"100,300, 500 yuan will do. Incense lamps are related to future generations. If you don't order them, you will break the incense. " A man dressed as a monk "intimidated" tourists at the Zhongtai Cultural and Creative Center in Kongtong Mountain Scenic Area.
Source: Kongtong Mountain Scenic Area
A fake monk, wearing a jacket to collect money.
On June 9th, 10, a netizen complained on People's Daily Online "Leadership Message Board" about "borrowing Buddha to make money" in Kongtong Mountain Scenic Area in Pingliang, Gansu Province, saying that he was cursed as "the last one" because he didn't donate money to "incense lanterns" during his trip, which attracted attention. Netizens said that during the National Day, when he and his family were traveling in the Kongtong Mountain Scenic Area, they were told that they could receive souvenirs for free. After receiving a small wooden bead, he was led into the house. A so-called "monk" calculated his personal fortune and suggested lighting a lamp. After the netizen refused, the "monk" was unhappy, and "threatened" that not lighting the lamp would "kill future generations". The netizen rushed out of the door and said, "If you don't light the lamp, you will know next year."
Source: Screenshot of People's Network Leadership Message Board
"Am I guilty of lighting this lamp? In addition, my wife and I each donated 20 yuan to scan the code. In fact, it only costs one or two yuan to buy your own lamp. For my wife and I, we have been married for less than a year. It can be said that this "monk" wants to use the words "broken incense" and "never again" without lighting a lamp, which is a vicious curse. Dare to ask if there is such a truth in the world? ! Obviously, it is borrowing money from Buddhism to discredit Buddhism. Please also ask the relevant departments to seriously investigate and deal with it. " Netizens reported angrily.
Source: Kongtong Mountain Scenic Area
A month later, the Supervision Office of Pingliang Municipal Committee replied to the netizen on the "Leadership Message Board": After investigation, it was found that the store did issue free souvenirs to guide tourists into the store to light cigarettes and pray for blessings, which violated the relevant regulations of the scenic spot. The following measures are now taken: 1. The Zhongtai Cultural and Creative Center in Kongtong Mountain Scenic Area worships gods, and the lighting of prayers does not meet the business scope, so it will be banned and the religious supplies in the store will be removed; The second is to immediately stop distributing souvenirs free of charge.
Source: Screenshot of People's Network Leadership Message Board
Pure land is hard to keep because of greed.
Religion and tourism have always had a very natural and close relationship. Religious culture is not only an important cornerstone of building Chinese traditional culture, but also contains rich tourism resources. For religious tourism, spreading religious culture is the initial intention, and reasonable commercial development is also the inevitable choice to maintain the sustainable development of religious sites. But in the eyes of mercenary people, incense has become a cash cow and socialism has become a stone. They benefit from teaching on the grounds of developing tourism and promoting economic development.
Source: Kongtong Mountain Travel Network
In addition to "fake robes", there is also a collection of QR codes in Kongtong Mountain Scenic Area, which is all over the scenic area and makes people unknown so. Netizens complained that the QR codes of the seven temples in Kongtong Mountain Scenic Area, namely Taiqing Palace, Jingle Palace, Dongtai Guandi Temple, Showhetang, Feisheng Palace, Wang Mu Palace and Baxiantai, are different. I wonder whose QR codes these are? Tourists blindly scan the code without knowing it, and I don't know where these donations will eventually go.
Although the Supervision Office of Pingliang Municipal Committee made a timely response to this matter and cleared up the payment codes of the above-mentioned scenic spots, how long will this phenomenon last if it is not reported by netizens? In China, have Taoist temples and Buddhist temples become "money printing machines" for businessmen?
I have long been addicted to making money by teaching. 20 19 Lu, director of Hainan Emerald Villa Management Committee, was kidnapped by his son, who unexpectedly broke out with a net worth of over 100 million yuan, causing a storm for a time. According to media reports, Lu invested 375 million yuan in Hainan for only one year, and hired Wen Bifeng to see Yushan. The annual box office income exceeded 1 100 million yuan. Many people questioned the compliance of land income, and even some netizens teased: "There is Yushan in Hainan and Lu Daochang in the palace. This is a clever way to collect money and protect the world. "
Source: Yushan, Hainan
Coincidentally, Shi Zhitong, the dual abbot of Baolin Temple in Yueqing, Wenzhou and Longhui Temple in Cangnan County, became a monk at the age of 14, and was publicly reported by his daughter-in-law: "He has a wife, likes beef but doesn't like vegetables, goes out for a Land Rover Range Rover, or an Audi A8, goes in and out of five-star hotels and makes tea with Cordyceps sinensis ... In Shanghai, Hangzhou and Wenzhou, there are houses and shops in many places." Li Tianyou, whose Chinese legal name is "Kai Yong", is a wanted card of Guangzhou police in Nanjing Temple, code-named "Red Heart 5". ...
Source: Yushan, Hainan
It is not that China has not introduced relevant policies to prevent borrowing money to teach. Articles 52 and 53 of the Regulations on Religious Affairs stipulate that religious groups, religious institutions and places for religious activities are non-profit organizations, and their property and income should be used for activities consistent with their purposes and charities, and not for distribution. Any organization or individual who donates money to build a religious activity place shall not enjoy the ownership and use right of the religious activity place, and shall not obtain economic benefits from the religious activity place. It is forbidden to invest in or contract religious activities or large-scale open-air religious statues, and it is forbidden to conduct commercial propaganda in the name of religion.
Duan Guangda, dean of the School of History, Culture and Tourism of Heilongjiang University, said that tourist attractions need cultural support. Some famous tourist attractions in China have official sites for religious activities such as temples and Taoist temples approved by the state, which also form a unique cultural landscape. However, in the development process, some scenic spots did not fully carry out infrastructure construction and ecological maintenance, but illegally built some temple buildings for charging business activities. In order to pursue short-term interests, temples were built without authorization, and some scenic spots were contracted out to collect benefits. Although this method is "quick to get money", it has negative effects on the overall development of tourism and social atmosphere.