Leshan

乐山－ Leshan

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December 3rd 2009
We went to Leshan on a side trip within our Chengdu trip to go and visit the biggest buddha in the world. We got to our hotel early in the evening. Leshan was refreshing because our hotel overlooked a small river. I didn't realize how much I missed moving, running, natural water until I saw that river. In the morning, we went to visit 乐山大 (the big buddha). It was a short hike up from the e ... 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