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Disappointed football fan chooses a monk's life
(china.org.cn/Shanghai Daily)
Updated: 2008-10-15 11:50 The most famous fan of a Chinese soccer club has decided to become a monk after the squad withdrew from the country's professional league last month in protest at the suspension of its top player.
Wuhan Guanggu, a club based in the Yangtze River city of Wuhan, Hubei Province, said it would sue the Chinese Super League after it suspended former China captain Li Weifeng for eight matches for rough play during a game against Beijing Guo'an.
It also prompted Wuhan resident Mei Nansheng to pack his bags for the Shaolin Temple, the famed Buddhist shrine and birthplace of kung fu, according to local Website Jingchu (www.cnhubei.com). "My two sons have both died now," Jingchu quoted Mei as saying, referring to Wuhan Guanggu and the Chinese national team. "So you could imagine how it grieves me." The national team, perennially lashed by soccer fans, was knocked out of the Asian group qualifiers for the 2010 World Cup earlier this year. Mei told Jingchu that he had been a home-practicing Buddhist since 2005, but would now become a full-time monk. "I will go to the Shaolin Temple to live a peaceful life," he said.
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