this is tainan's kaiyuan monastry.d by the modern city, it is one of the oldest temples in taiwan. parts of it date back to the 1680s. most mornings and evenings, the 100 or so monks and nuns here gather for prayer and devotion. their chanting gives thanks to the buddha for his teachings and for providing a path to enlightenment. reverend chuan cheng, who has been a nun for 20 years, kindly showed me around this beautiful and atmospheric place. you come to the temple, we hope you will maintain happiness in life. so chuan cheng, tell me a bit about the buddha behind us. he is the happy buddha. he looks very happy. yes, why is he happy? because he is full of wisdom and compassions. also knowledge. he is just full of great mercy. i asked reverand chuan cheng why she became a nun. i became a nun to give my thanks to my parents and especially my mother, and also give thanks to buddha. buddhism, taoism, and christianity are the main religions on the island. visitors to the temple are encouraged to learn about buddhism and to

the first stop on our journey around taiwan is the former capital, tainan.sland's oldest city. it has been the port of entry for most of taiwan's conquerors. the dutch, the spanish, the chinese and the japanese have all ruled taiwan and have all left their mark. the dutch were the first to colonise taiwan and, soon after, they began building this large fortification. this fort was built by the dutch — dutch east india company, from 162a, because the dutch people wanted to trade with china since the early 1620s, but the chinese government don't allow them to have a settlement in china, so they are forced to come here and find this place. and they built the fort. the build construction lasted for more than ten years. you can see the wall. the way of the bricks were — it is very different to the chinese — the chinese way. how is it different? we call this a dutch bond. you see this layer, only the head of the brick toward outside, and this layer on this side. by the 1680s, chinese traders and settlers — mainly from nearby fujian province — were arriving in taiw

this is tainan's kaiyuan monastry. so monks and nuns here gather for prayer and devotion. their chanting gives thanks to the buddha for his teachings and providing a path to enlightenment. reverend chuan cheng, who has been a nun for 20 years, kindly showed me around this beautiful and atmospheric place. we hope you attain happiness in life. so chuan cheng tell me a bit about the buddha behind us. he is the happy buddha. he looks very happy. yes, why is he happy? because he is full of wisdom and compassions. and knowledge. he is just full of great mercy. i asked chuan cheng why she became a nun. i became a nun to give my thanks to my parents and especially my mother, and also give thanks to buddha. buddhism, taoism, and christianity are the main religions on the island. visitors to the temple are encouraged to learn about buddha and to pray. we hope they can learn and train himselves and the more compassion, more mercy, and more wisdoms, and to whole of human beings, yeah, just like buddha. before i leave, i take a mom

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and at 10:30, the travel show team are in taiwan, visiting the ancient capital, tainan and going behind scenes at the biggest performing arts centre in the world. the week—long funeral of leicester city owner, vichai srivaddhanaprabha, will begin in thailand today. members of the team are expected to fly out after their game against cardiff this afternoon. the businessman died, along with four other people, when his helicopter crashed outside the king power stadium last saturday. our sports news correspondent natalie pirks reports. it was another day of quiet reflection for leicester city's players. we came in monday, we didn't train. it was more of being together as a group with staff and players. but this isn't just about an owner, it's more personal than that. is he wasn'tjust a chairman, he always made sure that he went out of his way to get to know you on personal levels as well, the with your families and he took us in as his extended family. so close were the players relationships with vichai srivaddhanaprabha, that he was a guest at jamie vardy‘s wedding to wife rebekah. as the