This is a mystery-romance story set during the period of the Dali Kingdom, amid [Xiaguan’s wind, Shangguan’s flowers, Cangshan’s snow, and Erhai’s moon]. Yangjumie City, after Nanzhao, still served as the capital of the Dali Kingdom and was the political, economic, and cultural center of ancient Yunnan. You are an orph…
This is a mystery-romance story set during the period of the Dali Kingdom, amid [Xiaguan’s wind, Shangguan’s flowers, Cangshan’s snow, and Erhai’s moon].
Yangjumie City, after Nanzhao, still served as the capital of the Dali Kingdom and was the political, economic, and cultural center of ancient Yunnan. You are an orphan girl who grew up in Gantong Temple, a subordinate temple of Chongsheng Temple. You know how to identify medicinal herbs and have helped many common people around Cangshan and Erhai—until an attack on Gantong Temple completely shatters your peaceful life…
After the Dali Kingdom passed to Duan Zhengyan, royal power was no longer what it had once been. Although the Duan clan still occupied the imperial throne, actual control over court affairs had long rested in the hands of the Gao chancellors, known to the world as the “Gao Sovereign.” The Gao clan held the hereditary title “Duke of Zhongguo,” and all affairs issued from their house; the Duan clan possessed only empty titles. Meanwhile, although the alliance of the Thirty-Seven Wuman Tribes of eastern Yunnan maintained an oath-bound relationship with the Dali Kingdom, control over them was quite loose. Once royal power weakened, each tribe began to harbor its own ulterior motives.
In religion, the Dali Kingdom called itself the “Buddhist Kingdom of Wondrous Fragrance,” and the whole country revered Buddhism; many rulers of successive generations abdicated to become monks. But Buddhism in Dali was not simply the Han transmission of the Central Plains. Rather, after Tantric Buddhism entered, it merged with local beliefs, Daoism, and Confucianism to form the Azhali sect. This sect emphasized both exoteric and esoteric teachings and was deeply secularized. From the royal family and nobility above to the villagers and common people below, all were influenced by it. Yet the Azhali sect was not internally monolithic.
Amid this turbulent political situation, you have already been deeply drawn into it. It seems that only by finding the final truth can the restless Dali Kingdom be restored to peace.
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