Historic temple recruiting new media staff

A 1,680-year-old Buddhist temple in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, is embracing 21st century technology as it attempts to better interact with followers over the Internet.

The Lingyin Temple, one of China's largest and most significant, launched its social media recruitment campaign over the weekend, with an advertisement calling for online news reporters, editors and videographers to help develop its website and social media channels.

Recruitment was still ongoing as of Tuesday, and all applicants are being encouraged to submit their resumes by e-mail, according to a staff member at the culture and publicity department in the temple, who declined to be identified.