"The Budai Monk" is a 1998 Taiwanese-language costume drama produced by Taiwan TV, starring Wang Mingtai, June "Budai Monk" According to the legend, Budai Monk is one of the tens of thousands of incarnations of Maitreya Buddha. He is short and fat, with a happy face. He usually travels around with a staff and a cloth bag on his shoulder, enlightening the world with his Zen teachings. He is good at charity, possesses unique skills, eliminates violence and brings happiness to all living beings. The play contains many thought-provoking cautionary tales: in Fenghua County, Buddhist monk Budai rescued Yue'er, and little "Yixin" pretended to be a bride to punish the evil young man; in Yuelin Temple, monk Budai fulfilled the dream of finding a son for the imperial master for many years; the treasure bag of the universe awakened Xianglian from a nightmare, but because of In the face of life and death, she had no choice but to leave her helplessness and endless love to her lover Geng Min; in the county dungeon, Budai monk made the "female ghost" appear, but it led to the emperor and the empress going to court; in the end, Budai monk made a troubled marriage between Junnan and Huiying through the ages. Around the above plot, many folk jokes are added to the play. The comedic characters Gu Shaoyou, the flatterer, and the Fuzhou fortune teller took turns to appear, making the whole play come to an end with laughter, making the audience "joyful, relieved, and always laughing."
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"The Budai Monk" is a 1998 Taiwanese-language costume drama produced by Taiwan TV, starring Wang Mingtai, June "Budai Monk" According to the legend, Budai Monk is one of the tens of thousands of incarnations of Maitreya Buddha. He is short and fat, with a happy face. He usually travels around with a staff and a cloth bag on his shoulder, enlightening the world with his Zen teachings. He is good at charity, possesses unique skills, eliminates violence and brings happiness to all living beings. The play contains many thought-provoking cautionary tales: in Fenghua County, Buddhist monk Budai rescued Yue'er, and little "Yixin" pretended to be a bride to punish the evil young man; in Yuelin Temple, monk Budai fulfilled the dream of finding a son for the imperial master for many years; the treasure bag of the universe awakened Xianglian from a nightmare, but because of In the face of life and death, she had no choice but to leave her helplessness and endless love to her lover Geng Min; in the county dungeon, Budai monk made the "female ghost" appear, but it led to the emperor and the empress going to court; in the end, Budai monk made a troubled marriage between Junnan and Huiying through the ages. Around the above plot, many folk jokes are added to the play. The comedic characters Gu Shaoyou, the flatterer, and the Fuzhou fortune teller took turns to appear, making the whole play come to an end with laughter, making the audience "joyful, relieved, and always laughing."
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