2nd World Buddhist Forum opens in eastern Chinese city
2009-03-28 00:53:46 GMT2009-03-28 08:53:46 (Beijing Time)
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A journalist visits a Chinese Buddhist exhibition before the 2nd World Buddhist Forum (WBF) in Wuxi, east China's Jiangsu Province on March 27, 2009. The opening ceremony of the 2nd WBF will be held here on Saturday.(Xinhua/Wu Xiaoling)
A delegate visits an exhibition of Buddhist Arfistic Treasures by Chinese Masters of Arts and Crafts before the 2nd World Buddhist Forum (WBF) in Wuxi, east China's Jiangsu Province on March 27, 2009. The opening ceremony of the 2nd WBF will be held here on Saturday.(Xinhua/Wu Xiaoling)
WUXI, Jiangsu, March 28 (Xinhua) -- The Second World Buddhist Forum opened in the eastern Chinese city of Wuxi Saturday with more than 1,700 Buddhist monks and scholars from about 50 countries and regions putting their heads together to discuss how Buddhism can contribute to building a harmonious world.
