TO THE POINT

In downtown Beijing, people living in hutong are treated to a game that gives them an insight into the past and into the amity between two peoples, Hou Chenchen reports.

On a stroll down an alley in central Beijing a distinctive white cone slowly emerges on the horizon, towering above the brownish-red sea of traditional Chinese walls in which it stands.

For centuries this religious monument, a dagoba, part of the Miaoying Temple, has tantalized the eyes of those who come across it, whether they know anything about its meaning or not.

"Nihao," a young man, who turns out to be a Nepalese volunteer in the temple, shouts out cheerily. "Feel free to go inside the White Dagoba Temple and find out what's within."