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LIN SHAN TEMPLE

FOR LUCK, ONE MUST PLACE ONE•S PALM IN THE LARGE PALM,
WALK AROUND THE HAND, WITHOUT LIFTING YOUR HAND,
TO WHERE YOU STARTED.

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LEE A. WOOD

Though, geographically, the Lin Shan Temple is just South of Wu Jin at the Western end of Tai Hu Lake, it is, politically, within the city of Wu Xi, or Wuxi, which is at the Eastern end of the lake.

After lunch, at the Yang Guang Hotel, in Wu Jin, the bus took us South, and West, through farm land. Many of the farms raised live crops in large ponds.

To reach the temple one must cross a wide, but short, bridge across a canal. Here, in a broad courtyard, you buy your tickets for entrance to the temple.

(Buildings lining a canal.) (A board showing admission prices.)

The approach to the temple is a long broad avenue bordered by rows of shops selling souvenirs, foods, and film. As it was off-season and few tourist were abroad the shop keepers were all calling to us as we walked by. From the center of the wide avenue we gave pleasant waves and negative shakes of he head.

The broad avenue is interrupted by walls and entrance gates but eventually reaches the base of a mountain.

(pic. of workmen on a wall)

WORKERS REPLACE THE GOLD ON THE WALLS
IN PREPARATION FOR THE FORTH COMING TOURIST SEASON.
(Workmen on a wall.) (Workmen on a wall.)

(People lighting candles.
FOREGROUND: RECTANGULAR URN FOR BURNING INCENSE.
BELIEVERS LIGHT CANDLES,
AND MOUNT THEM ON THE TALL RACKS.		 (pic. of stairs leading to a Buddha)
FROM HERE, IF YOU ARE YOUNG,
AND HAVE THE; TIME, AND STAMINA,
YOU CAN CLIMB THE WIDE BROAD STAIRS
TO THE BASE OF THE HUGE BUDDHA.

As few of us, in our party, met the above criteria, we settled for: taking pictures from the bottom, of the stairs; burning incense, at the putas in the courtyard; and exploring a museum ,containing items that are listed n the Guinness Book of Records.

(Putas.)
PUTAS
INSIDE THE TEMPLES		 (Sign over entrance.)
INSIDE
THE GUINNESS BOOK OF RECORDS HALL. 		(Miscellaneous pics.)
MORE
PICTURES OF THE TEMPLE.

(2 Buddha's.)

PERSPECTIVE MAKES THEM
LOOK THE SAME SIZE
THE ONE IN THE BACKGROUND
STANDS ATOP A SMALL MOUNTAIN.
 (rubbing feet of Buddha.)

RUB THE FEET FOR LUCK
BUT DON'T CLIMB,
SAYS THE SIGN.
I WAS THE ONLY ONE
TALL ENOUGH TO REACH
FROM THE GROUND.
(A relaxed Buddha covered with little people.) (A relaxed Buddha covered with little people.)

I GOT A KICK OUT OF THE LITTLE
GNOMES WORKING AT THE BUDDHA•S NAVEL.

When we were leaving the temple a TV camera crew interviewed me, asking me where I was from, etc. I gathered that I would be on a local station that evening.

(Narrow road along shore of canal.)

THE SOUTHERN ROAD, TO THE TEMPLE, FOLLOWS THE CANAL THAT FLOWS, PAST THE TEMPLE, TO TAI HU LAKE.

From the temple we returned to Wu Jin, along the shore of Tai Hu Lake, its great size lost in the fog.

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