No. 55: Dabei Temple, Tianjin

(This article was published in the Shenzhen Daily on April 23, 2013.)

Gate to the so-called "West Temple," (西院) a separate
compound inside Dabei Temple (大悲院) in Tianjin (天津)

July 13, 2011 - I wanted to see a temple in Tianjin, so the businessman who paid for my trip to Beijing gave me a car to take me there. The two-hour drive was relaxing, but because we zipped in and out, I didn't get to see much of that great city by Bohai Gulf on the Yellow Sea.