Delegates from Thailand visit the bronze statue of Lingshan Grand Buddha during the Second World Buddhist Forum (WBF) in Wuxi, east China's Jiangsu Province, on March 29, 2009. The Second World Buddhist Forum (WBF) opened here Saturday with more than 1,700 Buddhist monks and scholars from about 50 countries and regions putting their heads together to discuss how Buddhism can contribute to building a harmonious world. (Xinhua/Wu Xiaoling)
Photo taken on March 29, 2008 shows the bronze statue of Lingshan Grand Buddha in Wuxi, east China's Jiangsu Province. The Second World Buddhist Forum (WBF) opened here Saturday with more than 1,700 Buddhist monks and scholars from about 50 countries and regions putting their heads together to discuss how Buddhism can contribute to building a harmonious world. (Xinhua/Wu Xiaoling)
People visit the bronze statue of Lingshan Grand Buddha during the Second World Buddhist Forum (WBF) in Wuxi, east China's Jiangsu Province, on March 29, 2009. The Second World Buddhist Forum (WBF) opened here Saturday with more than 1,700 Buddhist monks and scholars from about 50 countries and regions putting their heads together to discuss how Buddhism can contribute to building a harmonious world. (Xinhua/Wu Xiaoling)
A little girl has fun under the bronze statue of Lingshan Grand Buddha during the Second World Buddhist Forum (WBF) in Wuxi, east China's Jiangsu Province, on March 29, 2009. (Xinhua/Wu Xiaoling)
A visitor looks at clay figures exhibition on Chinese Buddhism during the Second World Buddhist Forum (WBF) in Wuxi, east China's Jiangsu Province, on March 29, 2009. (Xinhua/Wu Xiaoling)
A visitor looks at a photograph during a photo exhibiton on Buddhism during the Second World Buddhist Forum (WBF) in Wuxi, east China's Jiangsu Province, on March 29, 2009. (Xinhua/Wu Xiaoling)
An attendant stands beside a work of Chinese ink and wash painting at a painting and calligraphy exhibition on Buddhism during the Second World Buddhist Forum (WBF) in Wuxi, east China's Jiangsu Province, on March 29, 2009. (Xinhua/Wu Xiaoling)
A delegate touches the statue of Damo while visiting a Chinese Buddhist exhibition during the Second World Buddhist Forum (WBF) in Wuxi, east China's Jiangsu Province, on March 29, 2009. The Second World Buddhist Forum (WBF) opened here Saturday with more than 1,700 Buddhist monks and scholars from about 50 countries and regions putting their heads together to discuss how Buddhism can contribute to building a harmonious world. (Xinhua/Wu Xiaoling)