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  • Offerings of flowers, incense sticks and candles at the That Luang festival, Vientiane, Lao PDR. Vientiane's most important Theravada Buddhist festival, "Boun That Luang", is held for three days during the full moon of the twelfth lunar month (November). Monks and laypeople from all over Laos congregate to celebrate the occasion with three days of religious ceremony followed by a week of festivities, day and night. The religious part concludes as laypeople, carrying incense and candles as offerings, circumambulate Pha That Luang three times in honor of Buddha.
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  • Bringing offerings of flowers, incense sticks and candles to Buddha at the That Luang festival, Vientiane, Lao PDR. Pha That Luang is the national symbol and most important religious monument of Laos. Vientiane's most important Theravada Buddhist festival, "Boun That Luang", is held here for three days during the full moon of the twelfth lunar month (November). Monks and laypeople from all over Laos congregate to celebrate the occasion with three days of religious ceremony followed by a week of festivities, day and night. The procession of laypeople begins at Wat Si Muang in the city centre and proceeds to Pha That Luang to make offerings to the monks in order to accumulate merit for rebirth into a better life. The religious part concludes as laypeople, carrying incense and candles as offerings, circumambulate Pha That Luang three times in honor of Buddha.
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  • Portrait of a female worker covered in dust in Cao, a village specialising in making incense sticks, Hung Yen province, Vietnam. With Vietnam’s growing population making less land available for farmers to work, families unable to sustain themselves are turning to the creation of various products in rural areas.  These ‘craft’ villages specialise in a single product or activity, anything from palm leaf hats to incense sticks, or from noodle making to snake-catching. Some of these ‘craft’ villages date back hundreds of years, whilst others are a more recent response to enable rural farmers to earn much needed extra income.
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  • Incense sticks drying on the road in Quang Phu Cao village, Hay Tay province, Vietnam. With Vietnam’s growing population making less land available for farmers to work, families unable to sustain themselves are turning to the creation of various products in rural areas.  These ‘craft’ villages specialise in a single product or activity, anything from palm leaf hats to incense sticks, or from noodle making to snake-catching. Some of these ‘craft’ villages date back hundreds of years, whilst others are a more recent response to enable rural farmers to earn much needed extra income.
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  • Incense teapot offering during daily prayer sessions at the Longhua Temple in the south of Shanghai, China. This is a working Buddhist temple where public come to burn incense, offer gifts and to eat. Located on Longhua Road, the temple was first built in 242 AD, during the period of the Three Kingdoms. Longhua Temple is the oldest temple in Shanghai and also the largest at 20,000 square metres including it’s grounds. Because of several destructions by the wars, most of the buildings in Longhua Temple were reconstructed during the reign of the Emperor Tongzhi and Guangxu during the Qing Dynasty.
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  • Offering incense sticks at the That Luang festival, Vientiane, Lao PDR. Vientiane's most important Theravada Buddhist festival, "Boun That Luang", is held for three days during the full moon of the twelfth lunar month (November). Monks and laypeople from all over Laos congregate to celebrate the occasion with three days of religious ceremony followed by a week of festivities, day and night. The religious part concludes as laypeople, carrying incense and candles as offerings, circumambulate Pha That Luang three times in honor of Buddha.
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  • Interior of a house in Cao, a village specialising in making incense sticks, Hung Yen province, Vietnam. With Vietnam’s growing population making less land available for farmers to work, families unable to sustain themselves are turning to the creation of various products in rural areas.  These ‘craft’ villages specialise in a single product or activity, anything from palm leaf hats to incense sticks, or from noodle making to snake-catching. Some of these ‘craft’ villages date back hundreds of years, whilst others are a more recent response to enable rural farmers to earn much needed extra income.
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  • A man dyes bamboo sticks for making incense sticks in Tao Duong, Ha Tay province, Vietnam. With Vietnam’s growing population making less land available for farmers to work, families unable to sustain themselves are turning to the creation of various products in rural areas.  These ‘craft’ villages specialise in a single product or activity, anything from palm leaf hats to incense sticks, or from noodle making to snake-catching. Some of these ‘craft’ villages date back hundreds of years, whilst others are a more recent response to enable rural farmers to earn much needed extra income.
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  • Offering incense at the That Luang festival, Vientiane, Lao PDR. Vientiane's most important Theravada Buddhist festival, "Boun That Luang", is held for three days during the full moon of the twelfth lunar month (November). Monks and laypeople from all over Laos congregate to celebrate the occasion with three days of religious ceremony followed by a week of festivities, day and night. The religious part concludes as laypeople, carrying incense and candles as offerings, circumambulate Pha That Luang three times in honor of Buddha.
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  • Offering incense sticks at the That Luang festival, Vientiane, Lao PDR. Vientiane's most important Theravada Buddhist festival, "Boun That Luang", is held for three days during the full moon of the twelfth lunar month (November). Monks and laypeople from all over Laos congregate to celebrate the occasion with three days of religious ceremony followed by a week of festivities, day and night. The religious part concludes as laypeople, carrying incense and candles as offerings, circumambulate Pha That Luang three times in honor of Buddha.
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  • Offering incense sticks at the That Luang festival, Vientiane, Lao PDR. Vientiane's most important Theravada Buddhist festival, "Boun That Luang", is held for three days during the full moon of the twelfth lunar month (November). Monks and laypeople from all over Laos congregate to celebrate the occasion with three days of religious ceremony followed by a week of festivities, day and night. The religious part concludes as laypeople, carrying incense and candles as offerings, circumambulate Pha That Luang three times in honor of Buddha.
