Bag monk, whose real name is Qie, was a monk in Fenghua, Mingzhou (now Fenghua District, Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province) from the late Tang Dynasty to the Five Dynasties. He was a monk in the Five Dynasties. ? [ 1]? Legend has it that Maitreya Bodhisattva or Maitreya Buddha should be incarnate, with a fat body, a wrinkled brow and a big belly, and be uncertain about language and sleep everywhere.
The monk in the cloth bag shows his chest and belly all day long and often laughs heartily. Moreover, they are humorous, intelligent, kind, optimistic and tolerant, and are deeply respected and loved by people. This monk is also called "cutting the book" because of "cutting the principles of all buddhas and cutting the opportunity of all living beings".
In his early years, he became a monk in Lin Yue Temple in Fenghua. He liked swimming in Xuedou Temple and preaching Buddhism there. Xuedou Mountain is therefore honored as "Maitreya Holy Land". In some temples of Han Buddhism, Maitreya with a big belly (or a big belly bhikkhu) is based on this.
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Legend has it that the life experience of the cloth bag monk is like a mystery. It is said that in the Tang Dynasty, a bundle of firewood floated on the Longxi River in Fenghua, Mingzhou, and a child was saved by a compassionate person. I saw the child's round head, big ears and thin eyes, smiling at people's boobs. People couldn't put it down and brought their children home.
Later, when the child grew up, he shaved to the Lin Yue Temple, where the incense was flourishing. After becoming a monk, he always carries a big cloth bag with him, and is called a "cloth bag monk".
Most Buddhist temples in China worship the big-bellied Maitreya Buddha (or the big-bellied bhikkhu) based on him. Because his image is usually smiling and holding a cloth bag, he is often considered by businessmen to be festive and auspicious and regarded as a god of wealth.
Because the image of such deeds is usually smiling, holding a cloth bag, with the intention of making money and gathering money, it is regarded as a god of wealth by folk believers. In Japan, the Japanese regard the cloth-bag monk as one of the Seven Gods.
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Baidu encyclopedia-Bao monk