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Mar 17, 2025

　　If you’re here in the afternoon, save some time to watch the monk debating (lots of shouting, hand slapping and gesticulation) between 2.30pm and 4pm in the main debating courtyard in the northeastern corner of the monastery (daily except Sunday). Photos here cost ¥15.

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