Great Tang’s Talented Little Landlord

In the fifth year and June of Zhenguan, Gaochang City was very lively, and hundreds of people rushed out of the city gate to sing and dance outside the city to meet the Envoy team from Great Tang.

Qu Wentai, the master of Gaochang, led a group of Civil and Military Officials of Gaochang, and also went out of the city for 30 li to welcome the Great Tang Envoy.

The reason why Gaochang State went up and down to welcome Great Tang Envoy today is because of Your Majesty, Emperor of Great Tang, Li Er of Great Guangzheng gifted the Glass Buddha statue of Gaochang State to Envoy today. Shipped together.

Gaochang City, the capital of Gaochang State, is located in Turpan City, which is more than 5,000 miles away from Chang’an City. It is not far away.

With the current traffic conditions of Great Tang, it will take more than a month to finish the five thousand miles on horseback. If it is a caravan that transports materials, it will not be able to complete the journey without three months.

It is not easy to transport a ton of glass Buddha statues and travel more than 5,000 miles.

In order to transport this Buddha statue, Great Tang took a lot of effort. First, the four-wheeled Carriage will transport the Buddha statue to Dunhuang County, and then the camel team will transport it to Gaochang.

As for the one-ton Buddha statue, there is no camel to carry, so a kind of bracket was made by skilled craftsmen to connect the four camels.

The Buddha statue was placed on a cradle and carried by four camels. Under the care of countless people cautiously, it took more than a month before crossing the Gobi Desert and transporting the Buddha statue from Dunhuang County through Hami. To outside Gaochang City.

As a Buddhist country, including the King of Gaochang Qu Wentai, the civil and military people of Manchu and Gaochang people were all excited after learning about this national gift from Great Tang.

One ton of multiple Glass Tathagata Buddha statues, what a gem is this?

Even though Gao Changguo and Ch_ng’n are far away, there are still caravans in an endless stream every day, bringing all kinds of news in Chang’an City.

Half a year ago, the auction of the shocking the world in Chang’an City was the most talked about by these caravans.

Half a year ago, a similar Glass Tathagata Buddha statue was auctioned by Buddhism in Chang’an City for 68,000 tael of gold.

The Buddha image was photographed by Buddhism, but which temple the Glass Tathagata Buddha is enshrined in has become a problem.

Several Buddhist monks couldn’t settle their arguments, and finally decided altogether. The ten temples in Chang’an City will decide the order by lottery, and they will be worshipped in turn. Each temple will be worshipped for three months.

Da Ci’en Temple had the best luck, winning the first chance to worship the Buddha.

In order to show this Glass Tathagata Buddha to the believers, Da Ci’en Temple even made a special trip to place it on the square in front of the Daxiong Hall.

Buddha statue base built with white jade of Han Dynasty, and then glass Buddha statue with brilliant lights and vibrant colors is placed on it.

Because it is an open-air environment, the glass Buddha statue radiates a dazzling brilliance under the sunlight every day, which is very sacred.

It is precisely because of this Glass Buddha statue that the number of believers and pilgrims who go to the Dacien Temple to offer incense has increased several times. Countless believers and women poured into the Great Ci’en Temple just to see the Divine Idol of the Glass Tathagata, and even derived out various Gods Vestige rumors.

What Buddha manifests, after the sick family bows and prays, they heal themselves without treatment; what Buddha statues drop seven colors light, let the believers bathe Buddha’s radiance…In short, about the various kinds of Buddha statues in Chang’an City that Glass Rumor has it that in the past six months, there has been an uproar, making Gao Changguo feel unbearable.

After several months of traveling, Your Majesty, Emperor of Great Tang, as a national gift of the Glass Tathagata Buddha of Gaochang, can finally be shipped to Gaochang City today. How can we prevent the ruling and the opposition from Gaochang? excitement.

So early this morning, the sky was just getting light, and Qu Wentai, the lord of Gaochang, had already led Civil and Military Officials and was waiting for 30 li out of the city.

