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The Chinese "boat people's" temple, also Buddhist.

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Sticks of incense burning as offerings in the pots. The spirals hanging up are also incense.
Sticks of incense burning as offerings in the pots...
Elaborate decorations round the inside of the courtyard
Elaborate decorations round the inside of the courtyard
Magnificent, but slightly battered looking urns
Magnificent, but slightly battered looking urns
The main altar, with the symbolic weapons standing either side
The main altar, with the symbolic weapons standing...
Spiral incense with personal messages attached, which cost 5000 Dong (about a third of a US $) each
Spiral incense with personal messages attached, which...
The scramble to sell us boats (etc.) outside the temple
The scramble to sell us boats (etc.) outside the temple
One final offer
One final offer

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