(This article was published in the Shenzhen Daily on June 1, 2015.)
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| The pagoda (塔) is the only ancient part of Bailin Temple (柏林寺), Zhaoxian, Hebei (河北, 赵县). |
September 2, 2012 - The day after visiting Chongshan and Shaungta Temples, I moved from Taiyuan, the capital of Shanxi, to Shijiazhuang, capital of Hebei, and the last stop on a long tour. The day after that I figured out how to get out to remote Zhaoxian County to visit the former home of the great Chan (Zen) Master Zhaozhou (Japanese "Joshu"), star of one of the most famous teaching stories (Ch. gong'an, Jp. ko'an) of Chan.
