Chapter 58 Fishbone Temple
The next day we got up early, packed our things and went to the "Longling" behind the village. According to what we found out yesterday, we left the village and turned two ridges to find the "Fish Bone Temple".
The two ridges are simple. The straight line distance may be very short. It is really not easy to walk when you really walk. It was already dark here yesterday and the surrounding environment was not clear. Then the dawn looked around, and the ravines were crisscrossing, and the fragmented earth land, earth beams, earth mounds, and earth ditches stood around.
Although this place is not a Loess Plateau, it is affected by yellowing, and there is a large amount of yellow hard mud on the surface. The wind is the creator's carving knife, cutting and carving the originally undulating mountains, forming countless gullies and wind tunnels. The ditches in some places are frighteningly deep.
The natural environment here is harsh, with vast land and sparse people. The wind blows through the ravine and makes a whimper, like a wailing ghost. The ridges are full of caves of all sizes, which are deep and bottomless. From a distance, it looks like the hillside is covered with black bulges.
After walking for nearly three hours, we finally found the "Fish Bone Temple" in a ravine, which was even more broken than we thought. We heard that the incense of this Dragon King Temple had been broken for decades, so we were a little mentally prepared in advance. Unexpectedly, when we saw the dilapidated temple, it was almost broken.
There is only one temple in the "Fish Bone Temple", and there is nothing to do with moving forward and backward. The temple gate has long disappeared in the east and west wings, but I finally saw the skull of the iron-headed dragon king fish, and the fish mouth is the temple gate.
The fat man knocked the engineer shovel, and the slap made a sound. The bone was really hard. When we looked closely, we saw that the fish skull was definitely unusual. Although it was no flesh, it still made people feel hideous and ugly. We have never seen this kind of fish before. It was not a whale or an ordinary river fish. It was so big that it made people dare not watch it too much.
The mud statue of the Dragon Prince in the temple has been gone where there are long ago. The ground beams are full of dust spider webs. However, inside, it is impossible to see that the beams are built by fish bones. It is estimated that the fish bones are sealed among bricks and tiles.
The walls had not completely peeled off, and I could barely recognize the four big words "Good weather" on it. There were several nests of small mice on the ground. When I saw people coming in, I was so scared that I ran around.
We didn't dare to spend too much time in the temple of Fishbone Temple. This dilapidated temple may collapse at any time. If there is a strong wind, it may blow away the roof.
In front of the temple gate, Dajinya said that there are several Dragon King Temples built with fish bones in coastal areas, which are indeed not common in the mainland. There was such a place in Jinghai, Tianjin during the Republic of China, and a big fish died on the shore. A kind person paid for the Dragon King Temple with fish bones. The incense was very popular. Later, the temple was destroyed in the early 1970s and has never been seen again.
I looked at the terrain of the "Fish Bone Temple" in this ravine and smiled and said, "If the location of this Fish Bone Temple is Feng Shui level, I will burn my book "Sixteen-character Yin and Yang Feng Shui Secret Technique" when I go back."
The fat man asked, "Isn't this place good? The wind is blowing, and there is Feng Shui wind, well... it's a bit lacking in water. If there is a small river, it's almost a Feng Shui treasure land."
I said, "There is another priority for building temples and temples than building houses and tombs. The temple is for the benefit of the people. You cannot just find a place to build it. The place where the temple is built must be the star peak and the Mingshan Hall. In addition to this fish bone temple, have you seen temples in the ditch? Even the land temple cannot be built in such a deep ravine. As the saying goes, there is no hidden hidden in the valley, and it cannot be penetrated by the heart."
Da Jinya asked, "Master Hu, what does the last sentence you just said mean? Is it not good to build a temple in the valley?"
I nodded and said, "Yes, look at these ditches, like dragons and snakes, but the surrounding mountains are barren, without a tent or protection, and they will not be able to do anything. In addition, they are deeply trapped in the mountains and have heavy yin energy. If the vegetation of the mountain is dense and slightly better, it is called the hidden fairy flying in the tent, and the deep protection is the main prosperity. According to the principles of ancient Chinese Feng Shui, this broken mountain valley is not suitable to bury people, so I concluded that there is a problem with the temple building, and it must be used by the school guards to cover the tide. Today, it was indeed as expected."
The fat man said, "If you say it is to cover up your eyes, you won't be able to mobilize such a group of people. I think it's enough to build a straw hut. Besides, there are no one in this ditch. At most, there are people who come to herd sheep occasionally. I heard from the villagers that after passing this beam, it will be a mystery cave in Longling. It is very evil and has never been to herd sheep at all, so there are probably not many people here."
