Chapter 5 Farewell to Willow's Sadness in My Heart (03)

Willows are also planted in Daan Forest Park in Taipei.Passing through the park every day, I saw green willows by the pool.In the afternoon of a long day, the jagged green willows dance with the wind; at dusk, the dim street lamps reflect the weeping willows. From ancient roads in the wilderness to urban parks, Yangliu'an is always the dawn and the waning moon.Just like the gathering and parting of life, it is the same in ancient and modern times. The relationship between willow and parting can be known from "there are endless trees on Chang'an Mo, but only the weeping willow can control parting".It is said that the ancient records have recorded "I lived in the past, and the willows are in love." The Chinese are really a romantic nation who knows how to express emotions with the scenery, not only by means of willows hurting -- "The wind is calm and the willows hang down, and the flowers will be parted. We have been together for a few years. Here, let’s all relax today.” At the moment of parting, the willows are folded to send each other off, on the one hand it represents “to stay” (the homonym of the word willow is “to stay”), and at the same time, it is more blessing to those who leave, that they can hang around like a willow branch Like living in a foreign land, he is at ease with the situation.

I looked at the smoky willow tree and thought about the annoying sorrows since ancient times, isn't it? The story of joys and sorrows has never disappeared in the world.The older I get, the more I feel that there are too many helplessness in life, the most helpless of which is "the pain of love and parting".However, there is always a banquet in the world, and people get confused and astonished.Especially in unfamiliar streets, encountering long-lost old friends by chance, meeting and talking briefly, and then disappearing into the vast crowd in a blink of an eye. I think of Du Fu's "Life does not meet each other, but it moves like participating in business. Tonight and night, we will share this lamp and candlelight. How long will the young and strong be, and the hair on the temples will be gray... Tomorrow is separated by mountains, and the world is boundless." Li Yi's "Ten Years of Disruption Afterwards, when we grow up, we will meet again...don’t come to the sea, let’s talk about the evening bell. Tomorrow Baling Road, how heavy will be the autumn mountains.” What is written in the poem is the real situation and mood of life!Life is like a dream, how can people gather and disperse?Reunion, I don't know when and what month!In the desolate mist of mist and water, only full of blessings, I folded willows and bid farewell.

Walking in front of the statue of Guanyin Bodhisattva in the park, there are always pious praying figures on the path.The willows on the side of the road are new every year, and the Bodhisattva is in the midst of the hustle and bustle, looking at the people who meet and part with kind eyes... I suddenly understood: there are many sufferings and helplessness in life, only Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva can overcome all sufferings!Although impermanence is fleeting and the world is boundless, if you can always remind yourself to live in the present truthfully, not to stay in the past, not to stay in sadness, and to say goodbye to the melancholy in your heart at the right time, "seeing that the five aggregates are empty, and staying away from upside-down dreams" will be great. Can transcend some of the difficulties of life.

(This picture is provided by Wu Xiaodan)