This is a record of my eighteenth trip to visit the 142 Key Temples of China. Links lead to articles on the temple (or other site) named.
Showing posts with label Wuhan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Wuhan. Show all posts
No. 105: Guiyuan Temple, Wuhan, Hubei
(This article was published in the Shenzhen Daily on September 8, 2014.)
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| The Library (经堂) at Guiyuan Temple (归元寺), Wuhan, Hubei (湖北, 武汉市), is imposing. |
August 4, 2012 - With today's temple, we start another trip, one that took me through the provinces of Hubei, Jiangxi, and Hunan.
No. 106: Baotong Temple, Wuhan, Hubei
(This article was published in the Shenzhen Daily on September 15, 2014.)
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| 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.