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    29 temples in Hunan waive admission fees

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    2013-05-13 16:26:30Ecns.cn Mo Hong'e ECNS App Download

    湖南29家寺院取消門票免費開放

    自5月10日起,包括長沙麓山寺、衡陽雁峰寺等在內的湖南29家寺院開始取消門票,免費向游客開放,以此抵制商業化。

    (Lushan Temple in Changsha. CNS Photo)

    (Lushan Temple in Changsha. CNS Photo)

    (ECNS)?-- Twenty-nine temples in Hunan province, including Lushan Temple in Changsha and Yanfeng Temple in Hengyang, started waiving admission fees for visitors on May 10, to?stop and resist?the "commercialization” of?temples.

    A Buddhist monk working at Lushan Temple, who did not want to be identified, said the number of visitors to the temple started going up after the free-entry policy began.

    Admission to the temple was 5 yuan. The money was mainly used for living expenses for the monks and maintenance of the temple.

    Sheng Hui, vice chairman of the Buddhist Association of China and chairman of the Hunan Buddhist Association, and also an abbot at Lushan Temple, initiated the free-entry policy, which was warmly received by abbots at other temples in Hunan.

    Lushan Temple, built during the Jin Dynasty (265AD-420AD), has a history of more than 1,700 years. Originally named Huiguangming Temple, it was changed to Lushan Temple during the early Tang Dynasty. As the first Buddhist temple in Hunan province, Lushan Temple is a provincial key cultural relics protection unit and site of the Hunan Buddhist Association.

    Other temples that canceled admission fees include Yuquan Temple, Tielu Temple, Songbai Temple in Changsha, Xixin Temple in Wangchen, Shishuang Temple in Liuyang, and Wangfu Temple in Hengyang.

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