Chapter 1716

All preparations for the apprenticeship ceremony were already in place. The staff at Guanyin Hall were not busy, but they got up earlier than usual on August 15th, took a bath, and tidied up. That is to say, it is necessary to start the apprenticeship process in an orderly manner.

Mr. Le Xiao got up at five o'clock, took his younger brother to take a morning bath, then dressed neatly, took out the bread he brought with him and let his younger brother eat some to cushion his stomach so as not to be hungry during the ceremony.

Of course, if you don’t drink water, if you drink too much water and feel urgent urination during the apprenticeship ceremony, it will be in trouble.

Leshan’s admiration for her sister was like the endless waves of the Tianhe River. She did whatever her sister said. She only ate a few pieces of pineapple to soothe her throat and a piece of bread to stabilize her stomach.

Mr. Yi did not see his disciple in the morning. After getting up, he packed up and went to the main hall.

At six o'clock sharp, the Guanyin Hall received an envoy to invite the Le family sisters and brothers. When they saw the people, they were secretly surprised. The Le family sisters and brothers were dressed very grandly!

The little girl wears a white middle coat with a right lapel collar and a red right lapel coat with gold rims on the outside. The skirt is embroidered with gold and silver silk with patterns such as dragons and phoenixes, auspicious clouds and auspicious grass. The skirt is embroidered with a sea of ​​clouds pattern.

Her waist is tied with a jade belt, with a golden knee-covering and red seal ribbon on the front, a palace ribbon hanging on the left side of her waist, tied with a white jade and a jade huang, and a forbidden step tied on her right waist. The string of forbidden steps hangs down to the ankles.

The little girl wears golden pointed shoes, and her hair is combed into a Wangxian nine-ring bun, dotted with some beads or flower-shaped jewelry.

Wear a nine-tailed phoenix hairpin on the front of the bun, with nine strings of beads hanging in its mouth. The phoenix hairpin is inlaid with various gems, and there is a dragon-shaped hairpin on each temple. The dragon's tail is wrapped in a bun, and a string of beads is hanging in the dragon's mouth.

The phoenix hairpin on the little girl’s head is made of unknown materials. It is countless times more gorgeous and precious than gold. It is brilliant and radiant.

The little baby also wore a middle coat with a collar at the right lap, and a red robe with collar at the right lap. It had a golden waistband, a jade belt, and a golden ribbon hanging in front of it. A string of knee-length jade forbidden steps hangs on the left side.

The little baby's robe is embroidered with gold and silver threads, and the hem of the robe is embroidered with a picture of raging waves. The little child is wearing a long robe with wide sleeves, and the sleeves are long and fall to the ground, which is particularly cute.

The ceremoniously dressed-up Le family siblings stood there looking very noble. If the little baby had long hair, the two siblings would look like ancient people who came out from thousands of years ago.

The messenger looked up at Miss Le's formal attire, looked solemn, and invited Miss Le to watch the ceremony.

Le Yun held her younger brother’s hand and led the envoy through the two small courtyards, then along the alley to the eighth main courtyard of Guanyin Hall, and from the eighth courtyard to the ninth courtyard. LordThe palace courtyard.

The disciples of Guanyin Temple wear navy blue training uniforms. In order to distinguish which generation of disciples they are, they use belts to distinguish them. The leader has a red belt, and the oldest generation of elders has a purple belt. They are gold, yellow, blue, orange, green, cyan and silver, and the latter ones are distinguished by the color of the trim.

The road from the entrance to the main hall of the main hall is full of disciples, standing in two rows on each side, facing each other, all as straight as pillars.

The deputies were waiting at the door to receive them, and the deputies led them up to the main hall. At the bottom of the steps of the main hall, there were also chief envoys to greet them.

The envoy first led the little girl into the main hall, sent the people to the east side in front of the main hall to watch the ceremony, and then went outside the hall.

The elders of Guanyin Hall and the disciples of the same generation as the leader all wore dark red Tang suits. The leader and Mr. Yi wore red Tang suits with embroidery. The tables and chairs on both sides of the hall have been removed. After leaving, there are only seats left on the left and right of the Eight Tables facing the door.

