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Cambodia: Oxcart with women and children following the Khmer army into battle, bas-relief Eastern Wall, southern section, The Bayon, Angkor Thom.<br/><br/> The Bayon was originally the official state temple of the Mahayana Buddhist King Jayavarman VII. The Bayon, at the centre of Angkor Thom (Great City), was established in the 12th century by King Jayavarman VII.<br/><br/> Angkor Thom, meaning ‘The Great City’, is located one mile north of Angkor Wat. It was built in the late 12th century CE by King Jayavarman VII, and covers an area of 9 km², within which are located several monuments from earlier eras as well as those established by Jayavarman and his successors. It is believed to have sustained a population of 80,000-150,000 people.
The <i>Anwar-i Suhayli</i> or 'The Lights of Canopus', commonly known as the <i>Fables of Bidpai</i> in the West, is a Persian version of the ancient Indian collection of animal fables, the <i>Panchatantra</i>. It tells a tale of a Persian physician, Burzuyah, and his mission to India, where he stumbles upon a book of stories collected from the animals who reside there.<br/><br/> In a similar vein to the <i>Arabian Nights</i>, the fables in the manuscript are inter-woven as the characters of one story recount the next, leading up to three or four degrees of narrative embedding. Many usually have morals or offer philosophical glimpses into human behaviour, emphasising loyalty and teamwork.
Nimrud is the later Arab name for an ancient Assyrian city located 30 kilometres (20 mi) south of the city of Mosul in the Nineveh plains in northern Mesopotamia. It was a major Assyrian city between approximately 1250 BCE and 610 BCE.
The bronze 'Chimera of Arezzo' is one of the best known examples of the art of the Etruscans.<br/><br/> In Greek mythology the monstrous Chimera ravaged its homeland, Lycia, until it was slain by Bellerophon. The goat head of the Chimera has a wound inflicted by this Greek hero. Based on the cowering, representation of fear, and the wound inflicted, this sculpture may have been part of a set that would have included a bronze sculpture of Bellerophon.
Dashain is the longest and the most auspicious festival in the Nepalese annual calendar, celebrated by Nepalese people throughout the globe. It is also celebrated by many Hindus elsewhere. Dashain symbolizes the victory of good over evil.<br/><br/> For followers of Shaktism, it represents the victory of the goddess Parvati. In Hindu mythology, the demon Mahishasura had created terror in the devaloka (the world where gods live ) but Durga killed the demon. The first nine days of Dashain symbolizes the battle which took place between the different manifestations of Durga and Mahishasura. The tenth day is the day when Durga finally defeated him. For other Hindus, this festival symbolizes the victory of Rama over Ravana as recounted in the Ramayana.<br/><br/> Buddhists Nepal celebrate Dashain to commemorate Ashoka's adoption of ahimsa and Buddhism.<br/><br/> Kathmandu is an unexpected and extravagant mixture of peoples and religions, child-goddesses, bare-foot porters padding in back alleys, and sacred cows. The Kathmandu most people come to see is the Old City, a tangled network of narrow alleys, stores and temples located around central Durbar Square.
The Poetic Edda is a collection of Old Norse poems primarily preserved in the Icelandic mediaeval manuscript Codex Regius.<br/><br/> Together with Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda, the Poetic Edda is the most important extant source on Norse mythology and Germanic heroic legends.
Tachibana no Hayanari (c. 782 - September 24, 844 CE) was a Heian period Japanese government official, calligrapher, and member of the Tachibana family. He travelled to China in 804, returning in 806. His most famous surviving calligraphic work is the <i>Ito Naishin'no Ganmon</i>, now in the Imperial Household collection. He is honored as one of the group of three outstanding calligraphers called <i>Sanpitsu</i> ('Three Brushes').<br/><br/> He is honored posthumously as a <i>kami</i> at Kami Goryo Shrine Kyoto.<br/><br/> Totoya Hokkei was a Japanese printmaker and book illustrator. He initially studied painting with Kano Yosen (1735-1808), the head of the Kobikicho branch of the Kano School and <i>okaeshi</i> (official painter) to the Tokugawa shogunate.<br/><br/> Together with Teisai Hokuba (1771-1844), Hokkei was one of Katsushika Hokusai's best students.
The <i>Anwar-i Suhayli</i> or 'The Lights of Canopus', commonly known as the <i>Fables of Bidpai</i> in the West, is a Persian version of the ancient Indian collection of animal fables, the <i>Panchatantra</i>. It tells a tale of a Persian physician, Burzuyah, and his mission to India, where he stumbles upon a book of stories collected from the animals who reside there.<br/><br/> In a similar vein to the <i>Arabian Nights</i>, the fables in the manuscript are inter-woven as the characters of one story recount the next, leading up to three or four degrees of narrative embedding. Many usually have morals or offer philosophical glimpses into human behaviour, emphasising loyalty and teamwork.
