The eighth day of the fourth lunar month is the Buddha Bathing Festival. This day is the birthday of the Buddha Sakyamuni. It is said that when the Buddha was born, a dragon spit out perfume to bathe him, so this day is called the Bathing Buddha Festival, also known as the Buddha's Birthday. the most important holiday.
On this day, many people in Bianliang will bathe and change clothes, go to the temple to worship Buddha and offer incense. Moreover, due to the secular evolution of the Buddha Bathing Festival, many people not only go to pray for blessings and children, but actually go shopping.
As for the temple, in addition to bathing the Buddha statue with fragrant soup, it will also fry the fragrant medicine and sugar water and give it to the pilgrims to form a good relationship. This sugar water has a name, called Bathing Buddha Water.
Such a grand event will not be seen after the Southern Song Dynasty.
On this day, Zheng Ping woke up Yun Yanhui and Shuangyi early. She had changed into men's clothes so she could walk. He carried Xiaobao to Hu Sanniang next door, and took the two children to Xiuxiang.
Because of the Buddha Bathing Festival, there are a lot of people on the streets today, but there are few people in Embroidery Lane. They all go to Daxiangguo Temple, and they also go there to set up stalls to sell embroidery pieces.
Zheng Ping delivered the money, received the money, chatted with the people at the embroidery shop, and went to Xiangguo Temple.
The Daxiangguo Temple in this era covers an area of more than 500 acres, with carved beams and painted buildings, and it is magnificent. Because of this prosperous day, it is even more colorful everywhere.
People at that time may still be used to it, but as a modern person, seeing such an authentic and gorgeous ancient building complex, Yun Yanhui is a little more shocked.
At this time, it was already crowded with people, and Zheng Ping was not in a hurry. She brought her two children in, bought some snacks, and walked slowly.
By this time, the Buddha bathing ceremony in the temple was halfway through.
Zheng Ping didn't intend to take the children to drill inside, so she led them to look at it from a distance.
Yunyan stretched her neck back and saw many monks worshipping around a Buddha statue, which was placed in a large golden basin with one finger to the sky and one to the ground.
Because everyone watched with bated breath, even at such a distance, they could still faintly hear the resounding voice of a monk singing praises.
"...watching the four directions around the seven steps, pointing to the sky and pointing to the earth, respecting the hero, nine dragons spitting water to make kindness, all methods are authentic..."
Then all the monks sang together in the Sanskrit voice: "I will irrigate the Tathagata, pure wisdom and solemn merits and virtues gather. Defiled sentient beings will be freed from defilements, and they will also realize the Tathagata's pure Dharma body."
The monks bathed the Buddha with perfume, threw flower petals into it, bowed, and then gave a lengthy praise to the Buddha.
The devotees listened attentively, but Yun Yanhui and Shuang Yi gradually got bored, and pulled Zheng Ping to ask to look elsewhere.
Zheng Ping seemed to be very interested in this, and her expression was a little dazed. After she regained her senses, she pulled them to other places.
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The Daxiangguo Temple was bustling with hawking and selling.
Yunyan walked back and watched, treating herself as a visiting tourist. The Daxiangguo Temple is really too big, no wonder it can hold such a large temple fair, and it is also divided into categories.
For example, Dasanmen sells all kinds of animals, from birds and beasts, from cats and dogs to tigers and leopards. Some of them have been domesticated, and they are also led by the stall owner to perform, attracting bursts of applause.
In front of Zishengmen, they sell pen, ink, calligraphy, painting, play, etc. The people who visit this area are generally scholars.
What other jewelry, clothing, food, is a wide variety.
In another place, there are all kinds of singing, acrobatics, storytelling, etc. Yun Yanhui also saw a puppet show, where the woodcut villains were manipulated to perform, kicking balls, dancing and other actions.
Calling Yun Yanhui and Shuang Yi to open their eyes fiercely, their eyes were dizzying.
There are many things that Yun Yanhui doesn't know at all. Fortunately, he is a child now, so even if he asks, he will not be suspected.
Zheng Ping specially prepared a portion of the money today, promising that everyone could pick three things. Shuang Yi is sensible, and Yun Yanhui has an adult mind, so they all chose things that were cheap and liked.
Shuangyi bought all the toys, while Yun Yanhui chose to eat them, and they were storable.
After walking around for a while, Zheng Ping took them to the main hall again, "After the Buddha bathing, some monks should start to distribute the Buddha bathing water. Mother, take you to get some."
Although the Buddha bathing water issued by the monks is sugar water, it is mixed with the fragrant soup that the monks used to bathe the Buddha, so it really lives up to its name. It is said that drinking it can eliminate disasters and solve problems.
