Why did Empress Dowager Cixi bow down to the old monk Xu Yun regardless of everyone's views?
When the virtual cloud came out of the mountain, it was stunned by the scene before it. Rotting bodies are everywhere. Many living people even started to eat corpses because they were so hungry, which caused the plague. When Xu Yun saw this scene, the first thing he did was to ask the king to forbid the living to eat corpses. The second thing he did was to organize a Dharma meeting, so that heaven could bless the people and pray for snow.
It was summer, so it was difficult to snow. Others advised him not to make trouble, but he went his own way. There were also many monks who supported his behavior, so they all came to help. At this time, the action began to be mighty.
When it finally snowed on the seventh day, people began to cheer. Someone advised Xu Yun to come down and have a rest, but Xu Yun refused. Because he knew it was useless to snow for two hours at a time, he just sat in the snow all the time. The snow was getting heavier and heavier, and Cixi finally decided to take a look at the empty clouds that were trying to save the world, so Cixi went to the temple in a sedan chair.
Cixi was shocked when she saw the empty cloud covered with snow, but she just sat on a high platform without any shelter. At this time, Cixi was finally moved. She was moved by the monk's concern for the world, and even thought that this was the bodhisattva who helped the poor. Since he has risen to the status of a bodhisattva in the heart of Cixi, it is natural to bow down to him. In this way, Cixi did not listen to other people's suggestions and bowed down directly to the old monk Xu Yun.