After it was released in 2007, it only played less than 50 times before being removed from the shelves. With most of the movie tickets distributed for free, the number of moviegoers was only acceptable in Nanjing, while other cities were far from ideal. Such a dismal result was a

Among the many movies about the Nanjing Massacre, there is this one that is very special. The movie is based on a true story, and the funds were raised by a monk named Fax through alms for three years. After it was released in 2007, it only played less than 50 times before being removed from the shelves. With most of the movie tickets distributed for free, the number of moviegoers was only acceptable in Nanjing, while other cities were far from ideal. Such a dismal result was a slap in the face. Is it a movie or a Chinese one? However, what is even more embarrassing is that until 2002, because of the filming of the movie, many people did not know that there was a history of refugee resistance of 24,000 people in a temple outside Nanjing in 1937.

The Qixia Temple located on the Qixia Mountain outside Nanjing is a 4A-level scenic spot with a history of more than 1,500 years and is one of the four famous temples in China. This was originally a pure place, but after the iron hooves of the Japanese army entered the city of Nanjing, it no longer had the peace of the past. The Japanese invaders, who had lost their humanity, committed rape, robbery, and all kinds of crimes. A nightmare disaster and humiliation befell the defenseless people. On the body. Faced with the brutal killings by the Japanese invaders, people whose families had been destroyed were panicked and many people fled to Qixia Temple. Seeing the helplessness and despair of the compatriots, the prison master Ji Ran took the compatriots who came to seek refuge into the temple regardless of the objections of his senior brother and master. The senior brother and master objected because they were worried that the Japanese invaders would kill people and set fires, and they were even more worried that these beasts would get angry at the temple and destroy this ancient temple. Unexpectedly, as soon as refugees from Shiliba Village entered the temple, the Japanese soldiers seemed to be entering uninhabited territory. They not only shot, killed and wounded the refugees at will, but also looted property and raped women in broad daylight. Just when the temple was looted by the Japanese invaders, the city of Nanjing was already in devastation, with broken walls and Chinese corpses everywhere. However, among the ruins, under the claws of the Japanese invaders, the United States Photographer Martin and Su Ping from Jinling Women's University , who is Martin's translator, are risking their lives to record the atrocities of the Japanese invaders with their cameras, intending to accuse these beasts to the world.

As the killings by the Japanese army continued, the number of refugees in Qixia Temple reached more than 4,000 in a few days. In order to improve the situation where the sick and wounded could not receive treatment due to lack of medicine, Master Jiran 's apprentice Ben Chang took his junior brother to venture there. While buying medicine at a drug store in Nanjing City, they happened to encounter Su Ping and Martin who were being hunted by the Japanese army. The four of them escaped by hiding in the ruins. But before the four people left, a commander of the Japanese army followed him. Since Ben Chang had studied in Japan, the Japanese commander arranged for a city-wide search for Martin when he passed by the drug store. The news of a thorough investigation of the film was obtained by Ben Chang. Only then did Martin realize that the situation was serious.

After nightfall, Benchang brought the medicine back to the temple, while Martin and Su Ping came to the International Security Zone to find Rabe, the chairman of the security zone, and ask him to help send the film to the United States. But before they handed over the film to Rabe, a large number of Japanese troops began another round of searches. During the escape, the two were discovered by the Japanese army. With the help of Martin, Su Ping managed to escape with the film, while Martin was randomly shot by the Japanese army. Beat to death. That night, the National Army Lieutenant Colonel Chief of Staff Liao Yaoxiang and two National Army officers also fled to Qixia Temple. Knowing that when the nation was in danger, they still faced the enemy and fought against the Japanese invaders, Ji Ran took them in without hesitation. However, in just a few weeks, the number of refugees reached more than 20,000. Master and senior brother found Ji Ran again and asked him to cut off rice and rice to disperse the refugees and protect the temple, so as not to get burned. But looking at the snowy and freezing weather outside, most of the refugees were women, old people and children, and Jiran rejected them. At night, a man came to the statue of Buddha alone, knelt at his feet devoutly, and told how the country was in danger, his brothers were being killed, and his sisters were being raped. He wanted to save his compatriots and wanted Buddha to help them return to a peaceful and peaceful life. Go, but there is nothing you can do. At this moment, Jiran felt how small and helpless he was, but he did not abandon more than 20,000 compatriots because of his insignificance. Instead, he shouldered this burden with his weak body. At this moment, Su Ping also fled into the temple and found him, and said that she needed help and urgently sent the film containing evidence of the Japanese crimes to Shanghai Concession to expose Japan's atrocities to the world.It happened that this scene was seen by Ben Chang and his senior brother. Seeing that Jiran was sinking deeper and deeper, and that disaster was imminent, his senior brother hurriedly pulled him out of the door. The senior brother was anxious and angry this time. He first complained that Jiran had brought Liao Yaoxiang and others into the temple, which had already caused a lot of trouble to the temple. Now he took over the beheading matter and put tens of thousands of people in danger. It was not worth it. After Jiran rejected him again, the senior brother said that I couldn't stay in this temple for another day, so he turned around and left in disappointment and helplessness.

