I've had gastric flu for the last two weeks - I'll spare you the unpleasant details - but should be back to normal soon. So this is just a quick note; apparently the English sign for the temple to the God of Wealth in Xian announces TEMPLE TO MAMMON THIS WAY.
Get well soon.
What's this about the Chinese not liking dairy products?
Posted by: ejh | May 20, 2012 at 08:21 AM
Makes perfect sense to me; I hope nobody asks them to fix it.
Posted by: NomadUK | May 20, 2012 at 09:17 AM
Indeed, get well soon.
But on the Mammon thing, it's a bit like I've seen in manga they borrow the whole demons and angels bit but dump the inconvenient theology.
So in this case although mammon is a demon connected with love of money, which is kind of appropriate, it goes horribly wrong because obviously the demon's ultimate aim is to take you to hell, whereas as far as I understand it, the god of wealth in China is supposed to help you towars prosperity, without any nasty side effects like stealing your soul.
Posted by: guthrie | May 20, 2012 at 10:02 AM
I wonder how many times a year the sign gets stolen by Western tourists.
Posted by: ajay | May 21, 2012 at 12:10 PM