Oreos for Buddha

Just a quick train ride from Hong Kong, on the island of Landau, is the Po Lin Monastery, home to the world’s largest statue of Buddha. You have to climb a giant, and extremely steep set of stairs to reach him, and there he is, towering in bronze at the top of the hill. Throughout the monastery there were several different temples, with large statues of Buddha and other figures inside. At the feet of all the statues were loads of flowers, fruit and whatever food people decided to offer. In some cases, it was a bit strange – cookies and juice boxes (kind of like Santa Clause?)

PICTURES OF PO LIN MONESTARY