Xi'an is one of the important birthplaces of Chinese civilization and the Chinese nation, and the eastern starting point of the Silk Road. So do you know which ones are there? Here are the ones I will share with you. You are welcome to read them.
: The Thousand-Armed and Thousand-Eyed Buddha of Shuilu Temple
On the back wall between the north wall of the main hall of Shuilu Temple, there is a statue of a dignified and beautiful goddess. Countless eyes and countless hands. This is the "Buddha with Thousand Arms and Thousand Eyes". Why does she have so many hands and eyes? Here is a tear-jerking and touching legend:
There was a princess Miaoshan in the Tang Dynasty. She saw through the world of mortals and converted to Buddhism wholeheartedly, so she went to the Baique Temple in the south of the city to have her hair cut off. For Ni. This incident caused a sensation inside and outside the court. Civil and military officials and the people of Li were all talking about this matter. Some said it was good and some said it was bad. No one could be silenced. There were even the dandy and the prodigal son who rushed to Baique Temple to participate in the event. In the name of the Buddha dropping incense, everyone wants to feast their eyes on it. Take a look at what Princess Miaoshan, who was once a golden girl, looks like. Later, the news reached the ears of the King of Tang Dynasty, which made the emperor half angry to death. He immediately sent an order to lead eight hundred palace guards to cremate Baique Temple. They must eradicate the grass roots and leave no monks or nuns behind. One night, a fire woke up the people in the south of the city. People saw Baique Temple turned into a sea of ??flames. Some people came to put out the fire with hooks, sickles and buckets, but they were shouted down by the palace guards. The fire burned until dawn, pitifully for the five hundred monks. Together with Princess Miaoshan, they were reduced to ashes in the temple.
No one mentioned this matter gradually. Unexpectedly, the King of Tang contracted a strange disease - his body was covered with five hundred pustules. The itching is excruciating, I can't sit or sleep, the itching is unbearable if I don't scratch it, and the pain is excruciating if I scratch it. None of the imperial doctors knew what the disease was, and no one had ever seen so many pustules in one person. Seeing that the king of Tang Dynasty was losing weight day by day and his mind was in a coma from time to time, the civil and military officials in the court were in a panic. Suddenly one day, a Taoist boy came to the palace and claimed that he could cure Long live your illness. The Taoist boy came to the King of Tang Dynasty, and the King of Tang Dynasty asked him: "How do you cure my illness?" The Taoist boy said: "The disease of Long Live is caused by five hundred innocent souls. It can only be cured by the hands and eyes of relatives. If there is no such thing, It can't be cured!" The king of Tang called all his children. The princes, princesses and princes all looked at each other. No one wanted to give up their hands and eyes. The Taoist boy said: "These people are unwilling to give up their hands and eyes. I don't know how long live. Do you have any children?" The King of Tang cried, "There was another Princess Miaoshan who was the most filial to me, but it was a pity that I burned her to death." The Taoist boy sighed and said, "That's all! Long live your life, and there will be a Taoist in Xiangshan soon." My Bodhisattva, I take pity on you and ordered me to bring you one hand and one eye. Please boil it and take it quickly!" After saying this, he left a paper bag and floated out of the palace.
After taking the medicine, the king of Tang Dynasty recovered one day, and the five hundred pustules scabbed and healed overnight. The king of Tang Dynasty was so grateful that he went to Xiangshan in person to fulfill his wish, taking the flower tent and the fragrant wax paper table with him. . When he came to Xiangshan Temple, he saw that a Bodhisattva was missing one hand and one eye. The king of Tang hurriedly stepped forward to burn incense and asked the chief ceremonial officer to bow and bow on his behalf. Finally, the decree was issued: "The Bodhisattva empress is so merciful and merciful that she has helped the living people in the world and has done a great service to me. If you dedicate one hand and one eye to the throne, I will confer upon you a thousand hands and a thousand eyes today." From then on, this Bodhisattva became the "Buddha with Thousand Hands and Thousand Eyes" .
