D1 Wangwushan 王屋山: Thomas H. Hahn Docu-Images

Modern, "faux traditional" gate to the mountain. The real shanmen appears to have been lost

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Small farm nestled into one of the valleys

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The Ying'en gong I

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The Ying'en gong II

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The Ying'en gong III

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Stairs leading up to the otherwise totally demolished Ziwei gong

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"Facing the real gate of Mt. Wangwu"

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View towards where the halls and structures once stood

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Not the original placement of these steles

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Dilapidated halls and side buildings I

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Dilapidated halls and side buildings II

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Collapsed head of a stele

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Fields cover the main area of the former halls

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This used to be the floor of a large temple hall

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Dilapidated halls and side buildings III

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Dilapidated halls and side buildings IV

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A sort of graveyard for ancient steles

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Pig's den build against the side of the entrance hall of the Ziwei Gong

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Old inscription, text mostly faded away

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Stele, back side used as a chess board, re-erected for cosmetic reasons

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The geological museum

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Pathway to the Heavenly Altar Peak (a four hour ascend)

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A silent and sturdy cable car connects the mountain's mid-section with the peak

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Rock, discolored by iron deposits

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Pathway near the Tiantan Peak I

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Pathway near the Tiantan Peak II

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View down into one of the valleys I

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View down into one of the valleys II

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Well spaced and built stairs lead over the last ridge towards the main peak I

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Well spaced and built stairs lead over the last ridge towards the main peak II

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View of the terrace just below the Tiantan Peak I

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View of the terrace just below the Tiantan Peak II

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Pilgrims leaving tokens behind

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View towards one of the lower peaks (Rijing feng)

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Memorabilia left by pilgrims: locks and coins

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The First Grottoe-Heaven, newly constructed

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Courtyard below the three-storied Temple-grottoe

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Gate opening towards a sheer abyss of ca. 1500 feet

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Incense burner in the main courtyard

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View towards the peaks below the Tiantan peak

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Still visible are the old foundations of the destroyed, original Grottoe-temple

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Galleries in the lower courtyard

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A good collection of stele is placed around the lower courtyard

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Pavilion with bell

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Produce and herbs (lingzhi, ginseng, etc.)

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One of the oldest Gingko trees in China I

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Incense burner, placed in worshipping a tree

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Inscription explaining what follows in the next 3 photographs

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One of the oldest Gingko trees in China II

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Different perspective on one of the oldest Gingko trees in China

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The tree is draped in thousands of devotional inscribed strips of cloth

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My knowledgable guide at the Yangtai Gong

th.hahn@gmail.com (Thomas H. Hahn Docu-Images) — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 11:52:55 GMT

Entrance hall to the well-preserved Yangtai Gong

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