“彼岸花，开一千年，落一千年，花叶永不相见。情不为因果，缘注定生死。”

                                                        ——《佛经》

引魂之花—彼岸花

彼岸花，恶魔的温柔。传说中自愿投入地狱的花朵，被众魔遣回，但仍徘徊于黄泉路上，众魔不忍，遂同意让她开在此路上，给离开人界的魂们一个指引与安慰。

此花一名曼珠沙华，红色花又名彼岸花，也称为 Red Spider Lily。人称“草莫见花莫见”。在日本被称作マンジュシャゲ，发音是曼珠沙华,花语是“分离/ 伤心/不吉祥/死亡之美”。原产地就是中国和日本，日本最多。

相传此花只开于黄泉，一般认为是只开在冥界三途河边、忘川彼岸的接引之花。花如血一样绚烂鲜红，铺满通向地狱的路，且有花无叶，是冥界唯一的花。花香传说有魔力，能唤起死者生前的记忆。在黄泉路上大批大批的开着这花，远远看上去就像是血所铺成的地毯, 又因其红得似火而被喻为”火照之路”，也是这长长黄泉路上唯一的风景与色彩。当灵魂渡过忘川，便忘却生前的种种，曾经的一切都留在了彼岸，往生者就踏着这花的指引通向幽冥之狱。

彼岸花属于石蒜科（Lycoris Herb），属名是希腊神话中女海神的名字。因为石蒜类的特性是先抽出花葶（总梗）开花，花末期或花谢后出叶；还有另一些种类是先抽叶，在叶枯以后抽葶开花，，所以彼岸花花开时看不到叶子，有叶子时看不到花，花叶两不相见，生生相错。因此才有“彼岸花，开彼岸，只见花，不见叶”的说法。春天是球根，夏天生长叶子，秋天立起开花，冬天叶子又慢慢退去，花开时看不到叶子，有叶子时看不到花，花叶两不相见，生生相错。相念相惜永相失。如此轮回而花叶永不相见，也有着永远无法相会的悲恋之意。

在民间，春分前后三天叫春彼岸，秋分前后三天叫秋彼岸。是上坟的日子。彼岸花开在秋彼岸期间，非常准时，所以才叫彼岸花。

而它生长的地方大多在田间小道，河边步道和墓地，所以别名也叫做死人花。一到秋天，就绽放出妖异浓艳得近于红黑色的花朵，整片的彼岸花看上去便是触目惊心的赤红，如火，如血，如荼。

曼珠沙华这个名字出自梵语「摩诃曼珠沙华」，原意为天上之花，大红花，天降吉兆四华之一。佛典中也说曼珠沙华（曼殊沙华）是天上开的花，白色而柔软，见此花者，恶自去除。佛家语，荼蘼是花季最后盛开的花，开到荼蘼花事了，只剩下开在遗忘前生的彼岸的花。
Legend, long long time ago, a city border opens full vast Man pearl sand China , is just a Faramita flower, its fragrance of a flower has one kind of magic power , can let person remember self previous existence thing. Defending the Faramita flower's is two alluring women , one is that the flower evil spirit shouts the Man pearl , one is that the leaf evil spirit shouts sand China.

But they have guarded marquis several Faramita in 1000 flowers, not have met all along , do not have a leaf because of the moment blooming,will not have when having a leaf. They are being missed each other frenzied , are being caused suffering to and by this agony. One day, they finally decide to go against magical regulation seeing a secretly. The green causing an eye is setting off that brilliant red Man for 1 year pearl sand China perianth , Kaide is especially pretty and coquettish beautiful.

Gods and spirits crime comes down , this is also in accordance with expectation.

The Man pearl and sand China are infiltrated into a transmigration, and are cursed to be able to together forever neither, accepting a tribulation generation after generation here below. From that, Man pearl sand China also lets the other shore spend , show appreciation being to open the flower in Uranian, the multicolored form resembles the palm in praying to Heaven, in but the city also had not appeared in this.

This flower is to come untied in netherworld on the way , the Man pearl and every sand China reincarnation self smelting multicolored scent of Faramita on the way being therefore likely to remember previous existence in netherworld, swear then not parting , my once falls into the transmigration cursing once again.