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In front of the statue, there is an offering table. On the table, there is an incense burner, and a pair of incense candles are burning in the incense burner.
The flame on the joss stick, and some sunlight from the open temple door,
It is reflected in the hall.
The hall seemed a little empty,
Except for the statue of the god of land, and the altar in front of the altar, there are only a few old futons neatly placed in front of the altar, either tied with straw or covered with yellow cloth.
On the statue of the land god, some of the colors depicted have faded,
There is not much dust on the altar and the ground of the main hall, it seems that it has been cleaned up.
After looking at it, Lian Ge paused his gaze, and then turned his gaze a little further.
Listen quietly, listening to some sounds in your ears.
……
"sough……"
On the top of the old tree, the leaves on the branches shook slightly and made some rustling noises.
Under the rustling sound,
The old man who took the joss stick lowered his body, holding the joss stick in his hand,
Respectfully, stepping on the shade of the trees on the ground, walked into the courtyard of the earth temple, and then walked into the main hall where the statue of the earth god was enshrined.
In front of the statue, the candle burning in the censer lit the incense candle in his hand,
Respectfully, the old man bowed to the statue with the incense candle before inserting the incense candle into the incense burner.
From the side again, I took the three pillars of high incense that had been prepared earlier,
Hold it in your hand, put the high incense on the candle and light it,
Then he made a bow with the book and offered incense.
Kneeling down and kowtowing, the old man got up from the ground again.
"...the land is blessed with good virtues and righteousness, it protects my village, and the weather is good..."
Another prayer is said, and when the prayer is finished,
The old man then ignited the paper on which the prayer was written, and threw it into the iron basin for burning paper money at the altar.
"... Jinsi!"
The old man turned around again, turned towards the outside of the Earth Temple, and let out a long cry.
followed by
The music was played again, and several villagers who carried the shelves walked into the main hall of the Earth Temple.
"……Enter!"
The old man let out another long cry.
Several villagers who were holding the shelf stepped forward again, put the shelf in front of the statue, and then backed away.
The old man stepped forward and tore off the red cloth covering the shelf.
On the shelf, there are pig's head, cow's head, sheep's head, and three animals in order.
"...people in the village came forward to worship..."
The old man turned around again and shouted at the villagers in front of the Earth Temple.
Immediately afterwards, a group of villagers took a few steps forward one after another,
Some villagers in the front walked into the earth temple, and some people in the back also walked to the earth temple.
"... Mom... this tree is so big, so big..."
A child who walked to the gate of the earth temple tilted his head back, raised his head, looked at the old tree in the yard, and said aloud.
"...Mom knows. Keep your voice down... Let's bow to Grandpa Land first..."
The child's mother pulled her child, greeted the child with a low voice, followed some people around, entered the courtyard of the Earth Temple, and then stopped.
"……bye!"
The old man standing in the earth temple walked to the side and shouted again.
People from the village bowed to the land temple one after another, and some old people simply knelt down,
"...Goodbye..."
"...Goodbye..."
After making three bows, the old man paused, then shouted again,
"... Li Cheng!"
"...Okay, let's worship by ourselves. The temple is small, come in one by one, don't worry, come in one by one..."
After another greeting, the old man stood aside a little further.
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"...It's really sweltering this day, and I wiped off a lot of sweat... Do you think that worshiping the land really has any effect?"
"...the temple doesn't talk about this... Besides, you don't care if it works or not. Our village has been in good weather for so many years. There is no drought or waterlogging. It doesn't matter if you worship, it's just a custom..."
After the sacrificial ceremony, people in the village walked into the Earth Temple one after another, talking to each other.
Walking to the gate of the courtyard, waiting for the people in front of him to pay their respects, the two acquainted villagers came out, wiped the sweat from their foreheads, looked into the temple, looked at the sky above their heads, and whispered something,
"...The weather is really hot..."
The person who answered responded with a voice, and also raised the cuffs of his short sleeves, wiped his sweat, and looked up at the sky above his head.
Inside and outside the Earth Temple, the already stuffy weather, plus the crowds of people in the Earth Temple and burning paper money and joss sticks, made it even more stuffy.
"...I'm afraid it will rain tonight."
A villager who had finished burning joss sticks from the earth temple heard the words of the two people by the courtyard gate, stood up, looked up, responded with a voice, and walked out again.
"...I'm afraid it's..."
The person standing by the courtyard door responded again, seeing that some people in front came out again, and there were some vacant spaces in the courtyard of the Earth Temple, and then walked into the courtyard with the incense paper money in a plastic bag.
Behind, some villagers who were still waiting outside the Earth Temple followed closely again.
……
"...Xiao Yun, come here and bow to the land father-in-law. I beg the land father-in-law to bless our family, Xiao Yun, to grow up safe and sound. In the future, I will go to university and find a good job..."
