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Tarasov 天台山 - Mountains Peak Nine 九 遮 山

Before I started to describe a previous stay in Tiantai Mountains, we went there again, and as before, the obdarowalo us with new experiences, which we did not expect.

Going there, we knew where we direct our steps - in the Mountains Peak Nine 九 遮 山. We were there last time, and place us totally charmed. No tourists, no law vehicles, drowning in mountains of fantastic mists shapes, crystal clear streams, scattered Taoist and Buddhist temples.

Photo: Mountains of strange shapes, terraces, fruit groves of bamboo, the absence of humans, is a beautifully Jiu Zhe Shan:

top are called Nine Mountains peaks - this is my rather free translation of the name Jiu Zhe Shan, which literally means Gory nine screens. This is actually the valley, which measures winds stream tea 茶 山溪 Hills. Stream turns nine times bypassing the hills in his way top. Are passed through the bridges, and in the valley lie the ancient village. In the center of every village grow large, numbering over 1000 years old trees, the people are friendly and hospitable. At the bottom of the valley on both sides of the river, there are tea fields and orchards, is overgrown part of hot bamboo groves. The landscape really like a fairy tale.

Photo - On the occasion of Chinese Saints - pure and Qing Ming Jie 清明节 - local residents eat dumplings stuffed pastry in the green 青 饺 - the word "Cleanliness" 清 and "Green" 青 pronounced the same:


On the first day of your stay we woke up early, crazy taksowkarka neglected his steed with a screech of tires drove us to the bus station in Tiantai, and soon found ourselves in the Jietou busiku 街头 镇. The driver had a heavy leg for gas and we were able to happen, on the bus at 11:00 am going to town later in the mountains. The bus was full, we stood, but driving down rather quickly, and 20 minutes for 7 yuan in total, we got to the loop, which is located in the village Mingtang 明堂. The bus was going to a lot of old friends - including Jingcheng nun from Bright cliff (which is on the way), and one of the women living there. We got to know, wanted to step down Mala M place, but the pinched up and preferred to go on standing. I am in niedzyczasie obtain the language of the fellow. All agreed that the most savage place in the area is the village Xueshang 雪上, lying in the high mountains, difficult of access and does not inhabited. Apparently to get to it you need to go over the deep abyssies narrow, steep path, that often sprawl snakes. Hearing this, all our eyes shone with interest, although we were aware that such an expedition in the wild, inaccessible areas will have to leave for another time.

After leaving the bus we went on the road, NB asfaltowka very decent. We were among the mountains, on both sides of the road attracted the eyes of fresh spring green terraces of orchards and bamboo groves.

Photo: In the small, warm spring rain, landscape Jiu Zhe Shan fabulously presented themselves:

One such grove attracted our attention, as there plenty of growing giant bamboo shoots.

Photo: On both sides of the stream grow dense groves of bamboo:

admit frankly that such a second orthopedic surgeon I saw just before the vegetable market, never in kind. We went down to Little M, in order to do some pictures, and I decided to check the strength of momentum kick. To our surprise, broke like a match, so I "dug" yet his neighbor. M gave me a big plastic bag, wrapped the prey to the backpack, will be for dinner. We decided that we Pedy to cook our favorite boss in the pub, one for us, and one for her in the payment for the trouble ...

Photo: In the bamboo grove grew giant bamboo Pedy, treat residents of the Middle Kingdom:

We were walking away, siapil fine, warm rain, mountain tops were lost in the fog, the birds went wild, blooming trees and shrubs, and fresh green eyes almost offended. Took pictures, but they look quite unnatural, as if the colors were podkecone. Walk asfaltowka, although convenient, we soon got bored. Staying in town we try to always get away from civilization, so no wondering a long time we did jump on the side of the road, we passed the rocks by the rushing stream and continue along its shores. We walked, walked, admiring the surrounding nature and landscape. It is known miastowi ... In late August zwezyla path and gradually disappeared, it became quite slippery and they had to start thinking about returning to the other side of the stream, closer to the road. Mala M loves to dabble in the water, and recently built in a similar situation with the Large M bridge So eagerly set about throwing stones into the water and build the crossing. It helped a large M, because this bridge was actually needed, as the did not want us to return to an earlier crossing. I went ahead to look for an alternative, in the end I found a narrow place, threw a few larger kamlotow dry leg and somehow went through a stream.

