Who knows: Where do flowering trees come from?

From the four classic Buddhist love stories Shiqiao Zen:

The original intention of this sentence is that Ananda, a disciple of the Buddha, met a girl on the road before becoming a monk and fell in love with her from then on. Buddha asked him, how much do you like this girl? Ananda replied: I would like to be a stone bridge, which has been weathered for 500 years, but I beg this girl to cross the bridge. The full version is as follows:

There is a beautiful young girl, born in a rich family, rich in property, versatile and living a good life.

The matchmaker also stepped on the threshold of her house, but she never wanted to get married because she felt that she had not met the boy she really wanted to marry.

Until one day, she went to a temple fair to play and saw a young man among thousands of crowded people. Needless to say, anyway, the girl thought that man was the result of her hard waiting.

Unfortunately, there were too many people at the temple fair, so she couldn't go to the man and watched him disappear into the crowd.

In the next two years, the girl looked for the man everywhere, and the man just evaporated without a trace.

The girl prayed to the Buddha every day, hoping to see the man again.

Her sincerity touched the Buddha and the Buddha appeared.

The Buddha said, "Do you want to see that man again?"

Girl Mao Mao said in the rain, "Yes! I just want to see him again! "

Buddha said, "You should give up everything you have now, including loving your family and living a happy life." Girl: "I can give up!" "

Buddha said, "You have to practice Taoism for 500 years before you can meet him. Don't regret it? "

Girl: "I don't regret it!"

The girl turned into a big stone and lay in an unknown place. After more than 400 years of exposure, she was miserable, but the girl was indifferent. Sadly, I haven't seen anyone for more than 400 years, and I can't see any hope, which makes her almost collapse.

In the last year, a quarrying team came, took a fancy to her big size, chiseled her into a huge stone and transported her to the city. They are building a stone bridge, so the girl becomes the guardrail of the stone bridge.

On the first day when the stone bridge was built, the girl met the man who had been waiting for her for 500 years!

He walked in a hurry, as if there was something urgent, and quickly passed through the middle of the stone bridge. Of course, he won't find a stone staring at him.

The man disappeared again and the Buddha appeared again.

Buddha: "Are you satisfied?"

Girl: "No! Why? Why am I just the guardrail of the bridge? If I am placed in the middle of the bridge, I can touch him, and I can touch him! "

Buddha: "Do you want to touch him? Then you have to practice for 500 years! "

Girl: "I do!" "

Buddha: "You have suffered so much, don't you regret it?"

Girl: "No regrets!"

The girl turned into a big tree and stood on the busy road. Many people pass by here every day, and the girl looks around every day, but what's worse, because I have seen a person coming hopefully countless times, and my hopes have been dashed countless times.

Without the practice of the first 500 years, I believe the girl would have collapsed!

As the days passed, the girl's heart gradually calmed down. She knew he wouldn't show up until the last day.

Another 500 years! On the last day, the girl knew he would come, but she was no longer excited.

Coming! There he is! He is still wearing his favorite white robe, and his face is still so handsome. The girl looked at him blankly.

This time, he didn't rush because it was too hot.

He noticed that there was a big tree by the roadside, and the dense shade was very attractive. Let's have a rest, he thought.

He walked to the foot of the tree, leaned against the root, closed his eyes slightly and fell asleep.

The girl touched him! He is right next to her!

However, she can't tell him that this thousand-year-old acacia. She had to gather the shade as much as she could to keep out the scorching sun for him.

Millennium tenderness!

The man just took a nap because he had something to do. He stood up and patted the dust on his robe. Before leaving, he looked up at the big tree and touched the trunk gently, probably to thank it for its coolness.

Then, he left without looking back! Just as he disappeared from her eyes, the Buddha appeared again.

Buddha said, "Do you still want to be his wife? Then you have to practice ... "

The girl calmly interrupted the Buddha's words: "I really want to, but I don't have to."

Buddha: "Oh?"

Girl: "That's good enough. You don't have to be his wife to love him. "

Buddha said, "Oh!"

Girl: "Has his current wife ever suffered like me?"

Buddha nodded slightly.

The girl smiled: "I can, but I don't have to."

At this time, the girl found that the Buddha sighed slightly, or rather, the Buddha sighed gently.

The girl was a little surprised. "Does the Buddha have something on his mind?"

The Buddha's face burst into a smile: "Because of this, a teenager can wait a thousand years less. He practiced for two thousand years just to see you. "

There are more detailed parts in the movie "Sword Rain" as follows:

Mao Mao Rain said: Master, why did Mao Mao Rain say before Lu Zhu died that I would like to be a stone bridge, and begged this girl to cross it for 500 years?

The abbot said: Before becoming a monk, Ananda, a disciple of the Buddha, met a girl on the road and was reluctant to part with her ever since. Buddha asked him, how much do you like this girl? Ananda replied: I would like to be a stone bridge, which has been weathered for 500 years, but I beg this girl to cross the bridge.

The abbot said: Then he is very kind to you!

Ceng Jing said (Xiaoyu said): The abbot said, do I still have this blessing?

The abbot said, Go ahead. The dead are the eyes of the living. You can't learn from the past, the present and the future. The future is the present and the present is the past. Go see if you can get it.

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Ananda, one day, that woman passed by the bridge, and the bridge only passed by. At this moment, you have become a stone bridge, destined to be with the wind and rain.

Yi 'an (formerly known as Zheman) is a literary short story of the same name, Shiqiao Zen.

Sword Rain is a martial arts film in ancient costume, produced by John Woo, co-directed by Chao-Bin Su and starring Yang Ziqiong, Song Zhongyou, Wang Xueyin and Barbie Hsu. The film tells the story that Ceng Jing, a retired killer, wanted to live an ordinary life with Jiang Asheng, a young messenger in the town, but he was involved in a bloody case because he had a sacred object in the Jianghu. The film was released in Chinese mainland on September 28th, 20 10.

References:

Shiqiaochan-Baidu Encyclopedia

Sword Rain-Baidu Encyclopedia