Entrance to Yonghe Gong Temple

China Take II

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August 5th 2009
Hopefully I had you all on the edge of your seats waiting for the next China installment.... or more likely you were leaning back snoozing by the time you made it to the end of the last one 😊 Hence the reason for cutting the story in two. Day 4: "Temple Mania" We were up and to Yonghe Gong Lama Temple very early. This temple is considered to be "Beijing's most magnificent Buddhist temple ... read more

Asia » China » Beijing

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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