Shaolin told to clean up its image
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Shi Yongxin, abbot of Shaolin Temple. |
Management of the temple has been carried out by China Travel Service (Hong Kong) since late 2009. Oriental Outlook quoted two staff members of CTS as saying the company has not invested sufficient money to promote management of the temple.
More than 300 trees in the temple have died of drought since the company refused to invest in irrigation, a staff member of CTS told Oriental Outlook.
Shi Yongxin, abbot of the Shaolin Temple, admitted that there were some problems including dirt, mess and forcing tourists to buy products in places around the temple. He said management should be improved, according to the Oriental Outlook report.
Qian Guoping, general manager of the Dengfeng branch of the CTS, refused to comment to China Daily on Monday.
The temple's publicity chief Zheng said the temple is the victim of the company's poor management.
"For the temple and the monks here, what we do care about is the protection of the religious culture, not the commercial profits," Zheng said. "It is the CTS that should be responsible for the poor management of the temple."
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