Stone Buddha

Longmen and Hangzhou

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June 16th 2008
((After the experience of living in the Hong Kong Temple, I returned to China for 30 days. There I came to two places, very magical and mystical places. Here I want to share, through some poems and photos, my deep love and appreciation that I feel when in China, especially when in such places as these)) Longmen (Dragon Gates)~These Buddhist...caves, more like a portion of a river valley that ... read more

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more