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Today (the 8th) was both Mother's Day and the Buddha's birthday.

It was a day enough to feel that the love of my parents and the mercy of the Buddha were of one mind.



Reporter Han Seong-hee looked around.



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[Lee Woo-nyeo/Mother: You worked hard to come.]



[Noh Geum-ok / Daughter (visitor): Mom, she hasn't been able to meet her because of Corona 19, but how nice it is.

Isn't it?]



I try to hold her mother's hand, which I haven't held in over two years due to Corona 19.



While visits to nursing homes are temporarily permitted until the 22nd, five siblings living in different places gathered to meet their 97-year-old mother on Mother's Day.



[No Geum-cheol/Daughter (visitor): Mom, live a long and healthy life.] [Lee Woo-

nyeo /



Mother: It is expensive, but what do you buy?]

[Noh Geum-cheol/Daughter (visitor): I was scolded because I was sad when I looked through the window, but seeing this way, I think my heart is relieved.]

[Shin Eun-kyung/Director of Suwon Senior Nursing Center: Most of the children make (visit) reservations by phone. I made a reservation, and more than 90% of them have been booked.]

On the occasion of Buddha's birthday, a large crowd gathered at temples across the country that held a ceremonial ceremony with no limit on the number of people for the first time in three years.











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Jogyesa Temple in Seoul, visited by 10,000 people, was crowded with no space to walk.



[Seongpa Monk / Jongjeong of the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism: We must illuminate the world with the virtue of the Tathagata (Sakyamuni).]



Long lines were also lined up at Bongeunsa Temple in Seoul, Waujeongsa Temple in Yongin, and Jeondeungsa Temple in Incheon.



This is a scene that could not be seen last year when there was a limit on the number of people for religious events.



The number of new corona patients was 4064, an increase of 464 from the previous day, and an increase of 2,300 from a week ago.



It is only 46 days since the number of confirmed cases increased compared to a week ago, and the size of the confirmed cases this week is expected to be a major variable in predicting future epidemics.



(Video coverage: Kim Tae-hoon, Seol Seol-hwan, video editing: Jeon Min-gyu, CG: Jo Su-in, helicopter pilot: Min Byeong-ho, Kim Kang-young)