pipe in mouth

Cangyuan

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September 8th 2007
6/9/07 The road was surprising good from Mengding to Cangyuan, drove through big mountain with thick forest into Wa region. Cangyuan is a pleasant little town with a huge market hall near the main town square that was overlooked by the 170 years old Guangyunmien temple nearby. A mixture of Dai style temple with Han architectural building. You could see the beautiful wood engraved works in the w ... 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