Buddhist figures, it can be said that they have made outstanding contributions in the history of the development of Buddhism, and it is precisely because of these figures that they have worked tirelessly to spread and study, and finally made Buddhism one of the three major religions in the world. But how many movies have you seen about Buddhist characters? Xiaobian has collected and sorted out 8 Films related to Buddhist characters, ranked in no particular order, dedicated to everyone!
I. The Biography of Shakyamuni Buddha
又名: Biography of Buddha / The Biography of Siddhartha
Director: Lee Kwok-fai
Starring: Lu Liangwei Xie Tingting Luo Jiaying Mai Changqing Li Longji
Genre: Drama Biography
Country/Region of Production: Chinese mainland Hong Kong, China
Language: Mandarin Chinese
Synopsis: The Biography of Shakyamuni Buddha recreates the journey of Shakyamuni Buddha from the birth of a prince, monasticism, asceticism, seeking the path, and finally becoming a Buddha under the Bodhi tree more than 2,000 years ago. It tells the story of Shakyamuni Buddha who opened up Buddhism and preached in India.
Character Description: Shakyamuni, formerly known as Gautama Siddhartha, the founder of Buddhism, was born in the Kapilava kingdom of North India more than 500 bc, and was the prince of the lord of the country, King Jingji. After his enlightenment, he was revered by the world as "Shakyamuni", which means "sage of the Shakya clan".
II. "Guanyin"
Genre : Drama
Region : Hong Kong
Director: Shin Sang-yu Lin Won-sik
Actor: Lee Li-hwa Kim Seung-ho Kim Jin-kyu Koo-shu
Synopsis: At the same time that The Temple King destroys the surrounding countries, the notoriety of being called a tyrant also spreads. His third daughter, Princess Myosun, begged for atonement for her father's sins and returned to Buddhism and helped those imprisoned by tyranny to escape. However, when she learned that her father was ill and that she must eat the eyes and arms of her own flesh and bones, Princess Myozen resolutely sacrificed her eyes and arms and died. Unexpectedly, Princess Myosun was resurrected and became Avalokiteshvara and ascended to heaven. In addition to the large-scale battle scenes, there are special effects made to show the mana of the Buddha, and the whole film exudes unique and spectacular scenes...
Character Introduction: Avalokiteshvara is one of the four great bodhisattvas of Chinese Buddhism. According to legend, his birthday is the 19th of February in the lunar calendar, the day of enlightenment is the 19th of June in the lunar calendar, and the day of Nirvana is the 19th day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar. There are various names and images of Guanyin, and Buddhism considers Guanyin Bodhisattva to be a bodhisattva of great compassion and compassion.
III. The Legend of Dharma Patriarch
Genre: Drama
Production area: Hong Kong, China
Director: Yuan Zhenyang
Starring: Er Dongsheng, Noon Ma, Fan Shaohuang
Language: Mandarin, Cantonese
Synopsis: There is a divine light in Longshan Temple, dreaming of the guidance of the rabbit, going south to seek the Dharma, so on the way really met the rabbit, told him that there is a tumbler in the Shaolin Temple, going south, in the cave saw Dharma Ancestor meditating, he also knelt at the mouth of the cave for three days and three nights, and then Dharma Grandmaster turned around, he begged Dharma to reassure him, and also expressed the heart of the Buddha with a broken arm. Dharma Guru said, "If you know the causes of past lives, what you will suffer in this life, and if you know the fruits of future lives, what you will do in this life." Give God light as Huike. Once, when robbers broke into the temple and robbed him of incense money, Dharma sat down and they shot arrows with fire and burned his body. Passing on the bowl to Hui Ke as the "Second Ancestor of Zen Buddhism" and the four volumes of the Shakya Sutra buddha's supreme dharma, and then carrying a straw shoe to the west, the descendants opened the coffin and really only one straw shoe was left, at this time Dharma Guru was one hundred and fifty years old.
