Old Guangzhou

We're on a Road, Hopefully, to Somewhere

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August 16th 2010
Okay am starting to fall behind in entries. Yesterday we took the boys to an amazing 1500 year old temple where they received a blessing from a Buddhist monk. Then we visited the Chen Clan House, which is about 200 years old and all constructed of wood (possibly teak - don't know how it is still intact). We do not have any photos of the temple as we had left our camera in the van. Today we wandere ... 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