Yonghe Gong Buddhist Temple

Beijing

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October 2nd 2006
Arrived in Beijing 3:30pm really looking forward to our stay in China. Wow!! What a difference! After the quiet/hardly a sole for miles Mongolia, the hustle bustle of Beijing's main train station was quite daunting. The place was buzzing; we just stood in the plaza outside the station taking it all in for a few minutes. After composing ourselves we found a very friendly taxi driver who had hea ... 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