The feeling of going to Nanhua Temple is 450 words.

Nanhua ancient temple, the first temple in Lingnan. The sixth ancestor Huineng preached, and Zen originated and spread. This temple has been built for 1500 years.

Since the abbot Huineng, the sixth ancestor of Nanhua Temple, incense has flourished and there are six Zen sources. Then, after several wars, the buildings in the temple were in ruins. Until the beginning of the 20th century, monk Xu Yun was entrusted by his sixth ancestor to repair Nanhua Temple in his dream. He was cited as the abbot by all his disciples, and later rehabilitated, reorganized and expanded vigorously, changing the original quadrangle structure and building today's Nanhua Temple.

I live in Shaoguan, which is only half an hour's drive from Nanhua Temple. I went there several times with my parents when I was a child. At that time, when I was young, I only knew how to join in the fun and find something new. But I already feel that there are many people in the ancient temple and there is a quiet atmosphere.

Last year, I was at home for the Spring Festival, and I also went to burn incense with friends from afar. But because it is the end of the year, people from all over the country come to worship Buddha for blessings. It happened that Nanhua Temple was built in 1500, and a grand ceremony was held in the temple, which attracted many believers from thousands of miles away. The temple was crowded and everyone had lit incense in their hands. Smoke rolled in the whole temple, and everyone was in tears. This grand occasion is the most prosperous in Wong Tai Sin Temple in Hong Kong.

We followed the crowd slowly, going to worship room by room, without looking carefully. At the same time, there was a lot of noise, so we couldn't calm down and had to follow the crowd. When we arrived at Zhuoxiquan, people crowded around for six or seven floors, scrambling to throw coins into Longkou. There are clear springs in Longkou, and people are scrambling to wash their hands and drink water. There is a monk sitting at a table changing coins for believers. There is a thick layer of coins in spring.

Coming out of Zhuoxi Spring, we walked slowly down the mountain around the Virtual Cloud Buddhist Pagoda, across the endless buddhist nun, and walked to several big trees on the left side of the temple gate. We saw an old nun standing in front of the tree to feed pigeons. She stood by the crowded crowd and formed a world of her own, as if there was an invisible light, which was quiet and meticulous. I walked over and stood beside her curiously, watching her feed the pigeons with millet. She is wearing a clean cotton gown and a patchwork hat. Her face looks a hundred years old. After standing for a while, she slowly turned to look at me, her eyes were as clear as a child and her face was rosy, which made me suddenly feel ashamed and even lost the courage to stand with her. She turned and hurried away. However, when I turned around, I felt sorry, and my heart was empty, as if I had lost something.

When I went home this year, I thought about going to Nanhua Temple again, and I chose to go on the 28th of the year before to avoid the crowds who want to burn incense after the year.

On the afternoon of 28th, my mother accompanied me to Nanhua Temple to burn incense. The timing is right. There are few tourists in the temple.

There is a high archway in front of the temple, and there is a large open space in front for parking. Pigeons fly in the open space and stop on the arch. There are long shops on both sides, selling some incense and tourism supplies. After entering the temple, there is the underground palace on the left, and in front is the release pool, the Heavenly King Hall, the Ursa Major Hall, the White Pagoda and the Sixth Ancestor Hall. There are bell tower, drum tower, ancestral hall and Jian 'an room on both sides of Tianwang Hall and Daxiong Hall, and there is a monk's house down, which is built layer by layer according to the mountain.

Mother began to light incense and worship god from the earth temple. I walked up and down, watching quietly. Surrounded by dense trees, a gust of wind passed, and it was cool.