Chapter 35 35．Where did the temple incense money go?

Q Crescent 123 asked insiders Want to know how much is the incense money of the temple for a year?I feel that the incense is very strong now. The Jing'an Temple in Shanghai has been rebuilt not long ago. It is so golden! A The editor of this book answers Crescent 123 It’s hard to talk about it. We called Jing’an Temple in Shanghai and Lingyin Temple in Hangzhou successively to inquire. A staff member who answered the phone at the switchboard of Jing’an Temple (021-62566366) said: “I won’t tell you about this. Don't ask." A staff member of the Lingyin Temple switchboard (0571-87968665) said: "I don't know about this, you have to ask our person in charge, only he knows. He is away on business now, we can't contact him, without his contact He went abroad for exchanges." When we asked him if the incense money was enough for repairs, he replied: "Who can say, we don't inquire, and do our own work."

Another writer, Yang Kui, who is repairing a temple, said that there is a huge difference in the incense money of the temples. In some remote temples in Tibetan areas, the annual incense money is only a few hundred yuan, while the cost of repairing the temple is staggering.The Ming Dynasty temple that he is presiding over with his friends has three main halls and a series of side halls, costing about 10 million yuan.