Such a copper palace, which is three feet in width and three feet in depth, and one and a half feet in height, not only requires a lot of gold and copper, but also requires truly skilled craftsmen.

Hou Xibai stood in the shadows, looking at the copper palace. Although he had long known that Buddhism was wealthy, he never thought that Jingnian Zen Temple was so extravagant and built such a copper palace. You must know that in this era, copper is quite expensive.

In later generations, gold was the raw material for making coins and was extremely valuable.

You can imagine that if someone in future generations built a palace with gold, the amount of money it would cost would be beyond imagination and would shock everyone.

The main buildings in the Jing Nian Temple are arranged in sequence on the central axis facing the temple gate, with the Copper Hall as the center of the temple, and the scale is complete and uniform.

Except for the Bronze Hall, all the buildings are covered with three-color glazed tiles. The color is as new 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. Especially the peacock blue among the three colors is the most dazzling. It can be imagined that under the sunlight

What a glorious scene below.

In front of the Bronze Hall, there is a platform square that is as wide as 100 feet, made of white stone and surrounded by white stone carved railings.

In the middle of the White Stone Square, there is a bronze statue of Manjusri Bodhisattva, riding on the back of a golden lion, which is about two feet high. Next to the niches are the Medicine Master, Sakyamuni and Amitabha Buddhas. The colorful sculptures and gold ornaments are quite impressive, but they are also impressive.

I think it's a bit out of line with the usual temple practices.

On the four sides of the white stone platform, in addition to the four stone steps entrances and exits, there are five hundred Arhats evenly distributed, all made of gold and bronze. Each one has a different look and posture, but whether they open their eyes and protrude their foreheads, or lower their eyes and keep inward, they are all

It is lifelike, no different from a living person.

The other buildings take the main hall on the axis as a whole and are distributed in all directions in an orderly manner, separated by forest roads, giving them a solemn and sacred atmosphere.

There is a large incense burner placed in front of the Manjusri Shrine in White Stone Square. The burning sandalwood is sending out a large amount of aroma, permeating the entire space, making people's minds calm down and feeling the atmosphere of otherworldliness.

Hou Xibai looked at the stone steps outside the mountain gate that stretched straight down to the foot of the mountain. There were exactly 808 steps, which were obviously carefully designed.

Hou Xibai looked at the five hundred gold and bronze Arhat statues on the white jade square, with envy in his eyes and murmured in a low voice.

"Grandma, this Jing Nian Temple is so rich. The statue of the Five Hundred Arhats is actually made of gold and bronze! I really want to move all of this back to Dashi Temple!"

I don’t blame Hou Xibai for having this thought. The five hundred Arhat statues in the Arhat Hall of Dashi Temple are all made of wood. Compared with the five hundred gold and bronze Arhat statues in Jingnian Zen Temple, it is simply impossible to compare. The difference in quality is too big. It’s really

Comparing one person to another will lead to death, just throw it away when comparing goods!

Tonight, the bright moon is in the sky, illuminating the glazed tile roof with colorful ripples. The big trees along the passages inside and outside the temple cast their shadows on the road, making the monastery look mysterious and unpredictable.

The sound of chanting came from the main hall, which was only ten feet away behind the Bronze Hall. There was not a single person in the rest of the temple. It was so unpredictable that people didn't dare to act rashly.

The strangest thing is that except for the lights around the White Stone Square in front of the Copper Palace and in the Buddhist niches, even the hall where sutras are chanted is completely dark. If someone walks onto the White Stone Square, they will become the most obvious target.

There are no windows in the Tongdian Hall, only four ventilation holes as big as fists are opened on the tile roof. Master Liaokong personally guards the He's Bi inside. Of course, he also takes the opportunity to use the He's Bi to practice meditation.

Hou Xibai looked calm, without any urgency. He glanced at the shadow corner in the night sky, the corner of his mouth raised a slight arc, and there was a bit of schadenfreude in his eyes. Nowadays, many uninvited guests have come to the Jing Nian Zen Monastery.

, even if the Jing Nian Zen Monastery has Master Kong, the Four Great Vajras, and two hundred warrior monks, it will inevitably be in a hurry. If one person fails to deal with it, a big mess will occur.

Hou Xibai's eyes moved, and finally stopped in the most secret corner, with a slight smile on his face. There was an old friend hiding there, and the "Hidden Secret Dharma Sutra of Wisdom" that the other party practiced, but what he created, how could he not feel it?

It's fun tonight. Cihang Jingzhai's normal trick of choosing the Lord of Heaven and choosing the True Dragon Emperor was probably going to fail. For a moment, Hou Xibai felt a little gloating about his misfortune.

Don’t think that Hou Xibai is also a disciple of Zen Buddhism, but you would think that he would have a favorable impression of Cihang Jingzhai and Jingnian Zen Temple. Today’s Buddhism also has many sects and fierce competition. Although today’s Zen Buddhism has the fourth ancestor, Master Daoxin, a saint,

The monks are there, but their experience and background in Zen Buddhism are still shallow, and they are not very prominent.

Tiantai Sect, Sanlun Sect, Sanjie Sect, Consciousness-only Sect, Huayan Sect, Zen Sect, Vinaya Sect, and Pure Land Sect are the most popular Buddhist sects today. Among them, Zen Sect is only less than the above but more than below.

Master Jiaxiang of the Sanlun Sect, Venerable Emperor Xin of the Huayan Sect, and Wisdom Master of the Tiantai Sect are all saintly monks who are not weaker than Master Daoxin. Monk Liaokong’s cultivation is not weaker than that of the four great saintly monks, and there is also the leader Cihang Jingzhai.

Buddhism is a special sect, so it is not the turn of Zen Buddhism to come forward. It can only follow the trend and conform to the general trend.

Because there are two chapters of twenty before, there is no chapter twenty-four, but chapter twenty-five!
Chapter completed!