Mammoth News Oriental Today Chief Reporter Liang Xinhui /Wen Qiu Qi/Profile Photo The scene photo is provided by Shaolin Temple
Comics everyone Cai Zhizhong is ordained at the Shaolin Temple! At 9:00 a.m. on November 17, the Songshan Shaolin Temple held a shaving ceremony for Cai Zhizhong in the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion, and the abbot of the Shaolin Temple, Shi Yongxin, shaved the degree for Cai Zhizhong, taking the name Shi Yanyi, and has since become a "Shami". So, why did Cai Zhizhong, after his ordination, become a "Shami" instead of a "bhikkhu"?
At 9:00 a.m., inside the Tibetan Scripture Cabinet of the Shaolin Temple, solemn and solemn, the sound of The Buddha echoed. Witnessed by the two orders of the Shaolin Temple, Mr. Cai Zhizhong entered the Tibetan Scripture Cabinet and was ordained by the great monk Shi Yongxin. With the long black and white hair falling, Mr. Cai Zhizhong, a well-known cartoonist at home and abroad, has since become a member of the Shaolin Temple family, and his legal name is Shi Yanyi.
72-year-old Cai Zhizhong, born in 1948 in Changhua, Taiwan, is a well-known comic artist at home and abroad. After dropping out of school at the age of 15, he went to Taipei alone, stepped out of his independent life, and began a career in comic writing. In 1971, he became the TV art director of Kokisha, and in 1977, he started from scratch and founded the Far East Cartoon Company. In 1981, another dragon cartoon company was created, during which cartoon movies such as "Colorful Cartoon Old Master" and "Oolong Courtyard" were filmed, and "Old Master" won the Golden Horse Award for Best Cartoon Feature Film. In 1983, he began to publish four-panel manga works in various newspapers and periodicals, and serialized them for a long time in newspapers in Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong and Japan. In 1985, he was selected as one of Taiwan's Top Ten Outstanding Youths.
Over the years, Cai Zhizhong has devoted himself to studying ancient Chinese books and Buddhist books, and has created more than 100 classic comics such as "Zhuangzi Said", "Lao Tzu Says" and "Liezi Say", which have been published in more than 30 countries and regions in multiple languages, selling more than 50 million copies.
Although many people are surprised that Cai Zhizhong has ordained his life in the Shaolin Temple, it is actually reasonable to review his fate with the Shaolin Temple.
"In fact, as early as 30 years ago, I became acquainted with the Songshan Shaolin Temple, in 1984 I was painting the Six Ancestral Altar Sutra in Tokyo, Japan, when the Tokyo Ikebukuro Theater was staging Jet Li's "Shaolin Temple", after watching the movie, I secretly decided that I would have the opportunity to make animation shaolin temples in the future. At that time, I drew a four-panel humorous comic strip of the Shaolin Temple. On May 4, 2014, when Cai Zhizhong rushed to the Shaolin Temple to attend the launch of the 3D animated film "Kung Fu Shaolin Temple", he said in an interview with a reporter from Mammoth News Oriental Today.
Cai Zhizhong recalls that in 2004, Shi Yongxin sent someone to Taiwan to invite him to Songshan, where he was studying physics in a retreat. On September 3, 2006, Cai Zhizhong came to the Shaolin Temple to participate in the first Shaolin Meditation and unveiled the "Cai Zhizhong Comic Monument". Today, the "Cai Zhizhong Comic Monument" is still in the Shaolin Temple, becoming one of the inscriptions that tourists rush to visit.
(On September 3, 2006, Cai Zhizhong and Zhu Zheqin participated in the first Shaolin Zen activity at the Shaolin Temple.) Behind him is Liang Xinhui, chief reporter of Mammoth News Oriental Today. Profile photo Mammoth News Oriental Today reporter Qiu Qi)
In the years since, Cai Zhizhong has gone to the Shaolin Temple many times to participate in activities, sometimes staying for a few days, longer or shorter, and established a deep relationship with the Shaolin Temple.
On August 18, 2014, the Shaolin Temple held the 2014 Shaolin Zen "JiFeng Debate Zen" activity. After the opening ceremony, Cai Zhizhong was interviewed by Mammoth News Oriental Today, talking about his feelings for the Shaolin Temple, Cai Zhizhong quipped, "Maybe I will become a shaolin temple, and when I am old, I will be buried in the Shaolin Temple"!
(File photo taken by Mammoth News Oriental Today reporter Qiu Qi)
A sentence from six years ago is a reality today.
It is worth noting that Cai Zhizhong was ordained at the Shaolin Temple, received the "Shami Ordination", and has since become a "Shami" instead of a "bhikkhu". What is the reason for this?
In an interview with a reporter from Mammoth News Oriental Today, a person from the Shaolin Temple explained that a man under the age of twenty became a monk, commonly known as a "little monk." If one wants to become a "shami," one needs to take the Ten Precepts. All children who become monks are "Shami". If a monk is more than seventy years old, he or she is not allowed to take the "full ordination", but can only take the "Shami ordination" and become a "Shami", but cannot officially become a "bhikkhu". Obviously, Mr. Cai Zhizhong is 72 years old, more than the "legal" age, and can only be "Shami" ordained as "Shami".
The person further explained that the Buddhist "full ordination" is the precepts held by bhikkhus and bhikshunis, because these precepts are sufficient compared to the ten precepts, so they are called "sufficient vows." The entry on "sufficient ordination", although it varies from place to place, is generally the same. According to the Law of Four Divisions, there are 250 "full vows" for "bhikshus" and 348 "full vows" for "bhikshunis." The ritual of receiving the "full ordination" in the Shaolin Temple is often performed at the Three Altars of Great Ordination.
Whether it is "Shami" who has received the "Shami Ordination" or the "Bhikshu" or "Bhikshuni" who have received the "Full Ordination", they are all monks of the Shaolin Temple and practice in the monastery.
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