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In 1537, when the king abolished the monasteries, the decline in demand for candle wax slowed the honey output and opened a window for sugar.
Laid out like a chessboard (nearly half the size of China’s similarly designed capital, Chang’an), Nara had its imperial palace at the northern end, with court residences, Buddhist monasteries, and Shinto shrines stretching to the south.
For a religious experience and a history lesson with your foodstuffs shopping, visit Caelum (c/ de la Palla, 8), which stocks all kinds of products produced by monasteries around the world (Trappist monk beers, honey, candles, cheese, etc.) Downstairs is a cellar/tea room where ancient foundations of 14th-century baths were uncovered and are now on view.
Flagellation and similar rigors introduced into other Italian monasteries by the Irish monk Columbanus were soon modified by the gentler Benedictine rule.
The old-town section, recently restored after a serious earthquake, is even more quaint than downtown Dali, the local Naxi people are warm and open, and the nearby monasteries are intriguing.