Character Introduction: Dharma Ancestor, formerly Indian, formerly known as Bodhidharma, later renamed Bodhidharma, self-proclaimed buddha-transmitted Zen Buddhism twenty-eighth ancestor, the ancestor of Chinese Zen Buddhism, so Chinese Zen Buddhism is also known as Dharma Buddhism, mainly preaching the twenty-four elements of Zen, Dharma Ancestor's thought, has a great impact on Chinese culture. Bodhidharma (English: Bodhidharma; ?~536, also known as 532, 528), also known as Dharma, also known as the First Ancestor Dharma or The First Ancestor Bodhidharma, is the ancestor of Chinese Zen Buddhism in Mahayana Buddhism. He was born in Nan tianzhu (India), the Caste of Therati, and legend has it that he was the third son of king Xiangzhi of the Southern Tianzhu kingdom, and after his renunciation, he devoted himself to Mahayana Buddhism and became a prajnaparamita master.
IV. The Legend of the Six Ancestors
又名: Master Hui Neng, Sixth Patriarch of Zen Buddhism
Director: Li Zuonan
Writers: Zhang Jianyi, Liu Fang, Zhao Biao, Fu Xiuping, Fu Renzheng
Starring: Ling Bo Jin Han Liang Xiushen Sun Guoming Liu Ruiqi
Genre: Action Fantasy Martial Arts Costume
Country/Region of Production: Taiwan
Language: Mandarin
Synopsis: Two monks from the six ancestors came to the house to send their names, Shanghui Xianeng, Huineng lost his father at the age of three, the family was poor and out of school, and sold firewood for a living. One day, he sent firewood to Zhangfu, heard the Diamond Sutra and became enlightened, so he went to the temple to ask for Buddha, and honed his mind with heavy work.
Biography: Liuzu Huineng (638-713), commonly known as Lu, was a native of Xinzhou, Lingnan (present-day Xinxing County, Guangdong) in the Tang Dynasty. His ancestral home was Fanyang Commandery (范阳郡), which is now Zhuozhou (涿州, In modern Zhuozhou, Hebei). The ancestor of Zen Buddhism, the fifth ancestor of Huangmei Hongjin, inherited the Dongshan Dharma Gate, and is the sixth ancestor of Zen Buddhism, known as the six ancestors of Zen Buddhism. Tang Xianzong posthumously honored the Great Zen Master. He is the author of the Six Ancestral Tantras, which have been circulated in the world. He is one of the most influential Buddhist monks in Chinese history.
V. Ashoka Asoka
Also known as: Sword Red Dust / Ashoka the Great
Director: Santosh Swan
Writers: Abbas Trivara Saket Chaudhary Santosh Swan
Starring: Shah Rukh Khan Karina Kapoor Danny Dunzampa Rahul. Dave Risata Buhart
Genre: Drama Action Romance Historical War
Country of Production: India
Language: Hindi
In the Peacock Dynasty of India in BC, Prince Ashoka, the son of King Bintou Sharo, was brave and good at war, and although he was framed by his brothers, he made great achievements one after another, and his reputation soared. Faced with the thorn-surrounded throne, Ah Yu at first calmly coped with it, did not care, and finally left the palace at the request of his mother to hide his name. During the practice, Ashoka met the beautiful and moving Kavachi of Karega. In the season of frustration, we know each other, and a pair of extraordinary young men and women bloom freely. But as the monks said, the sun is still the sun even if it hides behind the clouds, and Ashoka is destined to return to the palace and inherit the throne. To this end, he parted ways with Kavaci and fought against political and foreign enemies in the golden palace. In the bloody struggle, Ashoka's heart gradually became cold, attacking the city strategically, fighting and killing, blood flowing all over the field, for the glory of the highest point, the black Ashoka gradually expanded.
Ashoka, the greatest protector of the Wheel of Dharma in history, is a legend of kings that has been passed down through the ages...
Asoka, (reigned 273-232 BC) Protector of Buddhism. The third generation of the peacock kings of the ancient Indian kingdom of Magadha, who was belligerent and murderous in his early years, unified the whole of India except the South Asian subcontinent, and in his later years he embraced Buddhism and laid down the butcher's knife. Also known as the "King of Worry-Free".
