The Big Wild Goose Pagoda and Temple in Xian was
built 1300 years ago to honor Buddha. According to Jerry our guide,
Taoism was popular in China until 500AD when civil wars caused the
people to turn to Buddhism for relief and tranquility. Today, around 2% of Chinese practice Buddhism, around 2% practice
Christianity and Muslim, and around 95% have no religion.
At the temple, we learned how to make some Chinese
characters and then the girls had their names written in Chinese, Julie’s name means the following:
Julie – a member of the Ming Dynasty
family and beautiful
Ping – a flower that floats in moving water
Jones – Jade earring and silk
This afternoon we flew to Chengdu in Sichuan
province. We ate a yummy traditional and spicy Chinese dinner before
heading back to our hotel for some much needed sleep.
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