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A temple keeper who has lived alone in a temple in the mountains for 28 years, who has rarely descended the mountain in the past 28 years, but on the morning after the two female pilgrims stayed, he ran 25 miles down the rugged mountain road to report the crime. Why didn't the two female pilgrims say goodbye? Who are they?
1. Golden Lamp Temple
Jindeng Temple, formerly known as Pagoda Temple, is located on the top of the forest mountain at the junction of Pingshun County and Linxian County, Henan, 65 kilometers away from Pingshun County, more than 1500 meters above sea level, surrounded by mountains, three seasons of the year are hidden in the clouds, with the reputation of "fairyland treasure land" and "China's first hanging temple".
The Golden Lamp Temple was built in the seventeenth year of the Ming Dynasty, that is, in 1504, and took more than 60 years, until 1565, the forty-fourth year of the Ming Jiajing.
The Golden Lamp Temple is not a temple, but the Golden Lamp Temple Grottoes consisting of twenty-five large and small caves and as many as thirty-four large halls.
According to legend, during the Taiding period of the Yuan Dynasty, a Zen master from Anyang, Henan Province traveled here, saw the unique scenery of the Golden Lamp Temple built by the mountain, and was happy in his heart, so he stayed here, and at night, the Zen master suddenly saw two golden lamps fluttering into the temple, and the temple was suddenly full of golden light, and then the Zen master renamed the pagoda temple and lived here for a long time.
After thousands of years, the stone Buddha steles in the Golden Lamp Temple have been well preserved, and some cultural relics in the temple have been preserved during the Ming Dynasty, so the Golden Lamp Temple has also been selected as a key cultural relic in Shanxi Province and the sixth batch of national key protected cultural relics.
One evening in 1996, two female pilgrims came to the Golden Lamp Temple, which made Feng Kaiping, the only temple keeper in the temple, curious in his heart, because of the geographical location, there were not many pilgrims coming and going, and it was a little strange that two female pilgrims came to the Golden Lamp Temple to worship Buddha.
However, seeing the two female pilgrims kneeling in front of the hall and praying reverently, and also putting incense money in the merit box, Feng Kaiping didn't think much about it, and after looking at it twice, he went to work on his own affairs.
At this time, it was already evening, the mountain road was difficult to walk, and after the two female pilgrims worshiped the Buddha, they proposed to Feng Kaiping that they wanted to spend the night in the temple, considering the danger of going down the mountain at night, Feng Kaiping agreed.
Immediately, after preparing dinner, several people finished eating together, and Feng Kaiping took the two female pilgrims to the guest room and went to rest alone.
This night, Feng Kaiping slept unsteadily, strangers lived in the temple, and he had to be vigilant, but Feng Kaiping didn't know what was going on, and soon after dinner, he began to make trouble in his stomach, the pain was unbearable, and he turned over and over in bed for most of the night, and did not fall asleep until dawn.
The next morning, Feng Kaiping, who got up a little later than usual, went to ask the two female pilgrims to get up, but found that the door was wide open and the two female pilgrims were missing.
Feng Kaiping quickly looked at the hall on the side, and found that the lock of the hall that was originally locked at 6 o'clock every night was pried open, Feng Kaiping thought badly, and quickly walked to the hall, this look does not matter, the grotto in the hall is empty two.
Feng Kaiping then realized that this was a female pilgrim, and it was clearly two criminals who came prepared with the intention of stealing cultural relics. Remembering that his stomach hurt for half a night after eating last night, Feng Kaiping still didn't understand anything at this time.
It must have been these two criminals posing as female pilgrims who drugged his meal! Thanks to the fact that these two people did not want to bear the murder case, just to steal cultural relics, otherwise Feng Kaiping might not have survived the next morning.
Feng Kaiping, who was scared into a cold sweat, did not dare to delay for a moment, and at the fastest speed, he ran twenty-five miles down the rugged mountain road to report the crime.
Second, life hangs in the balance
This time the theft of cultural relics made Feng Kaiping have a long eye when facing the pilgrims, and he also realized that he alone might not be able to see these cultural relics, so he found two familiar villagers in a nearby village to help guard together.
