Soul Painter

Chapter 297 Piety in the Thousand Buddha Hall

"Generally speaking, the Thousand Buddhas are mainly arhats. After all, there are many arhats, but this time I am different. I focus on stories. I am going to sort out 999 Buddha stories. Of course, this has to be done. Help the abbot, and then I will paint all these stories on the four walls, and here, in the center..."

Gao Fan pointed to the wall facing the gate of the temple, and said, "Here will be a Tathagata."

"Goodness, goodness, this layman has made a great wish. If it can be fulfilled, it will be a great merit." Miao Chan sighed.

Gao Fan showed a smile, which was a bit like the Buddha in his inspiration, compassionate, kind, and kind.

"I just don't know how long it will take to finish?" Miao Chan asked again.

"Two to three months." Gao Fan said.

During the inspiration, Gao Fan and Buddha were having fun together. When Miao Chan lamented that this was a great merit, Gao Fan clearly saw that the Buddha was more like a human being. 'The line is gradually moving down.

Obviously, this great wish made by Gao Fan is also what the Buddha is happy to see.

At most three months, get you done!

...

It took Gao Fan and Miao Chan about two weeks to sort out the Buddhist scriptures.

The specific work is Miao Chan telling stories, while Gao Fan draws the draft in the picture.

two weeks later.

The entire draft of the story has been roughly completed.

Although the sample is small, it is only drawn in Gao Fan's sketchbook, but it is exquisite and magnificent.

Miao Chan was greatly shocked when he saw it, and said, "If it can be completed, it will be the first of its kind in Buddhist painting, and it will be a great merit."

...

fifteenth day.

Gao Fan started painting in the Thousand Buddha Hall.

His Buddha statues based on the thirty-two phases and the eighty good ones are graceful, luxurious, and majestic, and they have already given people a sense of respect in the draft stage.

And Miao Chan watched Gao Fan climbing up and down the scaffolding, using magnificent lines to display scenes on the wall, and felt that the painter's brushstrokes seemed to carry the will of Buddha, flowing water like compassion and harmony. The grandeur pours out, which is amazing.

"Cough...cough cough cough!"

Suddenly, the painter began to cough violently.

It was weak at first, and then became as strong as a leaky bellows.

"Lady Gao Fan, are you alright?" Miao Chan asked hurriedly.

"It's okay, it's okay, cough cough..." Gao Fan waved his hands, but revealed a strange smile. He drank a few sips of water, suppressed his cough, and suddenly asked, "Abbot, what does illness look like to the Buddha?"

"Illness and suffering are blessings and special 'teachers'." Miao Chan said.

"I understand... Amitabha." Gao Fanheshi.

Since then, the painter's heart-piercing cough has often been heard in the Thousand Buddha Hall.

The coughing sound was so severe that it even made people wonder if the painter had coughed up blood.

But no matter how badly he coughed, the painter's paintings in the Thousand Buddha Hall never stopped.

Twenty days later, the artist had already filled the walls of the huge Thousand Buddha Hall with lines and structures.

The Hall of Thousand Buddhas in Daku Temple covers an area of about 2,000 square meters, with a length of more than 50 meters from east to west, north to south, and a square shape. The walls are 4.4 meters high, and the dome is made of wood. However, after the artist has completed the mural painting of the Thousand Buddha Hall, all viewers will not feel cramped when they enter the hall again.

Even though all the paintings are just plain lines and not painted in color, it can already make people feel that the space in the hall has been greatly extended. The scenes based on Buddhist scriptures are arranged in sequence, from the birth of the Buddha to the moment when the Buddha became a Buddha. The huge narrative scriptures narrate the life of the Buddha, making the viewers feel as if they have traveled through time and space, and returned to the wonderful era thousands of years ago.

Only those who are most devout to Buddha can draw such a magnificent picture scroll.

In particular, the painter insisted on painting despite his illness. The painter’s physical condition is worrying. He not only eats very little, but also sleeps very little every day. Laymen sleep for four hours, but he seems to only sleep for one or two hours a day. For a few days, even the bedding was moved to the Thousand Buddha Hall, and it was like facing a wall every day, only for painting Buddha statues.

This pious appearance made all the monks and laymen in the temple ashamed. As long as they passed the Thousand Buddha Hall, they would hear the coughing sound coming from the hall. The coughing sound in their ears was not only not harsh, but rather like a cough. The chime of the bell reminded them that there was such a pious believer in the temple.

After the draft is completed.

Gao Fan lost a lot of weight.

But he is full of ambition.

He stood in the middle of the Thousand Buddha Hall, looked around, and looked at the murals of the hall painted with the techniques of 'distortion' and 'world'.

Quite satisfied.

Apart from him, there are probably very few people in this world who can complete such a brilliant masterpiece in such a short period of time.

Twenty days of surprise creation made the flesh and blood Buddha inspired by Gao Fan, except for the head, the entire upper body also show a human shape, showing a fleshy body like white jade, but the chest is still full of granulation, which is full of weirdness , Gao Fan seems to be warming with piety, melting the invisible, invisible and untouchable in the Buddha.

It can be said that the Buddha has already been "deceived" by him for a third of the time.

In the Hall of Thousand Buddhas, once all the Buddha statues are painted and the final draft is completed, then Gao Fan will take a big step forward in the progress of the portrait of "The Great Existence: Buddha", and wait for the central 'Tathagata' to finish painting , then the Buddha will show Gao Fan his true face that can be painted.

That was the tacit agreement between Gao Fan and Buddha.

At this time, with a 'creak' sound, the door of the Thousand Buddha Hall opened, and Miao Chan walked in. Since Gao Fan started creating, Miao Chan would come here several times a day and linger in the hall for a while. Zen is full of nostalgia.

"The layman's heart of worshiping Buddha is so pious, which I have never seen in my life." Miao Chan couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

"Don't dare, I'm just a little more careful." Gao Fan said this, but Miao Chan's praise actually made the flesh and blood Buddha human, and moved down a bit, revealing a little bit of the Buddha's handprint.

Gao Fan was happy, and he pulled Miao Chan to talk, let Miao Chan admire the murals, and let Miao Chan praise him a few words, and then looked at the flesh and blood Buddha showing a small half of his palm, but if he said more, there was no need. I have used it, it seems that the number of good words that can be collected every day is limited.

This is also merit.

late at night.

Gao Fan still slept in the Thousand Buddha Hall.

He carried on with the 'Great Existence: Buddha'.

Now, the lines all over the wall have been drawn.

The next step is to paint.

Painting Buddha statues is different from oil painting. The color of Buddha statues is mainly gold and vermilion.

Gao Fan was adjusting the color, muttering in his mouth: "Do you want to mix some mystery into it..."

Inspired, Buddha's expression suddenly changed.

"No mixing, no mixing, only my piety." Gao Fan said hurriedly.

The Buddha smiled compassionately again.

Gao Fan felt like 'Either the Buddha is taming me' or 'I am raising the Buddha'.