buddha in yungang caves

yunyang caves and the hanging monastery

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August 19th 2006
a day that turned out to be for sight seeing. my actual plan was to stay this day in datong and maybe visit some sights here. of course my plan changed. arriving by train i was planning to go directly to CITS (china international travel service) since i heard that datong is one of the places where thay could help. the first woman that asked me if i needed accomaodation really gave up when i told h ... 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