Ven. Jihyeon, chief of Jogye Temple, ladles water over a statue of the child Buddha during a ritual at the temple in Seoul on April 23, 2020, as it resumed rituals following the government's measures to ease social distancing rules amid the persistent slowing of new coronavirus infections. Buddhists hold the rite of bathing Buddha, known as "gwanbul" in Korean, to figuratively cleanse their minds and bodies, as well as to show respect to Buddha. (Yonhap)
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