Kaibin Hotel (Yingmenkou)

Qing Yang Taoist Temple

by imstress

Qing Yang Taoist Temple is the No. 1 Taoist temple in west Sichuan. This is the Holy Land where Laozi once preached the Way. It is the birth place for the first patriach of Taoism.

The Eight Trigram Pavilion is a symbolic architecture of Taoism which is located at the front part of the temple. It was structured according to Ying and Yang philosophy.

There is a Bronze incense burner at the entrance of the Temple.

Wenshu Temple, tea house

by sachara

In the Wenshu complex is also a large tea house and a vegetarian restaurant. The inhabitants of Chengdu come here to drink a tea, to read the newspaper or just to relax in the tea house or in the surrounding garden. At saturday, the day we visited, it was very busy at the tea house.
We sat in the garden for a while, just to take a rest and to watch the local people.

LESHAN

by swesn

Leshan Grand Buddha was a park where a 71m Grand Buddha had been carved into the side of the cliff overlooking the confluence of two rivers. Even sitting down, this was the largest buddha in the world. The next largest was the recently destroyed one in Bamian, Afghanistan. There were a few interesting temples around.

The Grand Buddha was impressive nonetheless. It had been carved around AD 713. I believe this was an endangered treasure as major restoration work had been done to it for past decades to save it. The rock where it was carved into was soft, so it wouldn't be surprising if the Giant Buddha should collapse down the side one day. Also, foliage continued to grow in between its ears, fingers and toes.