There is a Xingfu Temple in Chang'an City, which is said to have been built during the Sui Dynasty. There is a Buddhist hall in the northwest corner of the temple. There is a mural inside the temple, which depicts the Ten Light Buddha. The brushwork is vigorous and the characters

There is a Xingfu Temple in Chang'an City, which is said to have been built in the Sui Dynasty. There is a Buddhist hall in the northwest corner of the temple. There is a mural inside the temple, which depicts the Ten Light Buddha with vigorous brushwork and lifelike figures. , is a rare fine product in the world.

Later, the abbot asked someone to conduct research and discovered that this mural was actually painted by a great painter named Cai during the Sui Dynasty. This person was famous for his portrait painting. There is a legendary story about this Buddhist temple.

After the Buddhist temple was built, the abbot offered a reward of 100 gold to the best painters in the world. Later, after everyone in Cai heard about it, he happily applied for the job. After he spent 7749 days painting the murals, he once said to people: "I am I have painted many murals in my life, but this one, with the help of God, will be the best work of my life."

Because of this sentence, after the temple was consecrated, there was a constant stream of pilgrims, and everyone came. View this mural.

During the Zhenguan period, this Buddhist hall that had lasted for nearly a hundred years was too old to be used. The current abbot wanted to demolish the Buddhist hall and build a new one, so he called in craftsmen to prepare for the construction.

Unexpectedly, on this day, the monks in the temple were dining in the courtyard. As soon as the abbot sat down, the governor monk of the temple came to him and whispered in his ear: "Abbott, I just found ten strange monks. Are you a thief in our temple? "

Is there such a thing? He stood up quietly, and under the distant guidance of the governor's monk, he found these ten monks. They had fair skin, thin appearance, elegant manners, and a bit of ancient style.

I think they are little thieves, but they don’t look like them in terms of their behavior. There is no obscene behavior or looking around. They eat with big mouthfuls. Although they are fast, they are not sloppy. On the contrary, they are a bit more proud. .

The relic of Xingfu Temple in Chang'an——Wang Xizhi's "Half Stele"

Who is this person? The abbot also became a little curious. He ordered the governor monk to quietly send a few disciples to follow them to see where they would settle down.

After the fast meal, the monks dispersed. Some walked in the Buddhist temple and enjoyed the scenery of the temple. Some returned to their meditation rooms to meditate. Several monks in charge of chores began to be busy. After the meal, the ten monks headed towards the Buddhist hall in the northwest. The governor monk quickly motioned to several monks to follow them.

Unexpectedly, the ten monks disappeared as soon as they entered the Buddhist hall. The monks following behind were surprised. They looked around and found that the appearance and demeanor of the Ten Light Buddha on the north wall were very similar to those of the ten monks just now. , what is particularly weird is that one of the Buddha statues has a grain of rice stuck to the corner of its mouth.

The governor monk was shocked and hurriedly invited the abbot. When the abbot heard about this, he looked at the Buddha statues on the wall and saw that they looked very similar to the monks he had just seen. It was really strange. He pondered for a long time: Could this be God's will?

After experiencing this strange incident, the abbot did not dare to have the idea of ​​destroying the temple. Instead, he used ten flags to cover the mural to protect it.

Do you think there are only so many stories about this Buddhist temple? No.

In " Xuan Shi Zhi ", there is another version recorded about Xingfu Temple:

There is Shiguang Buddhist Temple in Xingfu Temple in Chang'an. Its courtyard is extremely magnificent and it is said that it was built in the Sui Dynasty. During the Zhenguan period, the monks in the temple were worried about the destruction of the temple because of their age, so they planned to spend money and work on it, and wanted to build new buildings. After the demolition was evacuated, he opened the door and saw tens of thousands of snakes lying on the ground. Snakes and snakes are swirling around, shaking their heads and gnawing their beaks, as if they are swallowing. The monks in the temple were very frightened, thinking that God was so merciful that they had to work hard, so they had a false spiritual change, so they did not dare to destroy it.

According to this story, because the Shiguang Buddhist Temple had been lost for a long time and was afraid of its collapse, the abbot raised donations and wanted to rebuild it. He summoned craftsmen and was about to destroy it. Unexpectedly, when he opened the door, he was suddenly frightened. A huge jump.

I saw tens of thousands of snakes stretching all over the place in the Buddhist hall. They were spitting out their long tongues and shaking their heads, as if they wanted to swallow the people in the future. This frightened the monks in the temple.

Why are there snakes in the temple? Could it be a warning from God? Aren't we allowed to demolish this Buddhist temple?

In the end, the abbot thought again and again and retained this Buddhist temple.

, which one do you believe more?