I said, "This is probably mainly to gain the trust of the locals. Foreigners pay to build the Dragon King Temple to ensure good weather and peace. The locals will not doubt it. If you build a house directly in the valley, will it make people feel abnormal and inexplicable. Which house should be built in the valley? This is easy to be suspected. It is better to say that this is Feng Shui level and build a temple, so that it is deceptive. In the past, there were people who pretended to plant crops and planted green sand tents and then worked, which was the same purpose, and it was not allowed to be known to others."
After listening to my analysis, Da Jinya and Fatty both agreed that it is easier for outsiders to disguise their temples in mountain valleys than building houses.
In fact, what the fat man said is not unreasonable, but he still has to go up the ridge to see the situation of the Longling to further judge the location of the ancient tomb and the reason for the construction of the temple here. I guess the Fish Bone Temple in the ancient tomb will not be too far away, otherwise the amount of authentic projects would be too large.
Now that I finally arrived at the foot of Longling slope, the two things I worry about the most are the first one, is whether there is a large tomb in Longling. Now it seems that the answer should be absolutely yes.
The second thing is that the tomb is so big and has long been targeted by the fake businessman who built the Fish Bone Temple. Has he succeeded? It's hard to say, but seeing how he acted and managed in this way, he must be determined to win.
However, even if the ancient tomb in Longling has been knocked down, I think we can go in and see how other masters do the job. Maybe they haven't been emptied and a few can be left behind.
The rules of the Jinshi Certificate are very strict. If you start a fight, you can only take one or two items. If you have too many, you will break the rules. Look at this master of Fish Bone Temple. Since he can find a large tomb that many people cannot find in Longling, he must be a veteran.
The more veterans are, the more they value these rules, and sometimes even regard industry rules as more important than life. However, no one cares about these fine traditions now. The current thieves are similar to those who make trouble for the Japanese devils back then, and basically implement the three-light policy everywhere.
We walked around the Fishbone Temple for a few times, but did not find the authentic location. It seemed that it was hidden very secretly and was not easy to find. It was even possible that the lieutenant of the gold-touching school was completely blocked after the work was done.
Dajinya asked if she could see the specific location of the ancient tomb. I said I couldn't see it in the ditch, so I had to climb up the ridge and look down from a high place to see clearly.
Da Jinya is not in good health on weekdays and cannot afford to travel long distances. When he reaches the Fish Bone Temple, he is already very tired. He has to climb up the ridge and then climb back. He really can't bear it. I asked him and the fat man to stay in the Fish Bone Temple to find out if there is any authenticity nearby, and told them to be careful if they enter the temple and not be smashed into it.
I climbed up the hillside with my hands and feet. I didn't take long to climb to the ridge. I saw the ravines crisscrossing under the beams, and the earth seemed to be pinched by someone, forming wrinkles, staggered heights, and the terrain was very complicated.
The general characteristics of Shaanxi's landforms are high in the north and south, low in the middle, high in the northwest, low in the southeast, and inclined from west to east. The north is the Loess Plateau, the Qinba Mountains in the south, and the Guanzhong Plain in the middle.
Due to the continuation of the Qinling Mountains, a rare low hill has appeared in this area. These ridges are not too high. If you look at them from a high place, you may feel like a scar on the earth.
I set up a shed in my hand and carefully distinguished the shapes of the mountains in front of me. The dragon ridge is really well-known, with veins crisscrossing and branches rising together. The Dragon Finding Art says: There are hundreds of mountains and rivers, and countless dragon towers and temples are gone.
There is a very deep hidden "Dragon Tower Hall" in this Dragon Ridge. The situation follows, gathering people to gather together. These undulating ridges are all the momentum presented by this "Dragon Tower Hall" in the middle. The dragon "moment" here is not the "moment" that can bury the emperor. The "moment" of the emperor's tomb needs to be stable and strong, just like the famous mountains and rivers that circulate, and are steep and deep, and are only in the world where there is a place where the "moment" presented by the Dragon Ridge is to lie deep and live far away, so it is called the "moment" of stopping accumulation.
For example, the situation can be used to bury relatives of the state, such as the queen, queen mother, princess, and princes. Burying them here can make the imperial family prosperous and stable, and the palace is peaceful and peaceful. To put it bluntly, it is similar to silence the backyard of your own.
However, this "momentum" has been broken by the natural environment, cut by wind and rain, earthquakes and mountains collapsed, soil erosion in this area is very serious, the surface is broken, and it is no longer the same as it used to be.
Chapter completed!