Hanlu Temple · What you can do here
Beads
A string of a hundred and eight beads. Click once, or flick upward once, and one bead goes by; a hundred and eight is one round. The beads float at the monk's right hand, and the lamps, the figure and the other sitters stay where they are.
How to turn them
Once you are inside, tap Beads in the bar along the bottom and the view changes to bead mode. Click with a mouse, flick upward with a finger, or press the space bar — that is one bead. Going too fast does not count: there is a deliberate pause between beads.
Each bead gives a small knock. At a hundred and eight there is a bell and a line on screen — one round. Then round two, round three. Tap Back to the hall at the top left and the count is still there.
Why a hundred and eight
A hundred and eight is the commonest number of beads on a Chinese Buddhist mala, usually explained as one bead for each of the hundred and eight afflictions. Another reading adds up the year: twelve months, twenty-four solar terms and seventy-two five-day periods, which also comes to a hundred and eight. There is a longer note on beads and their counts.
What is not here
No merit points, no leaderboard, no streak to keep. How many rounds you did is yours alone, and it is gone when you close the tab. Hanlu Temple is trying to be a quiet place and nothing more.