Photo: I am in this city crossed the stream, while the girls continue building their bridge:

the other side I went back to the girls, who have already ended their buildings. Large M already claimed some big stone, when he suddenly left him with fear. Under the stone lying curled in a ball with a blue tail lizard. Pet harmless, but taking into consideration that one will come across in the mountains of venomous snakes (including cobras too) fun with raising the stones should not be the safest. Fortunately, early spring and animals are still drowsy, so we caught a lizard, and after a short photo session released to freedom.

Photo: lizard curled in a ball of delicious burns beneath the stone, which pushed Large M, in order to build a bridge by a stream:


helped dziewczynowm that have passed on my page stream. Little M was delighted, because it had contracted with the water and gathered a lot of pebbles into the bottle. But we returned to the road, and suddenly we heard the sound of water. We entered the small path on the left side of the road bamboo grove, behind which the huge rock walls fell down from the waterfall by noise.

Photo: waterfall near a bamboo grove:


road soon ended unexpectedly in August ... We went for the instinct away, going in the next, narrow valley, at the bottom of which there was a stream. We passed stone cottage situated next to a small group of graves (traditional Chinese are hiding, dead at family burial grounds, or in place of the preferred geomantycznie on the deceased estate) located on the slopes.

Photo: Stone cottage next to a small cemetery:


We were walking away, did the neighborhood in August corac more wild, there were no visible traces of man maybe except something that looked like the tank ruts ... It got very hot, the valley had special microclimate surrounding mountains did not allow the wind to the humidity made me felt like a sauna.

Photo: Wild valley, warm and moist:

We were walking slowly and aimlessly, overwhelmed by nature. Large M once complained about our very lives in China, saying that in a country you can go on the green grass, to the bosom of nature, and in China it is difficult to find such places, because everywhere are garbage or snot. The latter term, however, changed its negative approach, and this walk was a turning point.

Photo: Between the rocks in the valley went big spiders:


Later on stream, along which we walked somewhere to disappear, we entered a broad valley covered with boulders, lying in a mess of the stumps and the remains of trees. The place was quite strange, no path, no transition.

Photo: Broad valley ...


Time passed inexorably, so I turned back, surprised by the way - we noticed that st jealously hidden under a big boulder. Imagination run at full speed, Large M she said about a military base, driven by the whips I saw hordes of prisoners from a nearby labor camp, who in the sweat of his forehead frail hands move big stones ...

Photo: Ul standing guard at the big boulder - interesting, so who is it carefully placed the?

Street figured Seeing a hermit, living somewhere high in the mountains, who have kept bees here. The combination of stocks, the Wudang Mountains, I once met a Taoist master 贾 爷 Jia, who lived and meditated in a cave - and have kept bees ...

we finally reached the asfaltowki, and there we came upon a small, maybe 10 year old boy who walked with the satchel in the opposite direction, toward the mountains and wilderness.

Photo: Near the end there is a small asfaltowki Taoist shrine:


asked him where he goes, and he, as home to the village Xueshang. He told us that in half an hour can be reached, and that can lead us there. We thanked and slowly getting dark already, for us it was time to return to Tiantai on the other hand we already knew that Xueshang is not so inaccessible, as alleged in the bus, and already knew where got you the next day.

We walked slowly back, until the departure of the last bus was not much, but I really did not want to leave this place yet. We concluded Mingtang village, where our attention attracted huge tree growing near the road. Went up to him - a plate on it indicated that called Xiangfei 香榧, and that has 1600 years.

Photo: With more the 1,600 years Czwórniak Giant:


Previously read of increasing the Jiu Zhe Shan Mountains 1,400-year-old kamforowcu, but it dzrzewo was a surprise to me. Then I checked the Internet, the Polish name of the tree is a giant Czwórniak - Torrey Grandis. A tree is considered by Chinese people as a treasure - not only with stunning releases aroma, it has a distinct medical action - you control the lymph glands in dealings cancer, leukemia, and apart from the works of such common ailments as cough, constipation, and parasites. May curative Czwórniak fruits and nuts, which, moreover, the inhabitants of the south have traditionally ate at the Spring Festival. NB near Tiantaiu is located in China, moreover, the only park in which the surface of the square is located 50km over 30tys. czworniakow. Another place worth visiting ...

