Zhou Zhi reached out and touched the three piles of paper separated by Teacher Yuan, and found that the feel was indeed somewhat different.

"It is understandable to confuse Lian Si Paper with Tai Shi Lian. After all, it is equivalent to the difference between first-class and second-class products," Teacher Yuan said seriously: "But it is extremely unfair to confuse Tai Shi Paper with them.

It should be."

"Actually, light transmission is the best way to distinguish." Teacher Yuan taught Zhou Zhi to lift the paper and point it at the light and commented: "Taishi paper is rough-edged paper with uneven fiber thickness. Through light transmission, you can see that there are many impurities in it."

"Even the fourth paper is different. The fiber feels dense and delicate, the front is smooth, the back is a little astringent, and there are no particles such as straw stick chips adhering to it."

"The Taishi Lian paper is even more powerful. The paper texture is even and even. The paper material is very fine, thin and sound. The texture is obviously better than the Lian Si paper on the side."

"Actually, with the development of the times, there are still many papers named 'Lianzhi'. Because Liancheng at that time was synonymous with the place where good paper was produced, all kinds of paper were vying to be named 'Lianzhi'."

"

"Among them, cotton-linked paper is the most outstanding one. Cotton-linked paper is actually a kind of rice paper. It is as white as jade, even and delicate, soft and tough. The more sophisticated printings in the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China often used cotton-linked paper."

"In addition, there is Liuji cotton-linked paper made by Wang Liuji. The paper is thinner than cotton-linked paper, but still soft and tough. This paper is often used to imitate tablets and Yi vessels."

"The rest include Sichuan Lian paper, which was imitated by me in Sichuan. Because of its uneven thickness and poor texture, it is rarely used in other places except for printing some county journals in central Sichuan."

"There are two more types after that, machine-printed history paper and powder-printed paper. They are both made by machines. They are rough in texture, thin and brittle, and are not very durable. The typesetting books and lithographic books in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China are mostly used.

Printing on these two types of paper.”

"My knowledge has greatly improved today." Zhou Zhi scratched his head with joy and excitement: "I learned a lot about the history of book printing in our country. Thank you, Teacher Yuan!"

"You're kidding." Teacher Yuan said with a smile: "I should be the one thanking you for donating so many precious repair papers to our institute. By the way, in order to commend your behavior, I will personally give you a small gift.

Gift."

After speaking, Teacher Yuan also opened a small package. Inside was a tome arranged in a book box and a linear single book.

"This is the "Selected Works of Great Men" printed on "Yukou Paper" by Ninghua Zhiping in the mid-1970s, and "Poems of Great Men" printed on "Xishan Paper" by Jiangle."

"Oh, this is too precious... I don't dare to accept this." Zhou Zhi was so frightened that he waved his hands repeatedly.

It's impossible to say you don't like them, but these two things look like high-quality antiques produced regardless of cost. It's not that Zhou Zhi doesn't want them, but he's afraid that Teacher Yuan will regret what he did today so much in ten years that he won't be able to sleep.

.

"Don't make trouble! There is still a mission!"

"Task?"

"Elbow, I heard that your hometown is Jiachuan County, Manzhou City?"

"Ah yes."

"Then there is a Fawang Temple in your hometown?"

"Yes! It's in Erli Township. Legend has it that the Empress Dowager Cixi used half of Luanjia's flowers to build it by imperial decree, and the other half was used to build the Baoguo Temple in Mount Emei..."

After saying this, Zhou Zhi suddenly jumped up: "I know what Teacher Yuan's mission is! "Dragon Hidden Sutra"! It can only be "Dragon Hidden Sutra" from Fawang Temple!"

"It's really not tiring to talk to you." Teacher Yuan smiled: "It seems that you really care about your hometown... Mr. Gu said you like to use one word, intangible cultural heritage?"

"Yes, the mission I'm talking about is the "Dragon Hidden Sutra" of Fawang Temple!"

Even Gu Youwen's profound knowledge was confused: "The rulers of the Qing Dynasty believed in Buddhism and ordered people to compile Buddhist scriptures many times. As far as I know, the Dragon Tibetan Sutra was first engraved in the eleventh year of Yongzheng and completed in

In the third year of Qianlong's reign, it lasted five years."

