From China Daily (link):
Two Buddhist monks are to follow in the footsteps of a famous predecessor, Xuanzang (602-664 AD), on a journey from China to India.
Xuanzang travelled from the city of Chang’an, which is now called Xi’an, in Shaanxi Province, to India to obtain Buddhist scriptures and study, returning 17 years later.His remarkable adventures inspired the Chinese classic A Journey to the West.
And, as part of a series of activities to commemorate the journey, two monks, one from the Chinese mainland and the other from Taiwan, will set off from Xi’an on July 19. Their four-month journey to India will follow Xuanzang’s exact route, which he took more than 1,300 years ago.
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