Author:Zhang Yihong (1916-1992), Chinese-American writer, author of numerous novels and films

Preface:

Childhood and grandma and grandpa live together, since I remember, love to step on the stool to climb the hall room of the eight immortal table, once to grandpa saw, was grandpa with chopsticks to knock the tender little hands, and sternly taught: offerings can not be moved. Grandpa is usually very good to me, but even for a table wooden plate engraved with five words, "heaven and earth, ruler, parent and teacher" beat me ...... I have since begun to wonder: why the word "heaven" at the top, why Grandma always eat vegetarian, and why the word "heaven" is the most important word. Why does my grandmother eat vegetarian all year round, and also asked me to eat vegetarian at least one day on the first day of the Lunar New Year ...... When I was a teenager, I began to wonder why the word "heaven" was at the top and "teacher" was at the end. ...... It wasn't until years later when I went on a long trip that it dawned on me that the karma planted in me since childhood was to honor the heavens and respect nature, and to respect my teacher and be the mainstay of my life. ...... These epiphanies have pointed me in the direction of the important things in my life.

In 2003, by chance, I received a digital camera from a friend, and as I walked around looking at heaven and earth, observing myself, and seeing all living beings, with the help of one teacher and dear friend after another, I began a great change in my life, which resulted in these words and images at this moment.

meteorological or astronomical phenomenon (e.g. rainbow or eclipse)

A clear sky, the heavens and the earth.

All of them have their own image, all of them have their own meaning.

Every discovery in life is an addition and a subtraction.

It is the faith that makes it so, it is the underworld, and with the turning of the stars, the coming one is visible.