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  • Shanghainese people burn incense during daily prayer sessions at the Longhua Temple in the south of Shanghai, China. This is a working Buddhist temple where public come to burn incense, offer gifts and to eat. Located on Longhua Road, the temple was first built in 242 AD, during the period of the Three Kingdoms. Longhua Temple is the oldest temple in Shanghai and also the largest at 20,000 square metres including it’s grounds. Because of several destructions by the wars, most of the buildings in Longhua Temple were reconstructed during the reign of the Emperor Tongzhi and Guangxu during the Qing Dynasty.
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  • Offering flowers and incense at the That Luang festival, Vientiane, Lao PDR. Vientiane's most important Theravada Buddhist festival, "Boun That Luang", is held for three days during the full moon of the twelfth lunar month (November). Monks and laypeople from all over Laos congregate to celebrate the occasion with three days of religious ceremony followed by a week of festivities, day and night. The religious part concludes as laypeople, carrying incense and candles as offerings, circumambulate Pha That Luang three times in honor of Buddha.
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  • Bringing offerings of flowers, incense sticks and candles to Buddha at the That Luang festival, Vientiane, Lao PDR. Pha That Luang is the national symbol and most important religious monument of Laos. Vientiane's most important Theravada Buddhist festival, "Boun That Luang", is held here for three days during the full moon of the twelfth lunar month (November). Monks and laypeople from all over Laos congregate to celebrate the occasion with three days of religious ceremony followed by a week of festivities, day and night. The procession of laypeople begins at Wat Si Muang in the city centre and proceeds to Pha That Luang to make offerings to the monks in order to accumulate merit for rebirth into a better life. The religious part concludes as laypeople, carrying incense and candles as offerings, circumambulate Pha That Luang three times in honor of Buddha.
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  • Two Shanghainese burn incense during daily prayer sessions at the Longhua Temple in the south of Shanghai. This is a working Buddhist temple where public come to burn incense, offer gifts and to eat. Located on Longhua Road, the temple was first built in 242 AD, during the period of the Three Kingdoms. Longhua Temple is the oldest temple in Shanghai and also the largest at 20,000 square metres including it’s grounds. Because of several destructions by the wars, most of the buildings in Longhua Temple were reconstructed during the reign of the Emperor Tongzhi and Guangxu during the Qing Dynasty.
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  • Offerings of flowers, incense sticks and candles at the That Luang festival, Vientiane, Lao PDR. Vientiane's most important Theravada Buddhist festival, "Boun That Luang", is held for three days during the full moon of the twelfth lunar month (November). Monks and laypeople from all over Laos congregate to celebrate the occasion with three days of religious ceremony followed by a week of festivities, day and night. The religious part concludes as laypeople, carrying incense and candles as offerings, circumambulate Pha That Luang three times in honor of Buddha.
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  • Shanghainese people burn incense during daily prayer sessions at the Longhua Temple in the south of Shanghai, China. This is a working Buddhist temple where public come to burn incense, offer gifts and to eat. Located on Longhua Road, the temple was first built in 242 AD, during the period of the Three Kingdoms. Longhua Temple is the oldest temple in Shanghai and also the largest at 20,000 square metres including it’s grounds. Because of several destructions by the wars, most of the buildings in Longhua Temple were reconstructed during the reign of the Emperor Tongzhi and Guangxu during the Qing Dynasty.
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  • Shanghainese people burn incense during daily prayer sessions at the Longhua Temple in the south of Shanghai, China. This is a working Buddhist temple where public come to burn incense, offer gifts and to eat. Located on Longhua Road, the temple was first built in 242 AD, during the period of the Three Kingdoms. Longhua Temple is the oldest temple in Shanghai and also the largest at 20,000 square metres including it’s grounds. Because of several destructions by the wars, most of the buildings in Longhua Temple were reconstructed during the reign of the Emperor Tongzhi and Guangxu during the Qing Dynasty.
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  • Bringing offerings of flowers, incense sticks and candles to Buddha at the That Luang festival, Vientiane, Lao PDR. Pha That Luang is the national symbol and most important religious monument of Laos. Vientiane's most important Theravada Buddhist festival, "Boun That Luang", is held here for three days during the full moon of the twelfth lunar month (November). Monks and laypeople from all over Laos congregate to celebrate the occasion with three days of religious ceremony followed by a week of festivities, day and night. The procession of laypeople begins at Wat Si Muang in the city centre and proceeds to Pha That Luang to make offerings to the monks in order to accumulate merit for rebirth into a better life. The religious part concludes as laypeople, carrying incense and candles as offerings, circumambulate Pha That Luang three times in honor of Buddha.
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  • Offerings of flowers, incense and candles at the That Luang festival, Vientiane, Lao PDR. Vientiane's most important Theravada Buddhist festival, "Boun That Luang", is held for three days during the full moon of the twelfth lunar month (November). Monks and laypeople from all over Laos congregate to celebrate the occasion with three days of religious ceremony followed by a week of festivities, day and night. The religious part concludes as laypeople, carrying incense and candles as offerings, circumambulate Pha That Luang three times in honor of Buddha.
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  • Incense burns in the courtyard of the <br />
Thien Hau Pagoda, Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon), Vietnam
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  • Incense sticks for sale outside Yonghe Temple, also known as the "Palace of Peace and Harmony Lama Temple", the "Yonghe Lamasery", or - popularly - the "Lama Temple" is a temple and monastery of the Geluk School of Tibetan Buddhism located in the northeastern part of Beijing, China. It is one of the largest and most important Tibetan Buddhist monasteries in the world. The building and the artworks of the temple is a combination of Han Chinese and Tibetan styles.
    20120603yonghegong lama temple beiji...jpg
  • People come to pray and burn incense sticks at The Yonghe Temple, also known as the "Palace of Peace and Harmony Lama Temple", the "Yonghe Lamasery", or - popularly - the "Lama Temple" is a temple and monastery of the Geluk School of Tibetan Buddhism located in the northeastern part of Beijing, China. It is one of the largest and most important Tibetan Buddhist monasteries in the world. The building and the artworks of the temple is a combination of Han Chinese and Tibetan styles.
