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China: Bai women at the Chongsheng Monastery behind San Ta Si (Three Pagodas), Dali, Yunnan

China: Bai women at the Chongsheng Monastery behind San Ta Si (Three Pagodas), Dali, Yunnan

The Chongsheng Monastery is the mother building of the Three Pagodas. It was originally built at the same time as the first pagoda, but burnt down during the Qing Dynasty. It was rebuilt in 2005.

The Three Pagodas (the symbols of Dali) are an ensemble of three independent pagodas just north of the town of Dali dating from the time of the Nanzhao kingdom and the Kingdom of Dali.

Dali is the ancient capital of both the Bai kingdom Nanzhao, which flourished in the area during the 8th and 9th centuries, and the Kingdom of Dali, which reigned from 937-1253. Situated in a once significantly Muslim part of South China, Dali was also the center of the Panthay Rebellion against the reigning imperial Qing Dynasty from 1856-1863.






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CPA Media Co. Ltd.

Photographer:

David Henley

Credit:

Pictures From Asia

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