First time been in the church

Yeterday is midwinter (The winter coming day ) of lunar calendar, but it's still hot in Shenzhen city of south china, we just wear a T-shirt each day.

Then here comes Chrismas Eve, and suddenly I wanna go to the church to feel this most important festival in West. Shenzhen has 5 or more churches, I passed by two of them many times but never get in, so today I chose Meilin Church.

I won't believe there are so many people here if I don't see it myself. They crowd 4 floors inside or outside and there are more coming. When the ceremony begins, people start singing songs and pray and performance and I know why Christianism is so popular in the world, it's based in the community and connect tightly with society and everyone in the church is kindly and polite, it don't like the Buddhism, all the temple builded in the deep mountain, far away from city or village, and the monks don't like contacting people, so Buddhism is just popular in some east countries, people who trust Buddhism just comfort themselves that if your heart have Buddha, the Buddha is everywhere...But I still love Buddhism more, for its mystery and peaceful core value thought, the west religion is more invasive and little dark to describe the human nature.

But as the ceremony going on, I find that most of people come here just for curious, I mean of course there are many true Christian who pray and sing the songs and shrive seriously, but most people come here today treat it like a big party, just for fun. I don't know why all the foreign culture or custom changed after they come into China, chinese people like jollification, they can absorb and assimilate and destroy then rebuild everything, I think, maybe Chinese Culture is so strong and powerful, maybe this is the reason. For example, in the history, the minority can invade and rull Han people but they will accept and be rulled by the Han culture.

Blah, blah……any way, Merry Chrismas and Happy on this Holy Night.

今晚平安夜，生平第一次去了教堂，深圳梅林基督教堂。如果不是亲眼所见，简直不敢相信会有这么多人选择去教堂度过平安夜，里三层外三层的整整围满了4层楼，每个大礼堂包括门口及过道上都挤满了人，不过，非常可惜，估计大部分都是来看热闹看稀奇的，我也是……当是长长见识。当然，也有非常多的真正虔诚的基督徒在认真听讲唱诗和看表演以及做祷告以及做忏悔。

不难理解为何基督教为何在全球这么受欢迎以及影响如此深远，毕竟他是根植于社区服务于社会的，与社会有着紧密的联系，不想佛教或其他中国本土教派，寺庙大都建在深山老林中，离城市或农村都很远，出家人也甚少与社会联系，信众只能安慰心中有佛则处处有佛。

不过本质上来说，我自己还是喜欢佛教多一些，正因为他给人的神秘感和平和与世无争的价值观，西方教派多多少少还是给人侵略性更多一些对人本性的解释更灰暗一些。

无论如何，祝大家圣诞节快乐，祝平安夜平安喜乐。