Qingyun Temple is a very small Taoist temple outside Yongjin Gate in Hangzhou. For people who are accustomed to the grand scale of Taoist temples in old times, Qingyun Temple is a bit lost in the crowd. Its facade is very inconspicuous and it occupies an area of
It is not vast either, standing alone on the shore of the West Lake outside Yongjin Gate.
Outside Yongjinmen is the shore of the West Lake. Although the scenery in this area is pleasant, it is not a busy city and there are very few homes. Zhang Yingchen is not very satisfied with the location of Qingyun Temple - this place is really remote. But it is quieter and quieter.
It fits the image of "Qingxiu" very well.
Although Qingyun Temple is small, it is quite neat in scale. The whole view proceeds from front to back and spreads out from left to right along the central axis. The first step is Sanqing Hall, followed by Wenchang Hall and Lingguan Hall on the left and right.
There is a stage in the second courtyard after the Sanqing Hall, which is a place for performing rituals and singing. On both sides of the second courtyard, there are side courtyards, which are very elegantly decorated and are specially used for wealthy pilgrims to rest and stay.
After the second entrance is the third entrance, which is the "quiet room" where Taoist priests live. The fourth entrance is the backyard. Open the door to the backyard and there is a vegetable garden. There are Huoju Taoists who grow vegetables and raise chickens. In addition to supplying food for everyone in the Taoist temple
, and can also be sold in exchange for some income to subsidize the Taoist temple.
Zhang Yingchen is quite satisfied with the living environment of Qingyun Temple. Although the Taoist temple is small, there are very few Taoist priests. Except for the young disciples, everyone has a separate quiet room, and the environment is also very quiet: the temple is full of lush trees, flowers and trees, and the courtyard walls
Outside is the West Lake. In the old time and space, this piece of land would not have been purchased even for tens of millions of dollars.
Qingyun Temple is not very popular among Taoist temples, and it does not have many Taoist properties. However, the Taoist temple's previous directors have their own set of business practices. They took advantage of the Taoist temple's superior geographical location and formed relationships with many wealthy gentry families in the city.
, every year during the three festivals and various Taoist festivals, many gifts can be received from wealthy families. In the summer, the female disciples of wealthy families who feel bored in the city often go to the temple to perform rituals, sing and play, and to have fun and relax. The Taoist temple is also
You can get a lot of income, which is how you can maintain the survival of the Taoist temple.
Different from the old time and space, the Taoist temples in this time and space, except for a very small number of temples with imperial background and the presiding monks or Taoist officials who can receive salary and financial support from the imperial court, most of the temples have to support themselves and carry out work.
Business activities. For temples like Qingyunguan that do not have a large amount of land and cannot obtain long-term income, the pressure to survive is very high.
Therefore, it is not easy for a Taoist temple to open more mouths. If a Taoist priest who wants to become a monk and practice in a certain Taoist temple does not bring a certain amount of Taoist property, he will have to wander outside for at least several years - the so-called wandering is just begging - before he can officially enter the temple.
.If it weren’t for Zhang Yingchen’s wonderful rejuvenation that saved the life of Taoist Ma, who was about to become an immortal, and his superb medical skills, he would not have been able to stay here indefinitely.
Zhang Yingchen was very interested in this phenomenon. He saw that the hosts and Taoist priests rarely studied Taoist classics, and they did not hold religious activities except for "orders" from customers. The main activity every day was "income generation": visiting the homes of large and small donors.
, communicate with each other; set up a tea stall outside the Taoist temple; entertain the benefactors who come to offer incense and make offerings of food and accommodation - there is a Taoist in the Taoist temple who is very skilled in cooking and makes excellent dishes and snacks.
At this moment, Zhang Yingchen was writing his work report while eating the delicious snacks made by Taoist Huoju: ham shortbread. There was also a pot of good Yuqian tea on hand. His treatment was of course related to his superb medical skills.
.In addition to treating the abbot in the Taoist temple and getting permission to stay in the Taoist temple, he also treated other Taoists in the Taoist temple, which was very popular for a while. A few days ago, there was a gentry family who had contacts with Qingyun Temple.
The old lady was seriously ill and was about to die. After consulting many famous doctors in Hangzhou but still unable to do anything, Taoist Master Ma recommended Zhang Yingchen.
Zhang Yingchen quickly found out the cause of the disease using a combination of sight, smell, inquiry and modern medical diagnostic methods. He used two kinds of Chinese patent medicines that he brought with him and prescribed a few more prescriptions. The medicine cured the disease and brought him back to life. Within a few days,
The reputation of an apricot master in Qingyun Temple spread widely. Several patients with difficult and complicated diseases came in, and Zhang Yingchen solved them one by one with the right medicine. Now he became famous immediately.
Taoist priest Ma, who was good at business management, immediately realized how beneficial Zhang Yingchen's medical skills would be to Qingyun Temple, so he became more and more flattering to Zhang Yingchen. Not only did he have favorable living conditions, but he also tried his best to meet all his requirements.
Zhang Yingchen took advantage of the situation and asked to perform medical treatment in the temple - this was of great benefit to expanding his popularity. Since ancient times, various emerging religions have used "curing diseases" as a means of communication, regardless of whether the "curing diseases" are real.
It is useful, at least it is the easiest way to impress the people.
