How did the monk spend his day?

Do temples have holidays on National Day and Spring Festival? When does the monk go to work? Is there overtime pay? ..... Whenever my friends ask me these questions, I am overjoyed. As a Buddhist practitioner, he is single, vegetarian, takes the temple as his home, saves no money, devotes his life to the cause of Buddhism and all sentient beings, and there is no such thing as "working overtime after work". No matter what secular festivals are, they are the same day for monks.

The average monk's day is arranged like this:

1, get up at half past four;

2. Go to the temple for morning classes from five to six;

3, 6:00-6:30 breakfast (eating is also one of the practices, Zen is often called "going to class")

Open the door from 4.6: 30 to 7: 30, clean or do other work.

5. Meditate at 8:00- 10:00 or do things assigned by the abbot;

6.10: 00-1:00 for self-study (in this process, there are also flexible arrangements in the temple, or meditation and chanting, or visiting the temple, and every monk and resident has temple affairs);

7.11:00-11:30 (lunch);

8.11:30-14: 00 lunch break.

9. 14:00- 15:30 to meditate or do things assigned by the abbot;

10, 16:00- 17:00 to go to the temple for evening self-study;

1 1, 17:30- 18:00 medicine stone (because the temple pays attention to not eating after noon, this meal is to help those monks who can't eat after noon practice, which is similar to medicine, and is called "medicine stone").

12, 18:00- 19:00 to close the temple gate; Meridians (mages usually walk around because they need to keep their inner awareness when walking, which is also a way of practice, so they are called "meridians"); Clean it up

13, 19:00-20:00 meditation (this time is relatively free, monks will choose meditation, practice, tea, etc.).

14 and 2 1:00 go to bed. If you stay up late to meditate, it is called "staying up late".