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Chapter 97
There is an incense burner and a Buddha statue on the merit box. This Buddha statue is relatively well-known, and even Ye Kai, who doesn't pay attention to Buddha, can recognize it at a glance.

This is Maitreya Buddha.

There are two rows of couplets beside the Buddha statue, which read:

A big belly can tolerate things that are hard to tolerate in the sky; a smile is always open, laughing at the ridiculous people in the world.

Passing around the Buddha statue and entering the Shaolin Temple from the left, someone shouted: "Handsome guy, show us the ticket."

"okay."

Ye Kai took out the ticket from his pocket, and sure enough, he needed a second ticket check.

After entering Shaolin, the most conspicuous thing is a towering tree on the left, Ye Kai read the introduction, this tree has a history of 1500 years.

There are not a few people who take pictures under the tree.

If you look closely, you can see that there are many dense eyes on the ginkgo tree, all of which are finger-sized, which are left by the monks in the past when they practiced the Shaolin unique skill "One Finger Zen".

Guardrails have been built around the ginkgo tree to isolate tourists one meter away from the ginkgo tree.

There are many ancient trees planted on both sides of this corridor, and more than 20 stone steles from past dynasties are hidden under the ancient trees, such as "Monument to Zong Daochen Returning to the Mountain" and "Monument to Master Xixi".

The monks in the Shaolin Temple are not all Chinese. Ye Kai also saw some foreign monks on the road, and walked straight in, and came to the Hall of Heavenly Kings.

There is a plaque above the main hall of the Temple of Heavenly Kings, which reads "No. [-] Ancestral Court in the World". These words were written by Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty.

There is a door god on the left and right sides, which are the two generals Hum Ha, the blue statue on the right is Hum, and the red statue on the left is Ha. The four heavenly kings of Feng Tiao Yu Shun are enshrined in the hall, so this hall is called the Hall of Heavenly Kings.

Inside is the Daxiong Palace.

There is a huge incense shrine outside the Daxiong Hall, where the incense is very strong, and the smell of incense is very strong here.

"Would you like to burn a stick of incense?" Ye Kai looked at the incense burner and thought.

Although he doesn't believe in Buddhism, 2020 is coming soon, so let's burn a stick of incense here and wish for good weather next year.

The place where incense is sold is at the entrance of the main hall, and there is a table with three monks in cassocks sitting beside it. Because there are many people queuing up, Ye Kai thought about taking pictures while doing so.

The incense sticks on this table are all very long. The thinnest stick of incense is as thick as two fingers, and the thickest stick of incense is thicker than the mouth of a bowl, with a length of about 1.2 meters.

When I saw the fragrant leaves blooming, I thought it would not be very cheap. It should cost two to three hundred yuan, right?
The monk said to the tourists: "The benefactor first writes his name on the register."

Ye Kai has good hearing and eyesight. Although he is standing far away, he can still hear their conversation clearly. Do you need to write your name when you buy incense?

"Does it cost money to sign?" the man asked cautiously.

"Donor, don't worry, signing is free."

After the writing was finished, a monk said: "For all the pilgrims who signed the name, Venerable Shi Yongxin will personally recite scriptures and chant Buddha to eliminate disasters for you."

Then he pointed to the golden incense sticks of different thicknesses and magnificence and asked, "Benefactor, which stick of incense would you like?"

The man may have chosen a medium incense out of face.

When the monk carefully handed the incense to his hand, he said, "This stick of incense costs 2000 yuan."

2000 yuan?
Ye Kai was dumbfounded, of course, the tourist who invited the incense was even more confused, what kind of incense is this, it's so expensive.

Forget it.

Ye Kai hurried away, because he couldn't afford the 2000 yuan incense.

Sometimes on the Bodhisattva's birthday, Li Meili would take him to temples near Tiancheng to burn incense and worship Buddha, and have a fast meal. Some temples even burn incense for free.

Although it is a very delicate fragrance, which is different from the one here, but no matter how you think about it, 2000 yuan is a loss.

Anyway, Ye Kai didn't believe this, so he slipped away.

