We went to a Buddhist temple that had a statue of a lady with 1043 arms and eyes because she was the third daughter of a family who gave her hand and eye to save her father's life. The temple had hundreds of little gold statues of gods who slightly resembled Buddha, but each had a different specialty/ power and a different pose to match this. I never knew how involved the religion is because I was under the impression that there was only the one main Buddha figure. Flowers, gazebos, and incenses surrounded each structure to provide a peaceful environment.
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Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Buddhist temple in Kaifeng
We went to a Buddhist temple that had a statue of a lady with 1043 arms and eyes because she was the third daughter of a family who gave her hand and eye to save her father's life. The temple had hundreds of little gold statues of gods who slightly resembled Buddha, but each had a different specialty/ power and a different pose to match this. I never knew how involved the religion is because I was under the impression that there was only the one main Buddha figure. Flowers, gazebos, and incenses surrounded each structure to provide a peaceful environment.
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