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| Entering the "Yonghe Temple", aka "Palace of Peace and Harmony Lama Temple" aka "Yonghe Lamasery" aka "Lama Temple" |
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| Nice to have subtitles in Sanskrit and Manchu for once :) |
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| This Buddha holds some records: it is 26m tall (18m above ground, 8 below), all being one single carved piece of sandalwood, and was built in 1748 |
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| Tibetan cowboy ? |
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| Guozijian, the Imperial Academy, built in 1287 |
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| Another "Post Office", where people can send items and messages to Confucius, other gods, or even family by burning paper or silk representations |
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| Ok, it doesn't show so much, but this huge stone has a lot of text engraved ... |
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| ... and they have many huge stones like that: they are name lists of Jin Shi of the Yuan dynasty |
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| Tonight, Beijing duck :) |
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| Some fancy hotels have very nice gates |
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