Chapter 39 Nine stories of Chunming Yan and Baiyun

The largest Lama Temple in Beiping is Yongheguan, and the largest Taoist temple is Baiyun Temple. Compared with the two, although Yongheguan used to be the hidden residence of Yongzheng, in terms of the area occupied, Baiyun Temple is larger than Lama Temple. Baiyun Temple is only two miles away from Xibianmen in the western suburbs of Beiping. The temple opened on New Year's Day and did not close until the 25th. It is considered to be the end of the annual temple fair. The nine-day meeting of immortals is the two climaxes during the temple fair. According to Jiang Yikui's "Chang'an Kehua": "Baiyun Temple is the Taiji Palace in Yuan Dynasty, and there is the remains of Qiu Zhenren in it. The real person's name is Chuji, and he was born in Qixia, Dengzhou Prefecture, Shandong. He practiced in Longmen Mountain and studied at Kunlun Mountain in Ninghai. Taizu of the Yuan Dynasty ascended the throne, sent his close ministers Liu Zhonglu and Anche Pulun, and hired them to Yangshan, Dangshan, and set up a second tent in the east of Huangyu for consultation. At that time, Taizu was marching westward, fighting in daily affairs, real people and discussing Taoism, wanting to speak together People in the world must care about not being bloodthirsty. When asked about the way of governance, they should be based on respecting the sky and loving the people. The great master, in charge of Taoism in the world, is the Taiji official. Ding Hai, Yi Gong's forehead was in Changchun, and the death edict was given to Changchun to play the Taoist master Zhenren, and the orthodox three years were rebuilt and renamed Baiyun Temple."

The above record is Qiu Chuji's life roughly. The 19th day of the first lunar month is Qiu Zhenren's birthday. From Yuan, Ming to Qing, the temple held the Yanjiuhui, because that day was the day when another Quanzhen Taoist, Qiu Yuanqing, was eunuched. He tends to go to worship, so it is also called "Eunuch Nine".Some young and fun-loving people, by means of wandering, drinking, teasing, and shooting horses, so "playing Yanjiu" is another good place for the scholars and ladies of the capital to have fun. Known as the largest jungle Baiyun Temple of the Quanzhen School of Taoism, it is the most famous Taoist temple in China. It is said to be more than a thousand years old, and it seems to be more austere, beautiful and open than the Yuqing Golden Temple in Longhushan Tianshifu, Jiangxi. .The Jade Emperor Hall on the first floor of the temple is enshrined in the "God of Haotian". It is said that the statue was made by a famous artist in the previous generation. up.The second floor is the Hall of Lingguan. This hall was originally dedicated to Ma Kuisheng, Zhao Gongming, Wen Qiong, and Yue Fei, the so-called Four Marshals of Taoism.Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty never had a good impression of Yue Fei's resistance to gold. Several martial arts temples where Guan Yue was worshiped together were changed to Guandi Temple by him. , All names were removed, and they were changed to Wang Lingguan (named Shan) alone, so the name was simply changed to Lingguan Hall.Wang Lingguan is a Heavenly General of the Yushu Huofu, with a red face and three eyes, and a golden armor holding a whip.Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty learned how to receive talismans from Sa Shoujian, a native of Shu. Yongle Zhong ordered the Tianjiang Temple to be built, Xuande Zhong changed it to Huode Temple, and officials were sent to offer sacrifices every year.There are statues of Wang Lingguan in Taoist temples, just like there are garan in Buddhist temples. They are all measures to protect the gate of the mountain and protect the Dharma.Baiyun Temple is the chief Taoist temple in Kyoto, how can there be no guardians to deter it, so it was changed from the Hall of Four Marshals to the Hall of Lingguan with excuses.Yang Xiaolou, the master of martial arts in the Liyuan, is a taoist Taoist monk who became a monk in Baiyun Temple. He knows everything about Baiyun Temple in detail, and his words are of course well-founded.

The third entrance is the Qizhen Hall: "Worship the seven real people of the Northern School of Taoism: Qiu Chuji, Tan Chuduan, Ma Yu, Liu Chuxuan, Wang Chuyi, Hao Taitong, and Sun Buer." These seven are all disciples of Wang Jia, Jiazi Zhiming, from Xianyang, Shaanxi , is the ancestor of the Quanzhen sect of Taoism, with the loyalty and filial piety of Confucianism, the precepts of Buddhism, and the Danding of Taoism, fused in one furnace, it is called Quanzhenism, and Taoism in later generations is regarded as the ancestor of the Northern School. The fourth entry is the old law hall: "Taoism takes Li Er as its ancestor, respects it as the Supreme Lord, and is the hall of the old people's precepts. From the Ming Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, Baiyunguan's lawyers passed on precepts in all dynasties. It was held in this hall. In the Beiyang period of the Republic of China, One year, the Quanzhen Sect held a Fax Ceremony. Several theology researchers in Germany discovered that Taoism has profound and profound philosophies in social life, political thought, literature and art, and technological development. Nature stresses "governance by doing nothing". The so-called inaction does not mean that nothing is done. Its main purpose is that everything must follow nature and not violate the laws of nature. , to conquer nature' theory is consistent with each other. So more than a dozen scholars from the seminary willingly came to China from afar to pass on precepts and study Taoist philosophy. In the early years of the Republic of China, ordinary people did not understand a set of theories of cultural exchange. Baiyun After observing the preaching of precepts, many foreign Taoist priests suddenly came to study the law, which aroused the displeasure of the police. At that time, the director of the police department was Chen Xingya. Yan Shaobai, Ji Shi'an, and Yin Huanran all had good friendships with Yang Xiaolou, and it happened that Yang Xiaolou was the preceptor at that time. After he explained the matter clearly to Yanji and Yin, the ceremony of passing on the precepts was completed successfully and successfully. .”

