No. 45: Qiongzhu Temple, Kunming, Yunnan

(This article was published in the Shenzhen Daily on January 21, 2013.)

Qiongzhu Temple (筇竹寺) in Kunming, Yunnan (云南, 昆明市), is famous for its
Qing Dynasty set of 500 Arhats (五百罗汉). These are just a few of them.

June 4, 2011 - A few months after our visit to Guangzhou, my wife and I winged our way to Kunming in breathtaking Yunnan. Logistics caused us to arrive terribly late, so we slept in a bit and didn't reach our first destination, Qiongzhu Temple (named for a species of bamboo), until well after noon.