These vessels, along with a multitude of trees have been witness to centuries of Chinese history.

The huge, ancient vessels, mostly standing on a tri-part, are cast in bronze and are emblazened with thousands of Chinese characters from Buddhist scripture. They become an awsome sight. Just think of the labor of casting one of these vessels, and there are thousand's of these in various sizes around China's many temples.

#95 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China (Beijing Temple #3. Sublime: The Tan Zhe Si (Temple), Beijing's Oldest Buddhist Temple)

March 5th 2008
In this third and final installment of some of Beijing' great temples, permit me to introduce you to the sublime "Tan Zhe Si Temple", located beyond Beijing. I found this Buddhist temple to be one of the most beautiful I have visited in all of China, one I will always remember and hope to visit again. This is due mostly to the temple's scenic, mountain location, its grand display of temple-s ... 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

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