Comprehensive comics: Is it hard to eat soft rice? I want to be a chaebol

“Oh, this is Wuhou Temple.~~”

“I feel like my mood suddenly became serious.~~”

When Higashino Makoto and others walked into the door, they were greeted by an ancient courtyard shaded by trees. There were stele corridors on the left and right sides of the courtyard. The west side of the stele corridor displayed Ming steles, and the east side of the stele corridor displayed precious Tang steles. , 367 cm high and 95 cm wide, with a huge and simple shape that immediately attracts everyone’s attention

“What’s this?”

“Look at the upper right corner of the stele, it seems to be called”The Prime Minister Zhuge of Shu~~ The stele of Wuhou Ancestral Hall”》”

“This seems to be a cultural artifact from the Tang Dynasty in China~~”

“What?! Doesn’t this mean that this stone tablet is a cultural relic from more than 1,200 years ago?”

“That’s right.”

Higashino Makoto and Kotobuki Tsumugi admired the inscription with great interest.

This Tang stele is extraordinary. The inscription was written by Pei Du, a famous prime minister in the mid-Tang Dynasty, and written by the famous calligrapher Liu Gongchuo (brother of Liu Gongquan). The famous craftsman Lu Jianle placed the stele on the stone. , because of its exquisite writing, calligraphy and engraving, it is also known as the”Three Wonders Stele”. It can be said that this Tang stele not only has great historical value, but also has considerable literary value.

The elegant font of the inscription is enough to put today’s calligraphers to shame, and it also makes Higashino Makoto and Kotobuki Tsumugi admire it.

More importantly, it is obviously a stone tablet from 1,200 years ago, but Higashino Makoto can read it. Knowing the content on the stone tablet, even Miss Kotobuki Tsumugi, who has good attainments in Sinology, can roughly understand it. It can be seen that the development of Chinese character culture is indeed passed down from generation to generation. This is also proof that Chinese civilization has not been epoch-making.

(PS) : It is quite emotional to say that Chinese characters actually began to be simplified from the Han and Tang Dynasties, and the development of simplified characters reached its peak in the Yuan Dynasty. As a result, there was a regression in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and even the writing of the characters was deliberately made cumbersome to imprison. Minzhi)

The other girls did not have such a literary background. Looking at the Tang Dynasty characters on the stone tablet, even though they knew many of the words in it, they really couldn’t understand the classical Chinese text without punctuation marks. At that moment, they Turn your attention to the wall of the stele corridor, which contains an introduction to the inscriptions.

Because many foreigners like the story of the Three Kingdoms, and Wuhou Temple in Chengdu is a holy place for lovers of the Three Kingdoms, many foreign tourists come here every year. Visit. So for the convenience of foreign tourists, the introductions on the wall are not only in Chinese, but also in English, Japanese and Korean. Girls don’t have to worry about not understanding the introduction.

However, even though they can’t understand it, after looking at it for a while, the girls are convinced. They were no longer interested.

After all, except for a few girls, most girls were basically indifferent to calligraphy, so they waited for a while until Higashino Makoto and Kotobuki Tsumugi finished admiring the inscription, and then continued to explore inside.

The Marquis Temple complex faces south as a whole, with a central axis running through the five-story building of the main gate, the second gate, Liu Bei Hall, the hall, and the Wuhou Temple. Visitors generally walk along the central axis to the end, and then go west.

The same was true for visiting Liu Bei’s cemetery and other buildings.

However, when passing by the second gate, the sharp-eyed Ritsu suddenly discovered something was wrong with the plaque at the second gate.

“Hey, Mr. Higashino, did you write the clear word”明利千古” wrongly? Why is the ‘日’ on the left side of the character ‘明’ written as ‘目’?”

In this regard, Higashino Makoto said with a smile:

“This was intentionally written incorrectly”

“This plaque was written by an official named Wu Ying in the Qing Dynasty of China. However, it was taboo at the time for a Qing Dynasty official to write”Ming Liang Eternal”, so the official named Wu Ying added the word”明” made a fortune”

“Ah~~What kind of strange taboo is this?”

Tianjing Zhongliu scratched his head and expressed that he could not understand. Then he followed everyone through the second gate and came to Liu Bei Hall.