The Jin dynasty, distinguished as the Sima Jin and Liang Jin, was a Chinese dynasty, empire, and era traditionally dated from 265 to 420 CE. It was founded by Sima Yan, son of Sima Zhao who was made Prince of Jin and posthumously declared the founder of the dynasty.<br/><br/> The Western Wei followed the disintegration of the Northern Wei, and ruled northern China from 535 to 557 CE. As with the Northern Wei state that preceded it, the ruling family of Western Wei were members of the Tuoba clan of the Xianbei.
Qingyang Gong Shi (Green Goat Palace Temple) is the oldest and largest Daoist temple in the Southwest of China. It is situated in the western part of Chengdu City. Originally built in the early Tang Dynasty (618-907), this temple has been rebuilt and repaired many times. The existing buildings were mostly built during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). According to legend, Qing Yang Gong is said to be the birth place of the founder of Taoism, Lao Tsu / Laozi, and is where he gave his first sermon.<br/><br/> Chengdu, known formerly as Chengtu, is the capital of Sichuan province in Southwest China. In the early 4th century BCE, the 9th Kaiming king of the ancient Shu moved his capital to the city's current location from today's nearby Pixian.
Qingyang Gong Shi (Green Goat Palace Temple) is the oldest and largest Daoist temple in the Southwest of China. It is situated in the western part of Chengdu City. Originally built in the early Tang Dynasty (618-907), this temple has been rebuilt and repaired many times. The existing buildings were mostly built during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). According to legend, Qing Yang Gong is said to be the birth place of the founder of Taoism, Lao Tsu / Laozi, and is where he gave his first sermon.<br/><br/> Chengdu, known formerly as Chengtu, is the capital of Sichuan province in Southwest China. In the early 4th century BCE, the 9th Kaiming king of the ancient Shu moved his capital to the city's current location from today's nearby Pixian.
Qingyang Gong Shi (Green Goat Palace Temple) is the oldest and largest Daoist temple in the Southwest of China. It is situated in the western part of Chengdu City. Originally built in the early Tang Dynasty (618-907), this temple has been rebuilt and repaired many times. The existing buildings were mostly built during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). According to legend, Qing Yang Gong is said to be the birth place of the founder of Taoism, Lao Tsu / Laozi, and is where he gave his first sermon.<br/><br/> Chengdu, known formerly as Chengtu, is the capital of Sichuan province in Southwest China. In the early 4th century BCE, the 9th Kaiming king of the ancient Shu moved his capital to the city's current location from today's nearby Pixian.
Qingyang Gong Shi (Green Goat Palace Temple) is the oldest and largest Daoist temple in the Southwest of China. It is situated in the western part of Chengdu City. Originally built in the early Tang Dynasty (618-907), this temple has been rebuilt and repaired many times. The existing buildings were mostly built during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). According to legend, Qing Yang Gong is said to be the birth place of the founder of Taoism, Lao Tsu / Laozi, and is where he gave his first sermon.<br/><br/> Chengdu, known formerly as Chengtu, is the capital of Sichuan province in Southwest China. In the early 4th century BCE, the 9th Kaiming king of the ancient Shu moved his capital to the city's current location from today's nearby Pixian.
Qingyang Gong Shi (Green Goat Palace Temple) is the oldest and largest Daoist temple in the Southwest of China. It is situated in the western part of Chengdu City. Originally built in the early Tang Dynasty (618-907), this temple has been rebuilt and repaired many times. The existing buildings were mostly built during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). According to legend, Qing Yang Gong is said to be the birth place of the founder of Taoism, Lao Tsu / Laozi, and is where he gave his first sermon.<br/><br/> Chengdu, known formerly as Chengtu, is the capital of Sichuan province in Southwest China. In the early 4th century BCE, the 9th Kaiming king of the ancient Shu moved his capital to the city's current location from today's nearby Pixian.
Qingyang Gong Shi (Green Goat Palace Temple) is the oldest and largest Daoist temple in the Southwest of China. It is situated in the western part of Chengdu City. Originally built in the early Tang Dynasty (618-907), this temple has been rebuilt and repaired many times. The existing buildings were mostly built during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). According to legend, Qing Yang Gong is said to be the birth place of the founder of Taoism, Lao Tsu / Laozi, and is where he gave his first sermon.<br/><br/> Chengdu, known formerly as Chengtu, is the capital of Sichuan province in Southwest China. In the early 4th century BCE, the 9th Kaiming king of the ancient Shu moved his capital to the city's current location from today's nearby Pixian.
Qingyang Gong Shi (Green Goat Palace Temple) is the oldest and largest Daoist temple in the Southwest of China. It is situated in the western part of Chengdu City. Originally built in the early Tang Dynasty (618-907), this temple has been rebuilt and repaired many times. The existing buildings were mostly built during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). According to legend, Qing Yang Gong is said to be the birth place of the founder of Taoism, Lao Tsu / Laozi, and is where he gave his first sermon.<br/><br/> Chengdu, known formerly as Chengtu, is the capital of Sichuan province in Southwest China. In the early 4th century BCE, the 9th Kaiming king of the ancient Shu moved his capital to the city's current location from today's nearby Pixian.
