Yang Jing smiled slightly and said, "Hello Master, I am a traveler. Today I saw this Taoist temple, so I came to visit it. By the way, I would like to offer incense to all the Heavenly Lords to bless you."

When the priest heard this, he smiled slightly, made a "please" gesture with one hand, and then continued to pick up the broom and continued to clean the courtyard.

Yang Jing did not think it was offended. The Taoist priests in this Taoist temple were obviously all real disciples of the Three Pure Land, not those fake Taoist priests who seek fame in some scenic spots. When they saw the meritorious master coming to their door, they wished they could keep all the money in the meritorious master's pocket.

The true disciples of the Three Pure Land emphasize purity, tranquility and inaction, and transcend nature, and never pay attention to things outside the body. Therefore, the Lord of Merit comes to the door, and these true disciples of the Three Pure Land will not mind whether the Lord of Merit will give alms to property.

Yang Jing walked in and found that this Taoist temple was really small. Even Song Laohei's home covers an area larger than this Taoist temple.

The architectural style of the Taoist temple is somewhat similar to the courtyard in Yanjing. After entering the gate, it is a small courtyard, about 30 square meters. Directly opposite the north and south is a small main building. There is a plaque above the gate with the "Sanqing Hall" written on it. Needless to say, the three Taoist ancestors of the Three Qingshou, Yuanshi Tianzun, Daode Tianzun and Lingbao Tianzun.

There are three wing rooms on both sides of the Sanqing Hall, which must be where the Taoists in the temple live, as well as the kitchen and warehouse.

Although the Taoist temple is not big, it is full of green. There are big trees around all the houses. In the center of the courtyard, there is a ginkgo tree with a depth of roots and lush leaves.

The small Taoist temple is filled with a peaceful natural atmosphere everywhere, which deeply conforms to the Taoist concept of "Tao follows nature". When people are inside, they will involuntarily feel a feeling of being away from the world.

Yang Jing nodded slightly and walked towards the Sanqing Palace. There was an incense table at the door of the Sanqing Palace. There was a merit box on the left, and a young Taoist priest stood on the right. When he saw Yang Jing coming over, he bowed his hands and chanted, "The Heavenly Lord of Infinite Merit!"

Yang Jing also gave a gift, then put down his backpack, took out ten hundred-dollar bills from the "Four Great Men" from his pocket and put them in the merit box. Then he respectfully sorted out his clothes on his body, washed his hands from the clean handbasin next to him, and then said to the young Taoist priest: "Master, I want to indulge incense."

It is not easy to burn incense. According to Taoist rules, you must be dressed and cleaned before burning incense. Yang Jing did the right thing.

The young Taoist priest didn't seem to have expected that the young layman would take out so much money for incense at once. After a moment of stunned silence, he nodded at Yang Jing with a smile, and then took out three large incense sticks, which were more than one meter long and thicker than his thumb from the box behind him.

However, the Taoist priest did not hand over the incense. Yang Jing knew that there would be another procedure before burning the incense, which was to light wax.

According to Taoist rules, before burning incense, light candles first, which means "the bright light of silver lamps is reflected in the sky, and the brilliance shines on the silver rainbow. The master of the veterinary comes to offer it devour, gather blessings to welcome details, gather blessings to welcome details."

Although Yang Jing is not a Taoist disciple, the holy precepts are an unforgettable treasure of Taoism. As the host of the holy precepts, Yang Jing naturally has to study some of the Taoist rules.

Originally, Yang Jing did not believe in Buddhism or Taoism, but since he obtained the holy precepts, he had already regarded himself as a Taoist disciple. So today when he was burning incense to the ancestors of the Three Qing Dao, he naturally strictly followed the Taoist rules to burn incense.

After the candle was lit, Yang Jing took the three incense sticks, and after burning them, he began to burn them.

These three incenses are also mentioned, and are called "Three Treasures Incense". When burning incense after the incense is burned, the left hand must be burned with the incense, because in the tradition of Taoism in China, the left hand is generally called the auspicious hand and the right hand is the murderer; in the tradition of folk in China, the left is also called the big one.

Yang Jing held the incense in his left hand and first inserted a incense in the middle of the incense burner, which means "Daobao Incense"; then inserted on the left, this left refers to the left of the statue of the ancestor, which is Yang Jing's right hand, which means "Jingbao Incense"; three inserts on the right, which means "Shibao Incense". This is the source of the Three Treasure Incense.

The three incense sticks must be about one inch apart, which means the heart of the inch, and must be horizontal and vertical, and not tilted.

Yang Jing did all this well, and the young Taoist priest next to him nodded slightly after seeing it.

After simmering incense, it is "making money (paper)" and burning paper money.

These are three things you need to do before visiting the statue of the ancestors: light wax, burn incense, and make money.

After doing all this, Yang Jing respectfully walked to the left door of the hall, first stepped on his left foot and entered the hall, then walked to the three statues of the Three Pure Land Taoist Ancestors, and performed three knocks and nine bows according to the rules. Then he respectfully stepped on his right foot and retreated from the right door of the hall.

Yang Jing used to believe in kneeling down on the sky and kneeling on the ground and kneeling on his parents, but since he had the holy precepts, facing the holy statue of the Three Pure Ones, Yang Jing still gave a standard three-kow and nine-worship ceremony very devoutly.

