Chapter 80 Painting on the seventy-ninth stone

There are many hills near Maoshan, among which the one closest to Tianming Temple is called Xianshan.There was a time when Jie Chen and Jie Ao passed Xian Mountain, they always saw an old benefactor sitting on a big rock on the mountain.He was facing towards the top of the mountain, with his back to us. He couldn't see what he was doing, but he saw that the old benefactor kept his head down and seemed to be holding something in his hand. Somewhat curious, Junior Brother Jie Ao said that he would go to see what the old benefactor was doing.Because Junior Brother Jie Ao was afraid of disturbing the old benefactor, we quietly moved behind the old benefactor.

It turned out that the old benefactor was drawing on a stone with a brush in his hand, because the distance was still a bit far away, and we couldn't see clearly what the old benefactor was painting.Junior Brother Jie Ao couldn't help being curious, so he moved a little closer. The old benefactor has been concentrating on doing his own thing, unaware of what happened around him, until Jie Ao got close to him, he felt a little strange, turned his head to look, but saw a naked head, Shocked, everything in his hands fell to the ground. Jie Ang and Jie Ao didn't want to disturb the old benefactor at first, but in the end they frightened him, which made us feel a little embarrassed, so we quickly squatted down to help the old benefactor pick up the pens and stones that fell on the ground, but saw There are already many stones that have been painted.

We handed the pen and stone to the old benefactor, who smiled and said: "It turns out that they are two young monks, and their heads are too bright." We touched our heads in embarrassment, because Master Zhiheng caught and shaved our heads in the morning, so our hair is indeed brighter. Jie Chen and Jie Ao asked the old benefactor if he could take a look at his works. The old benefactor nodded with a smile, so we squatted on the ground and picked up the painted stones to look at them carefully. The stones of Mount Xian are very special. Many stones have special layers in the middle, with different colors and textures.In the past, a benefactor who knew geology said that it was formed after the stones of different rock formations were impacted by water all the year round.

The paintings on these stones have no specific objects, just a few strokes along the lines. Although they don't know what they are, Jie Chen always thinks that the stones chosen by the old benefactor and the matching strokes are very beautiful. Jie Chen and Jie Ao praised the old benefactor's works in unison, and the old benefactor laughed triumphantly. He said: I work in the city and recently came to live in Miao Town for a few days. I saw that the stones here grow very In particular, I fell in love with painting stones.I'll be back in town tomorrow, and if you like these stones, I'll give you a few.

We were overjoyed. After picking out the stones for a long time, we always felt that all of them looked good. We made up our minds to choose a few pieces and put them in the pockets of monk robes, fearing that the sweat in our hands would loosen the wet ink on the stones. The two happily took the stone to thank the old benefactor, returned to the temple, and put the stone in the Buddhist hall. Jie Chen would also think of that old benefactor when passing Xianshan in the future, but he never saw him again.The works of the old benefactor have always been placed in the Buddhist hall, and pilgrims who come and go often gather around the stone to comment.

Donors who like it will say: the painting on this stone is like a magic pen. Donors who don't like it will say: what is painted on this stone, I can't understand it. There is also a benefactor asking to avoid anger: Is this the graffiti work of the little monk? Later, Jiechen often thought: Why do small stone paintings get such different evaluations? The reason may be that things are good or bad, likes or dislikes, and often there is no certain standard, and the different conclusions are only due to different understandings. Most of the time, we don't need to forcibly evaluate a thing with good or bad, because we may not have a correct answer in our own hearts.