After dawn the next day, the silent mountain forest was already covered with snow. However, as the ice and snow melted, the number of refugees continued to increase, and the food supply in the temple began to become tight. In order to maintain the food of the refugees, Jiran changed the fasting meals of all the monks in the academy to two meals. As soon as the food issue for the refugees was settled here, a group of Japanese soldiers rushed in. Not only did they hold photos of Liao Yaoxiang, they also insisted that Liao Yaoxiang was hiding inside. They forced their way into the place where sutras were chanted and searched to no avail. They then broke into the forbidden area where the sitting body of the great monk was stored. It was not until they opened several sitting tanks and found that they were all the indestructible bodies of the great monk that the Japanese army left in anger. Su Ping, who was out of danger after the Japanese army left, proposed to Ji Ran the establishment of a refugee shelter. Firstly, it would be protected by international law, and secondly, the Japanese army would be restrained. Jiran readily agreed. After dark, the senior brother went down the mountain alone. On the way, he met displaced refugees who asked him about the situation. When he learned that Qixia Temple would take them in, a woman said that he would find a life-saving Bodhisattva. It was this sentence that made the senior brother He suddenly stopped and had a profound realization. Then he turned around and returned to the temple with the refugees.

The next day, the banner of the Qixia Temple Buddhist Refugee Shelter in Nanjing was hung under the four characters Qixia Ancient Temple. They thought they could legitimately protect these refugees. Unexpectedly, the Japanese army in the city discovered that the film found from Martin was blank. , suddenly became furious. In the blink of an eye, Captain Yamada personally led a large number of Japanese troops into the temple, insisting on forcing Jiran to hand over Liao Yaoxiang. Faced with the intimidation of the Japanese army, Jiran remained calm and insisted that there were only refugees and no soldiers in the temple. The Japanese soldiers were so angry that they immediately took off all his clothes and poured buckets of water on him in front of the monks and thousands of refugees. It was a severe winter, and the bone-chilling ice water poured on Jiran's body like a heart-pounding pain. Although he was in pain, despite being pressed by the Japanese invaders over and over again, Ji Ran, who was shivering with cold, still insisted that there were only refugees in the temple.

In desperation, the Japanese captain put a knife on Ben Chang's neck. Unexpectedly, Ben Chang not only spoke righteously, but also responded in Japanese that even if the Japanese army killed everyone in the temple, they would not be able to hand over Liao Yaoxiang. The speaker did not pay attention to the listener. Yamada on the side heard that a monk could speak Japanese, and he immediately stepped forward curiously to ask. Only then did he discover that both of them were students of Professor Kono of Tokyo University. A narrow escape from death. However, Yamada refused to give up and took out another box of film for them to identify. Most of the people at the time did not recognize this thing. As a result, the senior brother behind him trembled with fear when he saw the film. The vigilant Yamada immediately rushed to him and questioned him severely. , but he spilled the beans when he was nervous, but in order to protect the film, he did not tell the truth until his death. After his senior brother was killed, Yamada issued an ultimatum. If the refugee camp was not disbanded in three days, Qixia Temple would be bombed.