Qingyang Gong Shi (Green Goat Palace Temple) is the oldest and largest Daoist temple in the Southwest of China. It is situated in the western part of Chengdu City. Originally built in the early Tang Dynasty (618-907), this temple has been rebuilt and repaired many times. The existing buildings were mostly built during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). According to legend, Qing Yang Gong is said to be the birth place of the founder of Taoism, Lao Tsu / Laozi, and is where he gave his first sermon.<br/><br/> Chengdu, known formerly as Chengtu, is the capital of Sichuan province in Southwest China. In the early 4th century BCE, the 9th Kaiming king of the ancient Shu moved his capital to the city's current location from today's nearby Pixian.
Qingyang Gong Shi (Green Goat Palace Temple) is the oldest and largest Daoist temple in the Southwest of China. It is situated in the western part of Chengdu City. Originally built in the early Tang Dynasty (618-907), this temple has been rebuilt and repaired many times. The existing buildings were mostly built during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). According to legend, Qing Yang Gong is said to be the birth place of the founder of Taoism, Lao Tsu / Laozi, and is where he gave his first sermon.<br/><br/> Chengdu, known formerly as Chengtu, is the capital of Sichuan province in Southwest China. In the early 4th century BCE, the 9th Kaiming king of the ancient Shu moved his capital to the city's current location from today's nearby Pixian.
Qingyang Gong Shi (Green Goat Palace Temple) is the oldest and largest Daoist temple in the Southwest of China. It is situated in the western part of Chengdu City. Originally built in the early Tang Dynasty (618-907), this temple has been rebuilt and repaired many times. The existing buildings were mostly built during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). According to legend, Qing Yang Gong is said to be the birth place of the founder of Taoism, Lao Tsu / Laozi, and is where he gave his first sermon.<br/><br/> Chengdu, known formerly as Chengtu, is the capital of Sichuan province in Southwest China. In the early 4th century BCE, the 9th Kaiming king of the ancient Shu moved his capital to the city's current location from today's nearby Pixian.
Qingyang Gong Shi (Green Goat Palace Temple) is the oldest and largest Daoist temple in the Southwest of China. It is situated in the western part of Chengdu City. Originally built in the early Tang Dynasty (618-907), this temple has been rebuilt and repaired many times. The existing buildings were mostly built during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). According to legend, Qing Yang Gong is said to be the birth place of the founder of Taoism, Lao Tsu / Laozi, and is where he gave his first sermon.<br/><br/> Chengdu, known formerly as Chengtu, is the capital of Sichuan province in Southwest China. In the early 4th century BCE, the 9th Kaiming king of the ancient Shu moved his capital to the city's current location from today's nearby Pixian.
Qingyang Gong Shi (Green Goat Palace Temple) is the oldest and largest Daoist temple in the Southwest of China. It is situated in the western part of Chengdu City. Originally built in the early Tang Dynasty (618-907), this temple has been rebuilt and repaired many times. The existing buildings were mostly built during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). According to legend, Qing Yang Gong is said to be the birth place of the founder of Taoism, Lao Tsu / Laozi, and is where he gave his first sermon.<br/><br/> Chengdu, known formerly as Chengtu, is the capital of Sichuan province in Southwest China. In the early 4th century BCE, the 9th Kaiming king of the ancient Shu moved his capital to the city's current location from today's nearby Pixian.
Qingyang Gong Shi (Green Goat Palace Temple) is the oldest and largest Daoist temple in the Southwest of China. It is situated in the western part of Chengdu City. Originally built in the early Tang Dynasty (618-907), this temple has been rebuilt and repaired many times. The existing buildings were mostly built during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). According to legend, Qing Yang Gong is said to be the birth place of the founder of Taoism, Lao Tsu / Laozi, and is where he gave his first sermon.<br/><br/> Chengdu, known formerly as Chengtu, is the capital of Sichuan province in Southwest China. In the early 4th century BCE, the 9th Kaiming king of the ancient Shu moved his capital to the city's current location from today's nearby Pixian.
Qingyang Gong Shi (Green Goat Palace Temple) is the oldest and largest Daoist temple in the Southwest of China. It is situated in the western part of Chengdu City. Originally built in the early Tang Dynasty (618-907), this temple has been rebuilt and repaired many times. The existing buildings were mostly built during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). According to legend, Qing Yang Gong is said to be the birth place of the founder of Taoism, Lao Tsu / Laozi, and is where he gave his first sermon.<br/><br/> Chengdu, known formerly as Chengtu, is the capital of Sichuan province in Southwest China. In the early 4th century BCE, the 9th Kaiming king of the ancient Shu moved his capital to the city's current location from today's nearby Pixian.
