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Wutai Shan

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August 8th 2012
Wutai Shan means five mountains. The scenery around is beautiful, but the village has become very commercial. The reason for the commerce is a collection of bhuddist temples. The temples are scattered along the valley and on the hills. It was a busy summer weekend and did feel sometimes feel a bit like a summer festival rather than a quiet place of pilgrimage. The highlights were watching Shanxi o ... 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