No. 32: Daming Temple, Yangzhou, Jiangsu

(This article was published in the Shenzhen Daily on August 20, 2012.)

Statue of Master Jianzhen (鉴真大师) given by Japanese devotees
(日本的居士) to Daming Temple (大明寺) in Yangzhou, Jiangsu (江苏, 扬州市)

July 26, 2010 - Visiting Daming Temple in Yangzhou, Jiangsu, was a little bit like going home.

No. 31: Gaomin Temple, Yangzhou, Jiangsu

(This article was published in the Shenzhen Daily on August 13, 2012.)

The main compound (大院) seen from the top of the pagoda
(塔) at Gaomin Temple (高旻寺), Yangzhou, Jiangsu (江苏, 扬州市)

July 25, 2010 - Leaving Zhenjiang, I took a highway bus to Yangzhou. I had lived there before, so going there was a little like returning to my hometown.

After checking in, I took a bus out to Gaomin Temple. This was just "tagging up," as in 2007 I had had a thorough tour of the temple (with a busload of monks and nuns from Fo Guang Shan in Gaoxiong, Taiwan Province).

Trip 5: Eastern Anhui and Jiangsu (July 20-30, 2010)

This is a record of my fifth trip to visit the 142 Key Temples of China. Links lead to articles on the temple (or other site) named.