The leisurely life of rebirth

Luohanzhai, which means the auspiciousness of the Eighteen Arhats, is made from eighteen kinds of vegetarian dishes. Although the ingredients in this dish are not expensive, the cooking steps of the authentic method include three mushrooms, three ears, etc., which are quite painstaking.

It is also quite complicated, so it is also said that this dish is the most luxurious vegetarian dish in Buddhism.

Li Yi said with a smile, "In terms of color, the color is gorgeous, and in terms of aroma, it is also fragrant. I don't know how it tastes."

"Yeah! It's so smooth and soft," Liuzi said.

"The taste is rich and refreshing," said Li Yi

"The taste is unique, extremely delicious, and clear to the heart," Fang Monan said with a smile, "and it is also rich in nutrients and has the effect of nourishing and maintaining health."[

"I didn't expect the vegetarian food here to be so delicious," Ni Baohong said

Fang Monan smiled lazily and said, "A vegetarian diet is not only good for health, but also can improve one's mind and cultivate virtue. And this simple vegetarian diet can soothe people's impetuous mood. Once you enter the Buddhist place of joy, you will immediately put aside your greed, delusion, and anger.

What brings joy is:

How can there be poverty if the appetite is gluttonous? The throat will always be empty once it passes

How to cherish the space left behind and cultivate purity and happiness in it."

Yue Houming said with a smile, "Anything can make you speak out, so eat it quickly!"

Everyone stopped talking and ate much faster. Since Luohan Zhai is known as the most luxurious vegetarian dish in Buddhism, the price is naturally not that cheap.

After paying the bill and coming out of Suxinzhai, "Where should we go next?" Fang Monan asked.

"Come here, you have to go to the top of the mountain to see it." Li Yi pointed to a pavilion on the top of the mountain.

"Okay, let's climb up and look far away," Yue Houming said with a smile.

Fang Monan and the others looked at the pavilion very close, but they walked for nearly half an hour before reaching the top of the mountain. The pavilion is a wooden structure with an octagonal shape on the top, each tilted up, like an open umbrella mushroom. It has a simple structure and lines.

It is distinct, but it does not have a simple, fresh and friendly Nirvana. More importantly, except for a few pillars, the pavilion is ventilated on all sides. People in the pavilion can see the surrounding scenery.

Looking far into the distance, you can have a panoramic view of the scenery, and there is a sense of freedom and easy-going charm.

"Well! This is indeed a Feng Shui treasure place." After reading this, Fang Monan touched his nose and smiled.

"How do you say this?" Liu Zi stood beside her and asked curiously.

"Looking at Feng Shui means "climbing the mountain to look at the water entrance, and entering the cave to look at the bright hall." Fang Monan said simply, "Water is very important in Feng Shui."

Fang Monan pointed to the stream in the mountain, "Water comes and goes, there is a water bed. There is water that kisses the red bird with its mouth, wraps around the black dragon, surrounds the green dragon, and surrounds the white tiger. It is the water that nourishes the yin. The water must spin around, go to the hall, and

When going up the steps, you need to arch your back, embrace your arms, bend your arms, and gather your bags. They are all auspicious. The Water Sutra says: "A drop against the water is better than ten thousand veins." Therefore, it is said that Feng Shui looks at the wonders of the earth. - The secret is to first take the Dragon Qi, and the Dragon

When the Qi is strong, the population is prosperous, and the trend of the mountain will be like a winding dragon."

"It really looks like it," Ni Baohong followed the place she pointed at and said with a smile.

"Hehe... This is simply a textbook version. You can tell it by reading the Feng Shui book," Fang Monan said.

Liuzi raised his wrist and looked at his watch, "It's getting late, let's go down the mountain!"

As the saying goes, it is easier to go up a mountain than it is to go down. It means that although going up a mountain is strenuous, it is not likely to be dangerous, while going down a mountain is easy but easy to make a mistake [

Liuzi and Yue Houming no longer treated themselves badly and rented two sliding poles. The two of them sat on the sliding poles and each held a child, thereby speeding up the descent of the mountain.

"Hehe... You have become a landlord and a rich man," Fang Monan joked as he followed the slider.

Liuzi and Yue Houming scraped their noses, avoided their eyes, and laughed awkwardly, but did not continue to talk.

When I was a kid and watching movies, I saw the sliding pole. The old lady with two guns sat on it. Sister Jiang also rode on it. It was for the revolution. Of course, in Wulongshan Bandit Suppression, Zuan Shan and the four girls sat on the sliding pole. Naturally and

Revolutionary predecessors are better than

The sliding pole is a means of transportation with two bamboo poles sandwiching a chair. Some people call it a sedan chair. The person who lifts the sliding pole is called a sedan chair bearer. It is not a product of the economic prosperity of reform and opening up. It is said that Xu Xiake spent a lot of money when he visited the mountains of Mingchuan.

Don’t count the number of boats, chariots, horses and sedans among them. Then the sedan among them is the sliding rod.

The arrogant men are authentic, typical local mountain people. If you look closely, they are green and muscular, sophisticated, with dark skin, strong and well-developed muscles, high bulging shoulders, thin ankles and casual clothing.

They are grass green Jiefang shoes. Although the weather is not hot in March, there is a white towel on the shoulders.

"Uncle, are you tired of carrying them?" Fang Monan asked the man beside him curiously

"I'm used to it. We've also carried people heavier than them." He is a bearer in his forties with bright eyes and big eyes, and speaks boldly.