Photo: The dwellings in the villages in the valley of hills Stream tea are very picturesque:


Villages in the area of \u200b\u200bJiu Zhe Shan are very interesting, especially the old bypass. Cottages are built with two basic kinds of raw material - wood or white brick, in part material is combined together. All the houses are standing on stone foundations, the types of terraces, as the terrain is mountainous, uneven. Most farms are built in this way, the buildings stand from 3.4 pages, and release the space inside the yard. Interesting buildings are brick, because they seem to be an indirect link between the rural, wooden buildings, and urban, brick. These buildings have a very narrow door locks, through which it can squeeze just one person, the window openings are rare, also slim. House makes the impression of a fortress, it is clear that he had to protect the citizens against possible criminals.

Photo: The future of the nation and her proud mother:


old architecture like the village is slowly starting to give way to new, however, devoid of taste, brick monsters. On the other hand, people want to live better and better, so it is hardly surprising that they are building a new house, chco We were told that often it is because of a neighbor build a 2-storey house, this is the next must build a 3-level, though really it is not necessarily required. Later, these houses are standing here and there, often unfinished, because really nobody wants to live in them - the old prefer the old houses, young people usually work in cities. The only exception are increasingly common in China, hostels household, the type of tourist farms Nong Jia Le 农家 乐, which give quite acceptable housing and meals for little money, and are a good alternative in places where hotel accommodation is not developed. Reflect on the Large M living in the farm in the near future, last year I lived so being in Shaanxi province and going to the Great White 太白 山 Gore, and it was an interesting experience, and full of exoticism to this, especially when it comes to toilets, in which one could slip on the enormous amount of white slippery worms of foul wypelzajacych dziurym, from which the bottom of the hungry eyes of a pig was looking ...

Photo: Beekeeper in the village Mingtang at work:


We were walking the streets in the village, on the porch of the house of one woman sat industriously nawlekajac wooden beads on strings. I asked, whether on Buddhist rosaries, and she said, with the Christian. Jiu Zhe Shan region is known for producing wooden beads (and is hard to believe that you can have such a specialization), and getting them rosary or type of seat covers for cars.

Photo: Rosary jewels f. cottage industry - and not the Buddhist ...


In every village in the region is August bridge, which is also a meeting place for locals. As in any healthy society, while the women sit at home and are working, the men gather to smoke on chatting. Talked to them, asking for directions, which wila August, on the other side of the river between the mountains, said to lead to a hydroelectric Dragon 龙溪 stream.

Photo: bridge, village meeting place and lazy loafers:



picture: And this is probably henpecked husband, without an ounce of masculine pride, because it works, rather than spend useful time on the bridge ...


The whole area is rich in streams, their regulation is needed, a dam and hydroelectric power plants are very common, although there is no electricity, and so, stocks in Taizhou, the central and largest city area is built out of nuclear power. Zhejiang is one of the largest manufacturing Shamrock China and the world (interesting fact - 98% lighter costing less than one dollar is already manufactured here), and the demand for electricity is enormous and growing.
when it comes to bridges, a few years ago being in a small town in southern China, made this remark. It was so much fun with the bridge on one side of steel Chłopacy with motorcycles, bicycles, mopeds and other horses of, on the other girls in groups, giggling. Word - the bridge of lovers, and not as the one in Mingtang, lazy loafers ...

Photo: Children in Mingtang with an armful of freshly picked mountain azaleas:


Mingtang Approaching the bus heard the horn, but in August it did not care too much, because the time for departure was still a lot of theory, although it is known, the buses depart the country only more or less according to the timetable. When we reached the bus stop turned out that the bus is not, but babcinka side assured us that more will come, but the driver went for something to settle.

Photo: On the road to Dongjiang, still look backwards to Mingtang:


So we went on, walking down the road along the stream and reaching the village of Dongjiang 东江.