VI. "A Round of Bright Moon"
Also known as: Master Koichi
Director: Chen Jialin Lu qi
Screenwriter: Yang Jie, Yu Hongyang, Wuhua
Starring: Pu Cunxin Xu Ruoxuan Li Jianqun Yin Zhi Hu Guangzi
Genre: Drama Biography
Country of Production: Chinese mainland
Language: Mandarin Chinese
Synopsis: Li Shutong, who has studied in Japan for many years, finally returned to his dream-ridden motherland, when the Xinhai Revolution was successful, he cheered for the republic and became the editor-in-chief of the supplementary magazine of "Pacific Daily", looking forward to a better future for the country. The good times did not last long, and before long, the country fell into warlord melee, and Li Shutong also changed from a editor-in-chief in a dress to a polite cloth gentleman, teaching calligraphy and painting as a profession. During this period, a number of future artistic masters were trained, such as Feng Zikai and Liu Zhiping. At this time, Li Shutong developed a strong interest in Buddhism and escaped into the empty door, with the Dharma name Hongyi. Both the Dean of the Minnan Buddhist Academy, Taixu, and Master Hongyi had great aspirations, and although the sects were different, they eventually ended up on the same path. After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Master Hongyi, who was seriously ill, still insisted on the anti-Japanese salvation movement and composed a salvation song to boost morale, and on October 13, 1942, a generation of masters drove the crane to the west...
Character Introduction: Master Hongyi (1880-1942), also known as Li Shishuang, Li An, Li Liang, his ancestral home is Zhejiang, living in Tianjin. Zhongxing Buddhism Nanshan Vinaya, a famous Buddhist monk, is an excellent representative of the combination of traditional Chinese culture and Buddhist culture, and is the most outstanding monk in the history of modern and contemporary Buddhism in China.
VII. Master Xuanzang
Genre : Drama Action Love
Region : Mainland
Director: Kim Temu
Actor: Xi Sailan Wang Xinyuan
Synopsis: For most of the Chinese, the name "Xuanzang" is very unfamiliar, and people are familiar with the Tang monk in "Journey to the West". In the winter of 2005 AD, in an ordinary teahouse on Beijing's Ping'an Avenue, the time had passed midnight. In the dim light, several nearly middle-aged men danced with eyebrows, almost in a state of madness. The hustle and bustle of the city day is over, tired people are falling asleep, and the streets are full of sleepless people. At such moments, worldly desires and oppression fade, and passions that have not been patronized for many years begin to fill the dimly lit teahouse. The blood color gradually climbed up the original vegetable-colored faces, the reticence and rationality of the day were gone, and youth seemed to have come again. The theme of the teahouse night talk is Xuanzang, the Tang Monk who ignited our long-lost passion more than 1,300 years later. Xuanzang lived in the Tang Dynasty, an era that haunted Chinese souls. Xuanzang, with his legendary life, made the best footnote to that era full of glory. As we approached middle age, we made a decision to retake Xuanzang:
Character Description: Xuanzang (602-664), Xuanzang's original surname was Chen, and his name was Yi, a native of Luoyang (present-day Yanshi Town, Henan). A senior monk of the Tang Dynasty, one of the four major Buddhist translators of Chinese Buddhism, and the founder of the Wisdom Sect of Chinese Chinese Buddhism.
VIII. "Master Yuan Xiao"
Director: Park Gyu-sik
Starring: Jeon Mo Song Yoo Chi-jin
Type: Biography
Country/Region of Production: South Korea
Language: Korean
Synopsis: Master Yuan Xiao was a senior monk in Silla during the Tang Dynasty, who was ordained and virtuous, whose thinking was rigorous, and whose writings were vast and profound... At the age of forty-five, he self-destructed his virginity in the form of rebellion and rebellion, married the widowed princess Yaoshi, and gave birth to a son named Xue Cong. Through breaking his vows, he joined hands with the five clouds, sin phases, hell and other sentient beings to embark on a journey of atonement for sins in the mud-soaked, dangerous and dangerous Jizo. He dared to break the boundaries between the nobility and the court, so that Korean Buddhism could spread to the people, and he was also the first ancestor of the Korean Huayan Sect "Haedong Jong" and "Finn Emperor Jong".