In the later time, Feng Kaiping looked at every pilgrim who came and went, especially the young man who came with him, after a long time, which pilgrim was sincerely worshipping Buddha, which pilgrim just came to play, Feng Kaiping could see a rough idea with a little observation.
It was another evening, and more than half an hour later, when the temple was locked, Feng Kaiping and two villagers who came to help were cleaning up, and four strong-looking men came in from outside the temple.
After a long period of training, Feng Kaiping could see at a glance that these people were not normal pilgrims or tourists, and they were not good at coming.
Ordinary pilgrims or tourists come to carry some incense paper tribute in their hands, even if they don't bring anything, their faces are solemn, but these people are empty-handed, running around, even if they come to the Buddha, their eyes are looking around, very suspicious.
Feng Kaiping did not act rashly, but secretly told the two villagers to take precautions, but did not think, the other party was so powerful that he did not wait until the night, and quickly tied up Feng Kaiping and the three after passing the code words to each other, and in the process of fighting, Feng Kaiping was also stabbed by a gangster on the waist.
Blood flowed to the ground, and Feng Kaiping gradually lost his strength and was tied up by a gangster and locked up in the kitchen.
At that time, Feng Kaiping thought to himself: "Fortunately, I was stabbed, if it is the two of them who are injured, how should I explain to their family." ”
Feng Kaiping was locked in the kitchen alone, listening to the noisy sound outside, his heart was dripping blood, after so many years, he had already regarded cultural relics more important than his life, thinking that the cultural relics in the temple did not know how much to be stolen, Feng Kaiping lit a fire in his heart, used his last strength to grind the rope little by little, and successfully escaped.
At this time, there was no sound outside the hall, and several thieves had long run away without a trace.
Feng Kaiping couldn't care about the pain of the wound, and hurriedly entered the hall to check, but found that several thieves had strength but no brains, did not know how to take down the cultural relics, and not a single cultural relic was stolen.
However, although the cultural relics were not stolen, several people destroyed many cultural relics in anger, and fragments of smashed cultural relics were scattered in the hall.
This situation made Feng Kaiping even more distressed, the cultural relics were stolen, and it was possible to recover them, but they were damaged beyond recognition, and it was not so easy to repair them.
Feng Kaiping endured severe pain, found and untied the other two who were tied, and before he fell unconscious, he was still asking the other two to call the police, and the two saw that he was seriously injured and rushed him to the hospital after calling the police.
His body has not yet healed, and thinking of the cultural relics on the mountain, he carried medicine up the mountain to continue to protect the national treasure despite the dissuasion of his family.
But even if he almost became a revenant under the knife of a gangster, Feng Kaiping still did not give up the idea of this profession, in his opinion, being able to take care of cultural relics here and become a temple keeper is the trust of the above, the recognition of him, with this recognition, will be assured to give him this job.
Then in order to live up to the trust and prove that the above is not the wrong person, Feng Kaiping will also stick to his post and shine for the cause of protecting cultural relics. The gangsters were also arrested by the local police.
Third, shame on the family
Feng Kaiping stayed in the Jinguang Temple for twenty-eight years, and due to the special geographical location, the materials of the Jinguang Temple were not sufficient. Feng Kaiping's usual drinking water is mountain spring water, and most of the time he eats potatoes grown in the cultivated fields outside the temple, even if he lives such a poor life, Feng Kaiping has never cried out a word of bitterness.
In fact, at the beginning, Feng Kaiping did not have a sense of belonging to this job of caring for cultural relics, but more wanted a job that could support his family.
Before this, Feng Kaiping was originally a member of the local troupe, but he was not a famous role, and he was usually only responsible for chores such as cleaning, occasionally making cameo appearances in dragon roles, and his income was not high.
With the development of society, the living space of the troupe has gradually shrunk, and the people in the troupe have been scattered and scattered, and those who have the ability to go to the Xinxing Grand Theater, the crew and other places to get a good job, just like him, who are incapable, have also changed careers to do something else.
Feng Kaiping was anxious in his eyes, and he wanted to give himself another way out, but he didn't know what he could do.