    20120603yonghegong lama temple beiji...jpg
  • People come to pray and burn incense sticks at The Yonghe Temple, also known as the "Palace of Peace and Harmony Lama Temple", the "Yonghe Lamasery", or - popularly - the "Lama Temple" is a temple and monastery of the Geluk School of Tibetan Buddhism located in the northeastern part of Beijing, China. It is one of the largest and most important Tibetan Buddhist monasteries in the world. The building and the artworks of the temple is a combination of Han Chinese and Tibetan styles.
    20120603yonghegong lama temple beiji...jpg
  • People come to pray and burn incense sticks at The Yonghe Temple, also known as the "Palace of Peace and Harmony Lama Temple", the "Yonghe Lamasery", or - popularly - the "Lama Temple" is a temple and monastery of the Geluk School of Tibetan Buddhism located in the northeastern part of Beijing, China. It is one of the largest and most important Tibetan Buddhist monasteries in the world. The building and the artworks of the temple is a combination of Han Chinese and Tibetan styles.
    20120603yonghegong lama temple beiji...jpg
  • People come to pray and burn incense sticks at The Yonghe Temple, also known as the "Palace of Peace and Harmony Lama Temple", the "Yonghe Lamasery", or - popularly - the "Lama Temple" is a temple and monastery of the Geluk School of Tibetan Buddhism located in the northeastern part of Beijing, China. It is one of the largest and most important Tibetan Buddhist monasteries in the world. The building and the artworks of the temple is a combination of Han Chinese and Tibetan styles.
    20120603yonghegong lama temple beiji...jpg
  • People come to pray and burn incense sticks at The Yonghe Temple, also known as the "Palace of Peace and Harmony Lama Temple", the "Yonghe Lamasery", or - popularly - the "Lama Temple" is a temple and monastery of the Geluk School of Tibetan Buddhism located in the northeastern part of Beijing, China. It is one of the largest and most important Tibetan Buddhist monasteries in the world. The building and the artworks of the temple is a combination of Han Chinese and Tibetan styles.
    20120603yonghegong lama temple beiji...jpg
  • Worker clears the burnt ashes from thousands of incense sticks which are burned at Yonghe Temple, also known as the "Palace of Peace and Harmony Lama Temple", the "Yonghe Lamasery", or - popularly - the "Lama Temple" is a temple and monastery of the Geluk School of Tibetan Buddhism located in the northeastern part of Beijing, China. It is one of the largest and most important Tibetan Buddhist monasteries in the world. The building and the artworks of the temple is a combination of Han Chinese and Tibetan styles.
    20120603yonghegong lama temple beiji...jpg
  • A woman lights incense at the Thien Hau Pagoda, Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon), Vietnam
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  • People come to pray and burn incense sticks at The Yonghe Temple, also known as the "Palace of Peace and Harmony Lama Temple", the "Yonghe Lamasery", or - popularly - the "Lama Temple" is a temple and monastery of the Geluk School of Tibetan Buddhism located in the northeastern part of Beijing, China. It is one of the largest and most important Tibetan Buddhist monasteries in the world. The building and the artworks of the temple is a combination of Han Chinese and Tibetan styles.
    20120603yonghegong lama temple beiji...jpg
  • People come to pray and burn incense sticks at The Yonghe Temple, also known as the "Palace of Peace and Harmony Lama Temple", the "Yonghe Lamasery", or - popularly - the "Lama Temple" is a temple and monastery of the Geluk School of Tibetan Buddhism located in the northeastern part of Beijing, China. It is one of the largest and most important Tibetan Buddhist monasteries in the world. The building and the artworks of the temple is a combination of Han Chinese and Tibetan styles.
    20120603yonghegong lama temple beiji...jpg
  • Incense sticks at Yonghe Temple, also known as the "Palace of Peace and Harmony Lama Temple", the "Yonghe Lamasery", or - popularly - the "Lama Temple" is a temple and monastery of the Geluk School of Tibetan Buddhism located in the northeastern part of Beijing, China. It is one of the largest and most important Tibetan Buddhist monasteries in the world. The building and the artworks of the temple is a combination of Han Chinese and Tibetan styles.
    20120603yonghegong lama temple beiji...jpg
  • People come to pray and burn incense sticks at The Yonghe Temple, also known as the "Palace of Peace and Harmony Lama Temple", the "Yonghe Lamasery", or - popularly - the "Lama Temple" is a temple and monastery of the Geluk School of Tibetan Buddhism located in the northeastern part of Beijing, China. It is one of the largest and most important Tibetan Buddhist monasteries in the world. The building and the artworks of the temple is a combination of Han Chinese and Tibetan styles.
    20120603yonghegong lama temple beiji...jpg
  • People come to pray and burn incense sticks at The Yonghe Temple, also known as the "Palace of Peace and Harmony Lama Temple", the "Yonghe Lamasery", or - popularly - the "Lama Temple" is a temple and monastery of the Geluk School of Tibetan Buddhism located in the northeastern part of Beijing, China. It is one of the largest and most important Tibetan Buddhist monasteries in the world. The building and the artworks of the temple is a combination of Han Chinese and Tibetan styles.
    20120603yonghegong lama temple beiji...jpg
  • People come to pray and burn incense sticks at The Yonghe Temple, also known as the "Palace of Peace and Harmony Lama Temple", the "Yonghe Lamasery", or - popularly - the "Lama Temple" is a temple and monastery of the Geluk School of Tibetan Buddhism located in the northeastern part of Beijing, China. It is one of the largest and most important Tibetan Buddhist monasteries in the world. The building and the artworks of the temple is a combination of Han Chinese and Tibetan styles.
