In the 26th year of Guangxu (1900), foreign enemies invaded Beijing and the capital was in chaos. The emperor, empress dowager, ministers, eunuchs and ladies-in-waiting fled to Chang 'an (now Xi 'an). When the Prince of Qing heard that the old monk Xu Yun was a high-ranking monk, he asked the old monk Xu Yun to accompany him to the Western Heaven to ensure peace.
At this time, Chang 'an was hungry and cold, the living ate dead human flesh, and rotten bones were everywhere. Xu Yun, an old monk, immediately appealed to the emperor, forbidding the living to eat the dead, and mobilized rich households to donate their own grain reserves and set up porridge factories to help the victims.
It was August, rotting corpses smelled bad, and the plague was prevalent in Chang 'an. Xu Yun, an old monk, has pity on all sentient beings. He is willing to organize a 7-day snow prayer meeting in Wolong Temple, hoping that the dragon will look down and the rain and snow will eliminate disasters.
Before the good-hearted personnel privately dissuaded: "The disaster is extraordinary, and the cause of all beings cannot be violated. If the snow begging fails, Long Yan will condemn you for deceiving the monarch and pull you out to behead you. Wouldn't it be counterproductive? " But if you want nothing, you'd better leave. You'd better leave. "
The old monk Xu Yun ignored life and death. With the help of monk Eastern Xia, the abbot of Wolong Temple, all the monks in the temple began to work together in Qi Xin to build a platform and prepare instruments ... The moral hope of Xu Yun inspired nearly a thousand monks in Xi' an temples, and the masters who lived in seclusion in Zhong Nanshan all the year round also came out to help. People who believed in Buddhism heard the news and came from all directions. ...
The stupa is 30 feet high and 30 feet wide, and is dedicated to Buddha Sakyamuni, Buddha Amitabha, Bodhisattva Guanyin and Bodhisattva. Two tall flagpoles are erected on both sides of the stupa, and a 30-foot-long golden Buddha flag is hung on it, which reads "Emperor Wu of the South has exhausted the Dragon King and Bodhisattva" and "Emperor Wu of the South should accompany Fang Pu to visit Xuelong and Zhongshengwang Bodhisattva". The Buddhist platform is covered with yellow cloth, and flowers, fruit offerings and incense sticks are readily available. Xu Yun led nine magicians to sit on the stage in red cassock and meditated for 7 days and 7 nights. There were 108 monks on both sides of the audience, chanting the Dalagni Snow Mantra day and night, 360 monks led the believers to worship the Great Compassion, and the rest of the monks and nuns led the believers to recite Tommy's name until 6 o'clock.
On the morning of the 7th, it was cloudy. It snowed heavily in the afternoon. After the heavy snow, the monk and the nun returned to the temple. Virtual cloud is still sitting around the unobstructed platform holding spells and casting spells. On the 7th, Chang 'an was frozen thousands of miles inside and outside. Empress Dowager Cixi braved the heavy snow, accompanied by maids and guards, and went to Wolong Temple. When she saw the old monk Xu Yun sitting in the snow casting spells, she was moved to tears. And knelt in the snow, knocking down the noble head for this "living Buddha". Prince Su and Prince Qing asked him to return to Beijing to live in the palace in the future so as to consult Buddhism.
One morning in October, Xu Yun, an old monk who regarded fame and fortune as a cloud, quietly left Chang 'an and lived in seclusion in Zhong Nanshan.