To guarantee success millions take to temples and pay for it

CHENGDU - Xiao Ping, a middle-aged restaurant owner in the city's northern suburbs, usually gets up at midday because she has to stay until every diner leaves late at night.

But on the morning of Jan 23 - Lunar New Year Day - she got up at 6:30 am to shower before heading for the nearby Baoguang Temple.

"When I reached the temple at 8 am, I had to elbow my way in," Xiao says.