Of course Taoist Master Ma agreed wholeheartedly - after all, this was a way to increase the reputation of Qingyun Temple. Since Zhang Yingchen began to provide medical treatment in the temple, the popularity of Qingyun Temple has become much more prosperous than before. Zhang Yingchen "helped according to circumstances" in terms of consultation fees and medicine expenses.
"There is only one money box, and people can put in money without asking for reward. As a result, the reputation has skyrocketed.
He did not want the medical fees and medicine fees that were put into the cash box, and gave them all to the Taoist temple for use. For a time, everyone in the temple admired his medical skills and ethics. Word of mouth spread, and everyone knew that there was a man in Qingyun Temple.
A Taoist priest with excellent medical skills and character.
"I have finally gained a foothold here." Zhang Yingchen thought while writing the report. "The next step is to expand our reputation and develop believers - we must first win over Qingyun Temple."
He was thinking about how to seize the leadership of Qingyunguan, when a handsome Taoist boy named Mingqing appeared at the door of his quiet room.
"Master Taoist, are your medical records still under the Erjin stage?" he asked.
"Still the old rules." Zhang Yingchen said as he put the quill pen into the pencil case, blew on the report, folded the report, and put it into a small locked jewelry box. The report was written in English - in this time and space
It is the simplest handwritten password. Not even a single person in Hangzhou can understand it: the missionaries of the church are all language experts, but Zhang Yingchen does not think that they can understand English - and it is also modern English.
He stood up, took a sip of tea, and coughed. He picked up the locked medical box that never left his sight. No matter how famous he was, Zhang Yingchen still wore the ordinary Taoist attire of a green robe and cloth, but the fleshy appearance of the old time and space
The tall figure built on the foundation of egg milk is quite visually impressive in the two Zhejiang provinces that are still considered prosperous in this era. Moreover, religious activities have been officially organized for more than a year. How to pretend to be a Taoist and immortal person?
I also had some thoughts, and the saying "Sai Chunyang, the miracle doctor in Qingyun Temple" has gradually spread in the market. The most obvious proof is that there are actually a few more aunts and sisters in the patients who have been consulted recently.
I specifically asked him if he was not a Taoist priest who lived in Lei Zhai, and if he had any intention of returning to secular life and marrying into a local aboriginal family. It seems that Zhang Yingchen's value is not only understood by Taoist Master Ma.
In the late Ming Dynasty, the Buddhist and Taoist temples in Zhejiang and Zhejiang were highly secularized. There were many descendant temples passed down from father to son in Hangzhou alone. Every year, there were indispensable romantic cases of young girls and young daughters-in-law eloping with handsome Taoist monks. Excluding Yunqi Temple
It is a common phenomenon for the so-called eminent monks such as Enwu of Tiantong Temple and the lotus pond of Tiantong Temple to marry wives and have children openly. Compared with those descendant temples that have a strong industrial style of later generations of monks and families, the one in Guangzhou is very
Yu Xuanji’s legacy Lotus Temple can only be regarded as a child’s play in the special service industry.
Zhang Yingchen walked to the second courtyard with the medicine box. There were several century-old camphor trees next to the stage, providing shade from the sun. His medical records were placed under the shade of the trees. The medicine box contained dozens of moisturizing ingredients.
It is a Chinese patent medicine produced in accordance with modern formulas and techniques. There are also several Western medicines produced by Lingaoyuan - the most important ones are sulfonamides and oxytetracycline. Without these two antibiotics, his reputation would not be so great -
Traditional Chinese medicine is relatively weak in anti-infection. Several cases that famous doctors in this time and space were helpless could only be saved by antibiotics.
The medicines were consumed very quickly - although the inspection team brought him a large box of medicines as a supplement. Zhang Yingchen has recently greatly reduced the use of modern medicines from Lingao. As long as he can find local substitutes, he will try his best to use local substitutes.
Substitutes. So recently he has been prescribing more prescriptions and less medication. Some patients actually do not need to use Chinese patent medicines and can just follow his prescriptions. However, because of the superstition that this "Taoist Master Zhang" has a "miraculous medicine",
He had to take a few pills before leaving, so Zhang Yingchen had to make a lot of "pills" made of glutinous rice flour and honey and distributed them to patients as placebos - it was said that the effect was pretty good.
However, administering medicine is still an imperative thing. Zhang Yingchen found that many people could not afford medicine, and they had no money to buy medicine when he prescribed it. These people did not accept his prescription at all, and only asked for a few prescriptions.
Pills "miracle medicine".
After all, the placebo of glutinous rice flour and honey pills has no effect. If you don't apply the medicine, it will be difficult for you to have enough influence on the lower levels.
Runshitang is also a member of Shanhai Road, but the layout of drugstores is more difficult than other stores. So far, the Ming Watson chain has not even completed the layout of the entire Hainan Island. It has only opened one store in Guangzhou on the mainland.
There are many reasons for the slow expansion - there is local resistance. People in many places, regardless of the upper, middle or lower classes, are very wary of outside pharmacies. Some places simply prohibit outsiders from opening pharmacies. The second is
Runshitang's production capacity: Although the Runshitang pharmaceutical factory in the private industrial park in Lingao has been initially put into production, a lot of the drugs it manufactures are consumed in Qiongzhou. The production volume of drugs is insufficient and it cannot meet the basic distribution of new stores.