When he said this, Fang Zheng had already entered the backyard.
"Master, please make it clear! So what did you give up? So what if you gave up?" Squirrel asked.
Fang Zheng sighed: "Giving up rituals does not mean giving up culture, but it certainly means giving up cultural confidence!
Your own cultural inheritance method has been denied by yourself, and you don’t dare to show it to others. How can you talk about being confident
The poor monk heard that in a certain country, male genitalia is worshiped, so there is a festival where huge male genital molds are paraded. Men and women will go to this grand festival. From the perspective of China's and even the world's ethics, this is obviously disrespectful. But they were able to carry these things through the market with swagger and proudly tell the world that this is our culture of worship! Eventually, the world accepted their culture and participated in it.
For another example, if we do not worship ancestors during the Qingming Festival, do not eat rice dumplings or race dragon boats during the Dragon Boat Festival, do not eat moon cakes during the Mid-Autumn Festival, and do not post couplets during the New Year, then what are the signs of the arrival of these festivals? What do you use to remind people of its existence? Eventually, it will inevitably disappear! How can we talk about confidence in a disappearing culture
A nation without self-confidence must be a nation of cowards.
People are like cultural beggars, walking in a cultural corridor. In such a situation of extreme inferiority, they will regard everything they see as made by others! When others spit, it is called physiological needs; when others spit, it is called lack of quality; when others scold you, it is a guideline for you to move forward; when you scold others, it is called low quality and an inferior nation. At this time, you will never be able to straighten your spine and be a human being! I can only be a bent, hunched monkey walking on the road and being laughed at and teased for fun! "
"Master, please stop being racist at this time," the monkey muttered.
Fang Zheng rolled his eyes at him and continued: "When cultural confidence is extremely lacking, foreigners seem to be invisibly superior to others!
Without cultural self-confidence, people have no faith, and the so-called arrogance of literati has disappeared. In order to support that thin body, I can only work hard to hang money on my body, as if wearing clothes made of money, in order to give myself a little confidence. But that self-confidence is just a nouveau riche cover, and it still cannot be respected by others. Now, do you understand the importance of ceremony? "
The squirrel's eyes widened and he said, "That's it! I still don't understand!"
Fang Zheng: “…”
"Do you understand?" Fang Zheng asked the other disciples.
Hong Hai'er nodded thoughtfully and shook his head, indicating that he understood a little, but still didn't understand a lot.
Others simply shook their heads.
Fang Zheng took a quick look, and sure enough, he was playing the piano to a cow!
But to be precise, he didn't say it to these disciples, but to himself, in order to relieve the depression in his heart. He said it in one breath, and his heart felt relaxed. He raised his head slightly, looked at the blue sky, and thought to himself: "Since the world has gone astray, let the poor monk lead them back to the right path! Save people, save the world. ,I see!"
Not long after Fang Zheng entered the door, he heard several disciples outside shouting: "Master! It's not good! Something happened!"
When Fangzheng heard this, he quickly ran out to ask about the situation. Squirrel ran all the way and said, "Master, come with me, something happened! The incense burner is very popular!"
Fang Zheng was confused. Is the incense burner popular? What's happening here
I ran out and saw Red Boy, Xianyu, Monkey, and Lone Wolf looking around the incense burner. Seeing Fang Zheng coming, Red Boy immediately took a stick of incense and inserted it into the incense burner.
Just as Fang Zheng was about to speak, he saw the incense suddenly light up and then burn out instantly at a speed visible to the naked eye! It felt like being eaten! Just like eating noodles, suck it and it’s gone!
Fang Zheng quickly asked the system: "Brother System, what's going on?"
"Don't you know how to check the function of the incense burner yourself?" the system asked.
Fang Zheng was stunned. He was so angry with these prodigal disciples that he had forgotten about it! So Fangzheng quickly checked...
"Luck incense burner: Using this incense burner to burn incense can improve the luck of the person who puts up the incense and increase the luck of the temple. When you sincerely pray to the Buddha, the incense burner will respond, and the incense burns within the time when the person who puts up the incense prays three times. Finished! If the heart is not sincere, the incense will not burn. Special effect, dust-free: use this incense burner to burn incense, not a trace of incense ash will float out. Does not scatter: the incense condenses, the wind does not scatter, and goes straight to the sky!"
After Fang Zheng read it, he understood everything instantly. At present, these incense are inserted in the original incense burner or outside by some pilgrims. They have already performed three bows. Therefore, once the incense enters the fortune incense burner, it will be absorbed by the incense burner in an instant.
After understanding the truth, Fang Zheng secretly breathed a sigh of relief. He was really afraid that he would accidentally bring another monster over. In that case, his temple could be renamed - Monster Base Camp.
After explaining the reason to the disciples, they all looked at each other in confusion.
The monkey clicked his tongue and said in wonder: "If a group of dishonest people come here, I guess the incense burner will not be enough."
Fang Zheng smiled and said, "It's okay. Just take out the incense without burning it and put it back in its place."
The monkey nodded slightly to show understanding.
After taking care of this, Xianyu pointed to the foot of the bodhi tree and said, "Master, that money is my pocket money, right?"
When Fang Zheng took a look, there was finally a hint of joy in his eyes. He hadn't noticed it before, but now he took a closer look. Good guy, there were money all around Xianyu's original offering table! Although they are all in small denominations, the pile is as large as a mountain. Counting it, it must be quite a lot! Even more than what Fang Zheng usually collects in his merit box!
Fang Zheng glanced at the merit box subconsciously, and Fang Zheng's heart skipped a beat! There will definitely be no less than what you get from salted fish! How many will there be
Lone Wolf approached Fang Zheng and asked, "Master, would you like to open it and take a look?" After saying that, he subconsciously licked his tongue, obviously tempted.
Fang Zheng shook his head and said: "No, open a big one tonight! Now, clean up the yard quickly. Once it's done, open the door to collect the incense. Check the money tonight, and go buy new year's goods for everyone tomorrow!"
When everyone heard that Fang Zheng actually wanted to buy new year goods for everyone, they immediately felt motivated. Red Boy and Xianyu took the lead, Lone Wolf and Squirrel followed, and Monkey swept up the rear. Yizhi Temple was quickly cleaned up. Then, Fang Zheng ran into the backyard, and the front door opened!
Fang Zheng was lying on the wall watching secretly as crowds of people poured in, followed by exclamations after lighting incense and bowing in obeisance!
"Oh my god, is this incense burned out now?"
"I saw it, you kowtowed to the incense and one-third of it was burned! Three times, it was just burned out!"
(End of chapter)