Palestine (Arabic: فلسطين‎ Filasṭīn, Falasṭīn, Filisṭīn; Greek: Παλαιστίνη, Palaistinē; Latin: Palaestina; Hebrew: פלשתינה Palestina) is a name given to the geographic region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Jordan River. The region is also known as the Land of Israel (Hebrew: ארץ־ישראל Eretz-Yisra'el), the Holy Land and the Southern Levant.<br/><br/> In 1832 Palestine was conquered by Muhammad Ali's Egypt, but in 1840 Britain intervened and returned control of the Levant to the Ottomans in return for further capitulations. The end of the 19th century saw the beginning of Zionist immigration and the Revival of the Hebrew language. The movement was publicly supported by Great Britain during World War I with the Balfour Declaration of 1917. The British captured Jerusalem a month later, and were formally awarded a mandate in 1922.<br/><br/> In 1947, following World War II and the Holocaust, the British Government announced their desire to terminate the Mandate, and the United Nations General Assembly voted to partition the territory into a Jewish state and an Arab state. The Jewish leadership accepted the proposal but the Arab Higher Committee rejected it; a civil war began immediately, and the State of Israel was declared in 1948.<br/><br/> The 1948 Palestinian exodus, known in Arabic as the Nakba (Arabic: النكبة‎, an-Nakbah, 'The Catastrophe') occurred when approximately 711,000 to 725,000 Palestinian Arabs fled or were expelled from their homes, during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War during which Israel captured and incorporated a further 26% of Palestinian territory.<br/><br/> In the course of the Six Day War in June 1967, Israel captured the remainder of historic Palestine and began a continuing policy of Israeli settlement and annexation.
Dong Ho painting (Vietnamese: Tranh Đông Hồ or Tranh làng Hồ), full name Dong Ho folk woodcut painting (Tranh khắc gỗ dân gian Đông Hồ) is a genre of Vietnamese woodcut paintings originating from Dong Ho village (làng Đông Hồ) in Bac Ninh Province, Vietnam.<br/><br/> Using the traditional điệp paper and colours derived from nature, craftsmen print Dong Ho pictures of different themes from good luck wishes, historical figures to everyday activities and folk allegories. In the past, Dong Ho painting was an essential element of the Tết holiday in Vietnam.
The Tacuinum (sometimes Taccuinum) Sanitatis is a medieval handbook on health and wellbeing, based on the Taqwim al‑sihha تقويم الصحة ('Maintenance of Health'), an eleventh-century Arab medical treatise by Ibn Butlan of Baghdad.<br/><br/> Ibn Butlân was a Christian physician born in Baghdad and who died in 1068. He sets forth the six elements necessary to maintain daily health: food and drink, air and the environment, activity and rest, sleep and wakefulness, secretions and excretions of humours, changes or states of mind (happiness, anger, shame, etc). According to Ibn Butlân, illnesses are the result of changes in the balance of some of these elements, therefore he recommended a life in harmony with nature in order to maintain or recover one’s health.<br/><br/> Ibn Butlân also teaches us to enjoy each season of the year, the consequences of each type of climate, wind and snow. He points out the importance of spiritual wellbeing and mentions, for example, the benefits of listening to music, dancing or having a pleasant conversation.<br/><br/> Aimed at a cultured lay audience, the text exists in several variant Latin versions, the manuscripts of which are characteristically profusely illustrated. The short paragraphs of the treatise were freely translated into Latin in mid-thirteenth-century Palermo or Naples, continuing an Italo-Norman tradition as one of the prime sites for peaceable inter-cultural contact between the Islamic and European worlds.<br/><br/> Four handsomely illustrated complete late fourteenth-century manuscripts of the Taccuinum, all produced in Lombardy, survive, in Vienna, Paris, Liège and Rome, as well as scattered illustrations from others, as well as fifteenth-century codices.
The earliest mention of Kashgar occurs when a Chinese Han Dynasty (206 BCE – 220 CE) envoy traveled the Northern Silk Road to explore lands to the west.<br/><br/> Another early mention of Kashgar is during the Former Han (also known as the Western Han Dynasty), when in 76 BCE the Chinese conquered the Xiongnu, Yutian (Khotan), Sulei (Kashgar), and a group of states in the Tarim basin almost up to the foot of the Tian Shan mountains.<br/><br/> Ptolemy spoke of Scythia beyond the Imaus, which is in a 'Kasia Regio', probably exhibiting the name from which Kashgar is formed.<br/><br/> The country’s people practised Zoroastrianism and Buddhism before the coming of Islam. The celebrated Old Uighur prince Sultan Satuq Bughra Khan converted to Islam late in the 10th century and his Uighur kingdom lasted until 1120 but was distracted by complicated dynastic struggles.<br/><br/> The Uighurs employed an alphabet based upon the Syriac and borrowed from the Nestorian, but after converting to Islam widely used also an Arabic script. They spoke a dialect of Turkic preserved in the Kudatku Bilik, a moral treatise composed in 1065.
