The chief craftsman in charge of the project agreed and only temporarily assigned him to do odd jobs so that he could walk around the construction site and understand the project situation. A few days

The chief craftsman in charge of the project agreed and only temporarily assigned him to do odd jobs so that he could walk around the construction site and understand the project situation. A few days passed. Although the craftsman walked around the construction site, no one heard him say anything. Although he did some odd jobs, no one saw his superhuman skills. On the contrary, his behavior became more and more lazy. As a result, there was a discussion among the craftsmen: "I'm afraid this man is not worthy of his name, and he may not have much real ability!" The new craftsmen heard the discussion and took it calmly without caring. As for the progress of the project, although the project went smoothly, it also encountered major technical difficulties. With the joint efforts of all the craftsmen, the base frame of the temple's nave has been raised high, and the top frame is about to be completed. The keel frame of this roof is a "huge thing". Its weight is said to be tens of thousands of kilograms. Under the conditions of very limited lifting power at that time, how to put this huge thing steadily on the high base frame, and Combined with the base frame, this has become a technical problem that must be solved in the progress of the project. The chief craftsman considered that the craftsmen were working hard day and night during the construction, and it was very hard. He planned to adjust his life after the roof frame was completed, and then work with the craftsmen to find a solution. Then he ordered the new craftsman to make several rolling pins within a limited time. When the roof frame was completed, he would have a meal to reward the craftsmen.

Although the craftsman accepted the job of making rolling pins, he was not busy and still walked around the construction site. He only picked a few materials for making rolling pins on the construction site. But the night before the limited day was about to come, everyone saw him rushing into a room, turning on the light in his hand, and getting busy. Some curious craftsmen hid in the dark and peeped. They saw him picking up the selected materials and drawing a circle on the two tops of each piece of material, without using a saw or an adze. He picked up the ax and hit it hard on the circled material. Just once, a rolling pin with slightly thinner ends and a thicker, smoother and rounder one in the middle rolled to the ground. In this way, in less than a moment, all the rolling pins specified were completed. This was a novelty for the craftsmen, and they were all dumbfounded and speechless. Since then, public opinion has changed drastically. They all say that the new craftsman's skills are miraculous and that he is truly a miraculous artist. Everyone respects him very much.

The day of eating rewards has finally arrived. The craftsmen were all in a happy mood, and they gathered together in groups of three and two, talking and laughing and eating happy noodles. At first, the craftsmen also saw the new craftsman squatting in one place with a bowl and eating noodles. Out of respect, everyone just said hello and no one came near him. But when I looked at him in a blink of an eye, he was no longer there. When the craftsmen approached the place where he was eating and took a closer look, they saw that his bowls and chopsticks were placed on a small earth platform piled with hands. It was square and square, with regular edges and corners on every surface. The chopsticks were inserted into the earthen platform, and the rice bowl was turned over and held up by the chopsticks and placed on the top. The craftsmen thought: Why did the new craftsman place the bowls and chopsticks like this? What does it mean? The craftsmen thought and guessed, and it took them a long time to realize the profound meaning: If the rice bowl is turned over, isn't it just like the roof of the palace? Chopsticks inserted into the earth platform, doesn't it mean that the foundation of the palace will be wrapped in earth and silted with earth? This shows that what the new craftsmen pointed out was to use the filling method to solve the major technical problems faced in temple construction.

Legend has it that the project adopted the earth-filling method instructed by the new craftsman to place the erected foundation of the palace in the earth. It relied on many manpower to pull the tens of thousands of kilograms of stone into the ground. The frame is placed securely on the base frame to achieve a tight integration between the top frame and the base frame. Then, the earth was removed and moved, and the walls, tiles, and pastel paintings were started. Only then were the magnificent and dazzling palaces in the temple built.

The temple was completed, and all the craftsmen missed this god-like craftsman from the bottom of their hearts. They were grateful for his guidance at the critical moment of the progress of the project, so that the temple construction successfully passed the biggest engineering difficulty. . Regarding the origin of this magical craftsman, most craftsmen believe that it was enlightened by their founder, Lu Ban. But there is no way to check whether Patriarch Lu Ban really came.