{"id":139,"date":"2015-07-16T20:26:17","date_gmt":"2015-07-16T12:26:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/angelafremont.com\/dir\/?p=139"},"modified":"2015-07-18T20:20:27","modified_gmt":"2015-07-18T12:20:27","slug":"bicycling-and-temple-in-xian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.angelafremont.com\/dir\/2015\/07\/16\/bicycling-and-temple-in-xian\/","title":{"rendered":"Bicycling and Temple in Xi’an"},"content":{"rendered":"

A wonderful city full of the parallel lives of maintaining the ancient Chinese culture dating back 5,000 years and living a thoroughly modern life with cool restaurants in shopping malls that are lively centers of communal dancing, skateboarding, or a walk with your date. \u00a0Bicycling on the city wall this morning with a new friend, LeeAnne. She is preparing to take a big exam in traditional Chinese medicine.<\/p>\n

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Afterwards we visited the Guangren Buddhist Temple run by Tibetan monks. \u00a0The master meets us with golden prayer shawls placed around our necks.<\/p>\n

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The various smaller temples house many beautiful seated Buddhas. There is a large and steady group of devotees lighting incense sticks and offering prayers.<\/p>\n

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I draw a large standing Buddha between 20-25 feet. We are invited to the private library on the second floor of the golden temple. I am so close to the face and hands in a devotional posture. My world focuses in. \u00a0Perfect quiet. Just me and the Buddhas’ enormous hands, face, body.<\/p>\n

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Amazing again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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