chris praying at the buddist temple

Sight seeing

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May 24th 2010
Today we did the tourist thing and took a tour bus around the city. You can get on and off at 10 different stops throughout the city. We got off at the Jade temple...really nice budda temple! We were taught about how to pray and which budda to pray to for depending on what you are looking for...basically there are 4 budda's. Chris prayed to happy budda and I to long life budda...There is this fu ... read more

Asia » China » Shanghai » Huangpu

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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