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Dharma@Cinema: The Bodhisattvas of 'Qixia Temple 1937'  Expand
Messages   • NamoAmituofo     *Dharma@Cinema: The Bodhisattvas
of Qixia Temple 1937 * ‘Qixia Temple 1937’ is based on the
moving true story of how the 1,500-year-old Buddhist     Message
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The Bodhisattvas of 'Qixia Temple 1937'        ‘Qixia Temple
1937’ is based on the moving true story of how the 1,500-year-
old Buddhist monastery in Nanjing during the Japanese occupation
became a refugee camp to thousands of Chinese, who would
otherwise be without food, shelter and medicine. Despite trying
to steer clear of the ongoing political upheavals in order to
preserve the temple, the monks, led by Venerable Jiran, who was
left in charge of the temple in the absence of its Abbot,
realised that they could not turn a blind eye to the helpless
laity, be they Buddhist or not. Over the period of four months,
the makeshift refugee camp’s