Photo: Schoolyard in the village of Dongjiang:


When we approached the bridge to the local bus pulled up. Turns out we were the only passengers; bileterce told that they we run a bus to Tiantai, and she rang for the second loop and arranged that it will wait for us. I like Jiu Zhe Shan and those already around you for all the organizations, where there are issues not to jump - well unless you negotiate the price ...

Photo: Dongjiang Bridge, near which we caught the return bus:


prul driver as the driver F1 (M sat in. The big green and told me to keep a tight Mala M) and no problem had time for another bus. The Tiantai city bus took us to a friend's pub, where we had - besides other meatless meals - trofiejne bamboo shoots.

picture: we dug bamboo shoots ready to eat:


They were OK, we ate better already. Then walk to digest and fee to the hotel. To our surprise, when one of the intersections the police stopped us and flashlights devoted himself to the eyes. As it turned out the previous evening, local youth in an internet cafe with a knife zaciahal two buddies. According to the taxi driver who told us about it, it went to a woman. NB Internet cafes in China 网吧 - just like us gaming - are nests of crime among minors, and they think that if someone goes to the cafe, it is not it is no good.

we finally reached the hotel, We fell exhausted to bed, still wondering just what will bring us the next day ...

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Easter in the Chinese wisdom of the East Park

Yesterday, in accordance with our long-standing Chinese tradition, we have taken in advance bought bags of chocolate eggs, as well as two of our servants were (next to u 19 years old and arrived in his super nower kolarzowka from the university campus) - to the park. The weather was nice, nice and warm, a little dusznawo, because, as usual, after fully preparing to change the weather (we had thunderstorms at night, and now it is raining and sauna for the window). Usually we go to Hongqiao Central Park 虹桥 中心 绿地, but suggested greater comfort Tianshan Park 天山 公园 (probably had a hidden agenda, I suspect that she wanted to throw a look to the club music of Yin Yu Tang 育 音 堂, which is located in a park), so we got on well and 10 minutes we were already in the park. Chinese parks are a separate topic to discuss, in total, they can be liked, if only one is not adjusted to any great contact with nature.

Photo: Tianshan Park, where we we went for Easter molar:

Large M had reservations about the park, but this is the last exit in the Tiantai Mountains 天台山, where he was - speaking directly and bluntly - amazing. Besides, on this blog a lot of relationships with our stay there 3 months ago - unfortunately the last two I could not describe the rush of work, and were still rewelacyjniejsze.

Anyway, emerged from the Big M, he will be a lot of people, a few trees and a lot of people, some attractions and a bunch of people, in addition to some bushes and crowds crowds. Large M find away and came to the park ready for the worst.

After the entrance to the park, first we heard the music - that it exercised some retiree game on saxophone. Little M is sensitive to the music, so I ran listen, my grandfather probably played her favorite song "Jasmine Flower" 茉莉花.

Photo - The Chinese pensioner has found a rather singular hobby - game on the saxophone:

After a while she started to squeak, as it turned out, the deal left a chocolate egg in the grass. With a basket in his hand, so I started to collect them, but as one wyzbierala, it turned out the next do not know where to have appeared again. She went to the Chinese girl and some sort of gathering together. This is the second child was quite zdezorioentowane, why this big boy throwing sweets to the ground, a little girl collects them, but it helped. Mala M in any case was very agitated, wyzbierala eggs and went away. In the meantime, we passed near a group of retirees rznacych viciously Majionga 麻将, as well as a few fishing enztuzjastow who sticks soaked with determination in the murky water of the pond in the hope of catching some creatures.

Photo: Mahjong is a game zahardowa, which gives itself passionately almost everyone, because not only that you spend time in the company, it is mentally stimulating and preventing dementia:

Photo: ... except for those who stimulates the observation of a stick in the water:

We were walking, we walked in the meantime, Mala M told me that she has a secret, and so I told him my mother is not a secret is such that she saw my mom yesterday to buy those eggs in the shop. Clever child, because her older brother, probably somewhere in the 12-13 years age has only just realized that the star of and hares is some fake.

