"My shoes are torn, my hat is torn, and my cassock is torn; you laugh at me, he laughs at me, a fan breaks it. There is no Amitabha Buddha, there is no Amitabha Buddha..."

The status of "Jigong" starring You Benchang in people's hearts cannot be underestimated.

This drama can be said to be a long-lasting classic film and television drama.

It is really too classic. In the play, Jigong Meiri wears tattered clothes, but he is cheerful.

Some people say that Jigong, played by You Benchang, is "30% crazy and 70% chic", portraying a flesh-and-blood Jigong.

There are many interesting stories behind this.

01

When he played the role of Jigong, You Benchang was already 52 years old.

This drama is also the first protagonist You Benchang has encountered in his acting career.

In order to perform this drama well, he sleeps up to 4 hours a day.

In order to present the best effect, he often performs a scene more than ten times.

For example, in the play, there was a scene where Jigong was beaten by Shi Xing. He filmed it 12 times. When the filming was finally completed, he was beaten so hard that he could not stand up.

Jigong has a famous saying: "The wine and meat pass through the intestines, and the Buddha stays in his heart."

Therefore, the meat-eating scene is indispensable in the play, and Jigong often eats with his mouth full of oil.

But you would never expect that what he was eating was already smelly meat, but he kept eating it and didn't spit it out until the filming was over.

It is precisely because of his attitude of striving for excellence that he has brought us such a classic.

02

Before filming Jigong, You Benchang did not believe in Buddhism.

But while filming this drama, three "wonderful things" happened, which made him devote himself to Buddha.

That was 35 years ago, in 1985, when technology was not that developed.

Many bizarre scenes are real.

While filming an outdoor scene, he said "come on, come on" to a butterfly.

Unexpectedly, the butterfly really stayed on his fan.

This scene surprised everyone in the crew.

We can also see this scene in the feature film.

This is the first strange thing that You Benchang thought.

The second strange thing was that during the filming, there was an urgent need for a storm scene.

But that was when the skies were clear.

Just when everyone was feeling worried, the weather suddenly changed.

Finally, we successfully filmed this scene in the heavy rain.

Although this may be a coincidence, You Benchang thinks it is very magical.

There is another thing that is also related to the weather.

At that time, the play had to shoot a scene with clear skies, but the weather was not very good during those days.

The weather forecast says there will be rain during this period.

Just when everyone thought there would be no way to shoot tomorrow.

The next day, the weather suddenly improved, and the sky was really clear.

03

It was these coincidences that made You Benchang more convinced of Buddhism.

From then on, he began to devote himself to Buddha.

He said:

"Jigong changed me and transformed me."

After "Ji Gong" was broadcast, many viewers were affected by the plot and began to do good deeds.

At the age of 80, he sold his house, rehearsed the drama "Master Hongyi", and began to promote Buddhism.

In order to play this role well, he also went to the temple to experience the life of a monk.

You Benchang, now 87 years old, is still in good health.

You Benchang, who is nearly 90 years old, has also opened his own social software such as Douyin to keep up with the times.

I often interact with young people on personal social platforms and share some positive energy.

I hope Mr. You Benchang can always maintain good health.