Incense

Outside Monastery of Ten Thousand Years

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September 13th 2009
Two of our days in Chengdu we spent visiting Buddhist temples and monasteries and homes of famous poets. The temples and monasteries are as old as 1200 years. It is truly amazing to see that even through fires and wars the monks were able to maintain their religion and buildings to modern times. In visiting the monasteries and temples we had to be mindful of taking pictures. The monks have ope ... read more

Asia » China » Sichuan » Chengdu

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

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