Wutaishan

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This morning we visited Wutaishan - or Mt Wutai.  It has become a pilgrimage site for Buddhists, with all the visitor paraphernalia that involves.  There are five temples arranged on a mountain ridge.

The view over the Valley.

  

On the way to the first temple.

A Buddha

 

And another

And  a thousand arm Buddha.  Knowing how much of our brain is devoted to the operation of our two arms, I pondered the neuro-anatomy of such a creature.

Of course there were prayer wheels.  Something to do as you walk around.

Today's Chinglish.
Self explanatory.

What this one means is that a monk has to be present at all times.  If he leaves a room, he has to be sure than any candles, joss sticks etc are extinguished.  These are all wooden structures.

I got a tongue lashing from a monk (I wanted to take his photo) who told me that Britain and Australia were no friends of China.  Then he wandered on to the Japanese - we hid our solitary American.  So no photo!