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Temples and Churches in China
Temples (this page)
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Temples are at the heart of traditional Chinese society. They are often found in the mountains, which have a holy association. Many of them were damaged during the 10-year cultural revolution of 1966-76 and were quasi-museums until recent years when they have become functional again. To the left is the fa hua temple on the Shandong peninsula.
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now. In 1991 there were very few people visiting the temple at Qian fo shan
(Thousand Buddha Hill) in Jinan to actually pray. When I visited again in 1999 there were
many more temples and people were selling joss sticks and other buddhist paraphenalia.
There was also a giant statue of Guan yin, one of the most important Buddhist
deities.
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 A monk in the Qianfoshan temple in Jinan, 2000. |
 This is a simple countryside temple. Here we see portraits of two important Chinese deities, the Fire God and the Dragon King. |
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