This is modern stele that tells a lot about the present
    state of affairs between China and Japan, as it relates
    to the common cultural thread of Zen.
    The date on this is 2002, and it is a memorial tablet in
    Chinese character text.  It seems this has been
    donated by some Japanese Zen society, who sent a
    contingent of people over for the unveiling ceremony.
    As Bodhidharma is the "originator" of Zen, both for the
    Chinese and Japanese, it is a way for the two
    countries to collaborate in a public venue.  The
    Japanese fund it, and the Chinese accept it.  
    Reparations from what the Chinese call "The War of
    Resistance Against the Japanese"(WWII) is seen on
    many levels, this just being one instance.
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