Liu Bei Hall is located to the north of the first courtyard. On the east and west sides are the corridors of civil servants and generals, with 28 rows of them. There are statues of officials and generals of the Shu Han Dynasty. The decoration and clothing of the statues are mainly borrowed from Qing Dynasty operas. In front of each statue is a stone tablet introducing his life story.

As soon as he entered the courtyard, Kotobuki Tsumugi seemed very excited.

She first pulled Higashino Makoto one by one.

Admiring the statues on the east and west sides, chatting with Higashino about interesting stories about the civil servants and generals of the Shu Han Dynasty.

The other girls also dispersed to enjoy the scenery in the civil servants and generals gallery, and finally regrouped in the Liu Bei Hall in the north, and then entered the palace.

In the center of the hall is a seated statue of Liu Bei.

The seated statue is 3 meters high.

It is covered with gold and has a nine-pin crown.

The attendants on the left and right hold a jade seal and a Shangfang sword.

The posthumous title of Liu Bei is written on the tablet in front of the statue.

“Emperor Zhaolie of the Han Dynasty”.

To the left and right of the seated statue of Liu Bei, Liu Bei’s grandson, King of the North, Liu Chen, is enshrined on the right, but a piece of rotten wood is enshrined on the left.

“What is this?”

The girls curiously surrounded the piece of rotten wood on the left, to which Higashino Makoto explained with a smile:

“It was actually Liu Bei’s son Liu Chan who was enshrined here. However, the people thought that Liu Chan surrendered and was happy to be in Shu, and was not worthy of being worshiped in the temple, so they threw Liu Chan’s statue out.”

“The rotten wood enshrined here is a metaphor for Liu Chan, who means that rotten wood cannot be carved.”

“So this is ah~~”

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The girls are thoughtful

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Afterwards, they visited the left and right side halls adjacent to the main hall, where Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were enshrined, as well as the descendants and generals of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.

What makes the girls feel strange is that the statue of Zhang Fei in the side hall is dressed as a military general, while the statue of Guan Yu is actually dressed as an emperor.

“What’s going on?”

“This is because Guan Yu’s loyalty was conferred and praised by emperors of later dynasties. In the Song Dynasty, he was crowned a king, and in the Ming Dynasty, he was crowned an emperor. Therefore, this statue became an emperor’s dress.”

Speaking of this, Higashino Makoto’s expression was a little strange.

He thought of Liu Bei as the monarch of Zhuge Liang and Guan Yu. As a result, the Wuhou Temple here is the incense of Prime Minister Zhuge, and the Guandi Temple is the incense of the Second Master Guan, which can be regarded as the incense world. What a strange flower

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After visiting Liu Bei Hall, everyone came to the back of Liu Bei Hall, and then came the real Wuhou Temple.

“Notice the step?”

Higashino Makoto introduced:

“According to the traditional concept of feudal Confucianism, the king is above and the ministers are below, so there are several steps to go down here to show that Liu Bei’s status is higher than Zhuge Liang’s”

“Next here is the hall. Don’t underestimate this hall. The plaques on both sides of the hall are all made by everyone.”

Hearing this, Kotobuki Tsumugi immediately said excitedly:

“I know this!”

“I have learned before that the plaque of ‘Wuhou Temple’ directly above the hall was written by Mr. Guo Moruo. The outermost couplet was written by Mr. Dong Biwu”

“The plaque directly above the entrance hall was written by Mr. Xu Beihong. There are also the couplets at the entrance of Zhuge Liang Hall, which are the anchor couplets of Wuhou Temple and also one of the top ten famous couplets in China.”

After listening to Kotobuki Tsumugi’s introduction, the girls couldn’t help but smack their lips.

Even if they are Japanese, they have heard the names of these important figures. They are all great people. As for the couplet of the town hall, can It is no exaggeration to say that he was selected into the top ten famous couplets in China.

The girls could not help but stand in awe, admiring the plaques and couplets in the hall and at the entrance of Zhuge

Liang Hall. Then she respectfully placed the bouquet she prepared on the table in front of the statue of Zhuge Liang, and then respectfully paid homage to the statue.

The other girls also put their hands together and paid homage to Zhuge Liang respectfully.

PS: The picture is from the Tang Dynasty stele in Wuhou Temple. It is obviously an inscription from more than 1,200 years ago, but you should recognize many of the characters, right? Shishi.