Our group at the Temple of Heaven

Spring is Here

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April 22nd 2008
On a recent beautiful Sunday afternoon I took a walk with Guijian, the father of my host family, (I can't call him my host father since he is younger than me) all around a lovely park called Longtan Park. It was a perfect spring afternoon and we enjoyed the beautiful scenery and the spectacle of people of all ages enjoying the spring weather in seasonal ways. Another afternoon I went with a Ch ... read more

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more