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Emei Shan

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July 21st 2009
We have been traveling in Sichuan the past few weeks. We are having a wonderful time. Posting pictures and stories has been a challenge. We most recently took a boat to see Leshan the largest buddha in the world and climbed down the "number 1" sacred mountain in China's sichuan province, Emei Shan. We are now posting some photos from our visit to songpan and our previous visit to chengdu last week ... 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