On our way to our final destination, the city of Guangzhou, our hosts dropped us by a 1,000 year-old Buddhist temple-complex, the oldest in Southern China.
It was my first time ever to set foot on a temple like this one, I felt like I were on the set of a Shaolin or Kung fu movie. I haven't even been inside the Taoist temple in Cebu.
The fact that other red-faced deities depicted in (curiously) an angry mode, were in the same temple as Buddha struck me as rather odd. Buddhism does accomodate other traditions or other Chinese folk beliefs.
Strange smells emanating from burning incense permeated the whole temple.
I do not know the significance of the turtle in Buddhist life as a large pond located near the entrance was full of them. You find them as well in stone carvings in front of the worship structures.
It was my first time ever to set foot on a temple like this one, I felt like I were on the set of a Shaolin or Kung fu movie. I haven't even been inside the Taoist temple in Cebu.
The fact that other red-faced deities depicted in (curiously) an angry mode, were in the same temple as Buddha struck me as rather odd. Buddhism does accomodate other traditions or other Chinese folk beliefs.
Strange smells emanating from burning incense permeated the whole temple.
I do not know the significance of the turtle in Buddhist life as a large pond located near the entrance was full of them. You find them as well in stone carvings in front of the worship structures.
No comments:
Post a Comment