Legend of two bronze bells on the Great White Pagoda in Wutai Mountain
Once upon a time, there lived a family in Fangxin Village, two miles northwest of the Great White Pagoda. The villagers call his mother Guo? Aunt is old and poor, living in half a straw house and half a kitchen, but mother and son live in harmony and depend on each other. Son? My father died when he was five, but he didn't have a name. His nickname is nothing. He is an honest young man. Besides picking mushrooms, he travels ten miles all year round. Small coal mines back coal. Life is hard. I'm not married in my early thirties, but I'm filial, supporting and serving my mother, and I'm never lazy? Slow, is a famous filial son in our village. You are honest and filial, so old. Why don't you get married? Is it five senses or health? What are the theoretical defects? In fact, nothing is handsome and has no defects. Just because his family is too poor, it is described as "penniless". There's nothing more appropriate. Who wants to marry a poor man who has never eaten? In this way, year after year, unconsciously, you are already in your early thirties? . His mother, who married a man with nothing, was very worried and often fell ill, and her hair turned white. One year, Geyuan (now Tayuan Temple) will be rebuilt? Tower, many people came to the tower from all directions, including carpenters, masons and masons ... because there were so many people in the yard at that time, all of them? Scattered in the homes of ordinary people. An old man with a white beard came to Guo's maiden with a wallet on his back and two bells in his hand. According to his introduction? Shao, he is a foundry worker, and the bronze bell in his hand is made by the foundry itself. ?
Aunt Guo pointed to the kitchen and said, "You think the house is small, so live in the kitchen."
The old cobbler even said, "Good! Good! "
After that, Aunt Guo helped old Thornton make the bed.
Born in one day, known for two days, and for three days, the two old people were as affectionate as a brother and sister. The old cobbler has a quirk, no matter early? When he goes out in the morning or comes back at night, he always puts his hand on two bells and shakes them wherever he goes. It didn't take long for people to know him.
One day, old Thornton told Aunt Guo that the Great White Pagoda had been completed soon. He had to leave first, leaving these two bells to pay for the accommodation. Aunt Guo? Understand the old cobbler's intention and say nothing. The old shoemaker had to tell the truth. He told Aunt Guo that someone would come to this bronze bell in the future? If you like, you will have money to marry a daughter-in-law. Hearing this, Aunt Guo accepted this bronze bell, which can solve her heart disease for many years.
Aunt Guo sent the old cobbler to Kaminooji. In a twinkling, the old cobbler disappeared without a trace. ? On the third day after the old cobbler left, from the Great White Pagoda? It's time to install a disc with a circumference of 23 meters above the top of the tower. The dish should be decorated with 252 Dong bells with pendants. This day is an auspicious day. People from villages far and near came to watch the fun. How difficult it is to install a large plate that is more than 60 meters high and works high! I don't know how to do it. Yes, by the time of installation, a bell was missing from the big disc. Counting from left to right, the number of people was more than a dozen times, or one was missing. Can it be the old turn? My anxiety was broken. Because today's loading missed the auspicious day of the ecliptic, it would be unlucky, and even the collapse of the big tower would happen. At this time, Laos? Zhang remembered the old stonemason's bronze bell and immediately sent someone to Aunt Guo's house to find the old stonemason. "The old cobbler left the day before yesterday." Aunt Guo said to the bearer, "He left the bronze bell when he left, saying that whoever wants it will get it?" Take out money to build three tile houses. "Someone said," as long as you can use it, let alone build three tile houses or even ten! "Someone brought the bronze bell back to the construction site and tied it to the disc. It's not only the same size, but also the same color, style and pattern, just like using one? It's the same as mold It's perfect. The old abbot looked at two bronze bells and mused back and forth. He thinks the old shoemaker is unusual, very? It is possible that Manjusri Bodhisattva incarnated to help the dutiful son get married. He figured it out here and immediately sent five hundred taels of sycee to Aunt Guo. Guo Da? Mother has never seen so much money in her life. Looking at the shiny silver, she was pleasantly surprised. Never thought that one bell and two bells were worth so much money? Aunt Guo was overjoyed. She thanked the Bodhisattva for blessing and the white-bearded sand shovel. Soon, three tile houses were built. After nothing to get married, Aunt Guo was immersed in joy and happiness.
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