The Ullambana Festival is just around the corner, yet the protection measures of the Great Xiangguo Temple still remain purely decorative.
Long Fei and Lin Yingying entered through the main gate, without encountering a single person checking them along the way.
Devotees from all over have come specifically to participate in this grand event.
The courtyard where the pilgrims are staying is already crowded with people.
Some are even spreading out bedding outside, as lively as a marketplace.
Most of the monks in the temple have been assigned to renovate the plaza in front of the central Daxiong Treasure Hall.
This plaza has been expanded threefold in size, demolishing several of the original side halls.
Here, with meditation cushions laid out, it can accommodate at least a hundred thousand people.
