Beijing - Dongyue taoist temple

one of the supplicants (they never made it quite clear what was the role of the non-gods in the dioramas - sometimes they seem to be human and sometimes they seem to be angels) at the Department of Deep-Rooted Diseases

The blog with a boring title, about Beijing.

May 10th 2009
I’m a bit rushed today so hopefully I don’t miss any of the bits. I’d already written the first part, about Dongyue temple, so that should be OK. I’m leaving for Almaty tomorrow (Monday), so not sure how often I’ll have Internet access after this. I uploaded more photos but Travelblog is still buggy, and I don't have time to do it again ... there were a about two shots of Tiananmen s ... read more

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