Bamboo Temple (Qióngzhú Sì) Kunming

12km (7 miles) northwest of town, Kunming , Yunnan, China
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    Religious site, Specialty museum

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  • 1

    Kunming and Beyond....

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    ... I weren't exactly eager to move on again. We took a day to wander around the city and another to visit the nearby Buddhist "Bamboo Temple." We found the city to be accurate to the above definition, and the temple... well, it was nothing if not serene. ...

  • 2

    Landing on planet China

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    ... we caught a mini-bus about 12km's out of town to an 800 or so year old Buddhist temple on a hilltop (named the Bamboo Temple in English) which was very interesting. As well as a large colourful temple complex with huge gold buddhas, there were rooms ...

  • 3

    Arriving in China

    ... at least partially understand many of the signs, even if I could barely pronounce a word. 10 km outside of Kunming, I visited the Bamboo temple, which seemed to contain no bamboo at all, but did have 1000 carved monks, each one unique. The temple ...

  • 4

    Autobots, roll out.

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    ... polluted currents snaking their way through the lake to complete pollution.   Erin and I trekked up to the Bamboo Temple, a Buddhist temple that is mysteriously devoid of any bamboo.  And for the first time in my Chinese life, ...

  • 5

    Things are starting to heat up now baby

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    ... to get home. Decided to call it quits, and maybe stay the night out there when we return to Kunming post-Vietnam. Instead, we headed over to the Bamboo Temple. Bit of a wait waiting for the minibus to fill up, and were a bit worried that our morning ...

  • 6

    A Trip South to Kunming

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    ... up turning around and finding the ticket office. It was getting a little later in the evening and we choose to visit the Bamboo Temple. A famous Buddhist shrine on the top of a hill in Kunming. It was really pretty and pretty empty as they were nearing ...

  • 7

    The second half

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    ... my mind in gear for the next stage of my travels.  So other than going on a half-day excursion out to a place called Bamboo Temple and walking around parts of the city, I spent a great deal of my 2 nights here just planning for the next few weeks ...

  • 8

    An amusing but uneventful stay in Kunming

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    ... . The intention of visiting Kunming was to go and see Shinlin (the stone forest), Louping (some massive waterfalls), the Golden Temple and Bamboo Temple. In the 3 days we have been here, we have managed to achieve none of these things. The weather has ...

  • 9

    China general arriving back in china after ...

    ... -ant and the Camelia that sell nice cold beer. Forget about draft beer: it's much more expensive than the bottled variety. The Bamboo-temple is a must-see (10Y), but forget about the golden temple. To many tourists, they charge 20 Yuan and after that ...

  • 10

    29/09: finally get out of kunming i was ...

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    ... to think things were jinxed. Lethargy was setting in...Finally force myself onto the road. I head North-West, up past the Bamboo Temple. Stop on the way to ask directions, knowing that there is a small road heading to An1ning4 (excuse the pinyin tone ...