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Chapter 301 A tour of Jinling (2) 4,000 words chapter(1/2)

On the fifth day in Jinling, He Fan still left Xu Ruoliu and the others in the hotel, and then went to Jiming Temple alone with a local tour guide.

Unfortunately, this time we found a male tour guide, and He Fan only chatted a few words on the way, and the topics were all around the tourist attractions in Jinling City.

Not long after, the car stopped in front of a building. When He Fan got off the bus, the tour guide immediately introduced it to He Fan.

"This is an ancient temple with a history of more than 1,700 years. It is one of the oldest Buddhist temples and royal temples in Jinling. The incense has always been strong. It has been known as the "First Temple in the Southern Dynasties" since ancient times.

It is said to be the first among the 480 temples in the Southern Dynasties."

"The name of this temple has been changed several times, until now it is called Jiming Temple."

After listening to the tour guide's introduction, He Fan couldn't help but raise his head and look at the buildings in front of him, especially the tall tower at the top. He Fan suddenly narrowed his eyes. It felt so familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere before.

The tour guide also noticed that He Fan was looking at the tower, and immediately smiled and said: "Mr. He, do you think this tower looks familiar?"

"really!"

He Fan nodded and said with some confusion: "I seem to have seen this tower somewhere, but I forgot where it was."

"Ha ha!"

The tour guide laughed: "Mr. He, have you ever seen The White Snake?"

"I've seen this before."

He Fan nodded and smiled: "I watched this TV series at least three or four times back then."

"Then Mr. He should be deeply impressed by the Leifeng Pagoda inside."

"certainly."

Hearing what the tour guide said, He Fan immediately compared the tower in front of him with the Leifeng Pagoda in his memory, and suddenly felt as if the two towers were the same.

He Fan's doubts were soon answered by the tour guide: "Mr. He, this tower is actually the Lei Feng Tower where the White Snake was photographed."

"Back then, the crew of The White Snake had torn down the Leifeng Pagoda in Hangzhou, and later went to Jinling Jiming Temple to borrow the tower to shoot scenes related to the Leifeng Pagoda."

Listening to the tour guide's explanation, He Fan suddenly realized that no wonder he felt that this tower was very familiar. It turned out to be the tower in his memory.

At this time, the tour guide continued to smile and said: "Mr. He, the name of Jiming Temple also has its origin."

"oh!"

He Fan became interested: "How to say."

"It is said that Zhu Yuanzhang of the Ming Dynasty wanted to build an examination institute here, but it used to be called Jilong Mountain, which sounded a bit bad, so it was changed to Jiming Mountain, which means that when the chickens dance, the candidates can get good grades.

So there was the Jiming Temple later, otherwise it would probably be the Chicken Cage Temple."

He Fan also smiled knowingly while listening to the tour guide's explanation, wondering whether this was true or not.

Just listen to the tour guide continue: "The most famous thing about this temple is that an emperor once became a monk here four times."

"Which emperor!"

He Fan's interest was aroused again. He didn't expect that this temple would have such great charm, even attracting ancient emperors to become monks.

"Emperor Wu of Liang."

However, although the tour guide named which emperor, He Fan did not know much about history and had no memory of Emperor Wu of Liang.

Seeing He Fan's lack of interest, the tour guide avoided the topic and took He Fan into the temple.

You need to pay an entrance fee of ten yuan to enter, and you will also receive three sticks of incense in front of the Main Hall.

The main hall is located in Zhongying, with bell towers and drum towers on the left and right sides. Many tourists are offering incense devoutly.

Seeing a merit box next to him, He Fan thought about it and took 10,000 yuan in cash from Wang Zijie and put it directly into the merit box, causing some of the pilgrims nearby to widen their eyes.

The middle-aged monk guarding the merit box couldn't help but look at He Fan in surprise. After all, although ten thousand yuan is not a lot, it is still a lot.

"What do you call me sir?"

Seeing that He Fan had made a lot of contributions, the middle-aged monk immediately put his hands together and gave He Fan a gift.

"The last name is He!"

He Fan smiled, but did not say his name, just his last name.

The middle-aged monk smiled and said: "If the donor has great mercy, I, the Buddha, will protect the donor."

He Fan didn't reply, just nodded to the middle-aged monk, then turned and left the Main Hall.

It doesn't matter whether you are compassionate or not. What matters is whether the Buddha will bless the compassionate people...

After coming out of the Main Hall, He Fan wandered around with the tour guide, and unknowingly came to the Medicine Master Pagoda.

The tour guide introduced: "This is a seven-story and eight-sided pagoda newly built in the 1990s. The tower is about 44.8 meters high. It looks like it has nine sides, but it is actually seven levels and eight sides."

"The pagoda has an inner staircase and an outer corridor. This pagoda is called the Medicine Master Pagoda to eliminate misfortunes and extend life. Walking around the inner staircase is said to be able to eliminate disasters and solve problems."

The tour guide smiled and said, "Mr. He, would you like to go up there and take a spin?"

