1983: From Land Sharing to Household Ownership

I have to say that it is very pleasant to have a picnic on this beautiful soil ridge.

Wang Qiang and his sister chatted while eating and fed the three big dogs some barbecue and fruit from time to time, which was very pleasant.

It was not until about one o'clock in the afternoon that everyone had eaten and drank enough and had enough rest before they got up and packed their things.

The arrangement in the afternoon was naturally to take my sister and the others to visit the Wenwu Temple and offer incense to various gods.

After packing up, Wang Qiang took the four girls and three mutant dogs to the south of Wumiaoling, and began to descend the mountain along the straight bluestone steps and stone road.

Going down the mountain from here, you can directly come to the small square between Wenwu Temple at the foot of the south face of Wumiaoling.

Going down from such a low soil ridge, there is absolutely no situation that "it is easy to go up the mountain and difficult to go down the mountain", and the speed of going down is very fast.

Only about ten minutes later, everyone came to the foot of Wumiaoling, walked along the small square, and first walked towards the Wumiao.

The main reason is the reputation of the Wu Temple in the tea city, which is larger than the Confucian Temple, and there are more statues of various gods enshrined in it.

The small square here has also been completely overhauled by the county this year.

The ground is all paved with bluestone slabs and blue bricks, not to mention neat and tidy, and a lot of patterns are combined on the ground.

Around the small square, there are stalls selling money paper, candles, incense and other tributes.

The stalls are well planned and organized in small squares and on the inside of the sidewalks on both sides of the road.

These stalls have been built into unique wooden shed buildings, which look not big or small, and are lined up neatly.

This is the most orderly and outdoor stall Wang Qiang has seen in this era.

Moreover, there is no dispute here, everyone is calmly buying and selling all kinds of incense and tribute.

Full of ancient etiquette, you can see it everywhere here.

The Wu Temple is close to the Chajiang River Binjiang Avenue, which is under construction. It is about five or six hundred meters away from the river, which is not far or near.

The outermost periphery of the Wenwu Temple is a large circle of tall walls. The places facing the street are all built the same, with red walls and yellow tiles, and the architectural style is very unique.

There are two large temples not far apart, and there are two large and small gate entrances on the street.

In front of the entrance of the gate, there are several small garden paths, covering an area of ​​about half an mu.

In front of the main gates of the two temples, there is a wide bluestone road, about ten meters wide, connecting with the main road outside, which is very flat and clean.

There are many flower beds here, surrounded by bluestone and blue bricks, with different shapes and looks very comfortable.

The two large temples, together with a small square of about five or six mu in the middle, made of bluestone and blue bricks, have a very reasonable layout, and they look solemn, beautiful and tidy.

"Brother, did you buy such a large package of incense candles and other tributes?"

Wanling asked when she saw that her brother had bought a large package of incense candles, money paper, etc. at a stall beside the small square.

"These two temples are not only dedicated to two saints, but also to various gods."

Wang Qiang explained, "In front of each immortal statue, they have to burn incense and worship. The five of us are probably just enough to buy a lot of incense, candles, money and paper."

With a solemn expression on his face, he explained to the little girls, "When you enter the temple, don't make any noise, you must be in awe, and burn incense and money with honesty and piety."

"Since you have come, you must be sincere. Some things are very mysterious, and many people usually don't believe it, but since they have come, they must be treated with caution."

Hearing Wang Qiang's seriousness, several girls did not dare to be careless, and nodded one after another:

"Okay, I get it now."

"Brother, I understand too."

"Well, I won't be loud, I will devoutly go to incense and burn paper, and I will also ask the gods and two saints from all walks of life to bless my brother and our family."

After explaining to the younger sister and the others, they all remembered when they saw them. Wang Qiang carried a large bag of tribute and explained that the three big dogs were waiting near the gate and not to run around.

Then, with the four little girls, they walked towards the gate of the solemn Wu Temple.

After a while, he entered this huge martial arts temple.

The entrance is a large patio, surrounded by a large corridor of wooden building gatehouses that are connected.

These gatehouse-style corridors are about six or seven meters high, and their bases are made of bluestone.

Thick wooden pillars support the huge gatehouse-style corridor in the square of the huge courtyard.

On both sides of the corridor, there are exquisite wooden railings.

The large corridors around the entire large patio have a very reasonable layout and look old-fashioned.

On both sides of the large corridor, there are wing-style temples built of blue bricks and ancient wood, which enshrine various gods.

This large patio-style gatehouse-style large corridor building has as many as three entrances!

The large patio, which has been entered three times in a row, has wing-style temples on both sides, enshrining various gods.

It takes a straight line of about 100 meters to walk through this large courtyard complex with three consecutive entrances, and then we can reach the final large temple dedicated to Wu Sheng Guan Gong.

This martial arts temple is a little smaller than the Confucian Temple, but it also has a scale of more than 100 meters vertically and horizontally. The actual construction area is not small.

"Let's go! Let's go here to worship the God of Wealth first!"

Wang Qiang looked at the bustling crowd and the incense-filled square buildings, and immediately said something to his sister and the others.

The gatehouse-style corridor at the entrance of the Wu Temple and the first wing-style temple on the right are dedicated to the God of Wealth.

He took his sisters and the others, and immediately began to line up at the gate of the temple dedicated to the God of Wealth.

Everyone moved forward slowly with the crowd, and after about ten minutes, it was their turn to go in and offer incense and worship.

Wang Qiang took his sister and the others, and entered the temple dedicated to the God of Wealth in awe, and he saw the statue of the God of Wealth sitting on the terrace.

The statue of the God of Wealth is surrounded by a circle of wooden terraces. There are wooden railings to separate people from the statue. It is only possible to burn incense and paper to worship on the incense platform not far in front of the statue.

There is a merit box for believers to donate incense money, which must be found in temples.

In the middle of the incense table is a large bronze incense burner, which is specially used to burn money paper.

On both sides of the large bronze incense burner, there are incense stands for incense and candles. These are two rectangular bronze tripods with short feet.

In front of the large bronze incense burner and two short bronze tripods, there is a row of futons for worshippers and pilgrims.

Wang Qiang took the four girls and walked to the front of the futon. They lined up and knelt on the futon. First, they each put a stack of money paper into the bronze incense burner and lit it slowly.

Then, he took the incense candle to the big incense burner and lit it on the burning money paper, and then inserted the incense candle into the rectangular short bronze tripod on both sides.

There are temple blessings specially guarded here. Whenever the incense candles on the incense table are about to be inserted, they will come over and burn the still burning incense candles in the large incense burner in the middle.

Only in this way will it not affect the later pilgrims and believers who come to offer incense.

After a while, the five Wang Qiang, who had finished offering incense, burning paper, and worshipping, lined up to go to the merit box next to them, and each donated a dime.

They are quite generous.

Because most of the pilgrims and believers today do not make donations.

A small number of believers and pilgrims donate, mostly one, two, or five cents.

In this era, there are very few people who donate more than one cent of merit money.

No other reason, one word: poor.

In the Wenwu Temple, there are at least nearly a hundred of all the gods enshrined in the temple!

If you go to worship every immortal, if you donate a dime, it will cost about ten yuan.

Finally, after offering incense to the two saints, the merit money donated will definitely not be a dime, right?

Then, if you come to incense once, you must donate at least ten yuan in total!

At present, the wages of most collective units are only about 30 yuan.

The cost is huge, you can imagine!

Therefore, the vast majority of pilgrims and believers choose not to donate money, not because they don't want to, but because they really can't.

There is more than enough energy but not enough strength, and this is the kind of situation.