Botanical Garden
Hello, everyone!
Yesterday I took a trip to the botanical garden just east of Xiang Shan, which I visited last 11/11. The park was really nice and really huge. After four or five hours, I was able to see only about half of it.
I learnt after arriving that on the grounds is Wofo Si (卧佛寺), the Reclining Buddha Temple. In it is a pavilion with a display of a number of reclining Buddhas ('Buddha' here is capitalised because the 'Reclining Buddha' is always an image of the Sakyamuni Buddha at his parinirvana). The display contains a photos of a number of reclining Buddhas from around China, many of which I saw in technicolour during my trip to Gansu province at the beginning of May.
The Botanical Garden also houses a pavilion dedicated to 09 December 1935, the date of a large series of protests in Beijing against the Japanese occupation of 'Manchuguo'.
Anyway, this post exists merely to display some photos from yesterday's excursion. :) TTFN!
Yesterday I took a trip to the botanical garden just east of Xiang Shan, which I visited last 11/11. The park was really nice and really huge. After four or five hours, I was able to see only about half of it.
I learnt after arriving that on the grounds is Wofo Si (卧佛寺), the Reclining Buddha Temple. In it is a pavilion with a display of a number of reclining Buddhas ('Buddha' here is capitalised because the 'Reclining Buddha' is always an image of the Sakyamuni Buddha at his parinirvana). The display contains a photos of a number of reclining Buddhas from around China, many of which I saw in technicolour during my trip to Gansu province at the beginning of May.
The Botanical Garden also houses a pavilion dedicated to 09 December 1935, the date of a large series of protests in Beijing against the Japanese occupation of 'Manchuguo'.
Anyway, this post exists merely to display some photos from yesterday's excursion. :) TTFN!
Lei and her husband, Feng, and half of me
Random guy who wanted a photo with me
Fragrant Grass
Stone grapes
Stone 'food'
A truly golden fish
What is a 'thunb'?
09 December Memorial
posted by Jean-Guy! at 5/12/2007 11:54:00 PM
1 Comments:
My Dad had a similar experience at a temple in China. He was approached by a couple who wanted him to hold their baby and take a picture. As I recall, they didn't actually have a camera; the picture was taken on his.
Something about people with round bellies near Buddhas. :-P
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