The temple suffered such a calamity. Master, who was afraid that a catastrophe was imminent, once again urged Jiran to follow the trend and evacuate the refugees that night. However, Jiran refused again out of compassion, and wrote an open letter quickly to expose the atrocities committed by the Japanese army in recent days, and demanded that Japan treat the refugees. Use humanity and stop killing defenseless people. In the letter, he enumerated the numerous crimes committed by the Japanese army after they captured Nanjing, such as provoking, looting, killing, and raping women in temples every day. A few days later, he found the Japanese ambassador under the leadership of Rabe, chairman of the Nanjing International Security Zone. However, the Japanese ambassador was arrogant and unreasonable. He threw down the open letter without even reading it and threatened Ji Ran not to challenge the Japanese military's bottom line. After being rejected, he was filled with indignation. Ji Ran took the open letter to the newspapers.The next day, he sent Benchang to find Yamada. Yamada, mindful of the friendship between fellow disciples and fellow disciples of Buddhism, did not agree to keep the refugee shelter, but agreed to give him another three days of grace if he did not hand over Liao Yaoxiang. And when they disbanded the refugee camps, they went on a killing spree.

That night, realizing that the situation was getting more critical, Jiran planned to send Liao Yaoxiang across the river overnight, but unexpectedly, a drunken Japanese soldier broke into him. In full view of the public, the bestiality-loving Japanese army attempted to murder a little girl. Master stepped forward to stop him and was brutally killed by the Japanese soldier. Seeing this, a crazy Chinese man stepped forward and struggled with the Japanese soldiers. Several Chinese who couldn't bear it took the initiative to help beat the beast to death. Only then did the timid and numb old people, women and children dare to surround him. forward. Here, Jiran had just asked a few people to bury the bodies of Japanese soldiers. The Japanese soldiers rushed in after hearing the gunfire. Since they could not find the missing soldiers, they sealed the temple door in anger and strictly ordered no one to come out before dawn. . Fearing that the night would be long and full of dreams, Jiran held a ritual ceremony for his master all night long, planning to use the funeral procession to send Liao Yaoxiang and others out of the temple. However, they were intercepted by the Japanese army as soon as they left the temple. At the critical moment, Benchang frightened the translator by saying that the soul of the great monk was wandering in the valley. If he could not be piously sent to his grave, he would suffer great disaster and retribution. Then the funeral procession went up the mountain in a mighty manner. Liao Yaoxiang finally The people took the opportunity to flee to the river.

After waiting for the 6-day deadline, Honcho found Yamada again and said that his master agreed to Yamada's request, but also asked for an extension of 3 days to allow his master to perform rituals for the refugees and pray for the Buddha's blessing. After 3 days, he invited Yamada to visit. , and also said that Ji Ran will tell him a story about Qixia Temple. Yamada was very happy to learn that Jiran Banner had repented. He took this opportunity and asked Yamada to issue two passes for him, so that he could take his cousin east to Japan and learn about Japan's profound and advanced culture, so as to avoid the troubled times of war and chaos. After hearing Benchang's cousin's request to learn Japanese, Yamada immediately agreed. After nightfall, Ben Chang left the temple with Su Ping and planned to go to Shanghai to deliver the film. Unexpectedly, Yamada had already ambushed outside the mountain gate. As a result, Su Ping was killed on the spot, and Ben Chang fled to Shanghai alone with the film.

3 Day after day, Yamada arrived with heavy troops as promised. Just looking at the formation, it looked like he was going to raze Qixia Temple to the ground. Perhaps driven by curiosity, this time Yamada discovered something unusual as soon as he entered the main temple. The main halls of other temples were all the main halls. , but here is the Pilu Palace. Seeing Yamada asking why, Jiran took this as an opportunity to chat with him about Buddhism. The two chatted from outside the store to the store. They learned that people with dark hearts cannot save all living beings, and that everyone has human nature and animal nature in their hearts. He said that those who have reason are human nature, and those who harm the same kind are animal nature. The Buddha used compassion to transform the person possessed by the animal nature, so that he can turn around and be safe. After that, he took Yamada to the Guanyin Bodhisattva statue and told him about the cause and effect of the three lives. The first is present-life retribution, that is, the bad things done in this life will be punished in this life, and they will go to the eighteen levels of hell; the second is present-life retribution, that is, retribution will not fall on the evildoer himself in this life, but it will fall on him. The third one is retribution in this life, that is, if you do evil in this life, you will be punished in the next life. Then Jiran brought him to a Buddha head, and this was exactly the story Jiran wanted to tell.

