Lanzhou

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Lanzhou is pronounced Lanjo. It is a huge modern city and has a reputation for being polluted. We had an afternoon to explore and I visited a park next to the Yellow riverand a Taoist temple. The highlight of the park was a cable car ride over the river. The temple called white cloud temple was largely destroyed during the cultural revolution and is now being reconstructed. The work was going on while I was there with golden statues in their plastic wrapping. The first part of the temple I visited had female spirit figures called "auntie ...." and the English caption said that Taoists believe that men and women are equal.

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