From the North Temple Tower, it is already afternoon, so we must go to saionji at once. When we strolled to saionji, it was already three o'clock in the afternoon and the sun was shining.
Walking in the street, saionji appeared opposite us.
A bright yellow screen wall, which reads: "Don't build a Dharma Temple"; Two beautiful bridges connecting the road and the temple (Fude and Wisdom); A beautiful green water crosses two small bridges and is reflected in the water. The temples in Suzhou, sure enough, even the entrance is a landscape.
It is said that Saiweng Temple, whose real name is Guiyuan Temple, was a temple in the Yuan Dynasty. In the Ming Dynasty, the temple declined and was converted into a garden by Xu Tai, the minister of Taibu Temple. It was named Xiyuan because it was opposite to Liuyuan (then named Dongyuan). Xu Rong, son of Xu Tai, donated it to the temple. Because the temple is based on precepts and the law is a sect, it is also called Zhuang Jie Law Temple. Of course, in the mouth of the broad masses of the people, the name saionji is naturally catchy ~
Before coming to Suzhou, pineapple and I wandered between Hanshan Temple and saionji. After reading the comments, I know that in the hearts of Suzhou people, I still prefer saionji. Although it is not as famous as Hanshan Temple, it is a really clean place with few people and incense is very effective.
So we're here to find out.
As soon as I entered the door, I met a girl who came to release the rabbit in the cage. My aunt, who was killing time in the temple, dissuaded her and said, don't put it here. Cats are fierce, so be careful to be eaten by cats here. Hearing this, pineapple and I became curious about the cats in the temple.
As soon as we entered the park, we were fascinated by the cats in the yard. This trip to saionji is doomed to linger among cats, and probably has nothing to do with Buddhism.
The first cat we met was Xiaohua Mall, who had a well-proportioned figure. I named him Tangyuan. It is sleeping under the tree. Perhaps because we were too enthusiastic, it got up and looked at us with wary eyes. After a quick look, I walked away.
Walking to the Hall of the Great Hero, I found two cats resting outside, so pineapple and I leaned against the railing and enjoyed their comfortable sleeping position. One is white, the other is golden, and the same lazy side is lying, just like stretching in the backyard. I really envy the cat's superb skills, and it is very comfortable to go anywhere.
I gave them a name myself. The light yellow one is called egg tart, and the soft white one is called toffee, both of which are my favorite flavors.
The egg tart soon changed its position. I squatted next to it, but it didn't want to move and continued to carry out its sleep plan.
Butterflies are not. I sat not far from it and drew its outline in my notebook with a pencil. After waking up, it stared at me for a while. After noticing that I was not hostile, it came to me on purpose, huddled up and slept contentedly. I was secretly glad that toffee was close, so I continued to sketch in my notebook.
After a while, it began to rain lightly, and toffee was awakened by the sound of rain. After he gave me a fascinated look, he immediately jumped up, ran away from me and squatted at me, as if he suddenly forgot that he had just wiped it himself.
I asked pineapple, what happened to it? I seem to have suddenly lost my memory. You think I'm playing with water? Looking at the toffee lying in the distance, I sighed. It's hard to guess the mind of a cat.
It is said that when we were watching cats in front of the main hall, there was a monk standing at the door of the main hall all the time, paying attention to the cats outside the main hall. He must be taking care of them at ordinary times. The cat living in the temple is really happy.
Bypass the Hall of Great Heroes and come to the small and beautiful West Garden. There is a lake in the garden, and there is a pavilion in the middle of the lake. There are pigeons on the pavilion (30+ visually). They fly back and forth between the trees and the pavilion in the middle of the lake in groups, and occasionally stand in a row on the stone bench by the lake and look around.
I took the pineapples with me for fear of disturbing their comfort.
We sat on the bench in the West Garden, feeling the quiet flow of time.
Occasionally, I looked up and saw a night heron parked above us, silently and quietly. This is the first time I have seen the night heron so close. It looks around and combs its feathers from time to time. After staying in the tree for 10 minutes, it flew to the railing in the distance and quietly faced another tourist girl.
After the night heron flew away, two pigeons came in tandem. We watched pigeons under the tree again, and pigeons fell in love in the tree. For the convenience of narration, let's call them Mr. M and Miss F ~
M is next to F, looking at her affectionately, pecking her feathers with her mouth from time to time. I got feedback very quickly, so M got on the F ~ carefully (please make up for it yourself). After a while, the two pigeons stood side by side again. After a moment of silence, M kissed F again, but this time it was not affirmed. M uses his head, flies far away to feed, and feeds F diligently when he comes back. After accepting the proposal, F jumped up and kept his distance. The sad m was unwilling and followed. Seeing that he couldn't escape, F simply flew back to the pigeon. M followed closely and never forgot to show his love to F. We watched it with relish. If two pigeons are not so sweet, it is dog abuse.
It is said that there used to be two spotted salamanders (yuán) in the lake, which are the only two in the world, but they died around 2007. Unfortunately, I didn't see the channel catfish.
I was thinking about spotted catfish when pineapple suddenly motioned me to see the lake, and a turtle the size of a washbasin was floating up for air. I sat on the stone bench and stood up because I couldn't see it. Who knows chinemys reevesii sensed the movement and immediately sank into the water. It seems that I can only see the fate of a shadow. It's good to see a shadow. I comfort myself that some fate can't be forced.
Near 5 o'clock, jiaozi in front of the temple swaggered into the backyard to play. After careful observation, we saw it staring at several pigeons, crouching down and making a gesture to pounce. I was worried about the safety of the pigeons and hurried there. Pigeons flew away one by one. Tangyuan squatted on the side of the road and gave me a boring look. At this time, a white dove found that all her companions were gone, and a cat actually squatted not far behind her, so she screamed and flew away. Pineapple and I both laughed, which really sounded the alarm ~
After a while, the egg tart also swayed to the backyard and aimed at the night heron by the water. I was worried that it would prey on the night heron, so I rushed to the night heron. Egg tart was shocked to see that I was faster than it. Feeling someone approaching, the night heron quickly flapped its wings and flew away. This is a bird's due vigilance, praise the night heron.
Soon, at 5 pm, the temple will be closed. Although we want more, we have to leave this quiet little garden. The water purification device in the lake began to work, and the ducks on it fell into the water with a splash. The tranquility of the lake was broken and the water splashed. I didn't catch anything from the egg tart, so I was unwilling to continue looking around in the water. I wonder if there will be a chance to pick up fish? Now, no one can disturb it any more.
Looking back in a hurry, pineapple and I left Saiweng Temple. Near the gate, I met a bird I didn't know.
After leaving saionji, we walked to Hanshan Temple and took a photo, ending today's trip. When I returned to the hotel in the evening, I saw the quiet North Temple Tower in the light of stained glass upstairs.
Well, I visited three temples today. Although I didn't burn incense and praise Buddha, I gained a lot of memories with small animals. This is also considered to be glad that you came.
D3 saionji-End-(？ ω? )?
Written on September 7th, 20 16.
D4 in Suzhou is finally going to visit Suzhou gardens. (Please refer to Humble Administrator's Garden for details)