From June of 2015 to October of 2017 I was commissioned by the Shenzhen Daily to write articles, not specifically about the places I'd been, but about the types of things one would see in temples, whether Buddhist or Daoist/Folk. (You may be more used to seeing "Taoist"; the spelling with a "D" is the one used in Mainland China.) These included the buildings, statues, historical figures, symbols, and other features.
The column was titled "Temple Tales"; that's part of the heading above.
As the topics were chosen more or less at random, there is no particular "sequence" to the articles, though I did in fact write some of them in groups (e.g. the Eight Immortals were all covered in a row).
So I have grouped them here by topic. Because some articles fall into more than one category, they may appear more than once here. For example, Guanyin is a Bodhisattva; Amitabha is a Buddha. So the article "Guanyin and Amitabha" appears twice, under both categories.
Click the heading and all articles with that tag will be shown. Many titles have been shortened or summarized.
I hope you will enjoy exploring these very short pieces!
Click a link to "jump" down the page, or simply scroll on down.
- Buddhas (21)
- Bodhisattvas (19)
- Arhats (15)
- Kings and Generals (12)
- Historical Monks (24)
- Temple Features (29)
- Symbols (10)
- Places (5)
- Daoism and Folk Religion (28)
- SPECIAL: "What is Zen?" (2)
*These are the "Four Great Bodhisattvas"
*Members of the group called "The Eighteen Arhats"
*These are the "Four Great Heavenly Kings"
MONKS (Historical and Legendary)
See the "Arhats" for more
| The Character for "Buddha" | Lotus 1 | Ashoka Pillars |
| Buddha's Footprints | Lotus 2 | Deer and Dharma Wheel |
| The Pagoda | Guanyin and Amitabha | Prayer Wheels |
| Swastika |
| Feilai Feng | Lingshan Scenic Area | Maba Man Site |
| Qixia Temple | Brahma Palace |
*One of the group called "The Eight Immortals"
| Part I | Part II |
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