Superstition is out of place in Nationalist China. Officials have turned away hundreds of pilgrims from a pagoda which contained a Buddha which was believed to possess healing powers. A visitor to.the shrine recently declared that he-had seen the sitting Buddha suddenly stand up, and that when he prayed the idol healed him. The report of his cure spread, and pilgrims flocked to the pagoda, but were driven away by the Nationalist officials. Belief in the healing powers o£ a statue, said the officials, is not suitable to "New.China."
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Evening Post, Issue 145, 22 December 1928, Page 5
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