Chenguang International Hotel Datong

... burnout, we arranged a great deal to get us to The Hanging Monastery (悬空寺）and back. The place was packed with people (see photos) but was still pretty neat. My only problem with it is that the Buddhist nature of the whole thing is seriously downplayed--the attraction is that it's on the side of a cliff, not that it's a fully-functioning monastery on the side of the cliff. Therefore, the statues/walls weren't much to look at, as they are in some monasteries ...

... apathetic to our cause and if he knew how to open the gate he had no intentions of doing so. Instead we were told that the gate was locked to prevent fires. It was hard to believe that our ascent was going to come to such an unexpected end. We back tracked a bit and headed over to another part of the mountain where the lift chairs dropped off people on the mountain. Unfortunately we could find no way up to the peak from there. We went as far as we ...

... destination, le Wutai Shan, une autre montagne sacree qui serait remplie de temples bouddhistes.<br><br>On peut malheureusement pas mettre de photos de tout ce qu'on a vu pour le moment parce que l'ordinateur sur lequel je vous ecris en ce moment me donne des chocs electriques (!!) quand j'arrive pour brancher ma camera dans le port usb et comme j'ai pas envie que l'ordi cramme ma camera... Ce sera pour la prochaine fois promis!<br><br>A bientot,<br><br>Sly &amp; Joe

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... to behold. Lu Wei's grandparent's invited me to a SECOND dinner at their house where they stuffed me 'till I was ready to burst. Homemade food is always better than at restaurants, especially at a Chinese home. The final day I spent at Lu Wei's home. I packed and practiced my Chinese with baozi before Lu Wei and I took the bus back to Taiyuan. I hopped onto a fast train this time and got back to Kaifeng in a meager 6 hours. A final thought - The hospitality of Lu Wei's entire ...

... des 45 grottes remplies de sculptures bouddhiques (plus de 50 000 statues, impressionant). Nous sommes ensuites rentres a datong, et on s'est balade dans la ville pendant le reste de la journee (doucement, nous etions tres fatigue apres Beijing puis le train en assis dur). Le soir, nous avons attendu tranquillement a la gare mais nous n'avions pas pense que 2 occidentaux a la gare de Datong ...

... But then again, when it comes to religion not much has changed at all! On my way to DICO's (at Red Flag Square) I came across an abandoned Primary School that was ready for demolition just like everything around it (except for the temples and the ...

... separate sections to the monastery, the upper one referred to as the Grand Hall housing five large Ming Dynasty Buddhas, and the lower section referred to as the Sutra Temple containing a library of some 18,000 volumes of Buddhist writings. Built during the Liao Dynasty (907 - 1125), the Huayan Monastery is the largest and best preserved monastery of the Liao Dynasty in ...

... that 'we should ask the bus driver'. That was strange as Jiang Ni was asking a bus driver. He obviously forgot his occupation and maybe thought he was a tram driver in a city that has no trams! And so many people ask me why I don't learn Chinese. Mate, they have enough trouble trying to understand each other! All China needs is for me to ...

... with religious themes and with Indian and Persian influences, because of the origin of the artists and craftsmen who worked here. For me, to be here, has been an inexpressible emotion. We are remained here for much time to admire this masterpiece of early Chinese Buddhist cave art (from the 5th and 6th centuries). Later we have been accompanied to the Hongan Int. Hotel. This 4 star hotel is well situated in the center of ...