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Once upon a time, there was a wealthy businessman named Chen Cai in Hushu Town, Nanjing. He was one of the four largest households in Hushu Town at that time. It's a pity that the three sons failed to live up to expectations and all spent money like water, becoming out-and-out spendthrifts.
As Chen Cai got older, he was so angry with his three unworthy sons that he became bedridden. Before Chen Cai died, his sons cried and kept asking him, what will happen if the family has no money after he dies?
Chen Cai used up his last bit of strength and said, "Go to the family temple to fight the monk." After saying this, he died.
If you only go out but don’t enter, you will be sitting on nothing. After selling off their land and belongings, the three brothers were destitute and finally thought of their old father's dying words. So that night, the three brothers and their gangsters broke into the family temple and beat up the monks indiscriminately. Unfortunately, two of the monks were beaten to death on the spot.
A life was lost in vain. The county magistrate took the decision and led the government officials to examine the case in Hushu Town. After interrogating for several days, I still couldn't figure it out.
It is good to speak well when a person is about to die, and Chen Cai has no reason to deceive his own son. The next day, the county magistrate quietly entered Chen Cai's family temple with only his close followers, and unexpectedly discovered the golden head of the Eighteen Arhats in the temple.
It turns out that the heads of these eighteen Arhats are made of gold, and they are obviously pressed on. The county magistrate immediately ordered people to remove the Arhat's head, put it into a big box, carry it out of the family temple, and immediately sealed the family temple.
In order to deceive others, the county magistrate went to court and announced that he had beaten the monk to death for no reason. He should have been punished with his life, but he thought that the three of them were young and ignorant and received a lighter sentence. Furthermore, the Arhats in the family are not well-educated and reasonable people. They ruined the feng shui of the family and immediately destroyed the clay bodies of the Arhats and rebuilt the true body of Wenchang Bodhisattva. From then on, Chen Caijia Temple was renamed Wenchang Temple, located in Zhupai Lane, Hushu Town.
Zhupai Alley not only contains the folklore stories of Wenchang Temple, but also records the poem "The solitary lantern shines at night" of Longwang Temple - the solitary lantern shines on the north and south banks at night, and pedestrians pay attention to the top of the small bridge. A solitary lamp lights up the heart, knowing the bitterness and sweetness of life in black and white. This is one of the famous eight scenic spots on the lake.
Beside the embankment at the end of Xizhupai Lane on the south bank of the Qinhuai River in the west of the town, there used to be a Dragon King Temple with three rooms and two compartments. It was dedicated to the Dragon King and prayed for good weather and good harvests. The incense is very prosperous at ordinary times, and even more lively during droughts and floods. It is also relatively famous in Hushu Town.
Real-life architecture:
According to legend, the Dragon King Temple was built in the Six Dynasties, destroyed by the war during the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and rebuilt in the Tongzhi period, with east and west entrances. The gate of the Dragon King Temple happens to face the urn in the Lingshun Bridge. Every night, a long-bright lamp is lit in the temple, which becomes a navigation beacon, guiding a large number of night ships on the Qinhuai River to safely cross the bridge.
The rest are smaller in scale, such as Chongren Temple, Mao'an, Dongyiyuan Temple next to Mount Everest Temple, Xiangu Temple in Toudaoba, Tianshou Temple, Chenggong Temple in Shuibei, Yaodong Street Zhenwu Temple and the Gospel Hall of Jesus Christ, etc., but these no longer exist today. Temples and nunneries, large and small, have gone through many vicissitudes of life. Although some ruins can be found, they have been demolished. Some have been converted into government offices, schools, shops and other public places, and their old appearance has disappeared.