Urban youth Chen Mo accidentally came to the mist-shrouded Yunyin Town when he was at the lowest point in his life. There are 1,300-year-old ginkgo trees here, there are thousand-year-old temples with morning bells and evening drums, there is the simple wisdom of "just eat when you eat", and the philosophy of life that "bells and silence are equally important".
Among the bluestone road, mountain spring wild tea, straw grasshoppers and a bowl of vegetarian porridge, he met:
The sweeping monk Huiming said, "Trees are never lonely. Loneliness is a human invention."
The old man who weaves grass has spent forty years understanding that "the bowl can only be filled with new ones when it is empty."
The innkeeper guarded the town and said, "We are walking with time."
The little girl who gave him a leaf butterfly believed that a leaf could drive away nightmares
This is not an escape, but a journey inward. When the one hundred and eight bells echoed in the mountains, Chen Mo gradually heard the sounds drowned by the hustle and bustle of the city - his own breathing, the wind passing through the leaves, the tinkling of the spring water, and the re-sprouting life in the desolate land in his heart.
"The sound of the bell is not to tell you to throw away your worries, but to let you know that you can carry them on your back and keep moving forward."
Learn to be "slow" in the fast era, find "empty" in the crowd, and experience "stop" in the pursuit. This is a book of comfort for every tired soul. Between the lines, there is the peace you have been looking for.