    20120603yonghegong lama temple beiji...jpg
  • People come to pray and burn incense sticks at The Yonghe Temple, also known as the "Palace of Peace and Harmony Lama Temple", the "Yonghe Lamasery", or - popularly - the "Lama Temple" is a temple and monastery of the Geluk School of Tibetan Buddhism located in the northeastern part of Beijing, China. It is one of the largest and most important Tibetan Buddhist monasteries in the world. The building and the artworks of the temple is a combination of Han Chinese and Tibetan styles.
    20120603yonghegong lama temple beiji...jpg
  • People come to pray and burn incense sticks at The Yonghe Temple, also known as the "Palace of Peace and Harmony Lama Temple", the "Yonghe Lamasery", or - popularly - the "Lama Temple" is a temple and monastery of the Geluk School of Tibetan Buddhism located in the northeastern part of Beijing, China. It is one of the largest and most important Tibetan Buddhist monasteries in the world. The building and the artworks of the temple is a combination of Han Chinese and Tibetan styles.
    20120603yonghegong lama temple beiji...jpg
  • People come to pray and burn incense sticks at The Yonghe Temple, also known as the "Palace of Peace and Harmony Lama Temple", the "Yonghe Lamasery", or - popularly - the "Lama Temple" is a temple and monastery of the Geluk School of Tibetan Buddhism located in the northeastern part of Beijing, China. It is one of the largest and most important Tibetan Buddhist monasteries in the world. The building and the artworks of the temple is a combination of Han Chinese and Tibetan styles.
    20120603yonghegong lama temple beiji...jpg
  • People come to pray and burn incense sticks at The Yonghe Temple, also known as the "Palace of Peace and Harmony Lama Temple", the "Yonghe Lamasery", or - popularly - the "Lama Temple" is a temple and monastery of the Geluk School of Tibetan Buddhism located in the northeastern part of Beijing, China. It is one of the largest and most important Tibetan Buddhist monasteries in the world. The building and the artworks of the temple is a combination of Han Chinese and Tibetan styles.
    20120603yonghegong lama temple beiji...jpg
  • Incense sticks burn below the Giant Buddha at Po Lin Monastery near Ngong Ping village.
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  • Incense sticks at Yonghe Temple, also known as the "Palace of Peace and Harmony Lama Temple", the "Yonghe Lamasery", or - popularly - the "Lama Temple" is a temple and monastery of the Geluk School of Tibetan Buddhism located in the northeastern part of Beijing, China. It is one of the largest and most important Tibetan Buddhist monasteries in the world. The building and the artworks of the temple is a combination of Han Chinese and Tibetan styles.
    20120603yonghegong lama temple beiji...jpg
  • People come to pray and burn incense sticks at The Yonghe Temple, also known as the "Palace of Peace and Harmony Lama Temple", the "Yonghe Lamasery", or - popularly - the "Lama Temple" is a temple and monastery of the Geluk School of Tibetan Buddhism located in the northeastern part of Beijing, China. It is one of the largest and most important Tibetan Buddhist monasteries in the world. The building and the artworks of the temple is a combination of Han Chinese and Tibetan styles.
    20120603yonghegong lama temple beiji...jpg
  • People come to pray and burn incense sticks at The Yonghe Temple, also known as the "Palace of Peace and Harmony Lama Temple", the "Yonghe Lamasery", or - popularly - the "Lama Temple" is a temple and monastery of the Geluk School of Tibetan Buddhism located in the northeastern part of Beijing, China. It is one of the largest and most important Tibetan Buddhist monasteries in the world. The building and the artworks of the temple is a combination of Han Chinese and Tibetan styles.
    20120603yonghegong lama temple beiji...jpg
  • People come to pray and burn incense sticks at The Yonghe Temple, also known as the "Palace of Peace and Harmony Lama Temple", the "Yonghe Lamasery", or - popularly - the "Lama Temple" is a temple and monastery of the Geluk School of Tibetan Buddhism located in the northeastern part of Beijing, China. It is one of the largest and most important Tibetan Buddhist monasteries in the world. The building and the artworks of the temple is a combination of Han Chinese and Tibetan styles.
    20120603yonghegong lama temple beiji...jpg
  • People come to pray and burn incense sticks at The Yonghe Temple, also known as the "Palace of Peace and Harmony Lama Temple", the "Yonghe Lamasery", or - popularly - the "Lama Temple" is a temple and monastery of the Geluk School of Tibetan Buddhism located in the northeastern part of Beijing, China. It is one of the largest and most important Tibetan Buddhist monasteries in the world. The building and the artworks of the temple is a combination of Han Chinese and Tibetan styles.
    20120603yonghegong lama temple beiji...jpg
  • Two elderly women hold lotus flowers, candles and incense sticks as offerings before they circumambulate Pha That Luang three times in honour of Buddha at the That Luang festival, Vientiane, Lao PDR. Pha That Luang is the national symbol and most important religious monument of Laos. Vientiane's most important Theravada Buddhist festival, "Boun That Luang", is held here for three days during the full moon of the twelfth lunar month (November). Monks and laypeople from all over Laos congregate to celebrate the occasion with three days of religious ceremony followed by a week of festivities, day and night. The procession of laypeople begins at Wat Si Muang in the city centre and proceeds to Pha That Luang to make offerings to the monks in order to accumulate merit for rebirth into a better life.
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  • Incense sticks burning at Yonghe Temple, also known as the "Palace of Peace and Harmony Lama Temple", the "Yonghe Lamasery", or - popularly - the "Lama Temple" is a temple and monastery of the Geluk School of Tibetan Buddhism located in the northeastern part of Beijing, China. It is one of the largest and most important Tibetan Buddhist monasteries in the world. The building and the artworks of the temple is a combination of Han Chinese and Tibetan styles.
