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Footsteps here and there: Pt 3

THE CHINESE INSTALMENT: FUJIAN + NANJING + SHANGHAI

Nanputuo Temple

南普陀寺
Originally built over 1000 years ago in the Tang dynasty, the temple was destroyed in battle during the Ming dynasty, and rebuilt during the Qing dynasty.


Cheap labour: chiselling those little non-slip patterns into stone tiles by hand.




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    • ▼  February (44)
      • Huan ying!
      • First lunch
      • Overseas Chinese Museum
      • Nanputuo Temple
      • Xiamen Botanical Garden
      • Downtown Xiamen
      • Sweet home… for two days anyway
      • Off to Gulang Island
      • The aviary
      • Strollin' on Gulang-yu
      • Christmas eve at the Sofitel
      • And to the tulou!
      • Chuxi-Tulou cluster
      • Christmas night
      • Dawn breaks
      • Tianluokeng Tulou cluster
      • Yuchang-Lou
      • Passing the village of Taxia
      • Chengqi-Lou
      • … and its neighbours
      • Hongkeng Village
      • Zhencheng-Lou
      • A new world at Xintiandi
      • Strollin' in Shanghai
      • Festivities at Raffles City
      • Bright lights, big city
      • Yu Yuan – the bazaar
      • Yu Yuan – the garden
      • Chenghuang Temple
      • Shanghai Old Street
      • Space age in Pudong
      • Heavenly otoro
      • A lazy day
      • Sunrise over Shanghai
      • My second Nanjing visit
      • A room with a view
      • New Year's Eve dinner
      • Countdown at Longhua Temple
      • 1 January 2008!
      • Zhongshan Park
      • Taikang Road
      • Last morning in Shanghai
      • The Bund, at last
      • Until next time…