鏡花水月出自唐朝裴休的作品：「崢嶸棟樑，一旦而摧。水月鏡像，無心去來。」這一首佛家碑銘暗喻人生靈活但又不可捉摸的意境，正如鏡中之花，水中之月。如此作品出現在鹽水慈德禪寺前方的河面，再恰當不過。創作者運用了常見的大型玻璃燒杯再加上燈光，來展現虛幻的景象。當眾多通透的玻璃瓶構成一大量體時，卻又是那麼實際的「千真萬確」。

The Artwork, Mirror Flower and the Moon on the River, was inspired by the poem of a poet of Tang Dynasty, Pei Xiu, “ Once a grand building, now, is dismantled, like the mirror reflection of the moon on the river, a change in constant.” This poem tells the philosophy of Buddhism that portrays the constantly changing life like the mirror reflection of the moon on the river. Ci De Chan Temple in Yanshuei is the ideal site to display this artwork. The artist uses commonly seen large glass beaker with lighting to show the fantasy scene. The mass glass beaker constitutes the practical “scene” in reality.