At night in Dunhuang, people often see a strange scene, a woman in shackles dancing under the Buddha statue.
That woman was a prisoner of war captured from Rouran. She had the most beautiful face, pulled the most ferocious bow, and had a string of Buddhist beads wrapped around her hand. She killed people like a Shura.
She should have been executed, but the respected Zen master cut off a finger as a guarantee and saved her life.
People talked a lot about their relationship. Some people praised Master Yichan for being compassionate and helping others to do good; more people suspected that he was obsessed with the witch.
But Zhu Yichan always claimed that they were just old acquaintances...
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"My name is not the female donor, my name is Cangyun."
That year, the Emperor of the Northern Wei Dynasty issued an order to exterminate Buddhism, destroying Buddhist statues, burning scriptures, and killing monks. In order to protect Buddhism from annihilation, Zhu Yichan took the remaining scriptures and fled to Rouran, the mortal enemy of the Northern Wei Dynasty.
On the vast snowfield, he was stripped naked, doused in ice water, tortured, and refused to reveal the whereabouts of his fellow disciples.
A foreign girl appeared out of nowhere, rescued him, put clothes on him, and brushed away his embarrassment and humiliation.
From then on, in the world of Zhu Yichan, there was no longer only the sound of Buddha.
"After you send the scriptures to Rouzhou, we will elope!"
"Why not? Don't you have me among all your beings?"
"What's wrong with monks? Are monks noble? We women are noble too!"
"Our clan doesn't marry girls, and you monks don't marry wives. I don't have to make an exception, and you don't have to break the rules. Isn't this a match made in heaven?"
"Don't you have any love for me?"
"Lovely face, cruel hands, quirky spirit, straight-ball girl in a matriarchal society"
Purpose: Promote and protect Dunhuang art and cultural heritage
