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A Trip to the Temple...

Well, it's 2:30 in the morning and I can not sleep. So, what do most people do in this situation, they update the blog.

Yesterday, our group went to the HangZhou Lingyin Temple (also known as the Yunlin Temple). This Temple was first built in 326 AD by the Indian eminent monk Hui Li. Till this day, this temple has remained one of the largest Zen Buddhist Temples in all of China, with the Largest Statue of Buddha (over 81 feet tall) in the Center Hall. No pictures were allowed inside the Temple buildings.

As you walk up a path to this Temple, there is a stone cliff. Through out this stone cliff there are over 1000 different statues of Buddhas carved into the cliff wall.

The laughing Buddha is one of the most famous Buddhas in the world. The Chinese have really nice saying: "Tolerate the worldly unbearable things with a large belly, Laugh at any ridiculous mortal with the open mouth."

After walking through the beautiful area, we arrived at the Temple.

We walked through the buildings, marveling at the statues and admiring the scenery.

After the Temple, we went up the the Tea Village near by. Zhejiang Provence is World famous for their green tea. According the the tea expert, known the Americans as Dr. Tea, Starbucks comes to this village to get it's Green Tea. So we bought some tea, luckily we had a pot big enough to make it in.

After a long day, the boys we zonked out...
...and so are we. Good Night.