The fifth entrance is the Qiuzu Hall. In the center of the hall, there is a statue of the real person in Changchun, with a jade scorpion and a cloud, with a high posture.It is said that Liu Yuan built this statue without sleep for three days and nights before completing the first embryo. It is one of the most exquisite works handed down by Liu Yuan.The remains of real people are buried under the seat, which Taoism calls "Longmen Ancestral Court".In front of the statue, there is a wooden lacquer-coated bowl with a wide top and a narrow bottom. The last entry into the Sanqing Pavilion is a two-story attic. Although it was built during the Xuande period of the Ming Dynasty, the arches, beams and columns used are all wood and stone from the Yuan Dynasty. It is also made by a famous hand, but compared with the Shenyi Neiying of Qiu Zhenren's statue, it can prove that Liu Yuan's technique is indeed worthy of a generation of master craftsmen.

In the northwest corner behind Baiyun Temple, there is a Star God Temple. The hall is divided into upper and lower floors.Every eighth day of the first lunar month, when the morning light is faint, it is crowded with people who worship the stars.All the pilgrims offering sacrifices to the stars, as soon as they enter the gate, they will randomly identify a star and count down one by one to the right.For example, if you are in your sixtieth year this year, you will count to the 60th, and then carefully look at the dharma body of that star king, the demeanor, the star worshipers often feel that they look a bit like the star god, the more they look at it, He even said it vividly, as if he was the reincarnation of the star king.This kind of narcissistic mood, everyone can only snicker, everyone is trying to make things go well in the new year, no one wants to tell the truth, let people down.There is also a simple way to follow the stars, that is, under each star god seat, there is a yellow paper lottery, indicating the age of that star king and the star of the year. Next, burn incense, make a wish, give incense money, add lamp oil, and you can count on your heart to know that your merits and virtues are complete.There are hundreds of nunneries and temples in Beiping, but only Baiyun Temple has the Star God Temple, so every year on the day of offering sacrifices to the stars, the incense money received by the Star God Temple alone is much more prosperous than the yearly incense of ordinary temples!

From the beginning of the first month of the first lunar month, the Baiyun Temple was full of cars and tourists, and it was always lively until the end of the Yanjiu Festival, when the temple fair in the first month was considered to be over.February 15th is the Christmas of Taishang Laojun, the ancestor of Taoism. Every year, Taoists from all over the world really come to pay their respects.Because the collection of Taoist historical relics and books in Baiyun Temple is rich and varied, there is a Daoist collection in the collection, with a total of more than 5,000 volumes.The Taoists who came from afar can only have a glimpse of this Aoyi treasure on that day, which is a rare opportunity, so the Taoists came very enthusiastically.In terms of calligraphy and painting, there are Kaiyuan stone carvings of Lao Tzu, the long scroll of "Snow Mountain Enlistment Picture" painted by Yuan Wumingzi, the hand scroll is written "Yuan Taizu, Qiu Zhenren and Qiu Zhenren Talking about Mysteries in Snow Mountain", and there is another ink jade seal that subdues demons, collectively known as Zhenguan The Four Treasures, unless they are well-known donors, are not easy for ordinary people to appreciate.