Zheng Ping took them around to the temple gate from another road, and there were indeed rows of monks distributing the water for bathing the Buddha.
Yun Yan looked around, but she wasn't really interested. The elders were in line to lead some unhygienic sugar water, so why bother...
However, Zheng Ping was still very interested, and led them to the back of the team.
But just a few steps out, an old monk stopped them: "Donor wait."
There were so many people that Zheng Ping didn't realize at first that he was calling her, or Shuang Yi said, "Mother, that master called you."
Only then did Zheng Ping turn around, meet the old monk, and walk over hesitantly, "What's the Master's explanation?"
The old monk who had been looking at them for a long time pointed to Yun Yanhui, who was holding her, "Donor, today is the Buddha's birthday, and I will distribute the Buddha's bathing water to form a bond. However, according to the poor monk, Ling Lang is too early. related to the Buddha.”
It's like a god stick posture that I know everything about.
Zheng Ping was startled, "This, this..."
Yun Yanhui and the old monk looked at each other, and in less than a second, she looked away as if nothing had happened, and shouted with a smile, "Auntie wants to drink sugar water."
The old monk was stunned for a moment, and said a little depressedly: "Donor, although this is not Ling Lang, it is really Buddha-nature."
Zheng Ping: "..."
This time, Zheng Ping also understood. I'm afraid the monk was trying to deceive her just now. So he said helplessly: "Master, this is indeed my son. He is not called Auntie, but said that my daughter Yiyi wants to drink sugar water."
This is embarrassing...
A trace of annoyance flashed on the old monk's face, and he said that the pair looked like mother and son!
Both the old monk and Zheng Ping thought it was a misunderstanding caused by a homophone. In order to ease the embarrassment, he gave Zheng Ping sugar water, and after watching them drink it, he said, "The name of the poor monk is clear."
Zheng Ping exclaimed, "Is the old master the Zen master?"
Clearly nodded.
There are monks from Daxiangguo Temple next to it, and no one said that the registration number was wrong, so it must be right.
Zheng Ping's attitude changed all of a sudden. Before, she still wanted to leave quickly, but when she knew that the other party was the Zen master, she immediately became enthusiastic, as if the monk was deceiving him just now...
Yun Yan returned to her heart and wondered, why, is he still a famous monk
It is strange to say that the monks of Daxiangguo Temple should not cheat like the gods of the rivers and lakes, right? If you want to make money, with such a good location and background, what can you do without making money? There are many monks doing business in this temple, especially this one is a bit famous, so why does he lie to other women and children
It wasn't until later that Yun Yanhui knew that he really felt that Yun Yanhui had a fate with Buddhism. The old monk had studied his face-to-face, observed his behavior, measured his temperament, and thought about his eyes. "Love at first sight", moved my heart.
At this moment, from the conversation between Zheng Ping and Lingran, Yun Yanhui knew that this old monk was famous because of his excellent medical skills. Daxiangguo Temple often helps the poor and disasters, and it is often obliged to treat diseases for the common people, so it has a great reputation.
Because of this, Yun Yanhui has a better sense of him, although he still doesn't understand why he is making fun of others, and he said that he should not make slander... Well, forget it, this is a monk who also runs a brothel. years.
Besides, who doesn't have a headache, especially in the case of such poor medical conditions in ancient times, it is very important to befriend a doctor.
Seeing that Zheng Ping and Ling Ran became more and more speculative in their chat, Ling Ran had already given up the job of distributing the Buddha's water and asked to give their family of three a pulse.
If it wasn't for his clear eyes and no evil thoughts, Yun Yanhui would have thought that the old man had taken a fancy to his mother!
- When she knew and hinted that Yun Yanhui was really suitable to be a monk, Yun Yanhui would understand that the old monk was interested in people, but it was not his mother, but him.
Fortunately, Zheng Ping also had a soft attitude, but firmly refused to let Yun Yan return to the monkhood. Believing in Buddhism and respecting it were one thing, but letting her son become a monk was another thing.
But because it was clear, she also said that in the future, Yun Yan could come back to receive edification often, and it was okay to believe in Buddhism without leaving home.
Apparently, although it was a pity, he didn't fudge or force it. He even sent them a few packets of traditional Chinese medicine, saying that it could prevent the epidemic, in exchange for Zheng Ping's various thanks.
This person who sold Amway and delivered medicine, Yun Yanhui couldn't help but believe it no matter how surprised he was, and he really wanted him to join the monk team.
This really made Yun Yan cry and laugh. He couldn't see where he seemed to be suitable for being a monk. Could it be that he had accidentally put one finger on the sky and one finger on the ground before