: The origin of Wang Shunshan in Lantian
Once upon a time, there lived a family named Wang at the foot of Yushan Mountain. The couple gave birth to a baby son after they were over fifty years old, named Wang Shun. The first is to hope that the son will grow up to be an adult, and the second is to hope that he will listen to the teachings and be filial to his parents in the future.
Wang Shun’s father, in order to earn a good fortune for his son, worked day and night through ups and downs, going to the fields during busy periods and collecting firewood during slack periods. Within a few years, he became ill due to overwork and died. Leaving the orphans and widows behind to depend on each other, the situation is bleak. Wang Shun's mother was a very competitive person. For Wang's cigarettes, she was determined not to remarry for the time being, and devoted all her efforts to Wang Shun. In addition to cultivating the few acres of thin farmland, he would crow chickens and stay up late at night, spinning linen and weaving cloth for others, mending old and sewing new ones. Even if life was tight and no matter how hard he endured, Xiao Wangshun would not suffer the slightest injustice. Mother ate black food and gave Wang Shun white food; mother drank watery food and Wang Shun fished out dry food. Winter is not called freezing, and summer is not called hot. She watched Xiao Wangshun grow up day by day, looking forward to a few days of comfortable life. Unexpectedly, this Wang Shun was incompetent since he was a child. He was sent to school when he was seven years old. He did not read or learn calligraphy. He went up trees to dig out bird's nests and went down to the river to catch frogs and fish all day long. He scolded his teacher, beat his classmates, and acted naughty and mischievous.
Once, the husband got angry and gave Wang Shun a slap. Afterwards, he went into the toilet and drilled a hole in the bottom of the urinal, causing the husband to leak urine all night. Later, he even stopped checking in at the school door.
Back home, he is even more unruly and has no restraints. He contacted a group of naughty boys and used guns and sticks all day long to fight against each other, damage crops, waste fruits and melons, bully the old and the young, and steal chickens and dogs. Zuoling and Youshe searched for his mother every now and then to complain. His mother tried hard to persuade him, but he turned a deaf ear to her. When her words were too serious, he became furious and rushed out to find the accuser to settle the score. Slowly, bad habits developed. When his mother told him to go east, he would turn to the west. When his mother told him to hit a dog, he would turn away from the chicken. As the saying goes: "A single firewood is difficult to burn, an only child is difficult to teach." If you hold it tightly, you will be afraid of being crushed to death, but if you hold it loose, you will be afraid of flying. When Wang Shun was twenty years old, his mother was so angry and anxious that she fell ill. Wang Shun was still wandering around. The mother cried and sighed to herself: "I am incompetent and useless. I have not taught my son well. He is twenty years old. Let alone start a family and start a business. If this continues, sooner or later these few acres of land will be kicked away by him." In order to let her son bury her in this field, it was impossible to tell her directly. One day, the mother-in-law called Wang Shun to the bedside and deliberately said to him with tears: "My son! You see, my mother will not live long. I ask you one thing before I die. You must remember that after I die, you bury me on the top of Yushan Mountain so that my mother's eyes will be widened. "As soon as he finished speaking, he died of anger. Wang Shun was in grief at this time. After thinking about it, he regretted that he had not listened to his mother in the past and made the old man angry to death. He must listen to what his mother said before she died.
So, he carried his mother's body to the top of Yushan Mountain. Unfortunately, there was not a pinch of loess on the top of the mountain, so Wang Shun had to pick up soil from the bottom of the mountain. He picked up and picked up. I don't know how many days passed and how many loads he picked up. His mother's body was found. The burial was always not strict. Excessive fatigue and regret made Wang Shun cry bitterly, thinking: "Maybe I didn't listen to my mother in the past and was unfilial to her. God wants to punish me." He looked up to the sky and sighed: "My king." Shun is willing to be punished, and I will wash away my sins with sweat and tears. "
One evening, Wang Shun had just reached the top of the mountain with a load of loess. There was a "click" and the pole broke into two pieces. The two baskets of loess fell to the ground and turned into two tall peaks in the blink of an eye. , His mother's body was buried deep under the ground. From then on, Wang built a grass house next to his mother's grave and guarded the grave for three years. After that, he went to Yushan Cave to practice Buddhism and finally ascended to heaven. Bai Juyi, a great poet of the imperial dynasty, once praised in his poem: "In the past, there was a son of the Wang family who rose to the rank of Xuan." Referring to this story, later generations also renamed Yushan "Wangshun Mountain".
