As a famous monk, Ji Gong's deeds were compiled into novels and scripts as early as ancient times, and were passed on by word of mouth among the people, and with the evolution of the times, they were also adapted and remade many times, and among the many remakes, the most classic is undoubtedly the version starring You Benchang. "Shoes are broken, hats are broken, the robes on the body are broken, you laugh at me, he laughs at me, a fan is broken", when the familiar melody sounds, the image of Jigong will automatically appear in our minds, and the most deeply rooted image of Jigong is played by You Benchang. His Jigong, which emerged from the background of the underdeveloped network technology in the last century, quickly became popular in 1985 and 1988, winning the recognition of all audiences.
In the plot of "Jigong", some new stories have been added, which not only gives a reasonable explanation for his madness, but also makes the logic harmonious. The past and present lives of Xiu Yuan and Dao Ji are extremely regrettable, when he returned to the human world as Dao Ji, he was ragged and crazy, and when the 53-year-old You Benchang played this crazy monk with a different mental state than ordinary people, he did not expect that he would become a hit. He can be regarded as a late instrument, but just after he became popular by relying on this play, he did not take more and better scripts and experience different character lives, but chose to take refuge in Buddhism, accompanied by ancient Buddhas with green lights all his life, and even took the Legal name "Dingchang". What are the three strange things that happened that shifted the trajectory of a brilliant artist's life?
Pray for rain of rain
At that time, the shooting technology was far from reaching today's level, it was necessary to light the sun indoors on a sunny day, it needed rain and snow to use artificial rain and snow to achieve, and if you want to save time and effort, you directly rely on post-special effects, at that time, it was extremely dependent on natural weather, only "relying on the sky to eat" This road, and this means that the weather conditions determine the shooting progress.
In the scene "Looking for a Donor in the Rain of Jigong", rain is indispensable as a necessary condition, but what is worrying is that the filming location at that time seemed to be specifically against the crew, almost every day, and the crowd had no other way but to dry on the spot and wait for empty consumption, which delayed a lot of time and also consumed patience. Just when everyone was anxious to give up, even the screenwriter already had the intention of revising the script, and Teacher You Benchang as the main actor was just as anxious as everyone else.
Therefore, he silently prayed in his heart, hoping that God could give the crew a "timely rain" and make up for the falling progress as soon as possible. Maybe it is the heavens have sensed, perhaps it is the blessing of "JiGong", after the prayer, the original cloudless sky actually rained, and the rain scene that everyone had in mind came in this way, helping the crew to make up for the progress smoothly, and more coincidentally, this rain stopped at the end of this plot, it seems to be a rain specially for the crew, it can be said that the heavens took care of the crew. As a lay disciple of the Buddha,You Benchang had a good relationship with the Buddha, and the rain he had just asked for made him doubt his fate with Ji Gong. Perhaps in the darkness, everything has its own destiny.
Reading the sun turns to clear
Not long after the "praying for rain" incident, another strange thing happened, still related to the weather, but contrary to the last time, when the sunny scene was needed this time, it rained for several days in a row, the last time it was praying for rain, this time it was sunny.
When there was nothing they could do, perhaps with the success of the last time, Teacher You Benchang tried to pray silently in his heart, praying for rain and sunshine so that their shooting could continue. Teacher You, who originally had a fluke mentality, did not have much hope, but what surprised everyone was that the result was the same as the last time, and the rain that had fallen for many days seemed to receive the will of the heavens, suddenly dispersed, and the sun gradually appeared, and soon became sunny. In this way, the director quickly gathered the crew and filmed the plot of the film.
Can two consecutive coincidences still be called coincidences? The result was obviously negative, so the title of You Benchang's "living Buddha" spread in the crew, "the speaker has no intention, the listener has a heart", You Benchang, who entered the Buddhist gate when he was a child, thought that these two things were too coincidental and bizarre, so he quietly took these two things in mind to wait for later solutions, and this also laid the foundation for him to take refuge in Buddhism again.
Shake the fan to attract butterflies
Perhaps the first two things can be explained by the scientific phenomenon of weather impermanence, then this third thing is irrefutable. In the filming process of a scene, it is necessary to have a shot of "JiGong shaking a broken fan, a butterfly leaning on it", completely relying on manual manipulation of uncontrollable factors, extremely difficult to achieve, but due to technical limitations, it is not realistic to take P maps, special effects, etc., and the effect presented is still very false, so it once made the entire crew head large. Since you want to shoot the real butterfly around the fan, it is inevitable to use force on the broken fan, for a time, "smear honey" and "draw butterflies" and other ideas followed, but before they could test one by one, there was a butterfly stopped on the fan of Teacher You Benchang, which shocked everyone and also shocked Teacher You himself.
He was originally just listening to everyone's discussion, waving the fan casually, he didn't expect to attract butterflies, but he also thought about it more, thinking that the butterflies just flew by by accident, afraid to scare it away, only dared to carefully shake the fan, but did not expect that the butterfly did not have the intention of flying away, but danced with the shaking of the fan, as if something on the fan was pulling it, so an otherwise difficult shooting was completed in a shocking coincidence.
The smooth shooting of this plot has not only become a classic scene in the TV series, but also spread widely among the crew, who are lamenting that Teacher Cheng You Benchang really has the ability to help Gong, and he can really recruit butterflies by himself. It can be seen how deep the shock of the scene at that time was.
After three "strange things", You Benchang deeply felt his connection with Jigong in the underworld, and after that, he devoted himself to The Buddha and ordained at the Daguang Temple in Heilongjiang Province. This time is different from his childhood monasticism, when he grew up for peace, now he obeys his heart, and even the Fa number has changed from multiplication to concentration, and the connotations of the two can be seen from the Fa number.
Conclusion: "Buddha, enlightenment." "Perhaps You Benchang is really related to the Buddha, and among the countless roles he has played, only the role of the Daoji monk has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and has become a popular and never-ending classic." After feeling the Buddha's edge, You Benchang entered the Buddha's Gate, and the so-called Buddha's Gate is the door of enlightenment. He said: "How much effort the protagonist has put in, how much effort I have put in", which is not only his work attitude, but also his attitude towards life. His life, like Ji Gong, is also as serious, does not seek high fame, does not seek generous profits, and has a dashing life, truly achieving "goodness in the heart, light under the eyes", and reaching the realm of "wine and flesh through the intestines, buddha's heart staying".