The Eight Immortals’ table is filled with offerings, including pigs, cows and sheep, as well as nine-color fruits and nine cups of tea.

The Sect Leader and the Elders stood to the west of the Eight Immortals Table. A red carpet was laid out from the steps outside the main hall to the Eight Immortals Table in the main hall. On the east side stood the Sect Leader’s brothers and third-generation disciples. On the west side were The elite among the fourth and fifth generation disciples.

When everyone in the main hall saw Miss Le appearing in her best clothes, their eyes were all shining brightly. Miss Le was wearing auspicious clothes to observe the ceremony, which shows her respect for Guanyin Hall.

The lead envoy left the main hall again, went down the steps, and stood on the east side.

Everything is ready.

Elder Xing walked out of the queue and walked to the Eight Immortals table. A disciple came in with a plate. He cleaned his hands, burned incense, stood to the east of the table, and sang "The apprenticeship ceremony begins."

Then, nine fireworks and gun salutes sounded outside.

Elder Xing shouted: "Master ascends to the throne!"

A disciple with a golden belt came forward and moved a chair with a red ribbon on the Eight Immortals Table The front is not directly in front, but slightly to the east.

Mr. Ant walked up to Da Ma Jin Dao and sat down with a smile on his face like a golden sun.

Elder Xing shouted: "Headmaster ascends the throne!"

Another disciple came forward and moved another chair to place it in front of the Eight Immortals Table.

Headmaster Li walked to the Eight Immortals table and sat down in the Grand Master's chair.

After the headmaster ascended his throne, Elder Ji and others quickly moved to stand facing the east.

Elder Xing shouted: “Disciples who have not yet entered, enter the hall!”

ReceptionThe chief envoy responded, and he and his deputy each held the hands of the little baby standing at the foot of the steps, climbed the steps step by step, led the disciples who had not yet entered the hall, and then walked forward along the center of the red carpet.

When the chief and deputy envoys ushered the disciples who had not yet entered, a disciple quickly placed a red satin cloth with exquisite embroidery patterns in front of Elder Yi.

The two envoys led the person to Elder Ant, let go of the little baby's hand, and took half a step back.

After the two envoys led the disciples who had not entered, Elder Xing shouted: "Disciples who have not entered, kneel down."

Leshan took off his robe and stood upright. Kneel down and hear the official presiding over the ceremony shout, "Disciples who have not yet entered, kowtow." He kowtows his head to the ground with a thud, then gets up and kowtows again.

One kowtow, two kowtows, three kowtows.

After kowtowing three times, the little baby still didn’t stop. He kowtowed nine times in one breath before straightening up.

Generally, a disciple only needs to kowtow three times to become a disciple. The young disciple kowtowed nine times in one go. Mr. Yi smiled so hard that he couldn’t close his mouth: “Okay, okay, good boy!”

Elder Xing sang "Tea for Master."

A disciple came with tea, and the envoy took it and handed it to Leshan.

Leshan took the saucer, raised it above his head, and smiled sweetly: "Please wet the pot to drink tea!" Open the lid of the white porcelain tea cup with a peony pattern, take a sip, say "ok", put the tea cup in the saucer, put your hand into your arms and take out a red envelope and put it in the saucer, then reach into your arms and find out the Guanyin tied with it. The red rope of the Jasper Phoenix Tail Bamboo, the temple's token, was hung around the young disciple's neck, and then he pulled the young disciple up with his own hands.

"Good disciple, you are my first disciple, and also a close disciple, the heir to the mantle, good disciple, when you come to my sect, you must remember the sect's precepts. Everything else is easy to talk about, the only The sect rule that cannot be touched is to deceive the master and destroy the ancestors. Except for this sect rule, you cannot break it. Even if you poke a hole in the sky, the master will support you. If one day you do something like deceiving the master and destroying the ancestors, If my master is alive, I will personally execute you. If my master is no longer alive, the sect will use all its strength to hunt you down. There will be no mercy. You must remember this."

