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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]
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] Blog: Dec. 30th
Date: January 2nd 2009
Today we travel to Shanghai. We had the morning to do more sightseeing and went to the temple of A-Ma dedicated to the godesss of seafarers. It is Macau's oldest Chinese temple with parts of it dating back more than 600 years. There were quite a few people praying there and the incense smoke was thick. They had these huge coils of incense lit all over the place. We also saw the Moorish barrack ... read more
Date: January 2nd 2009
Today we travel to Shanghai. We had the morning to do more sightseeing and went to the temple of A-Ma dedicated to the godesss of seafarers. It is Macau's oldest Chinese temple with parts of it dating back more than 600 years. There were quite a few people praying there and the incense smoke was thick. They had these huge coils of incense lit all over the place. We also saw the Moorish barrack ... read more
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