#66 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China (Dafo, the Great Buddha)

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January 11th 2007

Published: January 11th 2007

Located on a sprawling UNESCO World Heritage Site in Sichuan Province of China, this impressive 230 foot high Dafo, or Great Buddha, has been carved into the red sandstone hill called Lingyun Hill, where 3 treacherous rivers confluence, the Min, the Dadu, and the Qingyi Rivers in the city of Le Shan, some 3 hrs from Chengdu's Panda Bears. To safeguard the passing boats, the monk Haitong in 713 ... Read Full Entry

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Hans J. Schneider

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After 38 years as a Foreign Language Teacher and Foreign Language Dept. Chair at Coral Gables Sr. H.S., and A.J. Professor of German at the University of Miami, I have left Florida in June of 2006, where my home is in Miami Beach, Florida, USA. I have just signed another year's teaching-contract (my 8th year now) with Taizhou University in the city of Taizhou, located about 3hrs north of Shanghai, in Jiangsu Province, CHINA. I thought it would be informative for others and rewarding for me personally, to log the progress of my efforts from beginning to end, as a Travel and Photo Jo... full info

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What a job, casting and transporting this bell to the mountain-top.

The great size of the bell, with its unique details, can be greatly appreciated when compared to the young Chinese visitor.

Smaller stone-carvings grace the surroundings of the Great Buddha.

This ancient Buddha is carved directly into the sandstone mountain side, along the paths leading to and from Dafo.

Survivor

Thankfully, this carved sand stone shrine has survived the turmoil of the Cultural Revolution.

Any similarity?

happy

This beautiful "Happy Buddha" has been carved in ancient times from one single block of marble.

The "Happy Buddha"

It is impossible for a visitor not to smile, when confronted with such a happy face, supported by this athletic and "fit" body. It gave me pause to think about mine!

Ancient pagoda graces the top of Lingyun Hill.

Small surprises await the visitor at every turn of the path.

Dafo or Great Buddha is best seen from a river boat.

almost as big

Dafo must be cleaned every 10 years.

Why here?

The monk Haitong created this 230 ft. high Great Buddha. Impressive, and its the remaining rubble also helped control the torrents of the three converging rivers.

11th January 2007

Jorge Padrón
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Hello!
I know it's been a long while since I commented, it's been so crazy for me with solos to prepare and stuff to do for a certain english class of mine! The pics look amazing as does the country. You seem to always have an adventure to go on. How I envy you! Just stopping by to say hi!

21st September 2007

hot babe
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xx
thats place look really gd i wanna go there if i did it will be intesting xx

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