廣弘明集 17.81

17.81

宋州表云。三月四日舍利至州。其所部宋城縣市院先有古井塸。由來鹹苦水色舊赤。全不堪食。其縣民胡子乾因取水和埿。怪其色白甞覺甚甘。四月三日舍利於塔內放赤色光。六日夜五更寺內又放白色光。七日辰時寺內天雨白華。目驗雰雰然。狀如細雪。不落於地。八日午時欲下舍利入函。天上有白鶴翔塔基之上。

The memorial from Songzhou stated: On the fourth day of the third month, the relics arrived in the prefecture. In the market quarter of Songcheng County under its jurisdiction, there was formerly an old well pit whose water had always been salty, bitter, and reddish in colour, completely undrinkable. A commoner of that county, Hu Ziqian, took water from it to mix mud, and marvelled that its colour had turned white; tasting it, he found it extremely sweet. On the third day of the fourth month, the relics emitted red light inside the pagoda. At the fifth watch [3:00–5:00 a.m.] on the night of the sixth day, white light was emitted again inside the temple. At the hour of the Dragon [7:00–9:00 a.m.] on the seventh day, heaven rained white flowers inside the temple, visible to the eyes as swirling and falling like fine snow, yet not dropping onto the ground. At noon on the eighth day, when the relics were about to be lowered into the casket, white cranes soared above the foundation of the pagoda in the sky.