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As we enter the first gateway of this Buddhist temple, a fine long avenue stretches out before us leading to flights of steps and the grand central pagoda.

Buddha is known to the Chinese by the name of Fo, and is stated by several writers to have been born as early as the year 960 B.C. In his childhood he was recognised as a divine person and is said to have miraculously disappeared when 84 years of age.