Touching the disciple's little head, There are many sect rules in the sect rules that Mr. Yi gave in earnest. They were too long, so he didn’t read them one by one. He only wanted to explain the most important points.

“Disciple, please remember the teachings of Shi Hu!” Le Shan knelt down with another thud.

"Good boy, get up." The little disciple was still a baby, but he was already so sensible and well-behaved. Mr. Yi was overjoyed and he once again helped him up with his own hands before going back. Sitting.

The envoy took the saucer from the little milk baby, handed the red seal that Mr. Yi gave to his disciple to the deputy envoy, and handed the saucer to the waiter.Tea disciple goes to make another cup of tea.

Elder Xing shouted again: "The new disciples have an audience with the master."

Just as the envoy was holding the little baby in front of the master, Leshan heard the words of kneeling down. , knelt down with a bang, and heard the ceremony officer shouting "Bai", and there were nine more bangs.

Leader Li smiled so hard that he couldn't even see his eyebrows, and kept saying "Okay, okay".

The tea serving disciple handed over the saucer again, and the envoy handed it to the new disciple.

Leshan took the saucer, respectfully raised it above his head and offered tea to the head brother, and said in a childish voice: "Please have tea, head!"

Leader Li was reluctant to let his junior brother hold the saucer for a long time, quickly took the tea cup, took a sip of tea and said "ok", quickly took out a red seal and put the tea cup into the saucer, and then admonished according to the rules. He only said a few words, such as "Senior brothers, please live in harmony" and "Respect teachers and elders, love juniors" and the like.

Leshan listened to the admonishment while holding a saucer, and kowtowed once to show that he had received the admonition.

After giving the lecture, Master Li stood up and helped the little baby brother up, touched his head, and sat down again.

The chief envoy took the saucer again and handed the red seal to the deputy envoy, who then passed the saucer to the disciples who were serving tea.

Elder Xing, who was the ceremonial officer, shouted: "The new disciples have an audience with the ancestors of the sect."

Mr. Yi and Mr. Li stood up and faced each other. The ancestors of the sect stood on the east and west sides in front of the Eight Immortals' table. A disciple quickly moved two chairs and moved a tuft to a position facing the middle of the Eight Immortals' table.

The ceremony officer shouted, "New disciples offer incense." A disciple handed over a saucer with incense and a lighter. The chief took the saucer and handed it to the new disciple and took a stick of incense. The deputy used a lighter to give it to the new disciple. Light the incense and pass the lighter and saucer around.

The ceremony officer shouted, "New disciple, kneel down." Leshan knelt down.

Mr. Yi, who was standing aside, reported to the ancestors of the sect that he had accepted a disciple with a certain surname as his disciple on a certain day of a certain year, a certain month, and held a discipleship ceremony on A certain person kowtowed to his ancestors in front of the hall and asked their spirits in heaven to bless his disciples and so on.

After he finished reciting the edict, Elder Xing called out, "New disciples, offer incense." Leshan bowed three times with the incense, stood up, and walked forward to offer incense.

He was short, so naturally he couldn't reach him. Old Yi hugged his little disciple, put the incense in the incense burner, and then let him fall to the ground.

Leshan knelt down again.

Head Li then reported to the ancestors of the sect as the head that so-and-so was very smart and witty when he was young, and he worshiped so-and-so of the sect as his teacher, and he was the sect’s disciple of which generation, ranking Today, I am being trained in front of the palace, asking for instructions from the ancestors of the sect.

After he finished speaking for a long time, Elder Xing shouted again: "The new disciples worship the ancestors of the sect."

When Leshan heard the words of worship, he turned his head and worshiped, "dong dong dong dong" Nine rings.

After the little baby kowtowed, Leader Li, Mr. Yi and others were all smiles. Elder Xing had a smile in his eyes and shouted "The ceremony is completed!"

He sang a song The completion of the ceremony represents the successful completion of the first step of the apprenticeship ceremony.

