Chinese calligraphy and painting Buddhist Association Charity Looking promote the settlement of monks pension

China news agency, Beijing, August 13 (Reporters Lu Mei and Chen Xiaoyuan) - "The first Chinese Buddhist Association, a charity painting exhibition Beijing Exhibition" 13 am at the Cultural Palace Exhibition opened here. Chinese Buddhist Association of the exhibition will raise funds for nursing homes Hong Chi and want to lead the community of the aging of society, old age security, especially religious clergy pension issues.

According to reports, this painting exhibition has been defined three language families of senior monks Buddhist country and many famous painting of social support. In Beijing will feature 174 exhibitors Yijuan author of 203 works. One calligraphy 171, the contents of Buddhist scriptures Ji Song, Buddha said the main ancestral language; 32 paintings to the mood of the painting with a Buddhist-based. Honorary president of the Buddhist Association of China Huan elders, a sincere Presbyterian, president of the Indian elders pass, vice president of the Panchen Lama are works of masters and other exhibitors.

Buddhist Association of China Xue Cheng, vice president, said at the opening ceremony of the exhibition, the exhibition is organized to carry forward the meaning of Chinese Buddhist tradition, save the world practice Buddhism in the spirit of compassion, to promote Buddhist culture and art and philanthropy to carry out a useful attempt . Exhibition to raise funds for the Hong Chi nursing homes, and to arouse the community for the aging of society, old age security, especially religious clergy pension issues.

State Bureau of Religious Affairs Jiang Jianyong, deputy director said he hoped the Buddhist community to actively promote the development of fine traditional Chinese culture, promote the charitable cause of progress, but also to strengthen self-construction to better serve the community. The exhibition is full use of the Buddhist meaning of the unique cultural resources, promote social harmony and a new exploration, to promote the development of China's pension will have a positive significance.

It is understood that China's current religious clergy pension system is still not perfect and norms. 2006 China Buddhist Association of the seventh meeting of the three members through the "National Chinese Buddhist monasteries to live Statute Law" amendment to Article 14 clearly states: "the system in accordance with the Buddha, monks live in Temple, resident support; monks in decline, resident dependency; monks disease, permanent cure; monks passed away, resident Tupi; monks estate, all owned by the resident. "but the lack of uniform implementation of norms, monks and nuns around the old-age quite different. In recent years, religious clergy pension problems growing concern in the community, various relevant departments have begun to try.

It is reported that the justice show on July 27 to 31 at the Mountain, Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, the Vatican Palace exhibition, Beijing exhibition will last until 17, then plans to transfer to Shanghai and other exhibits. (End)