To this day, both sides of the Bahe River have been renamed. There is also a folk proverb that goes, "If Wang Shun wears a hat on the mountain, the wind and rain will come." When the raindrops fall, people will say: Wang Shun is crying for his mother again. Another proverb says: "When you see a mountain lantern in a drought, the rain is in your eyebrows." Whenever there was a drought and no rain, Wang Shun would go up the mountain with a lantern to pray for rain for the people. Therefore, every time there was a drought and no rain, people would look towards Wang Shun Mountain at night to look for the tin lantern. The allusion of Shuidong
It is said that a long time ago, there was an endless stream of people coming and going on the Languan Ancient Road. Lanqiao Street is a large station on the Languan Ancient Road. It is surrounded by mountains, green trees, and peaches and plums. Cattle and sheep were all over the hillside, and shepherd boys were singing. The crisscrossing channels were filled with the sound of water grinding. It was a beautiful and rich place. One day, a tall monk with farm eyebrows and big eyes wandered around. When he got here, he was secretly happy, "This is a good place to ask for alms." He put on his clothes, held the alms bowl in his left hand, and held the two-foot-tall tin Zen staff in his right hand, and walked through the streets and called for alms. He walked through the village one street after another, but no one paid attention, so he left the Lanqiao ground dejectedly. He walked over the mountains and ridges for a long time and came to Wangchuan, where there was a hundred-day drought, the rivers were dry, and the rice fields were dry. The crops were cracked, the seedlings were withered, and everyone was worried. He thought to himself that he was unlucky. After running for a long time, he came across a place where he was hungry, so he had to bite the bullet and continue on his way to three or four villages. The situation was normal. At this time, his stomach was growling and he was unbearably hungry. He had no choice but to hold the alms bowl and Zen staff and shout feebly: "Come for alms! Come for alms!" Unexpectedly, as soon as the shouts ended, men, women, old and young stopped at the door and cast sympathetic glances. Some greeted him with smiles and courtesy, some brought tea and food, and some gave him money and silver. Although he had a simple meal, he was so hungry that he ate a very delicious meal. He politely declined the money from the villagers: "During the great calamity, it was difficult to spend money and loose money to keep for my own use. I am kind to all living beings and will always be in my heart."
"After several days, every village was here, vying to give alms. Thinking back to the scene at Lanqiao, they sympathized even more with the plight of the Wangchuan people, and determined to repay the philanthropic Wangchuan mountain people with spring water.
From then on, the monk lived in Wangchuan. Every day, he would run out of this ditch and into that ditch with his tin staff and alms bowl in hand. One night, he walked thousands of miles. The stars were shining brightly, and the bright moon was in the sky. The monk, wearing cassocks and holding a tin staff, walked straight to a ravine in the northeast of the mountain valley. When he came to a mountain, he shouted: "I would rather let the water of Wangchuan River irrigate the fields than call it blue." The bridge was crushed by water. He held the "nine-ring tin stick" and poked it hard towards Chengxian Ridge, and suddenly he hit the peach blossom stone. In an instant, clear blue water flowed from this big hole to Wangchuan River. From then on, the blue bridge lost water to grind, and Wangchuan River not only There was water to irrigate the fields and boats could be sailed.
When the monk roared and stabbed the mountain, the bell-like sound echoed in the mountains and valleys, waking up the sleeping mountain people. They changed their clothes and went out. Seeing the surging waves and the endless flow of the dry river valley in the past, people rejoiced and rejoiced at this strange scene. After dawn, they built canals and weirs, and prepared the land for sowing. The whole Wangchuan River was immersed in joy, but the monk was no longer seen. For In memory of this eminent monk, they named the cave "Xishui Cave".