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However, whether Hindu or Buddhist, the people of Nepal live their religion on a daily basis and can be seen worshipping at shrines and temples throughout the day and night.
Other temples of significant interest and variety are Big Bell Temple (Dazhongsi), with China’s leading collection of antique bells; Temple of the White Pagoda (Baitasi), with its newly renovated 13th century Tibetan stupa, China’s largest; Five Pagoda Temple (Wutasi), decorated with Indian-influenced sculptures; and White Clouds Daoist Temple (Baiyuanguan), where Beijingers of all ages crowd in to pray for good fortune at a variety of most unusual shrines.
In addition to the famo us shrines, you can explore more of this attractively scenic peninsula, with its national park, the haunting image of the sacred “wedded rocks” at Futamigaura beach, and the resort town of Kashikojima at the southern end of the Kintetsu railway’s Shima line.
Yard shrines that gradually swell with multicolored paper or plastic flowers, plants, statues of saints, and rosaries are also religious art when lovingly tended by family members.
The small trail-side shrines in the high mountains, called chortens, are also Buddhist, and often surrounded by stones carved with the Om mani padme hum incantation — “Hail, jewel in the flower of the lotus.”