Until 1995, Feng Kaiping, who was 37 years old, was called to talk to the director of the bureau, who said that a temple keeper on the Golden Lamp Temple died of illness, and through many investigations, it was finally decided to send Feng Kaiping to take over the post of the temple keeper and become the next generation of the new Golden Lamp Temple keeper.
At first, Feng Kaiping was not happy, the Golden Lamp Temple was located in a remote location, far from home, he and his wife were old and had children, the children in the family were still young, he walked away as the pillar of the family, what could the family do.
But this is the task assigned to him from above, precisely considering that Feng Kaiping is loyal and honest, honest and responsible, and his usual performance is in everyone's eyes, thinking that the guards of the Golden Lamp Temple are in need of Feng Kaiping, a person with excellent morality.
Coupled with the fact that the troupe is indeed going downhill, it is also a good thing for Feng Kaiping to have a formal job now, he does not have to run by himself, and his income is higher than when he was in the troupe.
As for the family, isn't it to be able to earn more money for the family and let them live a life without worrying about food and clothing? Eat a little bit of hardship yourself, and be afraid of something.
Thinking of this, Feng Kaiping agreed to the above work arrangement.
At the beginning, Feng Kaiping did not have so much love for cultural relics, only regarded the protection of cultural relics as his job, and after experiencing a series of theft cases, Feng Kaiping gradually engraved the responsibility in his bones.
Unfortunately, after experiencing the last incident that almost lost his life, the two villagers who were asked by Feng Kaiping to help resigned one after another, and only Feng Kaiping was left in the temple.
Originally, there were few pilgrims in the Jinguang Temple, and sometimes he couldn't see a single figure for several months, so Feng Kaiping stayed on it alone, and did not go out unless necessary, so he lived alone for more than twenty years.
Every day at sunrise and sunset, the door opens at dawn in the morning and closes at 6 p.m., and every day he cleans and counts the cultural relics, and no one can talk to him.
Feng Kaiping is responsible and responsible at work, but at home he is more guilty of his family.
A person can't be broken in half, Feng Kaiping can not take care of cultural relics can not take care of the family, as a wife, although he did not adapt at the beginning, but also gradually understood and got used to Feng Kaiping's work.
His wife also knows that Feng Kaiping does not want to be at home and does not love his home, but his responsibilities are and he can't get rid of himself. Even when he and his son were sick, he did not notify Feng Kaiping, for fear of disturbing his work.
The most thrilling time was that his wife and son had a car accident, and at first Feng Kaiping didn't know at all, and his wife didn't plan to tell him, or his relatives secretly called him behind his wife's back.
This time, Feng Kaiping put aside his responsibilities and rushed to the hospital in tears, seeing half of his wife's face with dozens of stitches and his son's broken arm, Feng Kaiping felt afraid for the first time.
He couldn't imagine what would happen if his family was killed by a car accident? He had very little time to accompany them, he was an unqualified husband, father, if he lost his relatives again, how could he survive in this world.
But even though he was full of guilt for his family, after his wife and son improved, Feng Kaiping still resolutely embarked on the mountain road to the Jinguang Temple, and the keeper of the temple was his job, and it was his mission to integrate into his bones for the past twenty-eight years.
In 2017, Feng Kaiping was selected as the touching Chinese of the year, and his deeds have been known by countless people. At the same time, the state has also stepped up measures to protect cultural relics.
Street lights have been installed on the roads around the temple, cameras have been installed in all directions of the temple, roads have been built, and water and electricity have been connected, which has greatly increased safety and improved living measures.
The number of pilgrims who came to Jinguang Temple to travel to incense also increased, and the incense of Jinguang Temple gradually flourished, and he had some difficulty alone, so he took his family to live in Jinguang Temple, and while he could help his work, the family could be reunited.
epilogue
A person must have faith to have the courage to do whatever it takes. After winning the honor of "Advanced Worker in the National Cultural Relics System", Feng Kaiping was not proud, and said in an interview: "It is not that I chose this job, but that the cultural relics chose me, and I will continue to work until the day when I can't do it."
Until now, Feng Kaiping is still guarding the Jinguang Temple, running to the mountains every three to five, chopping wood in the summer, drying it in the autumn, and it can be used in the temple in the winter, so many years, as the saying goes, in ordinary posts, doing extraordinary things.