Jul 20, 2016 at 8:45 PM

山西做旅游是花了心血功夫的 It’s a painstaking effort to do tourism in Shanxi.

你们是怎么收买Jackie的？我觉得她有做监工的本领，因为每隔5分钟，她就来问我要recommendation 呀！还好我久经考验，不然她就把我的那些好不容易冒泡的muse, 都吓到 Java国过去了！ 你们一定有非凡的高兴事儿，因为Jackie说, 习主席在那么多人面前尽兴手舞足蹈的！想起当年汉高祖刘邦也是这样，率一众将相起舞，“大风起兮云飞扬！” 这次去山西看了很多寺庙，尤其在五台山！ 以前很早就听说过，中国有四大佛教圣地，普陀山, 五台山, 九华山, 峨眉山！而普陀山是尊崇文殊菩萨的，也就是让人开智的菩萨！在希腊的所有神里边，可能就是雅典娜是智慧之神吧！记得第一天问同去旅游的人，他们已经先一天游过五台山了，“有什么好看的吗？” “没啥，全都是庙！”对他们来说全都是庙，可是对我来说，我却看得意犹未尽！很小的时候，在上海是看不到什么庙的. 在读连环画 “孙悟空三打白骨精” 的时候，迷上了里边的白描！那么精致, 那么细腻！不光刻画人物, 还有描画景致. 每次孙悟空他们经过庙宇, 都要去参拜，而每一个庙宇都不同！记得连环画里，庭院中的遒劲扭曲的松柏，记得寺庙的雕栏画栋飞檐，还有寺庙里的曲径通幽庭院，好美呀！ 在中国也去过好多寺庙，虽然四大佛教圣地没有去过，但是近年来国内新建了很多大佛，以前也去过上海边上的杭州灵隐寺，西安法门寺，洛杉矶西来寺啊，台湾的法鼓山，吉林金顶大佛，嗯！很不错，好厉害. 可是五台山的寺庙让人回味！应该说山西做旅游是花了心血功夫的，因为这些都是古寺庙，都是砖瓦结构. 不知道为什么山西人特别擅长砖雕, 石雕和木雕，朴实无华的材料到了他们手里，雕刻出来的就是精美艺术品！

How did you buy Jackie’s heart? I think she has the ability to be a supervisor, because every 5 minutes, she comes to ask me for recommendation! Fortunately, I have been tested for a long time, otherwise she will scare my muse, which is not so easy to bubble, to the remote Java country! You must have an extraordinary happy event, because Jackie said that President Xi is dancing in front of so many people! I remembered then Han Dynasty First Emperor Liu Bang was like this, leading whole group of ministers dancing together, "the wind is rising and the clouds are flying! .... " This time I went to Shanxi to see many temples, especially in Mount Wutai! I have heard it very early on. There are four Buddhist holy places in China, Putuo Mountain, Wutai Mountain, Jiuhua Mountain, and Emei Mountain! Putuo Mountain is the Buddha who honors Manjushri, which is the Bodhisattva that makes people wise! In all the gods of Greece, it may be that Athena is the god of wisdom! I remember the first day I asked the people who went earlier who had already traveled to Mount Wutai "Is there anything interesting to see?" "Nothing, all temples!" For them, they are all temples, but for me, I’m not sure what I’m looking! When I was very young, I couldn't see any temple in Shanghai. When I read the comic strip "Sun Wukong (Golden Monkey) three hits on white bone demonlady", I was fascinated by the line drawing inside! So refined, so delicate! Not only lithograph the characters, but also depict the scenery. Every time Golden Monkey passed through the temple, they had to worship, and each temple was different! I remember inside comic book, there were twisted pines and cypresses in the courtyard,  temple's carved porch, and the winding path in the temple, so beautiful! I have also visited many temples in China. Although I  have not been visited four Buddhist holy places, in recent years, many new Buddhas have been built in China. I have also been to Lingyin Temple in Hangzhou,  Famen Temple in Xi’an, Xilai Temple in Los Angeles,  Fagushan in Taiwan,  Jinding Buddha in Jilin, ah! Very good, very good. But the temples of Wutai Mountain are reminiscent! It should be said that it is a painstaking effort to do tourism for Shanxi governor, because these are ancient temples, all of which are brick and tile structures. I don’t know why Shanxi people are especially so good at brick carvings, stone carvings and wood carvings. The unpretentious materials are in their hands and carved out beautiful artwork!