The Hunterian Psalter (or York Psalter) is an illuminated manuscript of the 12th century. It was produced in England some time around 1170, and is considered a striking example of Romanesque book art. The work is part of the collection of the Glasgow University Library, which acquired the book in 1807. It derives its colloquial name, the 'Hunterian Psalter', from having been part of the collection of 18th century Scottish anatomist and book collector William Hunter, who willed his collection to the University. It has also at times been known as the 'York Psalter', owing to its supposed northern English origin in the city of York.
Uzbekistan: A painting from the court of Timurid sultan Baysungur Bahadir Khan, late 15th century. The Timurids were a Central Asian Sunni Muslim dynasty of originally Turko-Mongol descent whose empire included the whole of Central Asia, Iran, modern Afghanistan, as well as large parts of Pakistan, India, Mesopotamia, Anatolia and the Caucasus. It was founded by the great conqueror Timur (Tamerlane) in the 14th century from the remnants of the Mongol Empire.
The Kunlun Mountains (Kūnlún Shān) are one of the longest mountain chains in Asia, extending more than 3,000 km. In the broadest sense, it forms the northern edge of the Tibetan Plateau south of the Tarim basin and the Gansu corridor and continues east south of the Wei River to end at the North China Plain.
The Poetic Edda is a collection of Old Norse poems primarily preserved in the Icelandic mediaeval manuscript Codex Regius.<br/><br/> Together with Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda, the Poetic Edda is the most important extant source on Norse mythology and Germanic heroic legends.
Qingyang Gong Shi (Green Goat Palace Temple) is the oldest and largest Daoist temple in the Southwest of China. It is situated in the western part of Chengdu City. Originally built in the early Tang Dynasty (618-907), this temple has been rebuilt and repaired many times. The existing buildings were mostly built during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). According to legend, Qing Yang Gong is said to be the birth place of the founder of Taoism, Lao Tsu / Laozi, and is where he gave his first sermon.<br/><br/> Chengdu, known formerly as Chengtu, is the capital of Sichuan province in Southwest China. In the early 4th century BC, the 9th Kaiming king of the ancient Shu moved his capital to the city's current location from today's nearby Pixian.
Qingyang Gong Shi (Green Goat Palace Temple) is the oldest and largest Daoist temple in the Southwest of China. It is situated in the western part of Chengdu City. Originally built in the early Tang Dynasty (618-907), this temple has been rebuilt and repaired many times. The existing buildings were mostly built during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). According to legend, Qing Yang Gong is said to be the birth place of the founder of Taoism, Lao Tsu / Laozi, and is where he gave his first sermon.<br/><br/> Chengdu, known formerly as Chengtu, is the capital of Sichuan province in Southwest China. In the early 4th century BC, the 9th Kaiming king of the ancient Shu moved his capital to the city's current location from today's nearby Pixian.
Qingyang Gong Shi (Green Goat Palace Temple) is the oldest and largest Daoist temple in the Southwest of China. It is situated in the western part of Chengdu City. Originally built in the early Tang Dynasty (618-907), this temple has been rebuilt and repaired many times. The existing buildings were mostly built during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). According to legend, Qing Yang Gong is said to be the birth place of the founder of Taoism, Lao Tsu / Laozi, and is where he gave his first sermon.<br/><br/> Chengdu, known formerly as Chengtu, is the capital of Sichuan province in Southwest China. In the early 4th century BC, the 9th Kaiming king of the ancient Shu moved his capital to the city's current location from today's nearby Pixian.
Qingyang Gong Shi (Green Goat Palace Temple) is the oldest and largest Daoist temple in the Southwest of China. It is situated in the western part of Chengdu City. Originally built in the early Tang Dynasty (618-907), this temple has been rebuilt and repaired many times. The existing buildings were mostly built during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). According to legend, Qing Yang Gong is said to be the birth place of the founder of Taoism, Lao Tsu / Laozi, and is where he gave his first sermon.<br/><br/> Chengdu, known formerly as Chengtu, is the capital of Sichuan province in Southwest China. In the early 4th century BC, the 9th Kaiming king of the ancient Shu moved his capital to the city's current location from today's nearby Pixian.
Qingyang Gong Shi (Green Goat Palace Temple) is the oldest and largest Daoist temple in the Southwest of China. It is situated in the western part of Chengdu City. Originally built in the early Tang Dynasty (618-907), this temple has been rebuilt and repaired many times. The existing buildings were mostly built during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). According to legend, Qing Yang Gong is said to be the birth place of the founder of Taoism, Lao Tsu / Laozi, and is where he gave his first sermon.<br/><br/> Chengdu, known formerly as Chengtu, is the capital of Sichuan province in Southwest China. In the early 4th century BC, the 9th Kaiming king of the ancient Shu moved his capital to the city's current location from today's nearby Pixian.
