No. 68: Gaoming Temple and Zhizhe Tayuan, Tiantai Shan, Zhejiang

(This article was published in the Shenzhen Daily on August 12, 2013.)

This stunning figure of Guanyin is carved into native rock on a bluff overlooking
a valley to the east of Gaoming Temple, Tiantai Shan, Zhejiang (浙江, 天台山).

September 15, 2011 - In another expensive taxi, Mr. Deep and I took the long way around to Gaoming ("High Bright") Temple, as a road closure had eliminated the usual direct bus route.

No. 67: Fangguang Temple, Tiantai Shan, Zhejiang

(This article was published in the Shenzhen Daily on August 5, 2013.)

Waterfalls surround Lower Fangguang Temple (下方广寺)
high up on Tiantai Shan, Zhejiang (浙江, 天台山).

September 14, 2011 - My Indian friend Mr. Deep and I booked an extremely expensive taxi to take us up to Fangguang Temple on Tiantai Mountain. When we reached there, I was embarrassed to run into a young man we had met the day before at Guoqing Temple; he had reached Fangguang by local bus for 12 renminbi!

No. 66: Guoqing Temple, Tiantai Shan, Zhejiang

(This article was published in the Shenzhen Daily on July 29, 2013.)

Statue of Master Zhiyi (智顗大师), founder of the Tiantai Sect (天台宗), at
Guoqing Temple (国清寺) at the base of Tiantai Shan (天台山), Zhejiang (浙江).

September 13, 2011 - When my Indian friend Mr. Deep and I booked our hotel on Mt. Tiantai, we hadn't realized that we would be just across the road from one of the most important Buddhist temples in Chinese history.