Thursday, April 22, 2010

China trip Day #2 continued

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This was at the Jade Buddha temple in Shanghai. I was amazed with how many young worshipers were there praying to Buddha. They first would burn incense outside and then go into the temple to pray. It was so strange that tour groups were everywhere with tour guides telling us the history of the place while these people were worshipping. I felt bad for them, but they didn't seem to mind.
I love the picture of the monks. They were all quite young as well. What were the stats? I think 80-85% Buddhist and less than 5% Christian. Most of them don't practice on a weekly basis though. Very fascinating.

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