In the late autumn of 1997, a strange Buddha statue was hidden in a dilapidated ancient temple in Lianhua Mountain in northern Jiangxi - the left half is the Buddha with lowered eyebrows, the right half is covered by a copper mask, and the right eye is wide open, looking calmly and looking at the road down the mountain.
Shen An, 23 years old, is a temporary worker in a cultural center and graduated from the Department of Archeology. After he was "caught" by that eye in the hall, his pupils began to change color, and his dream was out of control. He saw masks on everyone's faces, and saw veins pulsating deep in the earth like veins. The old monk Shoujing stayed in the temple for forty-three years, just waiting for someone who could "understand" this face. Professor Gu Weijun spent his whole life avoiding the gaze of that eye.
Monk Fa Lin "saw" a blank mask from the stone a thousand years ago, and said it was called "Guan Zizi" - seeing is freedom. When you really see it, you will find that your name, identity, and past are all masks. And your real face——
is blank.
"Lotus Buddha Face" is a novel about seeing and pretending, truth and acceptance.
