Chapter 493: The Temple Without a Statuary



They heard that the best coffee is civet cat coffee. The three of them listened to the story of how the civet cat processes the coffee beans through its body, and then were fascinated by its aroma.

Director Chen claims to be a fourth-generation Chinese, so it is understandable that he always speaks Chinese slowly, trying hard to pronounce each word clearly. It sounds a bit difficult, but it is completely understandable.

He was of medium build, with hair in a trendy spiky style. He was darker than the three men and whiter than the Indonesians. He claimed to be from Uwatu, Java, and came to Bali to work and earn money to build a house. Feng Wuyou, one of the three, liked to tease him, so he asked him if he had a wife or a girlfriend.

Director Chen cooperated and pretended to be serious and said: I'm not married yet, I'm not young anymore, I just want to find a girlfriend. There are many local Indonesian girls I like, but they are not Chinese, otherwise my mother and brother will scold me.

It seems that even though the Chinese are already the fourth generation, they still have a strong sense of family. They still have to obey their parents and elder brothers. Feng Wuyou asked curiously, "What if you really like a local girl? Does love still have to consider race now?"

Yes, little Lolita fell in love with a vampire who was actually a hundred years old, King Kong fell in love with a human, and Brokeback Mountain became a swan song. Age, gender, and even species are not a problem, not to mention that they are just different races.

Feng Wuyou asked again, if you agree, is there any problem with the woman? Director Chen replied: If she believes in Hinduism, then there is no problem. It turns out that the Chinese are concerned about race and family background, while the locals are concerned about religion.

Director Chen shook his head helplessly. Yunluo thought he was just talking. In this era, if one day he and an Indonesian girl fell in love at first sight under a big tree, and met again under the same big tree and became lovers, would their parents force them to jump off the cliff?

Most Chinese believe in Buddhism, but they do not force everyone in the family to believe in the same religion. This also reflects a tolerant and free attitude. In places with multiple religions and multiple races, Romeo and Juliet-like stories are most likely to happen. When Director Chen took the three people to Uwatu, he did not tell the three people that they were going to Uwatu. He said he was going to Lover's Cliff and continued to drink iced coffee.

Since it is the Lover's Cliff, there must be a legend about a couple. Either their parents objected or their families or beliefs were different, so lovers meeting on the cliff was bound to be in trouble, because once they encountered bad luck, the cliff was right in front of them, and jumping off and turning into a butterfly or a bird seemed to be a natural thing.

But if Yunluo was the screenwriter, why did he let them jump off a cliff? There are tens of thousands of small islands in Indonesia. The hero could build a small boat or steal one, and the heroine could pack up some fire, coffee beans, and some clothes, and escape to any island on a calm night. This is not as tragic as jumping off a cliff.

But in a flash, a deserted island was brought back to life. It spread culture, isn't that wonderful? Standing on the cliff, Yunluo suspected that the story about lovers jumping off the cliff was made up by Chinese tour guides to cater to Chinese tourists' love for Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai-style tragic stories, because the scenery under the cliff was right in front of them, so beautiful. How could they bear to jump off the cliff?

If you rely on your imagination, you will think that the cliff of Uwatu is close to the sea. In fact, it is not the case. You cross a flat land like the African grassland, pass a pool, and walk to the edge of the cliff. When you look over, you will find that there is a pastoral pastoral under the cliff.

The meadow was also flat and smooth, with a dense wall of trees inlaid on the edge near the sea. On one side of the tree wall, waves rolled over layer by layer, forming sparkling sections like diamond cuts near the coast, which was beautiful in the sun.

On the other side of the tree wall, cows or sheep are quietly grazing with their heads down, not caring at all whether the waves are low or high. They only care about the lush grass and are unaware that there are several curious human eyes on the cliff, staring at them.

It is probably because the story of lovers jumping off the cliff touched the honeymooners, and many Chinese couples took photos here. There is something strange about Chinese culture. Although this is a dangerous place for lovers to jump off the cliff, couples are more willing to leave their happy moments here. Aren’t they afraid of the jealousy of the couple who jumped off the cliff?

If Yunluo was the screenwriter of the story, he would have planned to adapt the script in this way after seeing Uwatu with his own eyes, or he would have let Director Liu be the male lead: Director Liu is a Chinese of unknown generation, and he fell in love at first sight after meeting an Indonesian girl with black hair and black eyes and a white frangipani on her head under a big tree; the girl gave him the frangipani on her head as a gift, and Director Liu treasured it in one of his favorite books.

They agreed to watch the sunset on the Lover's Cliff. After watching the sunset for several people, they fell in love on the Lover's Cliff. However, they had different beliefs. The girl could not believe in Buddhism, and Director Liu believed in Hinduism. The thing he was most uncomfortable with was that when he went to the temple to worship, he had to wear all white because he felt that white was not suitable for him.

Stop, if you continue writing this, it will clearly be a comedy. It is extremely difficult to write a good comedy that leaves a deep impression on people, so Chinese tour guides are very smart. They tell you about the tragedy and then compare it with what is happening in front of you, which will increase people's happiness index.

Feng Wuyou is a bastard. He only knows how to take Yun Luo and Bai Qi around everywhere and never lets them have a good time.