Photo: In the park children can safely frolic, you can even break the tent:

We concluded the following joint, in which was moored - as has informed us bigger and better comfort-oriented - a torpedo-boat. Krzatalo them out before two young men, so we went to see whether the ship can enter. It turned out that he was somewhere in the distance of a half meter from the shore, and Mala M, be a bit troublesome jump on board. One of the boys walked to the edge, I asked him how he entered, and he jumped at it from. I told her that it is brave, because I fall into this dirty little liquid would be a nice pond. He said that the key psychological barrier to be exceeded. I say to him, as he puts it maybe it was jumped, but with their daughter rather not. For this boy, I should imagine that saves daughter from mortal danger, and the stroke can save lives for us. Because I have fairly poor imagination, resigned from the jump, the more that a little M already was somewhere in krzaczorach and collect chocolate eggs found there.

Photo: Torpedo also retired:

We went a bit further, in the woods a few people were standing motionless meditating and practicing the ancient Chinese qigong breathing gymnastics 气功. These exercises are often kind of Chinese people to escape from the rush and turmoil of everyday life, such escapism into the inner world.

Photo: meditation-breathing exercises in a quiet corner of the park:

Besides a girl sat on the grass and played the Chinese okarynie 埙 Xun. Xun is probably the oldest Chinese instrument, numbering five thousand years old, found in excavations in the Neolithic village of Banpo near Xi'anu 半坡 村. Instrument restored, reconstructed or techniques of games on it. His sound is very special, I will always remain in memory after many visits to the Temple of Confucius in Beijing, where his time for the visitors played the music band and solo Xuni was important part of their repertoire. The temple was a small shop sells Xuny, and helpful salesperson introduced to the secrets of games on it, suggesting that the first should be to practice extracting sounds from empty beer bottles. Tourist groups from the country, which drove there, took it to heart myself, compatriots began to learn from the preparatory work consisting in the emptying of bottles of beer.

Photo: Silence was broken only in the park sounds clay ocarinas Xun. Large M said that probably the girl chased the house to the park because no one could endure such squeals:

By the way in preparation for the Olympic team's closed down, a part of people moving to the shop next to the main hall of the temple, lost their entire site after renovations of its peculiar atmosphere. Instead of old age started to smell fresh paint, instead of the peace appeared amongst a lot of tour groups These temples on the occasion of his visit to lamajskiej Yonghegong 雍和宫 past, not change for the better.

Photo: Sheltered among blooming cherry trees:

Returning to visit in the park - Mala M collected the eggs, we passed more and admired the landscapes of the bridge, when suddenly on the shore did're looking for - one of the anglers caught something. Looking at Arch stick rod it was a large piece, which strongly fought for freedom and life. Zbieglismy of Mala M from the bridge, lest August przypatrzec process closely. Fish fought increasingly less distinct, in the end buddy lucky I pulled out of the water selector. Was some sort of strange, because I caught myself not too rylo, but somewhere the abdomen, apparently Chinese ascribe different fish.

Photo: Fish taken, giving rise to sensations and zadrosc. NB in \u200b\u200bthe middle of the pond is artificial fish, for those who only have luck in love:

Much of it was art, a few good pounds and 70cm in length, a great park carp. Angler threw it into the prepared before the sack of rice, will be dinner, though I know how life will be terribly Take the mud. Szanghajczycy love to freshwater fish and shrimp, which is quite incomprehensible to me, because they are bred in ponds and very smelly mud.

Photo: Proud angler-lucky:

Photo: ... and his prey already on the lawn:

Large M if you prepare a fish (which does unfortunately quite rare - exactly once a year on Christmas Eve), always a dozen or so hours I soaked in milk to neutralize the smell. These pubs are OK freshly prepared, but a little cool smell of mud is palpable. Not what we carp and other fish, not to mention your favorite herring, which here can only uswiadczyc jars sold in a small grocery store with the Ikea. Big J