Qingyang Gong Shi (Green Goat Palace Temple) is the oldest and largest Daoist temple in the Southwest of China. It is situated in the western part of Chengdu City. Originally built in the early Tang Dynasty (618-907), this temple has been rebuilt and repaired many times. The existing buildings were mostly built during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). According to legend, Qing Yang Gong is said to be the birth place of the founder of Taoism, Lao Tsu / Laozi, and is where he gave his first sermon.<br/><br/> Chengdu, known formerly as Chengtu, is the capital of Sichuan province in Southwest China. In the early 4th century BC, the 9th Kaiming king of the ancient Shu moved his capital to the city's current location from today's nearby Pixian.
Qingyang Gong Shi (Green Goat Palace Temple) is the oldest and largest Daoist temple in the Southwest of China. It is situated in the western part of Chengdu City. Originally built in the early Tang Dynasty (618-907), this temple has been rebuilt and repaired many times. The existing buildings were mostly built during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). According to legend, Qing Yang Gong is said to be the birth place of the founder of Taoism, Lao Tsu / Laozi, and is where he gave his first sermon.<br/><br/> Chengdu, known formerly as Chengtu, is the capital of Sichuan province in Southwest China. In the early 4th century BC, the 9th Kaiming king of the ancient Shu moved his capital to the city's current location from today's nearby Pixian.
Qingyang Gong Shi (Green Goat Palace Temple) is the oldest and largest Daoist temple in the Southwest of China. It is situated in the western part of Chengdu City. Originally built in the early Tang Dynasty (618-907), this temple has been rebuilt and repaired many times. The existing buildings were mostly built during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). According to legend, Qing Yang Gong is said to be the birth place of the founder of Taoism, Lao Tsu / Laozi, and is where he gave his first sermon.<br/><br/> Chengdu, known formerly as Chengtu, is the capital of Sichuan province in Southwest China. In the early 4th century BC, the 9th Kaiming king of the ancient Shu moved his capital to the city's current location from today's nearby Pixian.
Qingyang Gong Shi (Green Goat Palace Temple) is the oldest and largest Daoist temple in the Southwest of China. It is situated in the western part of Chengdu City. Originally built in the early Tang Dynasty (618-907), this temple has been rebuilt and repaired many times. The existing buildings were mostly built during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). According to legend, Qing Yang Gong is said to be the birth place of the founder of Taoism, Lao Tsu / Laozi, and is where he gave his first sermon.<br/><br/> Chengdu, known formerly as Chengtu, is the capital of Sichuan province in Southwest China. In the early 4th century BC, the 9th Kaiming king of the ancient Shu moved his capital to the city's current location from today's nearby Pixian.
Qingyang Gong Shi (Green Goat Palace Temple) is the oldest and largest Daoist temple in the Southwest of China. It is situated in the western part of Chengdu City. Originally built in the early Tang Dynasty (618-907), this temple has been rebuilt and repaired many times. The existing buildings were mostly built during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). According to legend, Qing Yang Gong is said to be the birth place of the founder of Taoism, Lao Tsu / Laozi, and is where he gave his first sermon.<br/><br/> Chengdu, known formerly as Chengtu, is the capital of Sichuan province in Southwest China. In the early 4th century BC, the 9th Kaiming king of the ancient Shu moved his capital to the city's current location from today's nearby Pixian.
Qingyang Gong Shi (Green Goat Palace Temple) is the oldest and largest Daoist temple in the Southwest of China. It is situated in the western part of Chengdu City. Originally built in the early Tang Dynasty (618-907), this temple has been rebuilt and repaired many times. The existing buildings were mostly built during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). According to legend, Qing Yang Gong is said to be the birth place of the founder of Taoism, Lao Tsu / Laozi, and is where he gave his first sermon.<br/><br/> Chengdu, known formerly as Chengtu, is the capital of Sichuan province in Southwest China. In the early 4th century BC, the 9th Kaiming king of the ancient Shu moved his capital to the city's current location from today's nearby Pixian.
Qingyang Gong Shi (Green Goat Palace Temple) is the oldest and largest Daoist temple in the Southwest of China. It is situated in the western part of Chengdu City. Originally built in the early Tang Dynasty (618-907), this temple has been rebuilt and repaired many times. The existing buildings were mostly built during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). According to legend, Qing Yang Gong is said to be the birth place of the founder of Taoism, Lao Tsu / Laozi, and is where he gave his first sermon.<br/><br/> Chengdu, known formerly as Chengtu, is the capital of Sichuan province in Southwest China. In the early 4th century BC, the 9th Kaiming king of the ancient Shu moved his capital to the city's current location from today's nearby Pixian.
