The last couple of days have been a whirlwind of activity with class at the university, appointments, meetings, looking at art and photographing paintings. Class on Thursday was good with same number of students as Tuesday. With all of the questions the class went until 9:30. Friday was a day of running around with meetings and appointments on one side of the city and then another leading to a very late night with friends. In the afternoon I gave a short informal guided tour to a group from Queens College, NY. We visited one of the oldest Buddhist temples in Sichuan dating back at least 1600 years. My favourite part of the temple is a room with over 500 life size arhat sculpture all with a different posture, clothing and different facial expressions. hair, attributes, etc.
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