not come into a little impatient, apparently in his hurry, he still had something to do in the shop with bicycle parts, so I slowly went to the exit. Passing next to the small white building 小白楼, in which the Yin Yu Tang, suggested we went inside. I want that Lesser M, which has abilities in music, assimilated with the place, maybe for a few years time we go to concerts. Big John's made its debut a few days ago, in four of his colleagues played a song on the awards ceremony in a competition film at the university. As we confided, is a central figure in the team as the holder of the only electric guitar among team members. Besides the four guitars in the band are two of his - another acoustic. Then we entered Yin Yu Tang, began with some sort of event under the sponsorship form "foreman Kang" 康师傅, a famous Chinese manufacturer of soft drinks and Chinese soups, but the people were little. NB do not buy any products of this company, as in past came to light, as is their drink Plum is produced somewhere deep in production, and lovely color of the brew, is produced by pouring ink painting.

Photo: View of the entrance to the park from the footbridge over the Tianshan Street Yan'anska down the major in the western part of Shanghai:

At the counter sat the head of the club, Zhang Haisheng 张海生, picturesque character, good guitarist and vocalist, Shanghai underground musical legend. Mala M fascinated his hair as he wears the long dreadlocki, so I told her that it is for deterrence, and the evil spirits in them lies his power and strength, so it was the Lesser M even more impressed, especially in connection with the spirits. Presented Zhangowi Big J as an outstanding young guitarist, suggesting that it may in the future might enable him to stage a performance at the club. Zhang smiled, let Big J practicing the guitar more, maybe it will grow some rocker, the trail is already a little frayed.

Then we passed by a footbridge over the street, bought some drinks, also, and came back home, after the phone to the grandparents in the country Chopin went to Big John himself, it got late, we took a bath Mala M and we finished the first day of the world.

the way of health and joy, and not only for Christmas, but in general for everyday!

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During our last stay in the mountains Tiantai as usual on the last day we went to the Temple of Pure State - because it is located 100m from the hotel and we soon after the visit to take up arms and to go to the bus station without a problem to happen on the bus return to Shanghai.

Temples really like, is a half thousand years, and a specific atmosphere, not to mention the picturesque location of and the whole plejadzie known masters of Buddhism, also sacred (which you attributed to naludzkie powers), who lived in it. It is not a big problem for us, even that of the temple is a lot of people - mostly because we leave the Tiantai usually on Sundays, and on the weekends is always a lot of tourists.

I hope to eventually describe the temples, most recently in Nawal somehow everything I could not get down to serious work on the blog. Wines must be ordered for this Guqina my teacher, who taught us a new, very long and very difficult work, whose title in the free translation is "no hidden agenda" 鸥鹭 忘 机. Determination

Wangji 忘 机 Taoist is a term, which means pure, clear mind, not moved by any desire, without desires or hidden agenda.

Work This is a story inspired by what can be found in the chapter with the yellow Emperor 皇帝 the Taoist classic Liezi 列子. Now, on the shore of the sea lived a father and son. Son was very fond of gulls, and every day at dawn walked on the beach play with the birds, which once saw him immediately przylatywaly whole herds. When my father heard about this, he said to his son: "I heard seagulls love to you, why do not you caught me a few to have fun?". The next day the son, as usual in the morning he went to the beach, to think, to catch a seagull, but these were circulating surprisingly high over his head and none of them approached him.

Chinese are always noted the great strength of mind. If the providential plan has been received by the gulls, how big is the influence of thoughts to ourselves?

Anyway, song is long, it takes more than five minutes, the gestures of musical notation is 3 pages in the book, so on the day sitting on Guqinem and exercise - for at writing a blog is neglected. This week I have lessons to celebrate Chinese holidays 清明节 dead, but the big M has an extra day off and of course we go again ... the Heavenly Terraces

Coming back to the temple - during both visits, of course we had to spend considerable time in the monastery bookstore, where he got another couple of pounds of waste paper. As usual, Mala M also had to necessarily get some sort of booklet - it myself chose the color and graphics on the cover of it. Chose two - a green with bamboo, and the other with pink lotus flower. The funniest thing is that both books are really interesting - especially the green, which is a collection of wisdom by Master buddysjkich Lotus Pond ( Lian Chi ) 莲池大师 titled "Loose Notes on bamboo Window" 竹 窗 随笔.

