廣弘明集 17.102

17.102

雍州表云。仁壽二年五月十二日。京城內勝光寺大興善寺法界寺州公廨裏。及城治街巷天雨銀屑。大如榆莢小如麩等。表送奉獻。仁覺寺五月十二日未時。有風從西南而來。香氣氛氳。沙門及經生道俗等並悉俱聞。當夜雨銀屑天花。芭蕉枝葉椶櫚莖檊上。人皆拾得。大小如前無異。

The memorial from Yong Prefecture stated: On the twelfth day of the fifth month of the second year of Renshou, inside the capital at Shengguang Temple, Daxingshan Temple, Fajie Temple, within the prefectural offices, and in the streets and alleys of the metropolitan seat, silver flakes rained down from the sky, as large as elm seeds and as small as bran flakes. They were memorialised and presented to the throne. At Renjue Temple, during the wei hour on the twelfth day of the fifth month, a wind came from the southwest with a dense fragrance. Monks, scripture scribes, monastics, and laypeople all smelled it alike. That night, silver flakes and heavenly flowers rained down upon the leaves and branches of plantains and the trunks of palm trees, and people gathered them up. Their sizes were just as before, without difference.