognize you!"
The great monk slowly opened his eyes, bowed slightly to Ye Qingxuan, and said, "Amitabha, 'Venerable Lion and Dragon' should really see Qingxuan Tanyue!"
After finishing speaking, he closed his eyes again and entered meditation again.
"Look, I say I recognize him!" Ye Qingxuan offered treasures to everyone with a smile, Mei Yinxue pulled him aside with a solemn expression, so as not to disturb the meditation of the monks.
Sun Kun sighed, and said, "Something has happened. These five hundred arhats are all above the level of congenital... Dachan Temple, we must do our best!"