It is said in "The Scenery of the Imperial Capital": "The group of eunuchs tends to be attached, and Qiu Changchun is the one who is a self-official." Although it is different from another legend that Qiu Yuanqing became a self-eunuch, since the power of the eunuchs in the east and west of the Ming Dynasty was dominated for a while, Baiyun Temple It is regarded as the ancestral temple of the eunuchs.Because the emperor of the Qing Dynasty obeyed the ancestral precepts and strictly controlled the internal supervision, the eunuchs did not dare to be too arrogant.In the early years of Guangxu, after Baiyun Temple was presided over by a Taoist priest named Gao Dongyuan, Baiyun Temple became crowded with cars and horses, and became lively.The high Taoist priest not only has a handsome look, is superb and clear, has a wide range of knowledge and insight, and speaks fluently.Ever since he found out that Director Li was the first and most favored prisoner of the Empress Dowager Cixi, he has been very worried and wanted to get close to Director Li.There is an antique shop on Yandai Xie Street near Shichahai, which is the place where Manager Li often goes to sit and sit when he is off duty. So he worked hard to go to that antique shop from time to time, dressed in buns and clothes, and passed down the Baiyun Temple from generation to generation. The mirror, duo, and seal that came down were brought to that antique shop, and the high-level eyes in the shop were invited to appreciate and comment.Huang Tian paid off, one day he was chatting in the antique shop, and Li Lianying happened to come to the antique shop, looking for a jade plume pipe, and happened to meet him.Gao Dongyuan has a face that the Master sees joy in, with a childlike face and white hair, which seems to have a bit of immortality, plus a tailor-made blue Ning silk taoist robe, and a silk ribbon with a golden hook ribbon around his waist, his voice is like jade, and his witty words are convenient , Mr. Li hit it off with him at first sight, and since then they have gotten closer and closer, and soon the two became close friends.Once Cixiluan drove to the Summer Palace for a summer break, and it happened that Xizhimen was building a road, so he had to change his way out of the city from Xibianmen, passing by Baiyun Temple.When Cixi saw this majestic Taoist temple, its walls were falling into disrepair, Li Lianying seized the opportunity to describe the origin and miracles of Baiyun Temple. Cixi was happy and ordered Rong Lu to allocate 10,000 taels of money to Baiyun Temple to rebuild the temple. Reshape the golden body.As soon as the news of the Empress Dowager’s appropriation of money from the treasury spread, coupled with Li Lianying’s persuasive decree and persuasion, high Taoist priests took the opportunity to spread rumors, princes and ministers in Beijing, and governors and gentry outside Beijing also took advantage of the money, and in less than three months, eight people were recruited. Nine hundred thousand taels of silver.So the dove workmanship is dark, painted with red lacquer, and the inside and outside are completely new.Taoist Gao urged Li Lianying to persuade Lafayette on the day of consecration. On the day of consecration, he respectfully invited Lafayette to come and burn the first stick of incense.Lafayette always believed in immortals and Buddhas. After hearing this, on the day of Baiyun Temple's consecration, it was natural that the royal driver came to offer incense and worship Buddha. Sanqing Hall recited an altar of Infinite Life Sutras to pray for Lafayette, and at the same time offered a talisman on a golden lacquered wooden plate, saying that Qiuzu invited the Jade Emperor to wear it, it can bless her country with prosperity, and be the same as the sky. life.As soon as Empress Dowager Cixi entered Gaobi, she immediately named Gao Dongyuan as the Chief Taoist priest, rewarded three magic tools, Yuduo, Mingjing, and Jinyin, and personally painted a plum blossom nave with curvy, vigorous and proud bones to show her favor.

Ever since Gao Dongyuan was appointed as the chief Taoist priest by the Jin Dynasty, his arrogance has become more and more powerful, and he hangs out with Li Lianying, Ronglu and other famous people who are rich and powerful in front of Lafayette all day long.From the mouths of those powerful ministers and supervisors, intentionally or unconsciously, he naturally heard a lot of secrets in the palace and officialdom. He is used to betraying people who are in trouble, so he took advantage of this opportunity to engage in bribery. coming.Baiyun Temple is located in the secluded western suburbs, and it is very inconvenient to enter and leave the city in the morning and evening, so we simply rented the east courtyard of Wanfuju Restaurant on Yangmeizhu Xiejie Street outside Qianmen, which is equivalent to the lower courtyard of Baiyun Temple. The courtyard is decorated with winding corridors, green bamboo Fushu, the interior is decorated with pearl foil and silver stirrups, and Xianglian Rongji, which is as luxurious as a prince's mansion.Gao Dongyuan is also a master of the way of cutting and cooking. He blindly made fairy soup and a plate of high-quality diced chicken. He told the secret to the head chef of Wanfuju. Wanfuju is going to taste Gao Daoye's famous dish Gao Ji Ding!

It is said that when Li Hongzhang made the "Sino-Russian Secret Treaty" in Moscow, the international spies used by Russia were of high Taoist origin. Li Hongzhang was able to successfully sign the "Sino-Russian Secret Treaty" with the secret support of Cixi.The Russian historian Romanov said that if the three million gold rubles "Li Hongzhang Fund" is true, the big red envelopes received by Gao Dongyuan besides Li Lianying may also be a large amount. Who wants to get a Mao Laodao who can have such supernatural powers? ! Gao Laodao always behaved mysteriously and vaguely about his own age, and refused to tell others. His five long beards were as thin as silver, and he was at least seventy or eighty years old, but he walked nimbly and looked like a strong man.If someone asks the old god Crane directly, he always laughs and says: "Pindao served Emperor Xuanzong back then, and Lord Daoguang also asked him how old he was. I can't remember exactly at that time. Yuetiao Wan, you can eat it when you can eat it, and sleep it when you can sleep, it doesn't matter how long it lasts." His wording with mystery, on the contrary, makes people unpredictable.Taoist Gao was conceived in the 33rd year of Guangxu (1907), with Li Lianying backing him, and some of the disciples were descendants of powerful ministers and relatives, who mourned and honored after death.Wang Jinwen, a well-known lawyer in Peking, has a habit of collecting obituaries for wedding invitations. He has three obituaries, which he regards as treasures.Gao's obituary is a foot and a half long, with brown, red and blue official seals, carved woodcuts, and objects rewarded by the palace, which fill up four or five pages, and the list of disciples is another four or five pages. Absolutely ancient and modern.