    20120603yonghegong lama temple beiji...jpg
  • Incense sticks burning at Yonghe Temple, also known as the "Palace of Peace and Harmony Lama Temple", the "Yonghe Lamasery", or - popularly - the "Lama Temple" is a temple and monastery of the Geluk School of Tibetan Buddhism located in the northeastern part of Beijing, China. It is one of the largest and most important Tibetan Buddhist monasteries in the world. The building and the artworks of the temple is a combination of Han Chinese and Tibetan styles.
    20120603yonghegong lama temple beiji...jpg
  • Incense sticks at Yonghe Temple, also known as the "Palace of Peace and Harmony Lama Temple", the "Yonghe Lamasery", or - popularly - the "Lama Temple" is a temple and monastery of the Geluk School of Tibetan Buddhism located in the northeastern part of Beijing, China. It is one of the largest and most important Tibetan Buddhist monasteries in the world. The building and the artworks of the temple is a combination of Han Chinese and Tibetan styles.
    20120603yonghegong lama temple beiji...jpg
  • People come to pray and burn incense sticks at The Yonghe Temple, also known as the "Palace of Peace and Harmony Lama Temple", the "Yonghe Lamasery", or - popularly - the "Lama Temple" is a temple and monastery of the Geluk School of Tibetan Buddhism located in the northeastern part of Beijing, China. It is one of the largest and most important Tibetan Buddhist monasteries in the world. The building and the artworks of the temple is a combination of Han Chinese and Tibetan styles.
    20120603yonghegong lama temple beiji...jpg
  • People come to pray and burn incense sticks at The Yonghe Temple, also known as the "Palace of Peace and Harmony Lama Temple", the "Yonghe Lamasery", or - popularly - the "Lama Temple" is a temple and monastery of the Geluk School of Tibetan Buddhism located in the northeastern part of Beijing, China. It is one of the largest and most important Tibetan Buddhist monasteries in the world. The building and the artworks of the temple is a combination of Han Chinese and Tibetan styles.
    20120603yonghegong lama temple beiji...jpg
  • Incense sticks for sale outside Yonghe Temple, also known as the "Palace of Peace and Harmony Lama Temple", the "Yonghe Lamasery", or - popularly - the "Lama Temple" is a temple and monastery of the Geluk School of Tibetan Buddhism located in the northeastern part of Beijing, China. It is one of the largest and most important Tibetan Buddhist monasteries in the world. The building and the artworks of the temple is a combination of Han Chinese and Tibetan styles.
    20120603yonghegong lama temple beiji...jpg
  • A woman lights incense at the Thien Hau Pagoda, Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon), Vietnam
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  • People come to pray and burn incense sticks at The Yonghe Temple, also known as the "Palace of Peace and Harmony Lama Temple", the "Yonghe Lamasery", or - popularly - the "Lama Temple" is a temple and monastery of the Geluk School of Tibetan Buddhism located in the northeastern part of Beijing, China. It is one of the largest and most important Tibetan Buddhist monasteries in the world. The building and the artworks of the temple is a combination of Han Chinese and Tibetan styles.
    20120603yonghegong lama temple beiji...jpg
  • People come to pray and burn incense sticks at The Yonghe Temple, also known as the "Palace of Peace and Harmony Lama Temple", the "Yonghe Lamasery", or - popularly - the "Lama Temple" is a temple and monastery of the Geluk School of Tibetan Buddhism located in the northeastern part of Beijing, China. It is one of the largest and most important Tibetan Buddhist monasteries in the world. The building and the artworks of the temple is a combination of Han Chinese and Tibetan styles.
    20120603yonghegong lama temple beiji...jpg
  • People come to pray and burn incense sticks at The Yonghe Temple, also known as the "Palace of Peace and Harmony Lama Temple", the "Yonghe Lamasery", or - popularly - the "Lama Temple" is a temple and monastery of the Geluk School of Tibetan Buddhism located in the northeastern part of Beijing, China. It is one of the largest and most important Tibetan Buddhist monasteries in the world. The building and the artworks of the temple is a combination of Han Chinese and Tibetan styles.
    20120603yonghegong lama temple beiji...jpg
  • Incense being spread. Often the lines between Candomble and Catholicism are blurred. This is especially true with the Sao Lazaro event in late January in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, the city which is known as the home of Candomble. Sao Lazaro represents healing and the sick.
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  • Giving offerings of flowers and candles at the That Luang festival, Vientiane, Lao PDR. Pha That Luang is the national symbol and most important religious monument of Laos. Vientiane's most important Theravada Buddhist festival, "Boun That Luang", is held here for three days during the full moon of the twelfth lunar month (November). Monks and laypeople from all over Laos congregate to celebrate the occasion with three days of religious ceremony followed by a week of festivities, day and night. The procession of laypeople begins at Wat Si Muang in the city centre and proceeds to Pha That Luang to make offerings to the monks in order to accumulate merit for rebirth into a better life. The religious part concludes as laypeople, carrying incense and candles as offerings, circumambulate Pha That Luang three times in honor of Buddha.
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  • The Thao Maha Brahma Buddha sits at street level beneath the lines of the BTS skytrain, near Ratchadamri on the way to Pratunam. People come throughout the day to place flowers and incense to bless the Buddha.
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  • Offerings of flowers and candles at the That Luang festival, Vientiane, Lao PDR. Vientiane's most important Theravada Buddhist festival, "Boun That Luang", is held for three days during the full moon of the twelfth lunar month (November). Monks and laypeople from all over Laos congregate to celebrate the occasion with three days of religious ceremony followed by a week of festivities, day and night. The religious part concludes as laypeople, carrying incense and candles as offerings, circumambulate Pha That Luang three times in honor of Buddha.
