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White Cloud Temple — A Taoist Temple in the center of Beijing

White Cloud Temple sits in the central area Beijing.

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(22 Jan 2004) SHOTLIST
1. Exterior of White Cloud Daoist Temple, with people queueing to visit
2. Red decoration flags
3. Police officers controlling queue
4. People lining up to enter temple fair under canopy of red flags
5. People touching stone monkey carved into wall of temple - gesture thought to bring good fortune in year of monkey - with police officers looking on
6. Closer of people's hands rubbing stone carving as they file past
7. Close-up of hands rubbing carving
8. Various of people moving along in queue with security officer on guard
9. People jumping up to rub monkey carving
10. Close-up of carving being rubbed by hands
11. People crossing bridge - pans across temple fair to people throwing coins at bell under bridge
12. People smiling as they throw copper coins at bell
13. Close-up of bell with coins being thrown
14. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Qiu Yong, tourist from Sichuan province
I hope (for this new year of the monkey) that our government can make more investment in our western region so that we can have more opportunity for development. We also want to demonstrate our talents during these momentous (economic) changes.
15. Wide shot of crowd of people burning incense in front of temple
16. Flaming incense sticks with smoke
17. Daoist monk clearing incense ashes
18. Close-up of fire in incense pot
19. Woman praying, then throwing incense into pot
20. People holding incense sticks and praying
21. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Sun Shengchun, temple visitor
Our country has put a lot of effort and money into controlling epidemic diseases now. In case there were outbreaks of any epidemic diseases, we can control them and not let them spread like last year.
22. Wide shot of people at fair
23. Close-up of decoration with picture of monkey and Chinese characters reading, 'Good Fortune in the Year of Monkey'
STORYLINE
People across China flocked to temple fairs on Thursday, the first day of the Lunar New Year, emulating an age-old tradition thought to bring good fortune and ensure wishes come true in the year ahead.
The visits came in the first day of the week-long spring festival - the nation's most important holiday.
In Beijing, extra security was enlisted to oversee crowds gathering at the renowned White Cloud Daoist Temple as the year of the monkey kicked off.
Visitors queued in their tens of thousands to take participate in the simplest of acts - rubbing their hands on an image of a monkey carved into one of the stone temple walls.
Touching the monkey is thought to bring good luck for the year ahead.
Others tossed copper coins at a small bell, a symbol of luck, hanging beneath a temple bridge.
Hitting the target bell and making it ring indicates success lies ahead.
Thick clouds of incense drifted across the temple grounds as crowds approached a sacred urn and bowed in prayer.
The monkey, the ninth of the 12 zodiac signs, has a reputation for being quick and smart.
Temple visitors believe the year of the monkey will be better than the previous year of the sheep.


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(26 Jan 2009)
1. Tilt down from lanterns to crowd
2. Mid of people entering Baiyun Temple
3. Mid of people touching stone monkey on wall
4. Close of peoples' hands touching stone monkey
5. Wide of people throwing coins at a bell under a bridge
6. Mid of people throwing coins
7. Close of the small bell under bridge
8. Wide of crowd gathered by Baiyun temple main building
9. Close of temple
10. People praying
11. Man holding incense
12. Wide pan right of temple
13. SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin) Vox pop, Cheng Xi, Beijing resident:
We come here every year for the first day of the new year. We come here to pray for all our hopes for the new year.
14. SOUNDBITE: (Mandarin) Vox pop, Li Bo, Beijing resident:
(Question: What did you pray for?)
Happiness, health, peace, this is our life long hope.
15. Wide of people entering temple
16. Mid of people visiting temple, with lanterns hanging overhead
STORYLINE:
Chinese celebrated the first day of the Lunar New Year of the Ox by visiting Baiyun Taoist Temple in Beijing on Monday, to pray for good luck in 2009.
Entering the Baiyun Temple, known as White Cloud Temple, people touched the head of a monkey carved in the stone, believing this will bring good luck.
White clouds in Chinese symbolise luck and happiness.
Worshippers also threw coins at a small bell under a bridge; those who manage to hit and ring the bell believe this will bring good fortune.
People come to the temple to burn incense and pray for good luck.
One Beijing resident said she comes to the temple every year.
The Lunar New Year is the biggest holiday for the Chinese.
It is a time of lavish spending, when loved ones exchange hong bao, or red envelopes stuffed with money, and gather for meals of dumplings.
The ox, one of 12 animals in the Chinese zodiac, symbolises calm, hard work, resolve and tenacity.
The Year of the Rat was marked in 2008.


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