Pingyao Ancient City Tour tricky, has been witnessed, Shanxi compound, Jinci, Wutai Mountain and other attractions are attracted to the National Day holiday this year, I chose to travel to Shanxi. Shanxi's abundant tourism resources, profound historical and cultural accumulation, has left me a deep impression, but also a pleasant tour of the tricky, cast a shadow over the journey.
Tour the ancient city of Pingyao, Shanxi compound, we had the Taiyuan treasure, like travel agencies, mini-buses to Pingyao in a simple way into a roadside temple - Yanshou Temple, dilapidated temples, it seems not wang incense. Received out of the "monks" 20-year-old appearance, the monks installed, some brief tour introduction, so that a woman (lay monk called her) led us into a room together with the curtain closed. Lay said that there are a Tibetan living Buddhas to donate the world, bless all sentient beings, persons who are in the Lost Zhidianmijin. Living Buddha who is also only 20 years old and look like, let us hands together, kneeling on the ground, his mouth mutter prayers, hand still rubbing the head of each person or two, called sobering. Zhidianmijin way is to burn incense and requested the Buddha statues, incense ranging from 39-399 yuan, 300 yuan to 1,000 Buddhist statues in the yuan. The regiment of the Buddha and his own future and pay greater attention to those who have chip in; I was in this small temple of the living Buddha did not believe street, openly irreverent, no pilgrimage. Came out, I immediately lay the meal had been denounced.
Strikingly similar scene occurred in the way to Wutai Mountain. This time our friendship with the Taiyuan tour travel agency that takes place at the foot of Wutai Mountain Sonshoji. This temple, Temple of a much larger scale than the life extension to accommodate people who are naturally more parking in front of a full suspension mountain has 10 bus coaches, the temple is even more are filled with overcrowding. Similar to the process and life extension Temple difference is because in the Wutai Mountain, a high grade incense, Paul upset 399, does not cap. In the Main Hall in front of the believers have for themselves and their families Sincerely, Gao Xiang a note, in addition to me and a few other pairs of Buddhism do not believe it is not Bhante, most of the people on the incense. Followed by the lay takes visitors to participate in the practice of Buddha things. Here is indeed the temple, lay that you have affinity with the Buddha, and we do a ritual every three years, this year is the 17 Panchen Lama visit Wutai Mountain bless all sentient beings, we do not miss this opportunity. Ritual hall able to accommodate nearly a hundred people, some "coaxing coax Well microphone Bai Bai", after a claim with the Living Buddha Lama on behalf of a soul who Zhidianmijin, he readily points, more than 20 individuals, said: incense you to please avoid disaster Bar ; another point of more than 20 people, saying: You go to please a bottle of Buddha, and then to the living Buddha here; then another point of nearly 30 people, saying: You go to please the God of Wealth, like a bottle; and finally left the temple of the elderly and children. Please pious incense here to go to the Buddha asked him chanting, painting characters, please Buddha, spreading the field. I forget what a rough, a ritual down, took out the money in the million visitors over time, only about 20 minutes.
On the life extension Temple, the Living Buddha I Sonshoji skeptical, because as far as I know, Tibetan Buddhism, the temple is a yellow top, yellow means that a temple; Chinese Buddhist temple is a green roof, that the green temple, while the life extension Temple , Sonshoji Jie Wei Qing top, how do some lamas stationed? To the Wutai Mountain, the temple monks ask, they say, where there can be no Living Buddha, is certainly a fake! The only explanation is that there are tricky, travel agencies and temples, they must reach some kind of tacit understanding in which the interests of all sticky.
This practice of making money by the Buddha is certainly contrary to the Buddhist saint-fashioned. Fortunately, I was not fooled, and Amitabha! Praise Praise!
Author: wqch1277
