Wutai Shan IX

Wutai Shan

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August 13th 2009
Taiyuan, not at all famous and known as a dirty city, was one big chaos. I had to go to the east bus station to get on a bus to Wutai Shan, but this was very complicated. Luckily a student following an English language course helped me out. He was not from Taiyuan himself, so had to ask around for the bus himself. It turned out that many people said that there is no bus, because the roads a ... 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