Shimen Temple is small in scale and has a long history. Look at Tallinn outside the yard. Ancient morning bells and evening drums echoed in the valley.
In the past two years, the temples have been expanded, and the Tongyuan Hall and Guanyin Hall and Yamatonokusushi Hall have been completed. Compared with the original temple, it is more complete.
The temple is located in the valley of Dazhu Mountain, surrounded by mountains on all sides, with a gap in the north, two mountain roads, a road leading to Binhai Avenue outside the mountain, and a path leading from Houshan Valley to the temple parking lot, which is the entrance for monks and laymen to enter and leave. Visitors can only take the main road and buy tickets at the mountain gate to enter the scenic spot. The temple is also in the scenic area.
There is a volunteer lounge on the second floor of a building in the hospital. Four single beds are connected together, and Datong store can sleep five people. The doors and windows face south. Sitting on the bed, you can see the steep mountains in the distance, the curves outlined by pine trees, and the large white Sophora japonica in the thick green nearby. The fragrance of Sophora japonica permeates the sky of the temple, which is transparent and fragrant.
In the mountains under the shadow of night, a crescent moon hangs on the ridge, faint and faint. As soon as the camera is lifted, it is blurred, and only the window of the temple reveals a faint light. In an instant, the sound of rain outside surprised me. It would rain on a moonlit night. When I went out, I saw several big locust trees swaying by the wind. This is the sound of leaves, trees and flowers playing with the wind. It really looks like rain.
The first time I spent the night in Shimen Temple, I was alone in a big room, lying in bed at nine o'clock. I want to have a good sleep. My alarm clock is set at 4: 30.
It's too quiet. There was no sound in the temple, and the surrounding valley was strangely quiet. Are all the birds asleep? Listen carefully except for silence. I imagine those Nocturnal Animals, such as hedgehogs, owls and bats. They don't sleep, do they? Their actions are silent? It's strange, why should I look for sound in silence?
Look at your watch 12 and sleep peacefully.
In my sweet sleep, I was awakened by the sound of getting up next door. It's almost 4: 30. The sound of rain outside the window won't be windy again, will it? The sound of the canopy shaking again? It really sounds like rain. When I opened the door, it rained heavily. On the stone floor of the yard, bubbles bounced out of the stagnant water one after another.
The weather in the mountain is unpredictable, and it is unknown whether it will rain outside the mountain. It's raining hard. I'm worried about how to go to the morning class. The heavy rain stopped, and the numb rain drifted by. The rain stopped at five o'clock in the morning.
At breakfast, the sun rises from the top of Dongshan Stone Buddha, and the soft light shines on temples, valleys and rolling mountains. Birds are singing clearly, and occasionally the voice of cuckoo comes, which is long and moving in the valley through the filtration of branches and leaves and flowers. After the rain, the locust tree swayed its weight in the breeze, and each pine needle was strung with a bright little water drop. The pine flowers are more vivid, the small pine cones as big as apricots are shiny green, and the unknown green trees on the ridge are suspicious.
After the rain, in the temple where birds are singing and flowers are fragrant, in the fresh air, under the gaze of the stone Buddha on every hill, in the sound of bells and chanting in the morning class, a new day begins.