Temple and the Jade Buddha

After lunch we went to a Buddhist temple where 70 monks live. 

There were lots of statues.  Some were of nice people and some were people who seemed mean and mad and evil.

They had a big bell they used for praying.

Outside people were burning incense. The Chinese believe that the white smoke carries their prayers to heaven.

The temple is famous because of the Jade Buddha. They would not let us take any pictures of the Buddha.  We found these pictures on the internet. 

There are two Jade statues.  This is the reclining Buddha.

 

The bigger Buddha is called “The Jade Buddha” but I call it the sitting Buddha.  

After seeing the Jade Buddha we went into the monks’ teahouse to drink tea.  They had ten different teas you could use for medicine.  The lady made the tea for us.

The first tea she served was tea #1 and it was the best tea.  It was kind of pinkish and tasted like mangos.

I liked it so well that I bought some to bring home with me.

That night we had another theater dinner.  This time it was to see the show of the Chinese acrobats.  It was amazing because the Chinese have some of the best acrobats in the world.