Branch Temples

Catching Up (part II)

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October 4th 2008
In the last post I mentioned I would give you a run down of who from Houston I am attending this conference with: We have two Venerables from our temple in Houston attending the conference with us, Vens. Hong and Yuan Chuan (The departing Abbess of our temple). From the BLIA chapter there is Brad and his wife Yvonne (The couple in the picture from the last post), Robert (who lives in Houston ... read more

Asia » Taiwan » Kaohsiung

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In 1895, military defeat forced China to cede Taiwan to Japan. Taiwan reverted to Chinese control after World War II. Following the Communist victory on the mainland in 1949, 2 million Nationalists fled to Taiwan and established a government using th... ... read more