wooden fish Legend: There is such a legend among the monks: As early as the Han Dynasty, the emperor sent Master Ciguang and two monks to the West to collect Buddhist scriptures. The fish rushed towards the boat with its mouth open, and the scriptures on the bow were swallowed by the big fish. Two monks jumped into the sea to fight the big fish, killed the big fish and dragged it to the bow. In an instant, the wind was calm and the sun was shining. The body of the big fish turned into sewage and flowed into the sea, leaving only the fish head on the bow. Master Ciguang returned to the Buddhist temple with the big fish head. In order to recite the scriptures, he beat the head of the big fish every day and recited "Amitabha...". Day after day, the big fish head was smashed to pieces, and then I had to make a piece of wood in the shape of a big fish head and beat it every day. In this way, knocking on wooden fish and reciting scriptures has become a Buddhist habit.