Yauntong Temple

Around Kunming

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October 29th 2008
I've spent the last two days exploring Kunming and it has been fun. On the 28th, I went to the Yuantong Temple which is at the foot of Yauntong Hill in northern Kun ming. The temple was built more than , years ago and is the grandest and most important Buddhist temple in Yunnan province. I then went to the Flower and Bird Market which was interetsing - they had all manner of fish, reptiles, ... read more

Asia » China » Yunnan » Kunming

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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