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  • Offerings of flowers and candles at the That Luang festival, Vientiane, Lao PDR. Vientiane's most important Theravada Buddhist festival, "Boun That Luang", is held for three days during the full moon of the twelfth lunar month (November). Monks and laypeople from all over Laos congregate to celebrate the occasion with three days of religious ceremony followed by a week of festivities, day and night. The religious part concludes as laypeople, carrying incense and candles as offerings, circumambulate Pha That Luang three times in honor of Buddha.
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  • New Year worshippers burn incense at Longhua temple in Shanghai, China on 26 January, 2009.  .Worshippers crowd into Longhua temple to make their Chinese New Year prayers and well-wishes in Shanghai, China on 26 January, 2009.  Traditionally the first day of the lunar new year is an auspicious day to offer prayers and honor ancestors.
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  • The altar with 8 Buddha’s during the Haka Festival. The festival, which is called in Chinese "Miao Hui" takes place only once every 8 years for the Que Ken Ba Village. Villagers go to Chao Tian Yan temple to carry the Guan Yin Buddha (God of Mercy) back to their village's temple. (Sept.19-22 is the festival time, chinese calender) keep for a year, to protect the villagers, bring them good luck, happiness and fortune. At the end of the year, Sept.19 following year, the village send back the Buddha to Chao Tian Yan temple, and another village will carry it to their village's temple. there are 8 villages in this festival, so by turn, every village get a chance every 8 years. Chao Tian Yan temple dates back 700 years ago. The special festival has started since then, was only stopped for around 20 years because of Culture revolution. It<br />
began again during late 1980s.
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  • Wu Jian Xin, 37 prays at the Buddhist alter erected for the Haka Festival.<br />
The festival, which is called in Chinese "Miao Hui" takes place only once every 8 years for the Que Ken Ba Village. Villagers go to Chao Tian Yan temple to carry the Guan Yin Buddha (God of Mercy) back to their village's temple. (Sept.19-22 is the festival time, chinese calender) keep for a year, to protect the villagers, bring them good luck, happiness and fortune. At the end of the year, Sept.19 following year, the village send back the Buddha to Chao Tian Yan temple, and another village will carry it to their village's temple. there are 8 villages in this festival, so by turn, every village get a chance every 8 years. Chao Tian Yan temple dates back 700 years ago. The special festival has started since then, was only stopped for around 20 years because of Culture revolution. It<br />
began again during late 1980s.
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  • A woman worships in the ruins of the Feroz Shah Kotla Fort in New Delhi, India. In the niches and alcoves of its stone walls, believers - both Hindu and Muslim - pray, light candles and write letters to djinns supernatural creatures of Islamic mythology made of fire and ask for their wishes to be granted.
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  • A shrine by the counter at Moti Mahal Restaurant in Old Delhi, India<br />
The resturant opened in 1947 is widely credited with inventing the classic Delhi dish, butter chicken.
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  • A woman worships in the ruins of the Feroz Shah Kotla Fort in New Delhi, India. In the niches and alcoves of its stone walls, believers - both Hindu and Muslim - pray, light candles and write letters to djinns supernatural creatures of Islamic mythology made of fire and ask for their wishes to be granted.
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  • Chinese New Year Celebrations in China Town, Bangkok, Thailand.
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  • Chinese New Year Celebrations in China Town, Bangkok, Thailand.
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  • Two woman worship in the ruins of the Feroz Shah Kotla Fort in New Delhi, India. In the niches and alcoves of its stone walls, believers - both Hindu and Muslim - pray, light candles and write letters to djinns supernatural creatures of Islamic mythology made of fire and ask for their wishes to be granted.
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  • Chinese New Year Celebrations in China Town, Bangkok, Thailand.
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  • Worshippers crowd into Longhua temple to make their Chinese New Year prayers and well-wishes in Shanghai, China on 26 January, 2009.  Today marks the first day of the Year of the Ox in accordance with the lunar calendar.Worshippers crowd into Longhua temple to make their Chinese New Year prayers and well-wishes in Shanghai, China on 26 January, 2009.  Traditionally the first day of the lunar new year is an auspicious day to offer prayers and honor ancestors.
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  • Worshippers crowd into Longhua temple to make their Chinese New Year prayers and well-wishes in Shanghai, China on 26 January, 2009.  Today marks the first day of the Year of the Ox in accordance with the lunar calendar.Worshippers crowd into Longhua temple to make their Chinese New Year prayers and well-wishes in Shanghai, China on 26 January, 2009.  Traditionally the first day of the lunar new year is an auspicious day to offer prayers and honor ancestors.
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  • Congregation coming into Church / People workshipping in Church. Often the lines between Candomble and Catholicism are blurred. This is especially true with the Sao Lazaro event in late January in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, the city which is known as the home of Candomble. Sao Lazaro represents healing and the sick.
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  • Worshippers crowd into Longhua temple to make their Chinese New Year prayers and well-wishes in Shanghai, China on 26 January, 2009.  Today marks the first day of the Year of the Ox in accordance with the lunar calendar.Worshippers crowd into Longhua temple to make their Chinese New Year prayers and well-wishes in Shanghai, China on 26 January, 2009.  Traditionally the first day of the lunar new year is an auspicious day to offer prayers and honor ancestors.
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  • Offerings at a small Buddhist shrine in Krabi Town, Thailand.
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  • A woman worships in the ruins of the Feroz Shah Kotla Fort In New Delhi, India. In the niches and alcoves of its stone walls, believers - both Hindu and Muslim - pray, light candles and write letters to djinns supernatural creatures of Islamic mythology made of fire and ask for their wishes to be granted.
