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BBQ-ing in the Ground
Went with Jason to Taishan for the weekend. Well more like we left Saturday evening, had dinner with his friends, and then woke up to spend the day in the countryside (And yes, I spent the night at a hotel while he stayed at his family's home). When my cousin tells me we are going to the countryside where my family lives, what he means is we are going to a remote spot where they have rice fields and vegetable gardens, but they still have toilets, ...
What do they pray for?
... very devot believers would carry out prayers similar to rythmic yoga moves in the courtyard in front of the main temple, under the supervision of buddhist monks. Most of them would also walk around the gigantic Tayuan white Stupa and brush each prayer wheel. In an increasingly materialistic China, do they ask for personal and family fortune or do they pray for something less self-centered, I ...
Climb Ev'ry Mountain
... forced me to sit down and rest. By the end of the torturous amount of stairs I was pulling myself using any muscle in my body that wasn't complete mush. I must have looked quite the sight, enough for multiple people to take pictures of me crawling up the steps. But I made it up and in much better time than I anticipated. Since we were faster climbing up we were able to walk around the little town at the summit. And it was literally ...
Mt. Wutai(China)
... the terrace looking towards the north, Mt. Hengshan looms blanketed in endless greenery.
♥Cuiyan Peak (Peak of Green Rocks) in the middle
♥According to its name, one can guess the scenery of this peak. The rocks are green not because of their own color, but because of the moss on their surface. The huge rocks resemble moving dragons when seen in sunlight, from which the name "dragon-writhing rocks" has been derived.
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Berg mit Tempel
Gluecklicherweise sass auf der kurvigen Gebirgsstrasse ein Moench hinter mir den anfing zu singen. Bettelnde Moenche.
Und hier besonders stark: die aggressivitaet der taxifahrer und die ueberzogenen Preise. Da sie wiessen, dass sie die einzige moeglichekeit sind aus dem Tal zu kommen.
Das erste mal, das gefuehl sich an Tempel satt zu ...
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