You may have seen many kung fu fights by monks in Chinese movies, but there’s recently been a real one and the fight was not that impressive. Three monks were expelled from their temple in Jiangsu Province due to the fight on April 24.

A one-minute video of the monks fighting was recently uploaded online and went viral. In the video, three monks scuffled while other monks and tourists tried to calm them.

Master Qingchun, the abbot of Ningguo Temple in Baoying County, Yangzhou City, Jiangsu Province confirmed to media yesterday that the incident happened on the morning of April 24.

The abbot said that they swiftly dealt with the incident and that the three quarreling monks had "fought over a tiny issue.” The three monks now were expelled from the temple.

The abbot said the three monks were from mid-level leadership and had different ideas over how to manage the temple. "Their fight violated Buddhists' Six Harmonies rules and set a bad example to society," Qingchun said to ThePaper.cn.

The expelled monks can still follow the Buddhist path if any other temples accept them.

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