    SFE_160428_162_1.jpg
  • Two woman worship in the ruins of the Feroz Shah Kotla Fort in New Delhi, India. In the niches and alcoves of its stone walls, believers - both Hindu and Muslim - pray, light candles and write letters to djinns supernatural creatures of Islamic mythology made of fire and ask for their wishes to be granted.
    SFE_160428_063_1.jpg
  • Congregation coming into Church / People workshipping in Church. Often the lines between Candomble and Catholicism are blurred. This is especially true with the Sao Lazaro event in late January in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, the city which is known as the home of Candomble. Sao Lazaro represents healing and the sick.
    _MG_0103_1.jpg
  • Congregation coming into Church / People workshipping in Church. Often the lines between Candomble and Catholicism are blurred. This is especially true with the Sao Lazaro event in late January in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, the city which is known as the home of Candomble. Sao Lazaro represents healing and the sick.
    _MG_0089_1.jpg
  • Worshippers crowd into Longhua temple to make their Chinese New Year prayers and well-wishes in Shanghai, China on 26 January, 2009.  Today marks the first day of the Year of the Ox in accordance with the lunar calendar.Worshippers crowd into Longhua temple to make their Chinese New Year prayers and well-wishes in Shanghai, China on 26 January, 2009.  Traditionally the first day of the lunar new year is an auspicious day to offer prayers and honor ancestors.
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  • Worshippers crowd into Longhua temple to make their Chinese New Year prayers and well-wishes in Shanghai, China on 26 January, 2009.  Traditionally the first day of the lunar new year is an auspicious day to offer prayers and honor ancestors.
    QS090126Shanghai011.jpg
  • Golden Buddhist statues and interior at Longhua Temple in the south of Shanghai, China. This is a working temple where public come to burn incense, offer gifts and to eat. Located on Longhua Road, the temple was first built in 242 AD, during the period of the Three Kingdoms. Longhua Temple is the oldest temple in Shanghai and also the largest at 20,000 square metres including it’s grounds. Because of several destructions by the wars, most of the buildings in Longhua Temple were reconstructed during the reign of the Emperor Tongzhi and Guangxu during the Qing Dynasty.
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  • Alms giving (tak bat) at That Luang festival, Vientiane, Lao PDR. Pha That Luang is the national symbol and most important religious monument of Laos. Vientiane's most important Theravada Buddhist festival, "Boun That Luang", is held here for three days during the full moon of the twelfth lunar month (November). Monks and laypeople from all over Laos congregate to celebrate the occasion with three days of religious ceremony followed by a week of festivities, day and night. The procession of laypeople begins at Wat Si Muang in the city centre and proceeds to Pha That Luang to make offerings to the monks in order to accumulate merit for rebirth into a better life. The religious part concludes as laypeople, carrying incense and candles as offerings, circumambulate Pha That Luang three times in honor of Buddha.
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  • A man shaping a woven bamboo basket in Tang Tien village, Bac Giang province, Vietnam. With Vietnam’s growing population making less land available for farmers to work, families unable to sustain themselves are turning to the creation of various products in rural areas.  These ‘craft’ villages specialise in a single product or activity, anything from palm leaf hats to incense sticks, or from noodle making to snake-catching. Some of these ‘craft’ villages date back hundreds of years, whilst others are a more recent response to enable rural farmers to earn much needed extra income.
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  • Hands of a woman making a clay model of a turtle for a mould used for copper casting in Long Thuong village, Hung Yen province, Vietnam. With Vietnam’s growing population making less land available for farmers to work, families unable to sustain themselves are turning to the creation of various products in rural areas.  These ‘craft’ villages specialise in a single product or activity, anything from palm leaf hats to incense sticks, or from noodle making to snake-catching. Some of these ‘craft’ villages date back hundreds of years, whilst others are a more recent response to enable rural farmers to earn much needed extra income.
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  • A woman making 'Mien' canna flour noodles in Huu Tu village, Hanoi, Vietnam. With Vietnam’s growing population making less land available for farmers to work, families unable to sustain themselves are turning to the creation of various products in rural areas.  These ‘craft’ villages specialise in a single product or activity, anything from palm leaf hats to incense sticks, or from noodle making to snake-catching. Some of these ‘craft’ villages date back hundreds of years, whilst others are a more recent response to enable rural farmers to earn much needed extra income.
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  • Silkworms feeding in bamboo baskets and mulberry leaves drying on the floor in an interior of a home in Chi Dong, silkworm rearing village, Hanoi, Vietnam. With Vietnam’s growing population making less land available for farmers to work, families unable to sustain themselves are turning to the creation of various products in rural areas.  These ‘craft’ villages specialise in a single product or activity, anything from palm leaf hats to incense sticks, or from noodle making to snake-catching. Some of these ‘craft’ villages date back hundreds of years, whilst others are a more recent response to enable rural farmers to earn much needed extra income.
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  • The many hands of a gold Buddha figure at Longhua Temple in the south of Shanghai. This is a working temple where public come to burn incense, offer gifts and to eat. Located on Longhua Road, the temple was first built in 242 AD, during the period of the Three Kingdoms. This is the oldest temple in Shanghai and also the largest at 20,000 square metres including it’s grounds. Because of several destructions by the wars, most of the buildings in Longhua Temple were reconstructed during the reign of the Emperor Tongzhi and Guangxu during the Qing Dynasty.
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  • Lingams at Phra Nang Cave in Railay, Thailand. It is believed among the local people that Phra Nang, Princess Goddess, resides in this cave on the beach at Phra Nang Bay. Fishermen, before going out would pledge the Princess Goddess for good luck. Their wishes fulfilled they would return to offer gifts. This could take the form of incense or flowers, but spirits of goddesses require special gifts. This has nothing to do with Thai religions of Buddhism or Islam, but it is believed that the lingams and the holy womb would create fertility and prosperity for the whole world and mankind.
