Chapter 1406 Examination to Become a Monk

China is a country with very free religious belief.

But China's religious beliefs are different from those of most other countries. Because the Chinese national culture is pan-believing in religion.

Simply put, it means believing everything. An aunt may just go to the gymnasium to pray for blessings and restore the day before yesterday, and she may go to the temple to pay homage to the Tathagata Buddha the day before yesterday. Today, when passing by the church, she will put her hands together and raise her head above her head and say something: "God bless you, old man."

China has never been monotheistic. The people have always worshiped whatever they wanted.

Moreover, Zi does not talk about strange powers and chaotic gods. Since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty deposed a hundred schools of thought that only respected Confucianism, Confucius' thoughts have become the moral principles that all literati need to worship in the two thousand years of ancient Chinese dynasty history.

Confucius said not to talk about gods and ghosts, respect ghosts and gods and stay away. I respect ghosts and gods, but I don't believe in ghosts and gods. This is probably the most contradictory part of traditional Chinese culture.

The Chinese people said: Fate is determined by the sky, then turned around and said: Man is determined to overcome the sky.

In modern times, Marxism-Leninism has become the mainstream thought in China. So Chinese people's beliefs have become more materialistic.

It's like someone firmly believes that if there are gods and ghosts in this world, it's just another form of life that we humans cannot explain. They themselves exist in the universe, so there is a reason for their existence, but human knowledge is not enough to understand them.

But then again, people sometimes need some religious beliefs in this world.

Because proper chicken soup for the soul is good for social harmony.

However, the country will not allow religious forces to grow wildly. Just like Europe and the United States, there can be hundreds of different types of cults in a small country.

Therefore, China has established a religious management system since the Han Dynasty to prevent evil spirits from prostitution as much as possible.

And this management standard reached its peak in the Tang and Song Dynasties. During the period of Tang Taizong, the entire Tang Empire issued only three degrees a year.

A monk is a monk. Those who do not have a degree can only be novice monks. The only way to obtain a degree is to participate in the examination, which examines Buddhism and corresponding knowledge. In some years, the examination even involved the legal interpretation of the Tang Dynasty.

This assessment is very good to prevent people who do not have real materials from deceiving the general public.

Today, China still adopts such an assessment system. Whether it is Taoism or Buddhism, exams are held every year. Only those who pass the examination are eligible to become monks or Taoist priests recognized by the state.

The difficulty of the professional religious examination is not low at all, and there are certain requirements for academic qualifications. The last time is also a bachelor's degree, one book is better.

Moreover, after being admitted as a monk or Taoist priest and having a state-certified status, monks and Taoist priests will not ask people for money at all, except for a few ascetics who will beg for food from others during their ascetic practice.

And even if you go to another place on a business trip, as long as you are a certified monk or priest, you can go to the local formal temple hall to register and board at will.

The religious system stipulates that wandering monks and Taoists can go to any temple in the country to place orders.

So if you think about it carefully, to truly become a state-certified monk, the various benefits are actually not bad.

Therefore, there are actually quite a few people who come to take the exam every year and want to become real monks and Taoist priests. It's just that the admission rate is very impressive, and it is many times more difficult than ordinary civil servants.

And this year's exam has started again, and there are several different exam centers across the country. Niu Ben and Huang Zeying went to two different places for the exam.

Niu Ben went to the Wutai Mountain test site, while Huang Zeying went to the Zhongnan Mountain test site.

"Anyway, if you don't take the exam, you will say that you have to show your posture." Huang Zeying said to Niu Ben on the phone: "We two must put on a posture, understand? We must show that we can transcend the world. , not to be guided by love between men and women."

"Otherwise, Dahei will trouble us, you know?"

Niu Ben responded with his mobile phone: "Of course, of course! And to take a step back, I don't think there is anything wrong with being a monk. It's a bit troublesome not to eat meat, but I think other things are not bad."

"Okay, it's good if you have this idea." Huang Zeying nodded: "Then we'll see you after the exam."

"Amitabha."

"Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable."

The two haven't passed the exam yet, so this religious term is used first.

But let's not talk about it, Niu Ben and Huang Zeying have already been spotted by the leader who inspected the candidates outside the test center before they took the exam.

At the Wutai Mountain test site, a great monk looked at Niu Ben who stood out from the crowd in the test site. He nodded and said to the people next to him: "This child has an extraordinary appearance. His eyebrows are not angry and pretentious, but his eyes are kind. .He has a predestined relationship with my Buddhist school. If you pass the exam, you can apply to the higher authorities to let him come to our Qingliang Temple to be a Dharma protector."

At the Zhongnanshan test site, Huang Zeying moved his hands and feet outside the test room and practiced boxing and kicking at will. Because there were so many people, he didn't show off the kung fu he had learned from Dahei. Instead, I bought a set of very high-end goods, and you can buy the cheat book "Mianzhang" for eight yuan on the roadside.

However, with Huang Zeying's cultivation in martial arts, it's natural to play a set of fists and kicks at will, and there is a style of its own between movement and stillness.

The person who presided over the test was Lu Yunlong, the master of the Temple of Inaction in Zhongnanshan City. The sixty-year-old Taoist priest couldn't help but nodded when he saw Huang Zeying's flowing palms.

"He is handsome and upright. He also practiced kung fu well. It must look better with a Taoist bun. Well, such Taoist priests need to be recruited. The gymnasium also needs a facade or two."

Huang Zeying and Niu Ben didn't know that they had already been spotted by the great monk and the old Taoist priest.

On the other side, Dahei searched for it several times. Whether it's the hive or in the New World, or in the country of Li. He couldn't find Niu Huang.

He wondered: "Hey, that's weird. Where did these two boys go? Did you hide them, Lao Zhang?"

"How is it possible. Two big living people, how can I hide?" Zhang Tong directly denied: "Besides, can I hide for a while, can I hide for a lifetime? This matter will always be solved. No matter how much I procrastinate, I can't solve this thing."

"Then where did they go?" Dahei was also very depressed, and he planned to solve this matter directly this time.

Dahei was depressed here, but he received a call over there.

The call was from Cheng Yao.

"Why, Yaoyao, what's the matter?" Dahei answered the phone, but Cheng Yao on the opposite side didn't speak for a long time.

Dahei was a little worried: "Did something happen?"

"...Hei Yan, Niu Ben and Huang Zeying are going to become monks and priests! If they become monks, I will never end with you in this life!" Cheng Yao who had just got off the spaceship was furious.