P9121181

Temple Tour

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October 14th 2010
In the first few months in Xian my roommates and I with a friend visited a temple not far from Xian. It was a sunny day we had a great time climbing the mountain to the temple. The second part of the photos are form a school organized tour of another two temple, both on a rainy day. It was nice, no one else was there and we got to spend time with classmates outside class. ... read more

Asia » China » Shaanxi » Xi'an

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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