Character Introduction: Wonhyo Daisa (617, Joseon ~ 686, Joseon) Silla monk, whose central ideas were "one heart" and "peace and quiet", was committed to the popularization of Buddhism, wrote many books, and made a major contribution to the popularization of Buddhism at that time. The common surname Xue, the child's name oath, the Dharma name Yuanxiao, means to make Buddhism shine a new light. He was born in the village of Fodi, Oshira-gun (present-day north of Gyeongsan City, Gyeongsangbuk-do).
IX. "The King of Jizo"
Also known as: The Saviour-Monk
Director: Liang Zhefu
Screenwriter: Zhu Yunpeng
Starring: Tang Wei Qin Zhimin Long Jun'er
Country/Region of Production: Taiwan
Synopsis: The Jizo King Bhikkhu travels to the Chizhou capital, and at first glance, every household along the street makes offerings with meat and fish, interrogates the townspeople, and knows that the Haotian Sect is harmful to the place. From time to time, in addition to Zhuge Jie, his daughter Yufeng was possessed by evil demons, and the protector of the Haotian Sect, Yu Hai, took the opportunity to exorcise demons and accumulate wealth, and the suitable Tibetan bhikkhus came to the door to transform into a relationship, saw through the evil magic skills, and immediately chanted the sutra to summon the soul, and Wu Hao, the leader of the Haotian Sect, was greatly annoyed when he learned of it, and falsely pointed out that Jizo was the embodiment of a demon, and secretly cast a spell to shock it and fly, falling under the Jiuhua Mountain. Spinning in the mountains to form a retreat. Wu Hao saw that the plan was not successful, and repeatedly abducted Yufeng with a strange wind, falsely accusing the Jizo monk of doing evil, and in order to clarify the facts and intend to save Yufeng from danger, Jizo went to the Heavenly Sect Ancestral Temple, Wu used magic to play with Yufeng, driving him to dance in the fire, and Jizo took advantage of the chaos to save Yufeng with divine power. Zhuge Jie was grateful and determined to cultivate in the mountains
He built a monastery, pleaded with the landlord Min Ge Lao to give alms to the land, and ordered his son to become a monk with the master, the Dharma name Daoming, and from then on he became the protector of the Jizo bhikkhus and practiced at Huacheng Temple. Ming Ji was escorted by General Wang Ma Er to the Tang Dynasty to search for Jizo bhikkhus, Wu Cha Xiyi's identity history, cast a magic trick to capture the gods, drove Ming Ji to carry other people's babies to the "Huacheng Temple" to falsely hide the Dharma reputation, abandoned his wife and children, suddenly threw the baby in the air, Jizo pitied the baby and rescued it, Hao Tianjiao took the opportunity to instigate the villagers to destroy the temple, fortunately, a village woman came to find the baby, exposed Wu Hao's treacherous plan, and at night, the unicorn monster cried again, slammed the mountain gate, and Jizo cast a spell to ambush it with a rosary. Wu Hao fooled the townspeople, Jizo took pity on ignorant sentient beings, and confessed cause and effect, and the obsessed were dazed. When he was enraged by heaven, the haotian sect ancestral temple collapsed and burned, and the Jizo monks rescued Mingji and countless villagers one after another, Wu Hao was enraged, and sought jizo to fight to the death, and Wu Hao died tragically under the hooves of a unicorn. Deeply inspired by the spirit of the Jizo bhikkhus, Akihime returned to China as instructed to perform filial piety on behalf of Jizo' attendants. On July 30, 2006, The Jizo bhikkhus "passed away" peacefully and ascended to heaven on the clouds.
Character Introduction: Jizo Bodhisattva is one of the four great bodhisattvas of Chinese Buddhism, and the dojo is said to be in Jiuhua Mountain, Anhui Province. According to the "Biography of the High Monk of the Song Dynasty" volume 20 and other documents, Jizo Bodhisattva was born as a royal family of Silla, surnamed Jin, Qiao Jue, came to China after his ordination in the time of Tang Xuanzong in China, lived in Jiuhua Mountain for decades, died, his flesh was not bad, and he entered the pagoda with his whole body.