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No. 106: Baotong Temple, Wuhan, Hubei

(This article was published in the Shenzhen Daily on September 15, 2014.)

The ancient Hongshan Pagoda (洪山宝塔) stands on the mountain
behind Baotong Temple (宝通寺), Wuhan, Hubei (湖北, 武汉市)

August 4, 2012 - After lunch in Guiyuan Temple's vegetarian dining hall, I boarded a local bus and waved out the window as I passed Wuhan's famed Yellow Crane Tower. Originally built in 232 CE, it is now a 1985 reconstruction a kilometer away from the original site.