If there is a masked ball, under the moonlight, in the deep garden of Bali. The fragrance of flowers floats in the air, and the fountain joyfully flows out of the cup held by the statue of the graceful goddess. Not far away, the waves are sparkling, that is the sea, and the bright moon on the sea rises with the tide.

Since it is a masquerade, the costumes are very important. Some people dress up as Cinderella, some as Aladdin, some as Bluebeard, and some as Miss Mermaid. Count Dracula or Snow White, everyone gets what they want. These are characters from legends or fairy tales, and people will understand them after seeing them.

In Yunluo's opinion, the weirder and more unexpected the masks are, the more exciting they are. In Bali, masks have countless references. They may not exist in movies or books, and outsiders may not know their names. They are not in high places. They squat in corners, screen walls, and have simple shapes, peaceful or weird faces. It is almost impossible to see similar faces.

They are ubiquitous statues in Bali.

From the first day of traveling in Bali, outsiders can find that the houses here are very unique. The buildings prefer heavy buildings. I don’t know where to get so many stones. The walls are built with stones, and the puzzles on the walls are also made of stones. The doors are carved with delicate and exquisite patterns, which belong to the rich and powerful.

The narrow door and low house, the spacious courtyard, the courtyard is shaded by red flowers and green trees. What interests Yunluo is that every family always places a statue in a small temple or an unexpected corner. Yunluo guessed that it was not a statue of a god, but a doll or a character from their own story.

There are delicate types, with thin eyebrows and beautiful eyes, and slender figures, wearing pink embroidered sarongs or yellow sarongs, some of which are directly painted on the statues, and some are made of cloth, with their hands folded, calm and peaceful. There are simple and honest types, with round faces, round heads, round bodies, long eyebrows, round eyes, thick lips, and expressions like good-tempered fat soldiers, squatting under the screen wall at the entrance of the house.

Rather than looking like a door god, it is more like the Maitreya Buddha in the Huaguo Temple, which makes people let down their guard at first sight. The family also put red flowers on its ears. I wonder if they dressed up themselves and also dressed the stone statue in a festive way;

There are also horror types, which look like monsters straight out of Harry Potter or The Lord of the Rings. They look very much like prehistoric monkeys. The funny thing is that they wear tall hats on their heads, bracelets on their hands, and flowers all over their bodies. They are neatly dressed, with dull and thoughtful expressions, very much like the giant statues on Easter Island. It makes people feel that this thing only exists on alien planets and it is unlikely to be found in the human world.

What shocked Yunluo the most was the stone statue squatting in front of a silver shop. It was wrapped in black and white checkered cloth and looked like a witch with wide-open eyes. It was extremely exaggerated, with eyes almost popping out of their sockets, and a belly that was bulging like a ball with three wrinkles. On Halloween, she could go out on the street without makeup and scare people.

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

What puzzled Yunluo was that the styles of these statues were too different. Some looked like gods, some looked like humans, some looked like animals, and some looked like monsters. Indonesians' hobbies were really wild and surprising. Chinese people liked to have two lions squatting at the door to suppress demons, but Indonesians placed these statues more like family members. Otherwise, what kind of hats and flowers would they put on them?

If it weren't for the God of Land, every family's God of Land would be different, transformed into various images. If one family likes a happy atmosphere, they would make it a happy one, and if another family likes a scary atmosphere, they would make it a scary one. Compared to those high-ranking statues of gods, Yun Luo prefers this statue that is close to the land. With a touch of earth, the statue seems to have a human soul, a human demeanor, and even a human's strange interests and worldliness.

If there was such a masquerade, under the moonlight of Bali, the houses fell silent, and all the statues in the houses came back to life, slipping out from every corner and gathering together. What a spectacle that would be. Yun Luo thought it was more lively than Toy Story and more magical than Harry Potter.

Each statue also carries a family's story, and when they are gathered together, they can also tell a story of One Thousand and One Nights. Unfortunately, when Yunluo wanted to see the statues, he always caught a glimpse of them, and was always on the road, so he didn't have time to take a closer look. I wonder if anyone has taken pictures of these statues specifically and compiled them into a booklet.

Many places have vast coastlines, and many islands are covered with white frangipani and red hibiscus flowers, but is there another place with so many strange statues? A mysterious atmosphere shrouds them, which may be a unique element of the indigenous people. If you change to another place, it will become a different flavor and a different image.

When Yunluo is fascinated or focused on looking at statues or other things, it is easy to become distracted. Wandering around the local batik factory, she was attracted by a pile of cloth fans with rich patterns. After choosing and choosing, she didn't even notice that Feng Wuyou and Bai Qi, the two bastards, had left. The local tour guide came to look for Yunluo, saying that he had lost Yunluo after driving for a while, and came back to look for Yunluo.

Yunluo was still thinking about those funny statues on the corners. If he looked at them one by one, it would be an interesting journey to observe the statues, which was exactly what Yunluo wanted.

However, if Yunluo was asked to choose a mask to attend the party in Bali, she would choose a witch. She should not be too ugly, and it is okay if her nose is a little pointed, but her eyes should be pretty, preferably as blue as the sea, and she should wear a Balinese sarong.

When the witch meets Friday, the statues on the corners are dancing and reveling. (To be continued...)


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