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  • That Luang festival, Vientiane, Lao PDR. <br />
Vientiane's most important Theravada Buddhist festival, "Boun That Luang", is held for three days during the full moon of the twelfth lunar month (November). Monks and laypeople from all over Laos congregate to celebrate the occasion with three days of religious ceremony followed by a week of festivities, day and night. The religious part concludes as laypeople, carrying incense and candles as offerings, circumambulate Pha That Luang three times in honor of Buddha.
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  • Lighting a candle for an offering at the That Luang festival, Vientiane, Lao PDR. Vientiane's most important Theravada Buddhist festival, "Boun That Luang", is held for three days during the full moon of the twelfth lunar month (November). Monks and laypeople from all over Laos congregate to celebrate the occasion with three days of religious ceremony followed by a week of festivities, day and night. The religious part concludes as laypeople, carrying incense and candles as offerings, circumambulate Pha That Luang three times in honor of Buddha.
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  • That Luang festival, Vientiane, Lao PDR. Vientiane's most important Theravada Buddhist festival, "Boun That Luang", is held for three days during the full moon of the twelfth lunar month (November). Monks and laypeople from all over Laos congregate to celebrate the occasion with three days of religious ceremony followed by a week of festivities, day and night. The religious part concludes as laypeople, carrying incense and candles as offerings, circumambulate Pha That Luang three times in honor of Buddha.
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  • Offerings of flowers and candles at the That Luang festival, Vientiane, Lao PDR. Pha That Luang is the national symbol and most important religious monument of Laos. Vientiane's most important Theravada Buddhist festival, "Boun That Luang", is held here for three days during the full moon of the twelfth lunar month (November). Monks and laypeople from all over Laos congregate to celebrate the occasion with three days of religious ceremony followed by a week of festivities, day and night. The procession of laypeople begins at Wat Si Muang in the city centre and proceeds to Pha That Luang to make offerings to the monks in order to accumulate merit for rebirth into a better life. The religious part concludes as laypeople, carrying incense and candles as offerings, circumambulate Pha That Luang three times in honor of Buddha.
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  • Alms giving (tak bat) at the That Luang festival, Vientiane, Lao PDR. Pha That Luang is the national symbol and most important religious monument of Laos. Vientiane's most important Theravada Buddhist festival, "Boun That Luang", is held here for three days during the full moon of the twelfth lunar month (November). Monks and laypeople from all over Laos congregate to celebrate the occasion with three days of religious ceremony followed by a week of festivities, day and night. The procession of laypeople begins at Wat Si Muang in the city centre and proceeds to Pha That Luang to make offerings to the monks in order to accumulate merit for rebirth into a better life. The religious part concludes as laypeople, carrying incense and candles as offerings, circumambulate Pha That Luang three times in honor of Buddha.
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  • That Luang festival, Vientiane, Lao PDR. Pha That Luang is the national symbol and most important religious monument of Laos. Vientiane's most important Theravada Buddhist festival, "Boun That Luang", is held here for three days during the full moon of the twelfth lunar month (November). Monks and laypeople from all over Laos congregate to celebrate the occasion with three days of religious ceremony followed by a week of festivities, day and night. The procession of laypeople begins at Wat Si Muang in the city centre and proceeds to Pha That Luang to make offerings to the monks in order to accumulate merit for rebirth into a better life. The religious part concludes as laypeople, carrying incense and candles as offerings, circumambulate Pha That Luang three times in honor of Buddha.
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  • A woman weaving a bamboo basket in Tang Tien village, Bac Giang province, Vietnam. With Vietnam’s growing population making less land available for farmers to work, families unable to sustain themselves are turning to the creation of various products in rural areas.  These ‘craft’ villages specialise in a single product or activity, anything from palm leaf hats to incense sticks, or from noodle making to snake-catching. Some of these ‘craft’ villages date back hundreds of years, whilst others are a more recent response to enable rural farmers to earn much needed extra income.
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  • A woman weaving a lid for a picnic basket in Lu Thuong Te grass weaving village, Ha Tay province, Vietnam. With Vietnam’s growing population making less land available for farmers to work, families unable to sustain themselves are turning to the creation of various products in rural areas.  These ‘craft’ villages specialise in a single product or activity, anything from palm leaf hats to incense sticks, or from noodle making to snake-catching. Some of these ‘craft’ villages date back hundreds of years, whilst others are a more recent response to enable rural farmers to earn much needed extra income.
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  • Two Shanghainese during daily prayer sessions at the Longhua Temple in the south of Shanghai. This is a working Buddhist temple where public come to burn incense, offer gifts and to eat. Located on Longhua Road, the temple was first built in 242 AD, during the period of the Three Kingdoms. Longhua Temple is the oldest temple in Shanghai and also the largest at 20,000 square metres including it’s grounds. Because of several destructions by the wars, most of the buildings in Longhua Temple were reconstructed during the reign of the Emperor Tongzhi and Guangxu during the Qing Dynasty.
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  • Golden Buddhist cloth with Chinese characters at Longhua Temple in the south of Shanghai, China. This is a working temple where public come to burn incense, offer gifts and to eat. Located on Longhua Road, the temple was first built in 242 AD, during the period of the Three Kingdoms. Longhua Temple is the oldest temple in Shanghai and also the largest at 20,000 square metres including it’s grounds. Because of several destructions by the wars, most of the buildings in Longhua Temple were reconstructed during the reign of the Emperor Tongzhi and Guangxu during the Qing Dynasty.
    2005-07-02 shanghai 070_alamy.jpg
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