摘 要: | On the Eve of the New Year, morethan 5,000 local residents and touristsonce again flocked to the Temple of ColdMountain to hear the tolling of the bellby the temple's Buddhist abbot in a yel-low patchwork outer vestment and to par-ticipate in a night of carnival celebrations.Everywhere near the temple that night, ofcourse, there were more people travellingfor pleasure than there were pilgrims, al-though most of them tried to get a bless-ing and fortune for the coming year fromthe tolling of …
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