"never mind."

He Fan shook his head and thought it would be better to take a look.

After wandering around, I came to the Guanyin Hall in the temple. The statue of Guanyin enshrined inside is sitting facing north, and the couplet on the door of the hall also reads: "Ask the master why he sits upside down, sighing that all living beings refuse to look back."

However, He Fan was uneducated and could understand the words but did not know their meaning.

Several people came to the highest point of the temple, where there was a building. The building plaque said "Huomeng Tower".

The tour guide introduced: "During the Qing Dynasty, Zhang Zhidong, the governor of Liangjiang, visited Jiming Temple many times with his student Yang Rui. This was built by Zhang Zhidong in memory of his students, but now it has been turned into a restaurant."

He Fan looked at the many tourists enjoying their meals in front of him, and suddenly felt a little hungry.

Even though he was here, he couldn't justify not eating vegetarian food once. He Fan immediately asked Wang Zijie to buy vegetarian food for him.

Vegetarian food is just a portion of noodles, soy milk and eggs.

However, this vegetarian noodle dish is quite unique. He Fan picked up the shrimps in the bowl and asked the tour guide: "Can this be considered vegetarian with shrimps in it?"

The tour guide laughed when he heard this: "Mr. He, take a bite first."

He didn't tell He Fanming, but kept it a secret.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Although He Fan was confused, he still put the shrimp into his mouth. As soon as he moved his mouth, he realized that something was wrong. These were shrimps made from pasta, not real shrimps.

"This is really fake." He Fan looked at the shrimps in the bowl with emotion. This vegetarian chef is really good at it.

At this time, the tour guide continued: "Mr. He, look at the egg in the bowl again."

He Fan heard this and immediately picked up the egg with chopsticks and looked at it. He found that it was no different from the usual omelette. He didn't know what the tour guide meant by this.

However, since the tour guide said this, he must have a purpose. He Fan immediately took a bite and was shocked again. The omelette was actually made of tofu skin.

After finishing the vegetarian meal, He Fan was very satisfied with it. He had eaten a lot of fish and meat, and it was really delicious to eat vegetarian food once in a while.

After dinner, the group came out and came to a well. The tour guide introduced: "This well is the well of Chen Jingyang Palace in the Southern Dynasty. In the ninth year of Emperor Kaihuang's reign in the Sui Dynasty, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty Yang Guang led an army of 500,000 and sent out troops to destroy Chen. The Sui army attacked

When entering here, Empress Chen, her concubine Zhang Lihua, and Kong Guifei hid in the well. The rouge on the concubine's face immediately covered the surface of the well, so the well was named Rouge Well.

"Mr. He, most people come to Jiming Temple to see the cherry blossoms and seek marriage. Do you want to go and seek marriage?"

He Fan shook his head and smiled: "Forget about marriage, let's go see the cherry blossoms."

It can be said that he has been having a lot of luck during this period, so why should he seek marriage again?

The tour guide saw that He Fan didn't want to go and didn't force him to go. Then he took He Fan to the city wall to watch the cherry blossoms.

Standing on the city wall, you can see Xuanwu Lake opposite and enjoy the beautiful scenery of cherry blossoms in bloom. No wonder so many couples like this place.

While wandering around, I didn't realize it was already noon, and He Fan had just finished visiting the entire Jiming Temple.

I have to say that this tour guide is really dedicated and explained the origin of the entire Jiming Temple to He Fan in detail.

He Fan had to lament that he still had to find such professional personnel, otherwise it would be just a fleeting glance.

After leaving Jiming Temple, He Fan went to eat. He ordered a lot of good wine and delicious food in a five-star hotel, which made the tour guide next to him sigh that it is great to have money.

This meal, not including red wine, would have cost tens of thousands of yuan at least, which is basically equivalent to half a year's salary of the tour guide. Plus the tens of thousands of yuan for a bottle of red wine, the tour guide's eyes widened even more, and he felt dissatisfied.

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This person is born different. Some people are born on the Roman road, and their food, clothing, housing and transportation are all top-notch. This simple meal is enough for him to work hard for a year.

However, the tour guide just sighed and said that he believed that as long as he worked hard, there would eventually be chicken in the chicken soup.

"Mr. Zhuang, would you like to have a drink together?"

He Fan saw that the tour guide was only eating food without drinking any wine, so he immediately raised his wine glass to invite.

The tour guide's full name is Zhuang Kaijie. He is a native of Jinling. He is probably about thirty years old. He wears a pair of glasses and looks polite.

"I'm so sorry, I'm allergic to alcohol."

The tour guide looked at He Fan with some embarrassment. He was really allergic to alcohol.

"Oh, then you should eat more food."

He Fan didn't force it. Although he didn't know whether the other party was really allergic to alcohol, since the other party said so, there was no need to persuade him to drink.

After finishing the food and waiting for He Fan to pay the bill, he heard the waiter say that the meal cost a total of 110,000 yuan. The tour guide immediately patted his frightened little heart.
To be continued...
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