Buddhist Temple

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October 2nd 2006
Monday we set out with the agenda to reach the Buddhist Temple in Zhongshan park. We could have been there in 20 minutes, but it ended up taking about an hour and a half. We FINALLY found it, though. We couldn't go inside, and for many parts of it, there was no photography allowed. There were insense altars all over the place. One building had about twenty people sitting on the floor, chantin ... 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