Qingyang Gong Shi (Green Goat Palace Temple) is the oldest and largest Daoist temple in the Southwest of China. It is situated in the western part of Chengdu City. Originally built in the early Tang Dynasty (618-907), this temple has been rebuilt and repaired many times. The existing buildings were mostly built during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). According to legend, Qing Yang Gong is said to be the birth place of the founder of Taoism, Lao Tsu / Laozi, and is where he gave his first sermon.<br/><br/> Chengdu, known formerly as Chengtu, is the capital of Sichuan province in Southwest China. In the early 4th century BC, the 9th Kaiming king of the ancient Shu moved his capital to the city's current location from today's nearby Pixian.
Qingyang Gong Shi (Green Goat Palace Temple) is the oldest and largest Daoist temple in the Southwest of China. It is situated in the western part of Chengdu City. Originally built in the early Tang Dynasty (618-907), this temple has been rebuilt and repaired many times. The existing buildings were mostly built during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). According to legend, Qing Yang Gong is said to be the birth place of the founder of Taoism, Lao Tsu / Laozi, and is where he gave his first sermon.<br/><br/> Chengdu, known formerly as Chengtu, is the capital of Sichuan province in Southwest China. In the early 4th century BC, the 9th Kaiming king of the ancient Shu moved his capital to the city's current location from today's nearby Pixian.
Qingyang Gong Shi (Green Goat Palace Temple) is the oldest and largest Daoist temple in the Southwest of China. It is situated in the western part of Chengdu City. Originally built in the early Tang Dynasty (618-907), this temple has been rebuilt and repaired many times. The existing buildings were mostly built during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). According to legend, Qing Yang Gong is said to be the birth place of the founder of Taoism, Lao Tsu / Laozi, and is where he gave his first sermon.<br/><br/> Chengdu, known formerly as Chengtu, is the capital of Sichuan province in Southwest China. In the early 4th century BC, the 9th Kaiming king of the ancient Shu moved his capital to the city's current location from today's nearby Pixian.
Qingyang Gong Shi (Green Goat Palace Temple) is the oldest and largest Daoist temple in the Southwest of China. It is situated in the western part of Chengdu City. Originally built in the early Tang Dynasty (618-907), this temple has been rebuilt and repaired many times. The existing buildings were mostly built during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). According to legend, Qing Yang Gong is said to be the birth place of the founder of Taoism, Lao Tsu / Laozi, and is where he gave his first sermon.<br/><br/> Chengdu, known formerly as Chengtu, is the capital of Sichuan province in Southwest China. In the early 4th century BC, the 9th Kaiming king of the ancient Shu moved his capital to the city's current location from today's nearby Pixian.
Qingyang Gong Shi (Green Goat Palace Temple) is the oldest and largest Daoist temple in the Southwest of China. It is situated in the western part of Chengdu City. Originally built in the early Tang Dynasty (618-907), this temple has been rebuilt and repaired many times. The existing buildings were mostly built during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). According to legend, Qing Yang Gong is said to be the birth place of the founder of Taoism, Lao Tsu / Laozi, and is where he gave his first sermon.<br/><br/> Chengdu, known formerly as Chengtu, is the capital of Sichuan province in Southwest China. In the early 4th century BC, the 9th Kaiming king of the ancient Shu moved his capital to the city's current location from today's nearby Pixian.
Qingyang Gong Shi (Green Goat Palace Temple) is the oldest and largest Daoist temple in the Southwest of China. It is situated in the western part of Chengdu City. Originally built in the early Tang Dynasty (618-907), this temple has been rebuilt and repaired many times. The existing buildings were mostly built during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). According to legend, Qing Yang Gong is said to be the birth place of the founder of Taoism, Lao Tsu / Laozi, and is where he gave his first sermon.<br/><br/> Chengdu, known formerly as Chengtu, is the capital of Sichuan province in Southwest China. In the early 4th century BC, the 9th Kaiming king of the ancient Shu moved his capital to the city's current location from today's nearby Pixian.
Qingyang Gong Shi (Green Goat Palace Temple) is the oldest and largest Daoist temple in the Southwest of China. It is situated in the western part of Chengdu City. Originally built in the early Tang Dynasty (618-907), this temple has been rebuilt and repaired many times. The existing buildings were mostly built during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). According to legend, Qing Yang Gong is said to be the birth place of the founder of Taoism, Lao Tsu / Laozi, and is where he gave his first sermon.<br/><br/> Chengdu, known formerly as Chengtu, is the capital of Sichuan province in Southwest China. In the early 4th century BC, the 9th Kaiming king of the ancient Shu moved his capital to the city's current location from today's nearby Pixian.
Qingyang Gong Shi (Green Goat Palace Temple) is the oldest and largest Daoist temple in the Southwest of China. It is situated in the western part of Chengdu City. Originally built in the early Tang Dynasty (618-907), this temple has been rebuilt and repaired many times. The existing buildings were mostly built during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). According to legend, Qing Yang Gong is said to be the birth place of the founder of Taoism, Lao Tsu / Laozi, and is where he gave his first sermon.<br/><br/> Chengdu, known formerly as Chengtu, is the capital of Sichuan province in Southwest China. In the early 4th century BC, the 9th Kaiming king of the ancient Shu moved his capital to the city's current location from today's nearby Pixian.