"The engraving is made of fine pear wood. The title page of the first volume of each Han Sutra has a picture of Sakyamuni preaching and a long live tablet. The last page of the last volume has Wei Tuo, who protects the Dharma. The rest of the front and back are engraved with text, and the carving is fine.

, refined swordsmanship, elegant handwriting.”

"There are 108 letters in the complete set of scriptures. Each letter is 300 to 500 pages thick and weighs about 100 kilograms. The gold foil used is worth more than 370,000 taels of silver, and nearly 1,800 taels of gold powder are used."

"Is this the "Dragon Hidden Sutra" you are talking about?"

"Yes, that's it." Zhou Zhi's admiration for Gu Youwen couldn't help but increase: "Master Zuzu is so knowledgeable and memorized! He knows everything!"

Gu Youwen waved his hand: "This is strange. As far as I know, after the completion of this set of sutra boards, only one hundred sutras were printed and distributed to major temples across the country."

"It was never printed again. In the late Qianlong period, it was moved to Berlin Temple for storage. Seng Lusi and the abbot of Berlin Temple were jointly responsible for its protection, and it was still supervised by the Ministry of Internal Affairs."

"There are so many big temples across the country. I have never heard of how amazing Jiachuan Fawang Temple is. How can it still house such an important classic as the Dragon Hidden Sutra?"

"This story is too long to tell." Zhou Zhi glanced at Teacher Yuan and said.

Teacher Yuan not only refused to come to the rescue, but also looked at him with a smile. At that moment, there was even a hint of a little girl's narrow-mindedness in his eyes, meaning I don't think you dare to say anything?

Zhou Zhi had no choice but to cough dryly: "Fawang Temple was founded in the Tang Dynasty. During this period, it experienced wars in the late Tang Dynasty and many destructions by wars in the late Song Dynasty. It was rebuilt in the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, but was destroyed again by wars and banditry in the late Ming Dynasty."

"By the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, Fawang Temple had already collapsed, and only the main hall and three-stone farm property remained."

"When the chaos was resolved and the local area was flooded, the ancestors of the Yang family gathered for discussion and sent people to the capital of Shu to hire eminent monks and abbots to take charge of temple affairs and promote Buddhism."

"In the fifth year of Qianlong's reign, an eminent monk named Guangsui of Sansheng Temple in Chengdu, who we locally called 'Solid Monk', came to Fawang Temple and led his disciples to open fields, build houses, plant trees and cultivate land, thus revitalizing Fawang Temple."

"Since becoming the abbot of Monk Guangsui, he has advocated Zen Master Baizhang's teachings of 'not working a day and not eating a day', integrating agriculture and Zen, and has worked diligently. By the time of his death in the 27th year of Qianlong's reign, Fawang Temple had already built a main hall.

The Hall of the Heavenly King, with its east and west corridors, has accumulated more than a thousand gold and bought seven fields."

"Honourji Temple began to prosper from then on."

"Monk Shixin inherited the Poshan sect, took the Linji sect of Zen as his sect, and promoted Buddhism and Zen. Starting from the 35th Zen Master Guangsui of the Linji sect, he has experienced Jike, Benhui, Huiyuan, and Wulian until he was forty.

During Shi Defeng's tenure, he imitated the layout of Huayan Temple in Chongqing and rebuilt the Main Hall, Tianwang Hall, East and West Corridors, Fire Ancestor Hall, and Abbot Hall."

“Because red Danxia stone was mostly used for the construction of columns, corridors and walls, the temple was known as ‘the best stone masonry in the world’ when it was completed.”

"But Monk Defeng was frugal in his own life. Before his death, he said: After death, he should be simple and save money. He would not build a tomb or erect a monument, but his ashes would be buried in an ordinary pagoda."

"Then it was passed down to Monk Guoshan."

"Seven generations of Guoshan, the forty-first generation of the Linji sect, served as the abbot from the Xianfeng year to the tenth year of Tongzhi. Guoshan was proficient in poetry and calligraphy. He was the ancestor of Fawang Temple Zhongxing. Huanqing Defeng worked hard to build the temple.

Not to mention the debts owed, we continued to carry out large-scale construction projects and built the huge scale of Fawang Temple today."

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