"……Oh……"
"... Come in one by one, don't be crowded, burn incense in the hall, and those who bowed first come out to the yard to burn paper... After the worship, go out first, so that those who didn't come in behind will also go out first." Come in……"
"...Come here and burn a stick of incense for Grandpa Tree too..."
Standing outside the earth temple, some villagers who walked by seemed to be unaware of Lian Ge, and couldn't help bypassing him.
Listening to the mixed sounds in his ears, Lian Ge looked at the bustling people in front of him, some carrying bags of joss sticks and paper money, slowly flowing into the temple, or some villagers who came out of the temple after burning the incense,
Turning his gaze again, Lian Ge looked into the courtyard of the Earth Temple through the open courtyard door,
In the courtyard of the Earth Temple, burning joss sticks and paper money, wrapped in some ashes after burning the paper money, rising up the incense smoke, surpassing the courtyard wall, lingering and permeating.
under the smoke,
The old man who presided over the sacrificial ceremony had already retreated to the door of the main hall, greeting him from time to time, and presided over the order.
In front of the main hall, there are bustling people, old and young villagers, or walking in with the crowd,
Entering the main hall, holding lit incense, or bowing, or kneeling on the futon in front of the statue, or there is no empty futon, simply kneel on the ground and kowtow to the statue, praying to the gods and worshiping Buddha in a low voice. If so, worship the land in this land temple.
Or after the worship is over, follow some people who have also finished worshiping in front, and walk out from the other side.
yard,
After entering the main hall to pay homage, the people crowded together in the yard again,
Or crowded around the courtyard wall, where there are several piles of burning paper money, take out the paper money incense candle in the bag, rub the paper money and burn it, and insert the lit incense candle in front of the burning paper money pile,
Facing the outside of the temple, the place outside the courtyard wall bowed again and kowtowed.
Or towards the courtyard of the Earth Temple, the old tree whose branches and leaves reflect the shade covered the Earth Temple, and then covered a large area of shade outside the temple, doing worship,
Many people bowed to the aged tree and burned incense.
"...Mom, this tree is so big. Has it grown for a long time? It took a long time to grow to such a big tree!"
A child followed his mother, walked to the tree, struggled to open his hands, gesticulated, tilted his head back, talked, and almost fell backwards.
"...Be careful."
The child's mother stretched out her hand to support the child, turned her head and looked up,
"...Yeah, it's been a long, long time... When my mother was young, he was so tall and big."
The child's mother responded with a smile.
"...That will take a long time."
The child struggled to raise his head and spoke.
"...Okay, let's make a bow to Grandpa Shu."
The child's mother smiled and did not respond, but supported the child's back, and said something again.
……
Standing outside the temple, Lian Ge listened to the voices in his ears, watched the people from the village bustling in and out of the temple, worshiping,
Beside him, the villagers who were waiting outside the temple walked into the temple one after another,
After entering the temple, some villagers who finished worshiping, burned the paper money, burned the joss sticks, bowed and kowtowed, walked out of the temple one after another, and most of them went further away from the village. .
Outside the temple, the number of people waiting in the village gradually decreased,
In the temple, in the yard, in the main hall, the crowded people who were still burning incense and offering sacrifices also gradually thinned out.
Glancing at the land temple, the courtyard with fewer and fewer people,
Then slightly raised his head, looked at the sky above his head,
The sun, which was already slanting westward, was blocked by the clouds again, and the clouds gathered, and the sky became much darker.
Looking away, Lian Ge moved his feet and walked into the courtyard of the Earth Temple.
……
"...The Lord of the Land blesses our family, young and old, to be safe, and my son to be safe outside..."
"...I beg the Lord of the Land to bless my daughter with good health, and bless their mother and child to be safe..."
"...It's been a long time since I came to pay respects to you, the land lord, don't be surprised... Please bless our family and my grandson..."
Walking into the courtyard of the Earth Temple, Lian Ge stopped at the edge of the courtyard.
In the courtyard, in the hall behind the courtyard,
Some people who were still burning incense and offering sacrifices stood or knelt, facing the statue in front of them, chanting some words with burning incense candles.
Listening to the voices ringing in my ears in the courtyard and the hall,
Lian Ge turned his gaze again, and looked at the courtyard and the main hall of the Earth Temple.
Beside the gate of the main hall, the old man in charge of order raised his head and looked at the courtyard and outside the Earth Temple.
Seeing that there was nothing to come in again, he stopped to say hello, wiped the sweat off his forehead, stood aside, and then looked up at the yard, where he climbed a few years old tree, resting in the cold.
In the main hall, there are still a few people coming in and out from time to time, either kneeling or worshiping, and after the worship, they go out again,
In the main hall, gradually emptied, only a few messy futons were left in front of the altar,
The incense burner placed on the altar table is filled with incense and candles, with a little smoke burning, and clusters of candle flames dancing,
The candlelight illuminated the hall even more brightly, and wisps of smoke gathered and permeated the hall.