According to the Nanjing Radio and Television Station, the original abbot of Xuanzang Temple faxed that there was a problem with the enshrined tablet, and demanded that it be strictly forbidden to spread the word, and he never reported it to the competent authorities. Facing the interview camera, Fax choked up for a time and said, “I am very ashamed. I sincerely apologize to the people of the whole country. I have made an unforgivable mistake and caused great harm to the people of the whole country.”
According to the “Nanjing Release” 24th notification:
December 2017 On the 18th, Wu Ahping went to Xuanzang Temple to ask for a memorial tablet, and filled in the registration form “Matsui Ishigen, Gu Shoufu, Noda Takeshi, Tanaka Junyoshi, Mukai Toshiaki, Hua Qun (American Minnie Weitlin)” 6 names.
On February 26, 2022, a female believer went to the Tibetan Temple of Xuanzang Temple to look for the tablet she enshrined. The monks Qingxuan and Luxuan and several tourists helped to find it, during which they found the Japanese invaders. The tablet of war criminals, a tourist took a photo. Qingxuan immediately took down the tablets of the five Japanese war criminals who invaded China. He informed the abbot of the incident by fax that night, and the fax demanded that it is strictly forbidden to spread the word. Since then, he has not reported it to the competent authorities. On July 21, tourists who took photos posted their photos on social platforms, which were reposted in large numbers, attracting great attention from the society.
After the incident, the Nanjing Municipal Religious Affairs Management Department investigated and dealt with Xuanzang Temple. Xuanzang Temple did not verify the identity of the enshrined, and found that after the memorial tablet enshrined to the Japanese war criminals invading China was removed, it has been concealed.
According to the relevant provisions of the “Regulations on Religious Affairs”, the Civil and Religious Affairs Bureau of Xuanwu District, Nanjing City has ordered Xuanzang Temple to rectify, and has replaced the main person in charge of fax Xuanzang Temple; the Municipal Buddhist Association also exempted the deputy fax Chairman’s job. Regarding other clues about Xuanzang Temple and related personnel reported, the relevant departments will further investigate and deal with it in accordance with laws and regulations.
(Original title: The original abbot of Xuanzang Temple in Nanjing apologizes: I made an unforgivable mistake)
Source: Beijing Evening News official account Nanjing Daily Nanjing Publishing
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