The Modern Monks of China
By Tang Yue | China Daily | Updated: 2011-07-17 07:52
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A young monk contemplates a wall of the gilded images of Buddha in the main hall of the Longquan Temple in Beijing's Haidian district. Cui meng / China Daily |
The world-weary have sought refuge in Buddhist temples for thousands of years, shedding their earthly entanglements for a higher calling. But what about now? Tang Yue goes into retreat to fi nd out more about the Buddhist monks of 21st-century China.
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