Chapter 69 it's worth it

In Huo County, she was disappointed by the shoddy accessories of the bridge outside the North Gate and the ugly image of the iron bull on the bridge.She criticizes these failed buildings and architectural ornaments with relentless sarcasm: The iron ox on the North Gate Bridge can be regarded as a scene in Huozhou. In fact, the ox is very common, and the railings on the bridge are in the eyes of architects. Not only can it be regarded as a scene, it can be called a comedy. The five-hole bridge is a common stone bridge in the north, which is no wonder.The rare ones are the carvings on the railings of bridges, especially the pillars.The patterns on the columns are different, or use lotus, ruyi, ten thousand characters, bells, drums and other patterns.As for the carvings on the capitals of the watchtowers, there are all kinds of animals, plants, ancient times, and geometric shapes, all of which are different without repetition. Among them, there are monkeys, human hands, drums, bottles... and many nameless strange shapes. It's like a child's play, there is nothing short of it, and it makes people laugh.

As for the iron ox, it is stupid and lifeless like the countless iron ox we have seen in the Ming Dynasty, although it is said that it was cast by Yu Chigong to control the river and protect the city. In her discourse on architecture, Lin Huiyin emphasized the corresponding relationship between architecture and people’s spiritual world. She pointed out that people will have different emotions in the face of different buildings: sublime, joyful, tranquil or chaotic, sad or even absurd. of.Her architectural thesis has left her own mark everywhere, which is the mark of humanities, aesthetics, emotion and value judgment.

Throughout the trip to Shanxi, the focus of their investigation was Guangsheng Temple in Zhaocheng County.This was also the most difficult part of the entire expedition. It is more than three hundred miles from Jiexiu County to Zhaocheng County. At that time, Tongpu Railway was being built in Shanxi.The railway was not built, but many sections of the road were destroyed. Once it rained, these sections became muddy ponds that were difficult to get into.Not only cars cannot drive, even horse-drawn carts and donkey carts cannot move forward.For more than three hundred miles, almost all of them came here on foot.On the way, they stayed in a small inn that was horribly dirty, slept in a big kang in a farmhouse, and stayed in the missionary's residence that the Fairbank and his wife found --- the most comfortable and clean residence they had ever lived in during this trip.Although this reality embarrassed Huiyin and Sicheng's national pride.

As if to soothe their hardships along the way, when they saw Guangsheng Temple from a distance, the distant mountains with layers of mountains were magnificent and deep. of brilliance. In the heavy twilight, they entered the monastery.The monks beat the heavy evening drum, served a light fast meal, and expressed their sincere welcome to them who came from afar. Exhaustion and sleepiness overwhelmed them like a flood.The abbot of the monastery made an exception allowing them to set up a canvas bed anywhere in the monastery. The Fairbanks chose to sleep on the open-air platform next to the clock tower. They said that they could see the brilliant starry sky of North China when they looked up there.But Sicheng and Huiyin are willing to lie in the hall.In this way, they can see the beautiful brackets and foreheads on the roof when they open their eyes.

After the exhausted Huiyin lay down, his eyes were too tired to open.She murmured to Sicheng: "How lucky I finally came here. When I couldn't walk, I really regretted it, thinking whether it was worth the hardship. Once I got here, I was lucky to have gone through this experience. Speaking of it, Guangsheng Temple has long been famous all over the country, but people only know that the Song version of the Tibetan scriptures is precious, but they don’t know the rarity of Guangsheng Temple’s architecture.”