Chapter 883: Ruined City God Temple(2/2)
Huang Shaohong was also a disciple of the Taoist sect and the city god of the city. Naturally, he followed the Taoist sect's tradition of going into the temple to burn incense and worship the gods when he met them. He led the crowd and offered three sticks of incense to Taoist Cihang.
However, there was not even an incense burner in front of the statue. Huang Shaohong took one out of his bag and gave it to Cihang to take over the incense.
After burning incense, we passed through the Cihang Hall. When we entered the courtyard, there were stone lions guarding the gate. Inside the gatehouse were the white horses and soft sedans used by the City God. Of course, they were all molded objects. They had been in disrepair and had no one to take care of them.
Envy is slightly shabby.
There are murals on both sides of the gatehouse, depicting scenes of the "City God" making inspection tours.
After walking through the gatehouse, I found that there are two side halls on both sides of the courtyard. The side hall on the left is dedicated to the land public and the land grandmother in the capital. There are murals of twenty-four filial piety paintings in the hall to encourage people to practice filial piety.
The side hall on the right is dedicated to the Mountain God and the Mountain God. There are murals on the eight virtues of loyalty, filial piety, honesty, integrity, etiquette, righteousness, benevolence, and love, which attract people to do good.
At this point, Huang Shaohong can't offer incense anymore. He is the city god. If he wants to offer incense to the land and mountain gods, the statue will collapse.
So he just called Xiaoqing, Zhizhuzi, and Quanzhenzi's master and disciple went to offer three sticks of incense to express his feelings.
Further back is the main hall of the City God's Temple, which is dedicated to the Capital Emperor who is in charge of the City God all over the world!
There is also a couplet in front of the door of this palace.
The first couplet is: The powerful spirit is prominent, protects the country, stabilizes the country, and supports the country.
The second line is: The holy way and wisdom send nectar to save the people.
Huang Shaohong nodded. This couplet could not be more suitable for the people in the temple, because the emperor of the world in this world is the famous Wen Tianxiang, Prime Minister Wen.
For Prime Minister Wen, there is no one in China who does not respect him. No matter from a clerical point of view, or from an emotional point of view, Huang Shaohong offered three sticks of incense to Prime Minister Wen as a matter of course, and bowed respectfully three times.
When other people saw Huang Shaohong like this, they all followed suit and stepped forward to burn three sticks of incense.
However, what made Huang Shaohong frown was that the main hall of the City God was even more dilapidated than the previous ones. Not only were the incense burners and altar tables missing, but even the other statues on the left and right in front of the City God were missing.
Originally, there should be maids holding fans behind the statue of the City God, and civil servants and generals should be arranged on the left and right. There should also be statues of the four judges, the four secretaries, bull heads and horse faces, and black and white statues in the hall.
But now we can only see the bases of those statues, but we don’t know where those statues are.
Suddenly Huang Shaohong's ears twitched, and he strode around the palace and walked toward the back.
There are two or three courtyards at the back. There are rock gardens and pavilions and dormitories in the middle. It seems that it was the place where Taoist monks practiced and lived in the former Chenghuang Temple.
However, the garden was overgrown with weeds at this time. Not only was there no one taking care of it, but there were also a lot of bricks, stones and living things piled up. There were also many wine jars and goods placed in the bedroom, as if someone was using it as a warehouse.
Huang Shaohong ignored all this and walked to a dilapidated low house at the end. There was a lot of firewood piled in it, and it turned out to be a firewood shed in the temple.
In the woodshed, a frail old Taoist priest was lying on a bamboo mat, coughing non-stop.
Huang Shaohong heard the old Taoist priest coughing, so he used his spiritual mind to focus on this place and came here.
The old Taoist priest faced the wall and his back to the door. When he heard someone coming in, he didn't look back. He just said in a trembling voice: "You have taken everything that should be robbed. What else do you want? I will not betray you even if I die."
Temple property, just give up on this idea..."
After saying that, he coughed violently again.
Chapter completed!