Dream of Red Mansions in Shuiyue An

There are many Shuiyue Nunnery in old Beijing. I remember there was one near Pingjun Prince’s Mansion. "A Dream of Red Mansions" is about the one "outside the north gate". What gods are worshiped in Shuiyue Temple? As the name suggests, it is a special incense place for Guanyin Bodhisattva, because Guanyin has many disguises, such as "Willow Branch Guanyin", "Fish Basket Guanyin", "Boy Guanyin"... and "Water Moon Guanyin" is one of its aspects - In the Kun Opera "Sifan", the nun sings "I can't learn from the Guanyin Seat on the Moon in the South Sea". So, why in the Shuiyue Temple written by Xue Qin, what you see when you enter the door is the Goddess of Luo? A big storm and a strange article are all "focused" on this small nunnery. They must be talked about and appreciated. Xueqin's writing style is full of wonders, and Shuiyue'an's chapter can be regarded as a masterpiece - ranking first together with "Ping'er's makeup", "Zijuan's test of jade", and "Mandarin duck's haircut". The source of this article is that at noon in midsummer, Baoyu came to Mrs. Wang's house and had a joke with Jinchuan. He angered the wife who was pretending to be asleep and beat Jinchuan. Jinchuan was shy and angry, and died of "strong love"—— - Baoyu is still in the "boring gourd", and his little half-brother is already framing him and accusing him of "raping his mother's maidservant"! Therefore, Baoyu's "unkindness" and "unfilial piety" made Jia Zheng (who had just heard that this son had caused an accident at the prince's palace, which might have destroyed his family) was anxious, angry, scared and panicked, and hated himself for being born like this. A treacherous son brings disaster to the family and is sorry for his father and ancestors. That's why he was so angry that he spoke the unspeakable taboo words of "patriicide and regicide" that shocked everyone! At this time, Jia Zheng's internal organs were burning, and his mood could be said to be extremely complicated. However, for many years, critics did not show any sympathy or sympathy, but they were said to be a desperate act of "feudal forces" persecuting "rebels". "Struggle" - strangely, people feel that Jia Zheng is "cruel", but they don't feel that Jia Zheng is bad and poisonous at all! Afterwards, Baoyu found out that Jinchuan had committed suicide and drowned in a well. How is he feeling? Not a word is mentioned in the book. Baoyu has already forgotten it, right? ——The reader will "forget" the matter as soon as he returns to "Lotus Leaf Soup". ——However, Xueqin did not "forget" it. On that day, there was a banquet held in the house to celebrate Sister Feng's birthday. It was very lively, and everyone came to pay homage to her for her sake. No one would be rude by being absent - giving her "a bad look" - but only Brother Bao, who had always had the best relationship with her, broke the rules and made a mistake that no one would have expected. Early that morning, Baoyu was dressed in plain clothes and said nothing. When he came to the back corner gate alone, Mingyan, who had already given instructions, took the horse to wait on him. Baoyu got on the horse, bent down (putting his feet on the stirrups to put a little pressure on the horse's belly, and the horse let go and galloped. This posture was very impressive), the horse turned twice and went out of the north gate. This north gate is the Desheng Gate of old Beijing. At the west gate of the northern city wall, beyond this gate is the northwest suburb, which used to be a land of villages and wilderness. The two masters and servants galloped to a place, which happened to be the "Shuiyue" nunnery. The person who sees before entering the nunnery is the "Lo God". Baoyu saw that the statue was very good - but he did not praise its beauty, and tears fell in his eyes. Why? Why? There is also Baoyu "criticizing" Cao Zijian's "lies", which is very strange and wonderful. ——This is "no love" (Hui Mu) and "no hate" (Hui Wei couplet). Sneak out of the city and come back secretly. The female relatives were watching a play - "Wang Shipeng's "Sacrifice to the River" was being performed. Everyone shed tears when they saw it, and Du Daiyu sarcastically said: This Wang Shipeng is very ignorant! ...You can't offer sacrifices anywhere, so you have to go to the riverside? Baoyu pretended not to hear and remained silent. ...What twists and turns, what power of writing! This is "novel" and this is art. "Shuiyue" Yi'an reveals such strange true feelings and true skills. From the 32nd chapter "Qing Lie" to the 43rd chapter "Unable Qing", there are already eleven chapters apart. The readers have forgotten, but the author has not, and they regard the author as too "ordinary", okay?

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① During the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, there were several Shuiyue Nunnery in Beijing and Nanjing, but the only one in Dongcheng District of Beijing was called both Shuiyue Nunnery and Shuiyue Temple.

② There is also Shuiyue Nunnery near Nanjing Weaving Bureau. On the fourth day of July in the fifty-seventh year of Emperor Kangxi's reign, Cao Yin gave a memorial: "One of the four seeds planted in the Bodhizi Weaving Bureau has grown... Wanshou Nunnery, Shuiyue Nunnery The two plants in Yue'an also produced one in six months, which is no different from the one in Xiangfu Temple in Yangzhou."