In Yunnan Shangri-La Deqin County, there is a called the "land of idyllic beauty" multi-ethnic Village -- in the village. More than a hundred years ago, French missionaries came here, and the establishment of the Catholic Church, Catholic and Buddhist makes meet by chance in the small mountain village. Now Mainz in the village, the harmonious coexistence of Tibetan Buddhism and Catholic, different belief of villagers enjoy a peaceful and harmonious life.
In 1880, French missionaries first established the church in arrowhead, due to religious conflicts serious burned. Subsequently, France demanded the Qing government compensation and reconstruction of the church. Mainz in the church which was created, and was completed in 1914.
On October 28, the reporters came to Mainz in the village, across the six countries of the Lancang River -- the Mekong River, Mainz in the church quietly "lying" in the sun. The architecture of the West and the east of the architectural features of the church, the Church of the Catholic painting and the representative of the lotus and other elements, the roof is also inlaid with the Dragon painting. Father Yao Fei told reporters that is a blend of various cultures, let local people gradually accepted the Catholic Church, but also to Mainz in the church can be preserved.
According to Mainz in the Church Father Yao Fei (Church) inside the mural with a lot of Buddhist paintings, lotus, lotus is Buddhism with the most, so it uses the Buddhism of something. Look you can see in the Tibetan areas of Tibetan style more and more, so people see more comfortable, any religion to integrate the local culture. The culture, we can go to the development, there is no local the culture, I am afraid that people can not to like, so they think the church built very well. It can integrate a variety of culture, are here. It is the combination of Chinese and Western culture is integrated into the local ethnic culture, fusion of very good, so there has been no (was) damaged because of this reason.
Father Yao Fei came in 2008, Mainz in the church, he told reporters that in Mainz in the village, mutual respect between different religious people, everybody can unite and help each other, which made him feel very warm.
Cizhong Church Father Yao Fei said, is a very good fusion of believers. For example, a sick (villagers), we are going to visit the village. Visit is to give people a kind of comfort, experience the spirit of the church, the spirit of this love has been reflected in the life. Tibetan Buddhism (Acts) is sick or his family is sick, we all want to visit, which is more reflected in the integration of religion.
Living in the vicinity of the Church of the Tibetan brother Xu Jiansheng Catholic. Every day he came to the church, and the sister and brother Xu Jiansheng profess Tibetan Buddhism. Differences in religious beliefs, and did not affect the interaction between the three families, but they are closely linked.
Mainz in the Village Xu Jiansheng told reporters that dinner is our neighbor, such (door), he has delicious to yell at me to eat in the past, I have eat the he shouted come together to eat, live in harmony, Catholic and Buddhist Festival is such. We have festivals, they come to help us, they have a festival, what we do to do. When they were on the day, we were all together, and we were all in the church.
It is understood that, in the village of Han, Tibetan, Naxi, Lisu, Yi, Bai and nu. Among them, the majority of Tibetan, Catholic, Tibetan Buddhism believers about half of the. Different religious people help each other, intermarriage, harmony.
