80s Taoism

Jingle dong... jingle dong...

Sleeping Zhang Jiaohua heard a crisp bell. Then an old voice came from the ear.

"Today I will take you to pay homage to Master. Don't talk nonsense. Just follow along. Grandpa prepared three wines for you and gave you a red envelope for apprenticeship."

The voice sounded very kind, both familiar and unfamiliar.

Zhang Jiaohua felt as if she was being pulled by someone and kept walking.

At some point, Zhang Jiaohua opened his eyes and realized that he had come to an unknown place. An old man is pulling the back of his hand. Zhang Jiaohua didn't know this grandpa. He wanted to break free from the old man's hand, but found that he couldn't move at all, and he couldn't even speak. Just follow along mechanically.

The old man's other hand rested on the shoulder pole, which carried a load of things.

Zhang Jiaohua was very scared in her heart, vaguely remembered that she was still sleeping, and when she wanted to wake up, she would hear a crisp bell. Falling into that scene again.

Following the old man to a Taoist temple, an old Taoist priest came. He came over and touched Zhang Jiaohua's head. He smiled at Zhang Jiaohua and nodded. The old Taoist has a long beard, and the old Taoist likes to stroke his beard from time to time.

The old Taoist leader led Zhang Jiaohua and the old man into the Taoist temple, and set up an altar in a incense hall. It is divided into upper and lower altars. There are various god tablets and patriarch tablets placed on it, the incense burner is set up, and the oil lamps are lit.

There are six words posted in the incense hall, which read: Heaven, Earth, Country Parents and Teachers.

Then the old Taoist master wrote three posts about the old patriarch, the patriarch, and the master, and posted them in the teacher's place of the "Heaven, Earth, and Country Parents".

A square table is placed in front of the incense hall, and there is a special tablet, and the tablet is placed with rice in a riser, and an upside-down god is placed under the altar table. The old Taoist said that this is the founder of the altar.

Other patriarch tablets are placed on the table. Put three cups of fragrant tea and three cups of pure wine in front of the patriarch tablet, and put three dishes of tribute fruits in front of the fragrant tea and pure wine. Use a tea tray to hold three liters of rice, put two animals (fish and meat) on the tea tray, and put chickens (live roosters) under the table. Put another liter of rice on the table in front of the tablet, and put another liter of rice under the table in front of the tablet for the founder of the altar. Light a piece of red wax on the left and right sides of the table, insert a hexagram into the rice in the riser of the table, and put a bowl of clean water on the table.

The old Taoist priest lit 15 sticks of incense sticks, made three sets to the incense hall, then put 3 sticks in the upper altar, 3 sticks in the lower altar, 3 sticks in the upper riser, 3 sticks in the lower riser, and 3 sticks in the lower three-day gate.

The old Taoist leader pulled Zhang Jiaohua over to invite Manjiashen. The old Taoist took three paper money in his left hand and lit them, took some rice in the shengzi (bamboo container for rice) on the table with his right hand, sprinkled it three times into the incense hall, turned around and sprinkled three times on the three gods, and then turned around and made three bows to the incense hall.

Then, the old Taoist master recited the mantra: "Follow your heart, you know all the saints. Before the soldiers and horses move, the food and grass go first. Before the troops are mobilized, the food is moved first. Thousands of soldiers and horses descend on the mandala. Look at the blue sky, and the patriarch is in front of you; look at the blue sky, and the master is by your side. Once you look at the blue sky, you will come as soon as you ask. In front of the Laojun Temple, enlighten the leader of Hua Tuo, pass on the teachings of opening the knife and bone, and stopping the bleeding and treating the pain, and removing the cold and fever. Immortal Master, Immortal Master Gehejintong, Master Hua Tuo, Master Zhenwu, Master Zungu, Master Tieniu, Master Xueshuang, Master Huagu, Master Immortal Bone, Master Puti, please go to the furnace, be in the meeting together, disciples pass on from one generation to another, on the top of the incense burner, kowtow to the ancestors and masters, and teach and pass on."

After reading this, the old Taoist pulled his hand to make Zhang Jiaohua kneel down, and then read: "Please ask the old ancestor Fu Qiwu, who was born at noon on the 25th day of the 12th month of the Gengshen year; Peng Qieshan, the ancestor of the Wuwu Temple, was born at Sishi on the 28th day of the first month of the Wuwu year; Luo Fuwen, the master father of the Sigong Temple, was born at Maoshi on the 24th day of the fourth month of the Ji Chou year; Yufei; Ancestral relatives, Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism at home, good fortune and incense, proves that the owner of the landowner, full of Taoism and high truth, Taishang’s decree, Taoyuan Xiandong, Shanggong has a feeling, all fairy maidens, go down to the altar to live forever, prosper the land, Mrs. Ruiqing, the boy who recruits wealth, Jin Baolangjun, in the Meishan courtyard, Meng Yimeng Ermeng Shisanlang, please come down to the palace hall to help my disciples, perform surgery and stop the bleeding and pain. For four days, invite the saint Weizhou, invite one god, a thousand gods descend, and invite a horse. When ten thousand horses come, first communicate with the gods, and then understand the will. Today, I invite disciples to operate on the bones and stop the bleeding and enter the pain. I invite the virtuous god and ancestor, Fu Qiwu Patriarch, to descend in person and teach the law. Please turn to the altar Zhang Wulang and hurry down with me. There is a sassafras tree in front of the patriarch's hall. The skin is my body? If an evil master comes to pacify the Dharma, the flower basket carries water to wash the mandala. On the left foot is a bowl of water, on the right foot is an incense burner, the left hand holds a demon-slaying sword, and the right rooster sacrifices to the five rampages. This chicken is not a special chicken. When the disciples go out, they must turn into incarnations, open the door and break the stone general, move soldiers and horses to protect me, and sit and stand soldiers and horses to protect me. If anyone comes to ask me, I am a member of Laojun's family. Laojun rides a bull to the sky, but the Jade Emperor dare not ask Laojun; Laojun rides a bull to the sea, the Dragon King will pick him up; Laojun rides a bull into the fire, and Zhu Rongda welcomes Laojun; Laojun rides a cow on the mountain, and the trees in the mountain are divided on both sides."

After inviting the gods, go to the third gate to invite soldiers and horses, and burn paper while reciting formulas, "One invites heavenly soldiers and generals, second invites earth soldiers and earth generals, third invites generals of Sanyuan, fourth invites four great heavenly kings, fifth invites five hundred wild thunders, sixth invites six Ding and Liujia, seven invites seven-star generals, eight invites eight king vajras, and nine invites nine dragons and nine tigers." , to teach and study the Fa, one holy and one Yin, to help my disciples, order a bowl of spiritual talisman Dharma water."

Then make a hexagram, and ask for two hexagrams, one yin and one sage. As a result, a Yang hexagram was played at the beginning, indicating that the patriarch did not agree. The old Taoist priest muttered good things for a long time, and then hung up again. This time, there was a negative hexagram. The old Taoist priest laughed, and then he called again. This time, it was successful, which showed that the master agreed to bless the new disciple. After finishing the hexagram, the old Taoist priest took away the three animals.

Zhang Jiaohua salivated: That's all meat!