It was a lovely day with bright sunshine, blue sky and pleasant breeze. And the temple complex at Nanshan, Hainan, set in a large park, was green, clean, well managed with shuttle cars, but reasonably busy with tourists and believers. So very frequently we noticed some people holding and burning very long incense, about 80 cm long,as offering to Buddhas.
Everybody has a wish to make, I think. And I do hope they could be blessed sooner, with their faithful gestures like this.
However, I doubted so when I entered the temple’s vegetarian restaurant for buffet lunch. 48 yuan/per person seems ok for ever-growing-richer Chinese. But who could conclude it was not a war scene? It seemed nobody would stay in the line, but instead, kinda push and fight especially when a new tray of foods came. They must have felt so accomplished to have much more than they could bite. Then they sat (sometimes more than they could occupy), lit their cigarete and talked loud. Of course, they left abundantly on the table (99% left over half of what they fought), before they set out for more games.
What’s the matter with them? I wonder; and how possilbe will they it be well blessed.
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