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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: Lama Temples, An Elevator Phone and Paddling in the Summer Palace
Date: July 7th 2006
It was WONDERFUL to get out of the (well, the more) polluted metropolitan areas. As a group, we made our way on an eight hour bus ride to Chengde, a "small" city north-east of Beijing. It actually has about 360, 000 inhabitants, but in China that's nothing. We stayed at a pretty nice hotel in downtown Chengde, and made it to two Lama temples- Putuozongcheng Temple and Puning Temple, the Sledge Ham ... read more
Date: July 7th 2006
It was WONDERFUL to get out of the (well, the more) polluted metropolitan areas. As a group, we made our way on an eight hour bus ride to Chengde, a "small" city north-east of Beijing. It actually has about 360, 000 inhabitants, but in China that's nothing. We stayed at a pretty nice hotel in downtown Chengde, and made it to two Lama temples- Putuozongcheng Temple and Puning Temple, the Sledge Ham ... read more
