as if it were raining flowers(tiān huā luàn zhuì)

as if it were raining flowers

Chinese idiom, Pinyin is ti ā nhu ā Lu à nzhu ì, which means that it is used to describe people who speak skillfully but falsely, empty and irrelevant. From Xindi guanjing, preface and Pinji.

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym] irrelevant, rhetoric and [antonym] straightforward, uninteresting

Idiom usage

Song Daoyuan's biography of the lanterns in Jingde. Lingzun Zen master: there are twelve thousand disciples together, and the saying is like clouds and rain. It's just a heresy to argue for right and wrong. Chapter 29 of Li Baojia's Officialdom: as soon as Xu dajunji heard that he was protected by someone Shu, he was not willing to talk too much. In Cao Xueqin's a dream of Red Mansions, chapter 64: he also said how his father employed him at this time, how Jia Lian married him, and how he took over your old man's pension. Later, his third aunt also took over the job. She talked so much that she couldn't help but refuse. The second chapter of Wu Chengen's journey to the West in the Ming Dynasty is wuche Bodhi's wonderful theory, cutting off the demons, returning to the original and uniting the original gods: the grandmaster ascended the altar to sit high, summoned all the immortals, and talked about the great way. It was really a big story, and the earth was full of golden lotus.

The origin of Idioms

Prajna Tang's translation of Xindi guanjing: the six desires are supported by the heaven, and the flowers fall into the void.

Idioms and allusions

During the Southern Dynasties, Buddhism was very popular. Emperor Liang Wu believed in Buddhism very much. He built temples all over the country, burned incense and worshipped Buddhism. He invited Indian monk balomac to China to preach Buddhism. On several occasions, he also went to the temple to sacrifice himself to Tongtai temple. Master Yun Guang is a good friend of emperor Liang Wu. It is an important thing for emperor Liang Wu to listen to master Yun Guang recite Buddhist scriptures. Once when master Yun Guang was reciting the nirvana Sutra, he spoke vividly. He heard it from morning to night, and Emperor Liang Wu listened very carefully. Master Yun Guang's speech moved heaven. Fragrant flowers fell from the sky one after another. Looking at the flying flowers, Emperor Liang Wu sighed and said, "I can't believe that Buddhism is so wonderful! From then on, Emperor Liang Wu became more and more addicted to Buddhism. He did not drink alcohol in the palace, but only had a simple meal every day. He strictly abided by the Buddhist rules and regulations. Even when he worshipped his ancestors or heaven and earth in the palace, he was only allowed to offer vegetables and fruits, not fish and meat. Later, he went to the temple several times to be a monk. He devoted himself to the study of Buddhism and ignored the political affairs of the court. He completely forgot that he was still an emperor, which led to a great decline in the political achievements of the court. This story tells us that we should not delay what we really should do because of indulging in other things. in the seventh year of Yongping in the Eastern Han Dynasty (AD 64), when the emperor of the Han and Ming Dynasties was resting in the south palace of Luoyang at night, he dreamed of a tall man of gold coming from the West. The next day, he called in his ministers and told them about his dream the night before. Later, Emperor Han and Ming sent 18 people to the western regions to worship Buddhism. In 68 A.D., the envoys of the Eastern Han Dynasty came to Luoyang with two Indian eminent monks. The emperor of the Han and Ming Dynasties ordered to build the first official Temple in the west of Luoyang after Buddhism was introduced into China, Baima temple. in the Great Buddha Hall of Baima temple, there are seven statues, which are Sakyamuni, mahagaya, Ananda, Manjusri, Puxian and two statues for heaven and man. These two statues, also known as "Sanhua tiannv", are graceful and serve the Buddha with flowers in hand. by the time of Jin Dynasty, southern and Northern Dynasties, Buddhism began to prevail in the Central Plains. Xiao Yan, the southern emperor of Liang Dynasty, took the lead in praying for God and worshiping Buddha, and built temples all over the country. In 520 A.D., Emperor Liang Wu changed his status to a normal one, which was regarded by historians as the watershed of the development of Liang in the Southern Dynasty. Emperor Liang Wu gave up his life to become a monk many times, and the government was gradually in the doldrums. In 527 ad, Xiao Yan, the emperor of Liang Dynasty, went to Tongtai temple for the first time to sacrifice his life and become a monk for three days. After he became a monk, he didn't approach women and eat meat. He not only did it himself, but also asked the whole country to follow suit: in the future, pigs, cattle and sheep were not allowed to be sacrificed to ancestral temples, and vegetables were used instead, because he was a vegetarian and he wanted gods to be vegetarian. After the order was issued, the ministers argued and objected. Finally, Xiao Yan allowed the dough to be kneaded into the shape of cattle and sheep for sacrifice. In this year, Emperor Liang Wu granted amnesty to the whole world and changed his name to Datong. On September 15, the third year of Datong (A.D. 529), Emperor Wu of Liang Dynasty held the second "four open assembly" in Tongtai temple. He took off the emperor's robe, put on the monk's clothes, gave up his life to become a monk and explained the nirvana Sutra. Ten days later, the ministers donated 100 million yuan, prayed to the "three treasures" and asked to redeem the "emperor Bodhisattva". On the 27th, Xiao Yan returned to the secular life. In 546, Xiao Yan became a monk for the third time, and the officials redeemed him with 200 million yuan. In 547, Xiao Yan became a monk for the fourth time, and lived in Tongtai temple for 37 days. The court paid 100 million yuan to redeem him. In addition to becoming a monk, Emperor Liangwu also invited an ancient Indian monk, Boromir, to teach in China. Boromir translated many Indian Buddhist scriptures and cultivated many Chinese disciples. With scriptures, the atmosphere of preaching scriptures became more prosperous. In order to publicize Buddhism, Buddhists have compiled many legends of preaching. One of them is: a mage named Yun Guang gave a very good sermon, moved heaven, supported heaven and man in heaven, and scattered flowers one after another. From this comes "extravagance".

Chinese PinYin : tiān huā luàn zhuì