"Hey! Nothing is easy," Fang Monan said with emotion.

He listened to the little adult Fang Monan's words and laughed, "Kid, to be honest, my family has very little farmland, and we haven't even had enough to eat. The past two years have been relatively good. We don't have much education. How can we rely on it?"

I can save some energy and supplement the family income, all in order to support the family 1

"This is also a matter of relying on the mountain to support the mountain," Ni Baohong said with a smile.

"This is also for youth," Fang Monan pursed his lips and said, "You can't do it when you get older! Why haven't you thought about doing anything else?"

"What else? Apart from this strength, what can we gentlemen do?"

"I'm much more capable, such as cutting paper-faced figures, painting sugar-blowing figures, clay sculptures, calligraphy and painting, seal carvings, straw-woven woodblock prints, New Year pictures, gourds, pyrography, silhouettes, bean art, paper carvings, etc., as well as traditional handmade wool knitting, tiger-head shoes, embroidery, silk rust fabrics, Chinese knots," Fang Mo

Nan smiled and said, there are very few crafts souvenirs on this mountain.

He heard that there were many things that could be made, and some old women in the village could make them, such as tiger-head shoes, tiger pillows, etc. "These are crude goods that can be sold for money, and they are very cheap."

"Uncle, can you do straw knitting?" Fang Monan asked with a smile.

Straw weaving is a handicraft that uses various flexible herbal plants as raw materials. The raw materials grow in a wide range of areas and are easy to obtain and make. Therefore, the straw weaving craft is very popular among the people. Some use grass dyed with various colors in advance to weave various kinds of grass.

Patterns, some are knitted and then printed with decorative patterns, which are economical, practical, and beautiful. The history of straw weaving dates back to 7,000 years ago.

"How do you know?" he said in surprise

"There are marks on your hands. The straw hats on your heads were knitted from corn husks by yourself!" Fang Monan pointed to the straw hats on their heads. Although the weather was not very hot, due to the hard work, Fang Monan pointed to the straw hats on their heads.

Wear a hat to block the sun

"This isn't worth much," he said while talking about the straw hat on his head.

Ni Baohong pointed at the fashionable girl in front of her and said, "Of course you are not worth the money. You don't know how to turn your head. Did you see that the woman in front of you is dressed in a fashionable style? The hat on her head is made after hers, and

The bag she is carrying must be knitted in a natural, simple and beautiful way. Let’s see if it can sell! Anyway, the raw materials can be obtained locally, and it only costs a little bit of manual labor.”

"Eh! Listening to what you said, I really didn't notice it." Since he was at a higher place when he went down the mountain, he could clearly see the style of the girl's hat and bag in front of him when he raised his eyes.[

Fang Monan followed the bearer in a leisurely manner. She has really practiced it for many years. She continued lazily as if walking on flat ground, "We here have wheat straw, corn husks and cattail weaving. The most common ones are baskets and boxes.

Tray boxes, tea mats, cushions, chopsticks, baskets, rice bags, fences, vegetable sieves, pot lids, fans and flowerpot covers, paper baskets, letter inserts, tea cup covers, grass toys, small flower baskets, baskets, etc. Basically, tourists buy them back as decorations.

They are for personal use, so the production is smaller or more delicate, more beautiful or cute," she added. "And the clothing category includes straw hats: top hats, children's hats, sun hats, hemp hats, straw shoes: some.

The traditional "Puwo" worn in winter also has various slippers, sandals, raincoats, and cornskin summer shirts. The clothes worn by tourists who come and go are all your samples."

"Of course, there are also furniture such as grass screens and other architectural and interior decorations, such as grass carpets, lamps, umbrellas, wall decorations, papyrus and wallpaper. There are many of them. You can think more about this to supplement your household expenses."

The bearer carrying the sliding pole stared with big eyes and was dumbfounded, "So many things can be made from grass." The things we made in the past were the most practical in production and life, rough but strong.

Yue Houming smiled and said, "This is called folk handicraft, and it is rare for people in the city."

The bearers listened to Fang Monan's "fooling", and their hearts were filled with excitement. They didn't expect that straw weaving could make so many things.

"Hey! Brother, don't just be happy. You have to guarantee our safety." Liuzi hurriedly said out loud. Just now they were walking rhythmically and the slider was trembling. Liuzi and Erya were sitting on it.

The two of them followed the slider and trembled very rhythmically. This time, the pace was obviously wrong. Liuzi was so frightened that he grabbed the armrest with one hand and hugged Erya tightly with the other hand.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry," he said hurriedly.

The bearers move along the winding mountain road that is sometimes wider and narrower. The two bearers are very serious. They put one foot firmly in front and then lift the other foot. The two of them cooperate in a tacit understanding. The slider and tourists are among the green trees.

It disappeared and appeared. After walking for a while and reaching a steep and rugged part of the mountain road, the person in the sedan became straighter and straighter, and finally stood upright on the sliding rod. It made people feel frightened to see it.

Liu Zi and Yue Houming both said to the two little guys in their arms, "You have to hold on tight." But they didn't dare to relax at all.

The two little guys were not afraid, they were still grinning and chattering along the way, thinking it was an adventure. They thought it was very fun, so they alternated between standing up and sitting down, and finally reached the slope.

It’s not long anymore, the road becomes gentler and we reach the foot of the mountain.