When the silhouette of Great Tang Envoy finally appeared on the official road in Gaochang people’s anticipation of the stars and the moon, the onlookers couldn’t help but burst into applause.

The musicians played cheerful music, and the dancers began to sing and dance. It was full of joy, a bit more lively than the grandest festival in Gaochang State.

The Buddha statue is firmly fixed on the hunchback, wrapped in thick straw and other things, but it is not true for a while, but it is for Qu Wentai and the others, the Lord of Gaochang who came to greet him. Sorry.

After a tedious etiquette, the Great Tang Envoy team and Gaochang monarchs set off again and headed towards Gaochang City.

Learning from the “successful experience” of Dacien Temple, Gaochang Lord Qu Wentai did not hesitate, so he ordered people to build an open-air Buddha stand in the largest temple in the city, ready to enshrine the Buddha. .

In order to show his piety, this Buddhist platform was even made of pure gold by Qu Wentai, the Lord of Gaochang. Gold alone cost nearly twenty tons, almost eighty 100,000 gold taels.

Gaochangguo is located at the center of the Silk Road in the Western Regions. It is an indispensable transportation hub and a commercial hub for east-west transportation, so it is extremely wealthy.

Even though Great Tang Envoy knows this very well, everyone is shocked speechless after seeing the gold-cast Buddha stand.

After arriving at the temple, the Glass Tathagata statue was slowly hoisted by a group of craftsmen very carefully and placed firmly on the golden Buddha stand.

When the Buddha statue was placed, the straw and other objects used to protect it were removed, and after revealing its true appearance, everyone present was immediately shocked.

The dazzling sun shines directly down, and the crystal clear and near-transparent Buddha statues and the golden-bright and dazzling golden Buddha stand complement each other, so majestic and compassionate, making people almost unable to look directly at it.

The presiding officer of the temple immediately recited the name of the Buddha, and led all the monks in the temple to kneel down, reciting the mysterious scriptures aloud in their mouths. The solemn and solemn breath of Buddhism made everyone present to kneel down immediately. moved towards Buddha statue, bow and pray…

The Buddha statue presented to Gaochang by Li Er was immediately declared as Gaochang National Treasure by Qu Wentai, the lord of Gaochang.

The temple enshrining this Glass Buddha statue was guarded by soldiers from a brigade sent by the Lord Gaochang, and all believers and believers who came to Shangxiang were not allowed to approach the Glass Buddha statue ten zhang.

Except for those monks, anyone dare to approach the Glass Buddha statue, kill without mercy!

Qu Wentai is very pious. He goes to the temple to pray for incense every day.

As for the Great Tang Envoy, it temporarily stayed in Gaochang to witness the “friendship” between the two countries.

The Turpan Basin, where Gaochangguo is located, was extremely dry in later generations with very little rain. However, in the Tang Dynasty, the Turpan Basin was an important place for farming.

Although it is still in an area with less rainfall than the Central Plains, compared with other parts of the Western Regions, it is considered to have plenty of rain.

However, after this years summer, Gao Changguo has not rained and the land has dried up.

Gao Changguo is also worried about this.

In order to pray for rain, Qu Wentai, the lord of Gaochang, simply ordered the temple where the Glass Buddha statue was enshrined to hold a puja. He led Civil and Military Officials to visit the temple to participate in the puja.

I don’t know if the Buddha is alive. In short, on the third day after the rain prayer meeting, raindrops finally fell on the long-dried Gaochang Kingdom.

Furthermore, when it rained, it rained for one day and one night, which made Gao Changguo happy and felt that this was the result of the Buddha’s blessing.

Qu Wentai, the lord of Gaochang country, slept a solid sleep amidst the patter of rain.

Early the next morning, he ordered the court lady to help him get up and change clothes, and he was going to the temple to pay his vows.

But before Qu Wentai could finish freshening up, he saw a few people stumbling in outside the palace gate.

“Majesty, no, it’s not good, there is a major event, Buddha, Buddha statue, Buddha statue accident…”