A visit to Tiantong Chan (Zen) monastery

Date: 2011-5-29 16:46:00 by SlogsPrizz Tags: Buddhism Zen Chan Ningbo Chinese monasteries

Zhejiang has several famous monasteries associated with the Zen (Chinese: Chan) school of Buddhism, and one of the most important ones is the Tiantong (“heavenly child”) monastery. This is where the famous founder of the Japanese Soto sect of Zen, Dogen (1200-1253) studied under his Chinese master Rujing (1163-1227) and where he had his great

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Save the Chicken!

Date: 2011-5-10 2:39:00 by dirwin Tags: ningbo; bog; christmas; adventure; baijiu

This is a cautionary tale about the dangers of baijiu, which I'm sure no seasoned traveller to China need further warnings of; nevertheless, this particular situation should be shared, lest someone fall into the same mess I did.  This story nearly signalled the end of Christmas in Ningbo, a potent

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