Qingyang Gong Shi (Green Goat Palace Temple) is the oldest and largest Daoist temple in the Southwest of China. It is situated in the western part of Chengdu City. Originally built in the early Tang Dynasty (618-907), this temple has been rebuilt and repaired many times. The existing buildings were mostly built during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). According to legend, Qing Yang Gong is said to be the birth place of the founder of Taoism, Lao Tsu / Laozi, and is where he gave his first sermon.<br/><br/> Chengdu, known formerly as Chengtu, is the capital of Sichuan province in Southwest China. In the early 4th century BC, the 9th Kaiming king of the ancient Shu moved his capital to the city's current location from today's nearby Pixian.
Qingyang Gong Shi (Green Goat Palace Temple) is the oldest and largest Daoist temple in the Southwest of China. It is situated in the western part of Chengdu City. Originally built in the early Tang Dynasty (618-907), this temple has been rebuilt and repaired many times. The existing buildings were mostly built during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). According to legend, Qing Yang Gong is said to be the birth place of the founder of Taoism, Lao Tsu / Laozi, and is where he gave his first sermon.<br/><br/> Chengdu, known formerly as Chengtu, is the capital of Sichuan province in Southwest China. In the early 4th century BC, the 9th Kaiming king of the ancient Shu moved his capital to the city's current location from today's nearby Pixian.
Qingyang Gong Shi (Green Goat Palace Temple) is the oldest and largest Daoist temple in the Southwest of China. It is situated in the western part of Chengdu City. Originally built in the early Tang Dynasty (618-907), this temple has been rebuilt and repaired many times. The existing buildings were mostly built during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). According to legend, Qing Yang Gong is said to be the birth place of the founder of Taoism, Lao Tsu / Laozi, and is where he gave his first sermon.<br/><br/> Chengdu, known formerly as Chengtu, is the capital of Sichuan province in Southwest China. In the early 4th century BC, the 9th Kaiming king of the ancient Shu moved his capital to the city's current location from today's nearby Pixian.
Qingyang Gong Shi (Green Goat Palace Temple) is the oldest and largest Daoist temple in the Southwest of China. It is situated in the western part of Chengdu City. Originally built in the early Tang Dynasty (618-907), this temple has been rebuilt and repaired many times. The existing buildings were mostly built during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). According to legend, Qing Yang Gong is said to be the birth place of the founder of Taoism, Lao Tsu / Laozi, and is where he gave his first sermon.<br/><br/> Chengdu, known formerly as Chengtu, is the capital of Sichuan province in Southwest China. In the early 4th century BC, the 9th Kaiming king of the ancient Shu moved his capital to the city's current location from today's nearby Pixian.
Qingyang Gong Shi (Green Goat Palace Temple) is the oldest and largest Daoist temple in the Southwest of China. It is situated in the western part of Chengdu City. Originally built in the early Tang Dynasty (618-907), this temple has been rebuilt and repaired many times. The existing buildings were mostly built during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). According to legend, Qing Yang Gong is said to be the birth place of the founder of Taoism, Lao Tsu / Laozi, and is where he gave his first sermon.<br/><br/> Chengdu, known formerly as Chengtu, is the capital of Sichuan province in Southwest China. In the early 4th century BC, the 9th Kaiming king of the ancient Shu moved his capital to the city's current location from today's nearby Pixian.
Qingyang Gong Shi (Green Goat Palace Temple) is the oldest and largest Daoist temple in the Southwest of China. It is situated in the western part of Chengdu City. Originally built in the early Tang Dynasty (618-907), this temple has been rebuilt and repaired many times. The existing buildings were mostly built during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). According to legend, Qing Yang Gong is said to be the birth place of the founder of Taoism, Lao Tsu / Laozi, and is where he gave his first sermon.<br/><br/> Chengdu, known formerly as Chengtu, is the capital of Sichuan province in Southwest China. In the early 4th century BC, the 9th Kaiming king of the ancient Shu moved his capital to the city's current location from today's nearby Pixian.
Qingyang Gong Shi (Green Goat Palace Temple) is the oldest and largest Daoist temple in the Southwest of China. It is situated in the western part of Chengdu City. Originally built in the early Tang Dynasty (618-907), this temple has been rebuilt and repaired many times. The existing buildings were mostly built during the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911). According to legend, Qing Yang Gong is said to be the birth place of the founder of Taoism, Lao Tsu / Laozi, and is where he gave his first sermon.<br/><br/> Chengdu, known formerly as Chengtu, is the capital of Sichuan province in Southwest China. In the early 4th century BC, the 9th Kaiming king of the ancient Shu moved his capital to the city's current location from today's nearby Pixian.