The organizer of the Third Mount Wutai Buddhist Festival
announced here Friday that the religious gala is due to open on
Aug. 27 and it is to last for one month.
The organizer, the provincial religious bureau of Shanxi Province, said during the festival
there will be a grand prayer in the name of world peace and a forum
to be attended by Buddhist monks and scholars from home and
abroad.
The festival is aimed to display the history of Mount Wutai's
Buddhist culture and promote international exchange and cooperation
in the fields of Buddhist culture and arts.
Mount Wutai, a major Buddhist resort in China, is located in
Shanxi, north China, and it is one of the five best-known Buddhist
places in the world.
(Xinhua News Agency August 5, 2006)
