The distant steps lead to the next level.

Level after level lead to the top of the temple compound. On each, religious structures invite the pilgrim and the visitor. Ancient pine trees continue to remind, that this temple has existed for over 1,300 years.

#94 Teaching at Taizhou Teachers College, China (Beijing Temple #2. Ji Tai Si (Temple) or Ordination Terrace near Beijing)

February 27th 2008
The coldest winter in fifty years is slowly coming to an end in China, and I am excited and grateful for the blue, sunny skies and the warmer winds, that bring the hint of the on-coming spring to Taizhou. I have done much travelling during these past "very-cold" weeks, and these travels to the South of China, such as a two week visit to the province of Hainan, China's "warmest" island, will be th ... 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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