We just got back after a morning/afternoon at Lingyin Temple. I've been here every time I've come back to China, and it's the biggest Buddhist Temple in all of China. And they keep adding more and more parts to it. The first few times I came I participated in praying to the Buddhist gods, but being a Christian now I just walked around and watched. It's an extremely interesting culture nonetheless. People take incense and burn them as part of a ritual to pray to the gods, and they also kneel in front of the large statues and ask for various prayers: health, wealth, good fortune, etc. Afterward we had lunch and rode the bus back home.
Lingyin Temple:
This is where they burn the incense:
They throw away the incense into this large cauldron:
Various Buddha Statues:
Group Photo!: (My aunt and uncle are on either side of my mom, dad, and me)
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Wow, cool! I'm lovin' the pictures, James-san! (Also, I just noticed that your uncle looks to have a pretty sick lens on his camera... hee hee I'm such a photography nerd)
ReplyDeleteHaha don't worry I noticed it too! Thanks for the compliments
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