The film shows a group of warrior monks full of humanity. In order to supplement the severely injured Jue Yuan to catch the toad, they were found by the monk and punished and thought about it. Jueyuan accidentally suffocated the shepherdess Bai Wuxia's pet dog. Just when he was about to eat the dog meat, the master and his brothers descended from the sky and began to share this forbidden delicacy. Human feelings are magnified in a moment, and the rules and regulations are put aside. Strictly speaking, they were not qualified monks who escaped into the empty door because they were hunted down. They use "wine and meat pass through the intestines, Buddha's heart stays" as spiritual comfort, maybe this is just an excuse for them to avoid responsibility, but at the same time it is also a theme promoted by the film: not stick to the formalism of Qing regulations and rituals, and put people first. When fighting with a group of enemy soldiers, the master recited "snakes and scorpions should retaliate, my Buddha is compassionate and punishes evil", and encouraged Jueyuan to start killing. Seng Zhi hysterically shouted and killed his apprentices after they were killed, and these instances have elevated the spirit of being free from discipline.
The film focuses on showing how difficult it is to practice qigong. The seemingly useless diving and kicking are the basic skills that everyone must practice. Master described this kind of useless work of "smoke on the head and sink in the foot" as "the power of diamond pounding a cone". After Jueyuan understood this truth, he began to practice his skills hard. There is a series of classic scenes. He is practicing, and the four seasons behind him are changing, showing the passage of time, implying that practice requires hard work and requires years of effort. "If you don't eat vegetarian food for three days, it's like going to the Western Heaven. There is no such easy thing in the world."
The comparison between the abbot and the monk value is a very popular expression. The abbot has a heart like a valley, is not afraid of danger, and is compassionate to the people; the monk is a small belly and is strict with the monks. The monks are naturally afraid and tired of the monk value, which constitutes the main contradiction in the temple.
A love story is interspersed in the film. Shepherdess Bai Wuxia is Master's daughter, and it can be said that she fell in love with Jueyuan at first sight. But although Jueyuan is eager to take revenge, he has been walking on the road to Buddhist disciples.
The main actors of this film are all martial arts practitioners, and the martial arts movements are very real. However, the action is too realistic, each move is obviously programmed, the fighting time is long, and the visual effects are insufficient. There are too few actors. There are only a few monks in the Shaolin Temple, and they are the soldiers and horses who are dealing with Wang Renze. Said to be soldiers and horses, the number is also pitiful.
Regardless of the historical facts, just as the Shaolin monk saved Li Shimin and made Buddhism flourish in the Tang Dynasty, this film set off a wave of learning martial arts throughout China.
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