The second generation, third generation, fourth generation and fifth generation disciples laughed and shouted in unison: "Congratulations, Master/Uncle/Uncle/Uncle/Uncle/Uncle/Uncle I'm so happy to be my disciple!"

Mr. Yi smiled so hard that he couldn't see his teeth. He reached out to pick up his good disciple and touched his little head and forehead lovingly to see if there were any bruises. The little disciple was very happy. To be more serious, I kowtowed until my forehead turned red.

The first step of the apprenticeship ceremony has been completed, but not all of it. There is also the opening of the ancestral hall to offer sacrifices, and then the next step is to worship the God of Poseidon and the God of Wealth at the Earth Temple.

After those two steps, the new disciple meets the elders.

The disciples quickly set up the chairs and placed two chairs directly in front of the Eight Immortals Table. Master Li took the middle seat and Mr. Yi took the chair on the east side.

The master and Mr. Yi took their seats, and the disciples arranged chairs to the west of the Eight Immortals Table, that is to the right of the master, and eight Taishi chairs were placed in a row.

Elder Xing and the surviving senior brothers and sisters sat down one by one. They took their seats from the second chair on the right side of the master to the west, leaving one chair vacant.

The tea serving disciples are ready.

Mr. Yi personally held the little disciple's hand, crossed the empty one first, and walked to Elder Xing: "Leshan, this is your Uncle Xing. Your Uncle Xing is the thirteenth. Third Master."

The welcoming envoy immediately took a tuanpu and placed it in front of Elder Xing, and then took the saucer handed by the tea serving disciples.

Leshan knelt down and made nine more bang-dong-dong sounds. He took the saucer and raised it above his head: "Please drink tea, Uncle Thirteenth Master."

The milky sound is full of vitality.

Elder Xing happily took the teacup and took a sip of tea, then put the teacup back into the saucer. While saying "good boy", he took out a red seal and put it in the saucer.

He didn’t lecture him, just drank tea and gave him a red envelope. This was the gift of recognizing an elder of the sect.

Invite the chief and deputy envoys to help get red envelopes, hand over tea trays for tea cups, take away the tufts, and move to the next elder.

Mr. Yi would like to introduce who this person is and what his ranking is.

Leshan kowtows and offers tea.

The elders who received the kowtow from the younger generation drank tea and gave red envelopes.

　Then the next one.

Mr. Yi and his young disciples recognized their elders one by one. Leshan repeated the process of kowtowing, serving tea, receiving red envelopes, and transferring, seven times.

After recognizing the seven uncles and uncles, Mr. Yi took the young disciple back to the empty chair on the right side of the master, and then told the apprentice which uncles and uncles had passed away. , allowing him to formally pay a courtesy visit to his deceased uncles and uncles.

The reason why we recognize the living elders first is because those who have passed away are also among the ancestors who enjoy the incense of their descendants. Previously, when new disciples worshiped the ancestors of the sect, they were also worshiping them once, so When recognizing relatives, first pay homage to the living elders, and then pay homage to the deceased elders.

When Mr. Yi talked about the late master Bo, his disciples immediately held the master’s tablet and went to sit on an empty chair, receiving gifts on the master’s behalf, drinking tea, and giving red envelopes.

If his disciples have passed away, his disciples and grandchildren will sit holding the master’s tablet to receive the ceremony on his behalf.

After receiving the ceremony, his disciples placed the tablets on the altar table behind the Eight Immortals table, and then stepped away. When Mr. Yi introduced another uncle or uncle who had passed away, his disciples The disciple then holds the tablet to receive the ceremony.

Mr. Yi finished introducing the deceased brothers and sisters, and the part of recognizing the elders also came to an end.

After becoming a disciple, you recognize your elders instead of your relatives, so you do not immediately recognize your seniors and accept the salutes from the juniors of the same sect.

After paying homage to the elders, the next step was to worship the ancestors in the ancestral hall. Mr. Yi took his young disciples, and the elders of the Li clan led their disciples to offer sacrifices and went to the ancestral hall to worship.