For two days on the weekend, Lin Baiyao took Ye Sushang and others on a sightseeing tour.

I drove to the Shaolin Temple first, and it was different from the perception of later generations. At the foot of the mountain were large cornfields. The road up the mountain was still being repaired. A small part of it was a dirt road. It might have rained not long ago, making it difficult to walk in the mud.

When you arrive at the entrance of the scenic spot, you first pay for a ticket, which is 40 yuan per person, or 160 yuan for four people. In 1998, this was a large expenditure for most families.

Just as there are many rich people in every era, expensive tickets cannot stop the enthusiasm of tourists. In recent years, the number of tourists received has been around 1 million, and the net ticket revenue has been 30 to 40 million.

Jiang Hai shook the ticket in his hand and said distressedly: "The monk is so evil!"

Lin Baiyao smiled and said: "I risked being scolded to speak justice for the monk. The management committee sells tickets. Only 8 yuan of the 40 yuan ticket is given to the temple. 70% of the 8 yuan is used for temple construction.

20% is used for monks' living and 10% is used for charity, and the temple's share is often withheld and arrears. I heard a joke told by someone that the monk went to the management committee to ask for the withheld share. The management committee said that the monks wanted

What are you doing with so much money? You can’t spend it all..."

Tang Xiaoqi called the good guy directly and said: "You don't hesitate to play with Buddha?"

"In order to sell ticket money, the local area dug out the passage for ordinary pilgrims and believers to go up the mountain to give alms, and then left only one road for tourists. Monks also have to eat. After all, faith cannot be eaten. As a result, most of them were taken away by the management committee and the contracted scenic spots.

The travel company took it, the temple took the small head, and it still bears all the infamy. Are you aggrieved?"

Jiang Haidao: "Think about it this way, monks are not evil. Those who engage in tourism are really evil. The tickets are so expensive..."

Lin Baiyao shook his head and said: "Tourism is a huge trend. If we don't make use of such top-notch resources and just cling to the golden rice bowl and beg for food, the leaders will be scolded to death by the people. Maybe this is the market economy, and even gods in the sky can do it."

Buddha, down to all living beings, no one can escape for money, there is no right or wrong..."

There happened to be seven or eight people passing by. When Jiang Hai scolded the tourist, one of them, a young man in his mid-twenties, turned his head casually. His narrow eyes glowed with joy and excitement after seeing the prey. He couldn't help but stop.

Stop.

The others were obviously followers, and they surrounded the young man like stars over the moon. When they saw him stop, they stopped hurriedly and followed his gaze, and they all understood.

They know very well what kind of virtue their boss has!

The tall and thin man standing on the left side of the young man was a confidant. He usually helped the boss with all kinds of hook-ups. He was familiar with the road. He immediately stood up and said with a smile: "Are these tourists from out of town? Tickets for Shaolin Temple

It’s expensive, but it’s worth every penny. I definitely won’t regret it. Otherwise, it’s fate that we met each other. My boss paid for the tickets for you. I’ve been here many times, and I can also be your tour guide for free. Let’s join in.

…”

Tang Xiaoqi is not very old, but he is a veteran of the world. Jiang Hai has been on the road for many years. Although he is a rough man, he still has a good eye for seeing people. As for Lin Baiyao and Ye Sushang, not to mention, one has been in the world for a long time, and the other is extremely smart.

How can you not see the other party's intentions?

Lin Baiyao said calmly: "No need, we have already bought the tickets."

The tall and thin man wanted to say something else, but the young man stopped him with his hand.

He was pretty good-looking, but his face was a bit sinister, and his wanton eyes swept across Ye Sushang's face and body.

Ye Sushang raised his eyebrows and said displeasedly: "What are you looking at?"

The young man smiled, turned around and led the people away.

Ye Sushang knew that his appearance could easily get him into trouble, but most people's chats with him were actually quite polite, and it was rare to encounter a guy who expressed his desires so openly.

She said fiercely: "I really want to dig out his evil eyes."

Lin Baiyao smiled and said: "Don't let irrelevant people affect your mood... let's go, let's go up the mountain too."

The entrance to the mountain is full of merchants setting up stalls to take photos, as well as various food stalls with tents set up. It is not to say dirty and messy, but at least it is chaotic.

Since it was not a legal holiday, there were not many tourists. Lin Baiyao and the others first listened to an old monk sitting under a thousand-year-old ginkgo tree and lectured on Buddhism for half an hour. Then they visited the pagoda, the pavilion, the Zushi Temple and the Bodhidharma Cave. Everything was simple and solemn.

, full of Zen.

The Shaolin Temple in 1998 may have been the last time the temple was clean.

Because this year Shaolin Industrial Development Company was established, and from then on it began a crazy road to commercialization.

Is this wrong?

not necessarily!

Practice hard in the mountains, isolate yourself from the world, and slowly die away. If you don't keep pace with the times, you will be abandoned by the times.

After Shaolin Temple, look at how many famous mountains and rivers, Wutai, Putuo, Emei and Jiuhua, haven’t they all followed the footsteps of commercialization?

Emei and Jiuhua went public directly, and it is said that Putuo was drooling with envy and thinking about IPO every day...

The Buddhist circle only likes to make money as a hobby, but the Shaolin Temple is the most scolded.

The reason is simply that the rafters came first.

When everyone is not rich, your commercialization is too good because of a movie, and the monk is extremely rich. How can it be accepted by the public opinion and social environment at that time?

When there are too many scoldings, a spiral effect of silence will naturally form, causing everyone to think that mentioning Shaolin means all kinds of bad news, thus creating psychological implications of contempt and contempt.

In fact, we should think about it carefully. Under the great wave of economic development, a famous mountain or a famous temple will not only support the monks in the temple, but also the many people, companies and governments who eat around this scenic spot.

This is a huge industrial chain.

A statue of Buddha needs a golden body. Making money in temples is not an original sin, but a traditional Buddhist virtue.

If you read Buddhist scriptures, you will know that the blissful worlds of the Buddhas are filled with piles of gold and silver and filled with treasures.

Being a monk has to endure hardships. This is really a huge misunderstanding!

Again, either the mountain gate is completely closed and no one wants the economic dividends;

Or don't be secretive and coy about it, just make money and don't feel ashamed.

Because as soon as commercialization begins, capital will override everything else and will not be based on personal will, and certainly will not be based on the will of Buddha.

Think about it from another perspective, if the Buddha wanted to save all sentient beings, in modern society, you can’t just talk about it.

Is it considered a meritorious deed to rely on a mountain and a temple to promote local economic development?

In later generations, the power of capital has become more and more powerful, and making money has become a universal value. People have gradually begun to accept all this. Even the temple's open recruitment can be searched several times. People no longer have too many concerns about the secularization of temples.

Criticism, actually thinking about it, I don’t know whether it is progress or regression...

However, strangely enough, the Shaolin Temple is not big, but we did not encounter the young man who struck up a conversation with him again.

After leaving the Shaolin Temple, Lin Baiyao and others drove to the Longmen Grottoes in the next city. The majesty of the Lucena Buddha made everyone standing in front of the Buddha feel the insignificance and greatness of life.

Here and Shaolin are two completely different states of mind!

The sun was already setting when they came out of Longmen Grottoes, so they simply stayed there and waited for them to find a place to stay before going out to eat at the most famous century-old restaurant in the area.

Not long after waiting in the private room, the door was suddenly pushed open, and the young man I met before came in with his followers. The tall and thin man held a whole box of Wuliangye in his hands and said with a smile: "What a coincidence, again
Chapter completed!