The Buddha's head was from the Song Dynasty, and the Buddha's body below it was cut into two sections. It was stolen and sold to Japan in the early years of the Republic of China, and was purchased by an old Japanese lady. The old lady worshiped the Buddha head three times a day at home. A few years later, a major earthquake occurred in Tokyo. The surrounding neighbors' houses collapsed, but the old lady's house was the only one to survive. Everyone felt very strange. Later, the Buddha's head entrusted a dream to the old lady, saying that your family usually does good things to their neighbors, so I have done a good deed for you and saved your family's life, but I also hope that you can return me a favor. I am now in a different place. The body is still on Qixia Mountain in China. Then the old lady wrote a letter to the Chinese government, confirming that a Buddha's head had indeed been lost in Qixia Temple in Nanjing. The old lady's family was shocked and convinced of the spirituality of the Buddha's head, so they traveled across the ocean to China and sent the Buddha's head back. Arrive at Qixia Temple.The reason why Jiran spoke so earnestly was to persuade Yamada to turn around and make peace. However, Yamada, who was struggling in his heart, not only did not rein in the situation, but also threatened to bombard Qixia Temple again.

At the same time, in the Japanese Embassy, ​​the ambassador and the commander were very angry when they saw Liao Yaoxiang's escape in the newspaper. Unexpectedly, before the anger subsided, another soldier came to report, saying that the news of the Nanjing Massacre had been reported in Britain, France, Germany and other countries. On the same day See the newspaper. The ambassador suddenly felt guilty and became depressed, saying that Japan would never be able to lift its head again in human history. Outside Qixia Temple, artillery roared and bullets fired one after another; inside Qixia Temple, an angry Yamada drew his saber, and the soldiers were ready for the bombardment. Master Ji Ran, whose four elements were all empty, put his hands together, closed his eyes tightly, and stood at the door of the hall, unmoving and fearless. As the sound of pious chanting lingered in the temple, Yamada's hands began to tremble under the cold shining saber, and his ferocious expression became calmer. In the end, with the persistence and struggle of Master Jiran, more than 24,000 refugees were saved. Massacre, on October 12, 1939, Master Jiran passed away after becoming ill due to overwork.

The movie is adapted from a real rescue incident that year. The unarmed monks did not have guns or guns, but they knew the righteousness of the nation and had a pure heart of love for their family and country. They practiced the supreme good with their perseverance and perseverance. . Faced with the brutality and despotic power of the Japanese invaders, Master Jiran was righteous and upright, neither humble nor overbearing; facing the homeless refugees, he also saved the refugees from fire and water with a bodhisattva heart. A small person, with great righteousness and perseverance, did something earth-shattering and left a legacy of supreme merit. In an era when one's own life could not be guaranteed, a monk could put his own life and death aside and brave hardships to fight for more than 24,000 compatriots. This kind of kindness seemed to be noble beyond life and death. Regardless of whether there is karma or not, we should not do evil deeds as trivial, do not neglect good deeds as trivial, behave openly and do things openly.

Compared with the movie, the story behind the movie is more exciting. After the movie was released, it was removed from the shelves after less than 50 shows, and the free tickets were not available to Chinese people to watch. I am puzzled by this. Today's Chinese people Why we treat humiliating history with this attitude is indeed worth pondering. The pain and humiliation of the past have caused us to be bullied. I hope that the tragic history can be remembered by the world, and that our kindness will last forever, cherish peace and stay away from war, be grateful for every good deed, let those who do good go their way, and let those who do evil have their way. No!