Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Kun Lam Temple

I just went into a temple here in Macau and I saw some very different things compared to any temple I've seen before.

There were 3 rooms of worship, one *behind* the previous and each with it's own altar for Buddha.

The people who were lighting incense would carry the lit incense through each of the halls praying with them in their hands. The cushions that you pray on are covered with ash litterings because of this.

There were what seemed like large upside down hanging flower arrangements from the ceiling in front of Buddha.

The last Buddha in the 3rd room looked like he was wearing an ornamental wedding dress. It was very poofy. I have no idea what that symbolizes.

They have these huge coils of incense burning all over the place near doorways, dropping ashes everywhere. In fact, In the 3rd room it's hard to see or breathe through the incense ash drifting through the air.

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