If you don't let the birds socialize, they'll become autistic

Or, A Trip to the Big Wild Goose Pagoda.

One of my favorite things about being in China is the problem that people have translating from English to Chinese. On my way to work, I pass about 6 trash cans, all of which say “Protect CircumStance begin with me.” I have absolutely no idea what this means or what they’re going for, and I can’t for the life of me figure out why there isn’t an English speaker on staff that would proofread these signs before they were painted on trashcans all around the city.
Back to my point though. After we went to the Historical Museum, we went to the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, a Buddhist Temple in Xi’an. Apparently you could climb the temple, but after the earthquake, they forbid visitors to do so. I can’t say that I’m entirely disappointed that I didn’t get to climb. It was like 100 degrees outside, it was bad enough that I had to climb 20 stairs and then stand next to candles and incense. The prospect of climbing higher just didn’t excite me at all.
You can see in the pictures that the candles melted in the sun even without being lit. The gardens were filled with Buddhist statues from various places, Japan and elsewhere. There were lots of cages in the garden because apparently Chinese people like to keep birds as pets. Our tour guide Mary said that if the bird cages weren’t all together in the garden then the birds might become autistic if they got lonely.
We asked if perhaps she meant something other than autistic, she didn’t understand the question. Her English was very good otherwise though.