Master Lian Chi is regarded as the patriarch of the eighth generation of the Buddhist Pure Land school 净土 and one of the four greatest Chinese Buddhist masters of the Ming Dynasty (1378-1644). He was born in 1535 in Hangzhou 杭州 into a wealthy aristocratic family. In childhood received a traditional Confucian teachings. Pewneg of the age of 17 he heard that a neighbor who lives next to the elderly every day thousands of times utters the name of Buddha, and curious about the reason he asked. neighbor said: "My husband daily recite Buddha's name, and when death finally came, he died peacefully, without any illness and suffering, I know that reciting the name of Buddy gives a great power. "Lian Chi moved, he realized how important it is to transition from life to death, and became interested in the teachings of Pure Land. Soon after his parents died, making it even directed toward Buddhism Chi Lian. As a result, at age 32 year he decided to part with the family and become a monk. After an initial period of teaching for the seat of the Temple, choosing among clouds 云栖 寺 in Hangzhou. Surrounding the temple were harassed by the tigers that attacked and killed people, but after prayers Lian Chi tigers did not appeared more . The following year came the drought, and the peasants turned to Lian Chi, asking for help. This went along with the other monks at obchod half, striking a wooden rattle (Wooden Fish 木鱼) and reciting the name of Buddha. A little later, heavy rain began to fall exactly in those places, which celebrated champion.

Photo: Master Lian Chi (Lotus Pond) (1535-1615):

After these events the name Lian Chi became famous, and the teachings of Pure Land school got tones of many followers. After the death of the seventh Patriarch Master Xingchang 省 常 大师 for over 550 years the Earth did not clean remained popular, and only Lian Chi to the newly restored the splendor of this line of Buddhism, whose teachings proclaim that, by reciting the Buddha's name Amithaba man at the time of death will be introduced to the West Land lucky.

in the sixth month Lian Chi 1615 years felt that death is coming, so he went to town and said goodbye to friends, then returned to the temple where the monks had granted last teachings. On the first day of the seventh month Master Lian Chi said: "Tomorrow I'm gone." At night I felt a bit less well, so he went to his cell, where he sat down to meditate with closed eyes. Next day morning, said to awake at his monks: "honestly recite the name of Buddha, do not be fooled by demons, not determined by me lamcie regol monastery," and turned his face toward the west and reciting the name of the Buddha died. He had then 81 years. Was buried on the slopes of Five 五 云山 clouds.

Lian Chi Master of Science in May distinct staining Chan / Zen, said to be he just merged the two varieties each complementing them. Below

two anecdotes in my translation from the "loose notes into a bamboo Window":

"In science, it is important concentration"

Yuanzhang Mi said: "Learning how to calligraphy should devote himself to it completely, if you want to achieve success should not have any other distractions of interest. " I myself once heard that the masters taught their students Guqina only 2-3 songs, and you fully understand their secrets. Although these are not big words, it can be applied to matters of great. Buddha in his will, he said: "If the mind to focus fully, then there is no things which you could not make. "So if someone distracted by many things, then there is nothing in any reaches. If we act with full devotion and concentration, then very quickly reach Samadhi. All those who meditate and recite the Buddha's name should this note.

Note: Mi Yuanzhang 米 元 章 is mentioned here famous champion Mi Fu calligraphy 米 芾.

"Approach"

People react differently when before their eyes, you will get rich, beautiful woman, fame or benefit.'ll feel the fire and comparison of five different substances adjacent to it. The first is the hay, as it touches the fire, the flame immediately overwhelms them. The second is the wood for the fire, though not light up right away, it's enough to blow a few times and is lit. The third one is iron, it in no coming into contact with fire is lit, but if it is in contact with fire long enough, eventually melt. The fourth is water, not only, with no burning, but it can extinguish fire. But when you put me in the kettle, then boiling hot and evaporates. Piata is emptiness, no form or shape, so no matter how great a fire in August that its not mistreated, she suffers not any damage, no need to extinguish the fire, in the end he burns out and turns itself off. Of these five, the first ordinary people, passthru three are those who have achieved various degrees of sophistication in Buddhist practice, in order from shallow to deeper. Only the last This is a level, experienced can only Buddhas and holy.