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Splendid temple fair celebrates Chinese New Year in S. Africa

By Zhang Jiexian (People's Daily Online)    13:37, February 25, 2015
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Local South African and overseas Chinese attend the Light Offering Dharma Function at the Main Shrine in Nan Hua Temple, South Africa. (People's Daily Online/ Zhang Jiexian)

Johannesburg, Feb 24 (People’s Daily Online) — Nan Hua Temple, the largest Buddhist Temple in Africa, celebrated Chinese New Year last Sunday with a series of authentic cultural performances.

The auspicious celebration includes a temple fair with various types of traditional Chinese, Cantonese and Taiwanese food, lantern painting, Chinese handicrafts and Buddhism related displays.

The Temple has been open to the public with a free entry since 2005. It is located more or less 50 kilometers east of Pretoria and 70 kilometers North East of Johannesburg, in the suburb of Bronkhorstpruit, South Africa. 


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