Posts Tagged ‘Temple’
Tuesday, June 23rd, 2015
On the weekend of the Dragon Boat Festival, 20-22 June, I was invited by Chinese friends to again experience the spectacular scenery around their village in southern Shanxi Province (you can see pictures from my earlier trip here). Dragon Boat races are traditionally a southern China event, but we did see races on a lake in Qin County as part of our travels. Other places we visited weekend included a 1000-year old cliff temple (Gaohuanyundong), Huangya Cave Arsenal (part of the Red Army resistance against the Japanese invasion), and Taiji Grand Canyon including an ancient cliff village.
Dragon Boat races, Qin County
1000-year old cliff temple (Gaohuanyundong)
Walking to Huangya Cave Arsenal
Walking to Huangya Cave Arsenal
Huangya Cave
Taiji Grand Canyon
Ancient cliff village, Taiji Grand Canyon
Tuesday, May 19th, 2015
Last weekend, I visited the village of Chinese friends in WuXiang (武乡) County, Shanxi Province, about three hours drive south of provincial capital Taiyuan. It’s an area well away from the international tourist sites and where few other foreigners have been, with many fascinating and very friendly ancient villages. On Saturday we explored a spectacular section of the TaiHang Mountains east of the village. The TaiHang Mountains are a 400 km long range that runs north-south along the eastern boundary of Shanxi Province. As well as stunning natural scenery, a great surprise was to hear Buddhist chanting wafting through the valleys. Rounding a spur, we came across a remote Buddhist temple inside a cave with sacred spring and monks cabins along the cliff line. On Sunday we went to the nearby TaiHang Dragon cave, a local attraction, which was also impressive.
TaiHang Mountains
TaiHang Mountains
Buddhist Cave Temple, TaiHang Mountains
Buddhist Cave Temple and Monk’s Cabins
Interior, Buddhist Cave Temple
Sacred Spring, Buddhist Cave Temple
Sacred Spring, Buddhist Cave Temple
Entrance, TaiHang Dragon Cave
TaiHang Dragon Cave
TaiHang Dragon Cave
Sunday, January 6th, 2013
In 1983 a list of the “142 key Buddhist Temples in the Han Area of China” was produced, and since 2009 James Baquet has been visiting them during his holidays. His fascinating website Chinese Pilgrimage features images and brief descriptions from his “epic” three-year journey to these sometimes exquisite, always interesting temples.
You can also read the stories of James’ visits to many of these temples and other sites in the travel section of the Shenzhen Daily newspaper.
James Baquet is an American living in Shenzhen and many of his great insights into Shenzhen and its history and Chinese temples have previously been featured in Discover China News.
Saturday, April 7th, 2012
The next destination in James Baquet’s excellent series of Shenzhen Daily articles on Chinese temples and halls is Shanghai:
For previous articles in James Baquet’s series on Chinese temples and halls see Temples of Putuo Mountain and Ningbo, Hangzhou’s Jingci Temple and Exploring Shenzhen’s Temples.
Tags: Buddhism, Buddhist, Chenxiang Pavilion, Jing’an Temple, Longhua Temple, Shanghai, Shenzhen Daily, Temple, Temples, Yuanming Lecture Hall, Yufo Temple Posted in China Travel, Chinese History | Comments Off on Shanghai Temples
Friday, April 6th, 2012
Putuo Mountain is an island in Zhoushan prefecture of Zhejiang Province, and is one of the four sacred mountains in Chinese Buddhism. It can be reached by boat from the major cities of Ningbo, also located in Zhejiang Province, and Shanghai. James Baquet continues his excellent series of Shenzhen Daily articles on Chinese temples with stories of his visits to temples and other sites on Putuo Mountain and temples in and around Ningbo:
For previous articles in James Baquet’s series of articles on Chinese temples see Hangzhou’s Jingci Temple and Exploring Shenzhen’s Temples.
Tags: Ayuwang Temple, Buddhism, Fayu Temple, Huiji Temple, Nantianmen, Ningbo, Puji Temple, Putuo Mountain, Qita Temple, Shenzhen Daily, Temple, Temples, Tiantong Temple, Zhejiang, Zhoushan Posted in China Travel, Chinese History | Comments Off on Temples of Putuo Mountain and Ningbo
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