All Posts Tagged With: "temple"

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Family Remnants

Writer and photographer S. Peer takes us on a visual journey through the remains of a Chinese Hakka village, now a museum in Shenzhen.

They fled. From China’s Jin Dynasty in 265 to the invasion of the Mongol and the resulting Yuan Dynasty, the Hakka people migrated as refugees from Northern China to the southern provinces. [...]

6May2008 | S. Peer | 1 comment | Continued
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A Morning at Guangxiao Si

Guangxiao Si, the Bright Filial Piety Temple is one the oldest in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province’s capital. History places the first temple buildings on the site during the 4th century, before mighty Guangzhou was a city. The compound is significant because Hui Neng, of the Zen Buddhist sect, was a novice at the temple during the [...]

13Apr2008 | S. Peer | 1 comment | Continued