1. Religion & Spirituality

The Buddha's Robe in China

Chinese Monk Formal Wear

Monks in China wear the kashaya over their sleeved robes on ceremonial occasions.
Chinese Buddhist Monks

Monks of Hainan Island, south China, wearing their most formal ceremonial robes.

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The rice paddy pattern is preserved in the Chinese kashaya, although an abbot's kashaya might be made of ornate, brocaded cloth.

Yellow of a common color for monks' sleeved robes. In China, yellow represents earth and is also the "central" color that might be said to represent equanimity.

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