Cute Turtle in the Pond

Buddhism and Mountains

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June 10th 2010
6/10/10 This morning we rode a bus outside of the city to the Western Hills, where we visited a Buddhist temple. That was where we met Sam, who was much to our surprise the program director’s husband. He is a middle-aged American who speaks in slow, drawn out words with a slight Southern accent. He was our lecturer that morning on Daoism and its influence in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). ... read more

Asia » China » Yunnan » Kunming

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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