CHUNG TAI CHAN MONASTERY

On arrival, one can only wonder about the nature of this great construction: it could just as easily be a shopping centre as a business centre, so much so that the excessiveness and gigantism - the hall is as big as a cathedral - seize the visitor. Then the first impression passes, one feels caught up in the spirituality of the place, the monks in their modern habit actively practice three doctrines, wisdom, charity and Samadhi, according to the philosophy of Master Wei Chueh.