We spent the morning in 寧波 visiting 天童寺 and 阿育王廟. 天童寺 is set in the mountains and the air here is really fresh. Much less smokers as well thus making the visit pretty pleasant. Lolz. The temple also housed images of the 18 arhats that managed to get preserved during the revolution as they were painted over with the slogans of Mao Ze Dong. There were lots of students visiting this temple as well and I found out that the local schools actually bring their students here for field trips. Outside of 天童寺, I also spotted a house in the shape of a soccer ball! Lolz. Pretty cool.
阿育王廟 housed the sharira of the Buddha's crown. Unfortunately when we got there, they were holding some Buddhist event and thus we did not even get to see the pagoda housing the sharira. Much less the shariras themselves. Bummer...
After lunch, we set off for 九華山 - the home of 地藏菩薩. It was a long bus ride. We left directly after lunch and arrived at 9pm. And we heard from the tour guide that 9 is a number that Jiu Hua Shan has lots of affinity for. It is afterall called the Nine Flowers Mountain as there are 9 peaks in total. Furthermore, in order to get to our hotel on the top of one of the mountains, we had to go through 99 turns. And there are 99 streets in Jiu Hua Shan. And the main statue of Earth Store Bodhisattva is 99 meters tall! Lolz
Since we arrived after dark, nothing could be seen. But so far, 九華山 sounds exciting!
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