Qingyanggong, the most famous Daoist temple in Southwest China.

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January 21st 2011

Published: January 22nd 2011

I'm so mad right now! I just wrote about eight hundred words, and my internet failed...so I have to start over!!! A couple of days ago, I visited the most famous Daoist temple in Chengdu (and, perhaps, in all of China): Qingyanggong. Qingyanggong, which literally translates to "Green Goat Temple," is named after Laozi's (the founder of Daoism) last words, "green goat." And, I was the only one th... Read Full Entry

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Lindsay Dillon

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Graduated in 2011, in anthropology, Japanese and Chinese at Kansas State University. I also somewhat study Tibetan. I have a keen interest in Korean, Thai and Yucatec Maya language, dont ask why. :)) I'm constantly in awe of where these small hands have taken me, and of where my feet might be swept off to. And how such powerful everlasting messages of love and life, instilled in these opportunities, present themselves as an enormous gift to such a small frail and mortal body. I now better understand and appreciate the world's people, through my time as an expat overseas. I have traveled arou... full info

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Qingyanggong.

A goat from Yunnan.

Qingyanggong.

This mythological creature is supposedly made up of a mouses's ears, ox's nose, tiger's claw, rabbit's mouth, dragon's horns, snake's tail, horse's face, goat's beard, monkey's neck, chicken's eyes, dog's belly and pig's thighs.