During the Anti-Japanese War, there was a Buddhist grove in the Caochang Nunnery area in the southeast corner of the old Tianjin Wei.
It is worth mentioning that there was a bronze Buddha statue in the Buddhist grove, about five meters high and with a kind appearance.
An incense burner was set up in front of the Buddha statue for people to burn incense and worship.
The incense was very strong.
People say by word of mouth that as long as they worship and touch the Bronze Buddha, their diseases will disappear.
Over time, the Bronze Buddha's body will become dazzling.
As for the origin of the Bronze Buddha, there is another legend.
Once upon a time, a plague broke out here, leaving countless corpses.
Doctors nearby came to treat the people, but the epidemic was still uncontrollable.
It happened that an eminent monk passing by said the truth.
The eminent monk said: "This is not an ordinary plague.
It is the God of Plague that is causing trouble.
If we want to control the epidemic, we need to build a huge Buddha statue to suppress this calamity."
Then the people found a master who cast bronze statues nearby and prepared to cast a large bronze Buddha statue that was all golden.
However, the casting has been very unsatisfactory since the beginning.
The prepared molten iron was wasted several times in a row.
This made these masters anxious.
The materials were already tight, and such waste would definitely fail in the end.
When there was not much raw material left, the molten iron was seen churning in the furnace.
Everyone shook their heads after taking samples several times.
Seeing that they were about to fail, the eminent monk suddenly realized something and jumped into the furnace.
In an instant, the fire rose and the molten iron rolled.
The coppersmith was shocked in his heart, and he called out "cast" and as expected, a golden bronze Buddha was cast.
After the Buddha statue was cast, the epidemic was under control.
Everyone said that the eminent monk himself integrated with the Buddha statue and saved the people, so everyone set up incense burners to worship the bronze Buddha.
After that, there were also gangsters who wanted to steal the bronze Buddha, but once they came to steal, they suffered from headaches.
Some of them fainted on the spot and were arrested by the government.
Soon, the Japanese army invaded Tianjin.
In order to expand the production of ordnance, they kept searching for all useful metals.
The Japanese army discovered this big bronze Buddha and wanted to use it for their own purposes.
But firstly, Japan is also a country that believes in Buddhism.
Although it is a military operation, they have some scruples about the sacred place of Buddhist altars; secondly, they also want to use pro-people policies. , I don’t want to conflict with the local people because of this matter.
Then he came up with a plan and lied that he would move the big bronze Buddha to a safe place and build a spacious hall to worship it.
When everyone heard the news, everyone knew that they had bad intentions, but they didn't know how to stop them.
Everyone hoped that the big bronze Buddha could resist the gangsters like the legend.
On the day when the Japanese army came to move the Bronze Buddha, many people came to watch.
When the Japanese army used ropes and chains to pull the Bronze Buddha, bright red liquid overflowed from nowhere, as if blood was gushing out.
The Japanese soldiers who took action were all He fell to the ground and held his head, looking in agony.
Now the people cheered, and the Japanese army had no choice but to stop trying to occupy the big bronze Buddha
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