Meet Xian'er - a 60 centimeter robot monk. An ancient Chinese Buddhist temple is taking his help to disseminate wisdom. <br />Xain'er was first developed as a cartoon by Master Xianfan in 2013.<br /><br />The temple published Xian'er comics, sold Xian'er merchandise, and finally with the help of artificial intelligence experts and a technology company, turned him into a robot.<br /><br />The monks here hope Xian'er can help spread the Buddhism's teachings.<br /><br />Officially, China remains an atheist country, although religion including Buddhism, has slowly crept back since the beginning of the reform era.<br /><br />------------------------------------------<br /><br />Subscribe to our channel: http://read.ht/fLZ<br /><br />Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/htTweets<br /><br />Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hindustantimes<br /><br />Watch more videos at: http://www.hindustantimes.com/video<br /><br />hindustantimes.com © 2015