He saw that the person who was going to burn incense chose the smallest one again, and he didn't know how much it cost.It's okay, and the monks didn't force you to burn expensive ones.

"Why are the scenic spots so pitted?"

Regardless of Saipan, Kuanzhai Alley or Shaolin Temple, prices are very expensive.And when it comes to peak season, tourists rub shoulders against each other and it's too crowded. It's better to find a place with mountains and water to have a picnic and enjoy the scenery.

Behind the Daxiong Palace is the Sutra Pavilion. There are no sweeping monks in it, but maybe the monks guarding here may be martial arts masters.

Abbot's Room, Lixue Pavilion.

Outside Lixueting, a group of foreigners surrounded a monk who spoke a foreign language, listening to his explanation.

In fact, there is a voluntary commentary group in Shaolin Temple. If you are not a tour group and want to listen to the commentary, you can follow these voluntary commentary groups.

Since it is free in itself, there is no need to worry about the suspicion of looting commentary.

After visiting the scenic spots in Shaolin Temple, there was no prompt from the system.

"Is that why I didn't visit Tallinn?"

Ye Kai went to visit Tallinn again.

With the lessons learned from the Potala Palace, Ye Kai was not in a hurry when he visited, and walked very slowly, but even so he did not get rewards from the system.

Standing on the edge of Tallinn, Ye Kai was thinking.

"Are there any other rules?"

The system he got was different from the ones in many novels, without any prompts and explanations, and no various tasks were issued.It will only give you some rewards after you complete various conditions.

Finally, there was a project of taking a cable car to the mountain. Ye Kai also participated, but there was still no reward.

"Let's go to Zhongyue Temple first."

In any case, first consider the sights near Songshan after completing the tour.

Always felt.

Tourism in these scenic spots has changed.

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The original name of Zhongyue Temple is Taishi Temple, which is located at the foot of Taishi Mountain at the southern foot of Songshan Mountain. The ticket is only 30 yuan.

Compared with Shaolin Temple, many buildings here are relatively old, but in fact, this kind of old buildings can make people feel the long history.

After the vicissitudes of life have passed, it still stands in the sun and in the wind and rain, which can still make people feel shocked.

In front of the largest hall, a Taoist priest was feeding the pigeons, and those pigeons were not afraid of people. After noticing that Ye Kai approached, they just jumped to the side and did not fly away.

"Master Dao, are these pigeons raised in the temple?"

"That's right," said the priest.

The mandarin of the Taoist priest is not very good, and he has an accent of a local Songyang.

"Would you like a stick of incense?" he asked.

Only then did Ye Kai notice that there was a small house behind the Taoist priest, which was a place to invite incense, and there were a lot of incense in it.

He smiled and said, "Don't dare to burn it."

There are few people here, Ye Kai is also happy to joke with them.

Seeing Ye Kai's expression, the Taoist priest explained: "Did you ask the incense place outside? That one was built by outside merchants, and the one here is in our temple. Three sticks of incense cost ten yuan."

Ok?
so cheap?

Ye Kai did ask the incense place outside, where there are three sticks of incense and two hundred.

"Really?"

Ye Kai was a little wary, afraid that they might have some tricks, but after double checking, he still spent ten yuan to buy three sticks of incense.

Holding the lit incense in his hand, Ye Kai thought.

"I ask all the gods to bless the coming year with good weather and a peaceful world, and bless my future travels with peace and prosperity."

After plugging in the incense, Ye Kai prepared to leave.

This is the last scenic spot of Zhongyue Temple.

[You visited the Zhongyue Temple and gained the skill 'Health']

[People follow the earth, the earth follows the sky, the sky follows the Tao, and the Tao follows nature. You have been to the three local religions, and now you have a better understanding of the three religions of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism]

【You have acquired the Six Arts of a Gentleman—Shooting】

【You have obtained the Six Arts of a Gentleman—Imperial】

【Talent +10】

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PS: My hands are sore these days, I just found out today that I have tenosynovitis, so I reluctantly update. I just want to wish that everyone can vote for more recommendations....

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