In The Journey to the West, one of China's four classical masterpieces, the Tang Priest who went to the Western Heaven to learn Buddhist scriptures was originally the reincarnation of the second disciple of Buddha Sakyamuni, Jin Chan (also known as Elder Jin Chan), and Tang Sanzang was reincarnated from Jin Chan as a monk in the Eastern Tang Dynasty, which means "Jin Chan takes off his shell". Therefore, people transform cicada from its shell as a symbol of immortality and rebirth, so they also eat the meat of Tang priest in Journey to the West.
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The twelfth time, the Bodhisattva and Mu Cha said, "Today is the Land and Water Meeting, and July 17th and 7th are enough. I mixed with you in the crowd. On the one hand, you can see what he will look like, on the other hand, you can see that Cicada is lucky to wear my treasure, and on the other hand, you can hear what he is saying. "
On 24th, when Tang Priest and his party passed by, Zhen Yuanzi went to Tianmiluo Palace in Shangqing to talk about "Mixed Yuan Daoguo" at the invitation of Jade Qing Yuanshi Tianzun. When I went, I took forty-six disciples with me, and specifically told two disciples left behind, Qingfeng and Yue Ming, "I have an old friend who will pass by in a few days, so don't neglect him. You can beat two of my ginseng fruits and eat them with him to show your old feelings. "
The second disciple learned that Master's old friend was a monk who went to the Western Heaven to worship Buddha for Buddhist scriptures, and said, "Confucius said,' Different Tao, no common goal'." We are Taiyi Xuanmen. How did we meet that monk? Zhenyuanzi explained: "That monk is the reincarnation of Jin Chan, the second disciple of the Buddha in the West. Five hundred years ago, I met him in the' Lanpen Club'. He once handed tea in person, and the Buddha respected me, so he was an old friend. "