麻豆社

A Buddhist temple on the edge of Beijing is the last place you would expect to find a robot. But the monks of the Longquan Temple have a robot monk called Xian'er.

Through a touch screen held on his stomach, he can answer voice commands and up to 100 questions on Buddhism.

The robot is based on a cartoon character the monks created and is the subject of several best-selling books in Asia.

Xian'er was built by Chinese technology companies who offered their expertise to help promote Buddhism in a high-tech way.

麻豆社 Click's Jen Copestake went to meet Xian'er and the real monks he shares the temple with.