A Little Secret for Raising Kids Every Day

Yan Bingxue took a closer look and found that it did look quite similar. Still, they certainly could not tell the children outright that the White Dagoba was just a giant decorative vase. Su Chen explained patiently, "Tuantuan, Lele, look at the White Dagoba's round top and square bottom. This design is actually modeled after Mount Sumeru."

Tuantuan and Lele blinked and asked, "Daddy, what kind of mountain is Mount Sumeru?"

"Mount Sumeru is..." Su Chen explained to the two little ones.

"Oh, I know! Mount Sumeru is a mountain in Buddhism, right?" Tuantuan said with a smile.

That answer was both right and wrong. It was indeed part of Buddhism, but it was not simply a mountain. Still, it was enough that the two little ones knew that much. Su Chen smiled and nodded.

"Tuantuan, Lele, look at the top of the pagoda again. What do you see?" Su Chen asked with a smile.

"Um... there's a hexagon on top of the pagoda, and a long, pointy thing!" Lele said seriously.

"Hahaha, that's right, but they have special names!" Su Chen explained.

Su Chen looked at the eager expressions in Tuantuan and Lele's eyes and continued, "That hexagon is called a precious canopy, and that pointy thing is the pagoda finial!"

"Daddy, Mommy, look! There are flower patterns up there too!" Tuantuan said with a smile, pointing at the pagoda finial.

"Tuantuan, you're such an attentive observer!" Yan Bingxue said, patting Tuantuan's head.

Su Chen smiled. "Mm-hmm, there are also patterns of the moon and sun on it. They mean that it should shine upon the earth like the sun and moon, bringing everyone blessings and warmth!"

Yan Bingxue looked at Su Chen in surprise. "Honey, I never expected you to have studied so much about this!"

"Hahahaha, how