Monk Praying 1,000 Times a Day for 20 Years Has Left His Footprints Ingrained in the Wood Floor


(Photo: Reuters)

Hua Chi, 70, is a monk at the Buddhist monastery in Tongren, Qinghai province, China. For 20 years, he has prostrated himself before an altar. When he was younger, he did it about 2,000-3,000 times a day. Now that he's aged, Hua says, he does it a mere 1,000 times a day.

The result of his work over 20 years is that his footprints are now marked an inch and a half deep into the wood. It's inspiring to younger monks in the monastery:

Twenty-nine-year-old Genden Darji says he spent many days admiring Hua's efforts before finding the courage to step into his footprints.

As he carefully repeats Hua's movements, the young monk says he plans to carry on the ritual when the older monk stops.

'Every day I come here and every day I look at the piece of wood, and it has inspired me to continue to make the footprints myself,' he said.


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-via Oddity Central


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"The result of his work over 20 years is that his footprints are now marked an inch and a half deep into the wood." Agreed. Even as an art project, if you only had that to show after 20 years of work, it's still way underwhelming.
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If you could do them at a 4-second clip, you'd need 3 hours and 20 minutes to bang off 3,000. That's some commitment. Then again, if you're a monk, I don't imagine you have a whole lot else to do. That's kinda your job anyway.

Now that I think about it in those terms, 3:20 is pretty slack. I can't cut out of work after 3+ hours. You should be able to knock off at least 5,000 in a standard 8-hr shift, with a half-hour break for lunch. Back to work, lazy monk!
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There used to be a bakery and deli in Birmingham, Alabama that made reubens the size of regulation footballs on pumpernickel bread. They were the greatest food products that I've ever encountered, before or since. Sadly, the place went out of business about a decade ago.
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Fluffernutters are made with the addition of bananas here. I like to add bacon to mine.

Tennessee's sandwich should be PB&J with bananas to commemorate Elvis since it was his favorite. Even if he wasn't born there he built Graceland there. Or maybe pulled pork with Memphis style bbq sauce on a hamburger bun.
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Yay for fluffernutters. I love them too.

I am from Delaware. As far as I know there is no iconic state sandwich. We tend to eat a lot of Philly cheesesteaks. I'll be interested to see what she comes up with.
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Hi Ramalama,

I am from Connecticut, too! Before I make each sandwich I do a good bit of research on the internet and there are even a few books about state sandwiches. I will admit, for some states it is a bit harder to find just one sandwich to represent the entire state.

Sorry you don't agree with the chicken parmigiana but I had quite a few growing up in Connecticut and it does represent the state's large Italian American population.

Clearly I am no expert, but I am enjoying this delicious journey!

Kelly
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as a CT native, I fail to see how the chicken parm represents my state. How is this person coming up with which sandwich for which state? I mean, sure you can find chicken parms in CT but I'm fairly certain other states have em too.
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@Greg — there is a whole song about fluffernutters! http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xe2o7d_marshmellow-fluff-fluffernutter_shortfilms. My dad used to sing it when he was making the sandwiches for us growing up. I can't see Fluff without singing the song!

@ John — reubens are so easy to make, I can't believe I haven't done it before! We definitely had some delicious leftovers but mainly just for lunch and dinner :)
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I think Massachusetts missed out on the obvious leftover Thanksgiving turkey sandwich with cranberry sauce. I definitely had peanut butter and fluff sandwiches, but never heard the term "fluffernutter." I don't know how representative parmigiana is of CT. Perhaps a nice left over Yankee Pot Roast sandwich?
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Hi John! Looks like we both have some delicious memories of the reuben. The first time I made it at home was when I made that poster and I have to say it was pretty darn good. No Katz's deli but tasty all the same.

Thanks for writing about my project, hope you follow along on Twitter @StatelySandwich!

p.s. Keroa: fluffernutters were definitely a lunchbox staple for me!
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