After doing this set, the young Taoist priest had a better attitude towards Yang Jing, and seemed to be very satisfied with Yang Jing being able to complete this set of procedures in such a complete set.

Yang Jing had no intention of communicating with this young Taoist priest. After kowtowing in the hall just now, he had discovered that the floor of the hall was definitely old. The floor of the hall was paved with bluestone slabs. Although many of the stone slabs were repaired later, many of them were definitely old objects.

In the main hall was guarding the statue of the Three Qing Dao Ancestor. Yang Jing did not use the holy sign to show respect. But after leaving the main hall, Yang Jing was preparing to carefully search for other things that had the past in this Taoist temple, even if they were ruins.

With the holy rings, as long as there are remnants, you can easily identify who built this Taoist temple.

"This Taoist priest, can I visit this Taoist temple? I am an overseas Chinese in the UK and I like all kinds of historical heritages of my motherland very much. Taoism is a native religion in China, and I also like Taoism very much. I like Taoism's inheritance and Taoism architecture."

After all, this is someone else's territory. If Yang Jing wants to carefully examine the Taoist temple, he must obtain the consent of others. Therefore, Yang Jing can only take out his fabricated identity again. I believe this young Taoist priest is willing to see foreigners like Taoism...

"Fusheng Immortal Heavenly Lord!" With the sound of a slogan, Yuan Hezi, who had just swept the floor, came over, "I am very happy that you can like my Taoist culture, this layman. Our Taoist temple worships the Three Pure Dao Ancestors, so if you visit the Taoist temple later, please don't make a loud noise, so as not to disturb the Taoist ancestor."

"Don't worry, Taoist priest, I still understand the rules."

The young Taoist priest came to Yuan Hezi and whispered something. After Yuan Hezi looked at Yang Jing again, his eyes became more peaceful. Yang Jing probably had his incense money and that process just now worked.

Yuan Hezi held the broom in his right hand and gave a one-handed gift with his left hand.

The Taoist one-handed ritual is similar to the Buddhist one-handed ritual, except that the Buddhist one-handed ritual is that the five fingers are straightened, while the Taoist one-handed ritual is that the index finger needs to be bent, which means "one energy and three purity".

Yuan Hezi walked into a wing room with a broom, and the young Taoist priest continued to stand next to the incense table. When Yang Jing saw that the other person had agreed to visit the Taoist temple, he carried his backpack and began to wander around the small Taoist temple.

The hall had just entered, and it was obvious that the wing rooms on both sides could not be entered. But Yang Jing was not in a hurry. He turned around the hall and found that the exposed foundation of the hall was also an old person of old age. So after Yang Jing gently stroked his left hand, the Holy Ring immediately gave the answer.

"The ruins of the main hall of Xinde Temple were in 1135, and Xinde was scattered."

"The View of Faith and Desire? What the hell is the View of Faith and Desire? Did you guess wrong?" The answer given by the Holy Ring confused Yang Jing, but it was obvious that the foundation of this hall was indeed a year old. In 1135, the fifth year of Shaoxing in the Southern Song Dynasty, it has a history of more than 900 years.

Yang Jing touched another bluestone without believing in evil, and the Holy Ring gave another answer.

"The ruins of Keats Temple Hall, 1372, were from Dacheng Mountain."

This result made Yang Jing scratch his head again. It was obvious that the previous Situation Temple was destroyed, and then this Taoist priest named Dacheng Shanren built a Keats Temple from the ruins of Situs Temple. As for 1382, wasn’t it the fifth year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty? At noon, the old man said that Zhu Yuanzhang immigrated from Hongdong on a large scale. When the ancestors of their village immigrated from Hongdong, there was such a Taoist temple on the edge of the village. It was estimated that the Taoist temple was Keats Temple.

Yang Jing continued to touch without believing in evil, but he found a different answer.

"The ruins of the Jade Emperor Pavilion Hall, 1785, Taoist of Xuancheng."

This answer made Yang Jing nod slightly. During lunch, the old man said that during the Qianlong period, there were several Taoist priests who came from Zhongnan Mountain to rebuilt Taoist temples, probably the Jade Emperor Pavilion.

But neither the Situation View, Keats View, or the Jade Emperor Pavilion, nor the answer Yang Jing wanted. So Yang Jing continued to touch it without giving up. If he couldn't touch it, he would just touch it twice. At worst, he would just learn that Wei Xiaobao would touch it if he had nothing to do...

"Watch the ruins of Yuecheng, in 928, Yuechengzi."

This result immediately made Yang Jing excited. Sure enough, the predecessor of this Daimeiguan was indeed Yuechengguan.

However, there is no one knowing how many times the Yuecheng Temple has been destroyed in a thousand years. The foundation of the hall identified by the Holy Rings has four cornerstones from different eras. Including the Daimei Temple now, this Taoist temple has been rebuilt four times in more than a thousand years.

This Taoist temple is full of disasters and difficulties.

However, there have been Taoist priests who have been here to re-practice the Taoist temple for thousands of years, which also shows that this Taoist temple is indeed blessed by the ancestors of the Three Pure Land.
Chapter completed!