Local South African and overseas Chinese attend the Light Offering Dharma Function at the Main Shrine in Nan Hua Temple, South Africa. (People's Daily Online/ Zhang Jiexian)
Johannesburg, Feb 24 (People’s Daily Online) — Nan Hua Temple, the largest Buddhist Temple in Africa, celebrated Chinese New Year last Sunday with a series of authentic cultural performances.
The auspicious celebration includes a temple fair with various types of traditional Chinese, Cantonese and Taiwanese food, lantern painting, Chinese handicrafts and Buddhism related displays.
The Temple has been open to the public with a free entry since 2005. It is located more or less 50 kilometers east of Pretoria and 70 kilometers North East of Johannesburg, in the suburb of Bronkhorstpruit, South Africa.