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Zhùshèng Temple
A 10-minute walk east of Nányuè Temple, this Zen Buddhist temple, with an attractive stone-carved entranceway, dates back to the Tang dynasty. Outside, on Dong Jie, you can watch carpenters making wooden Buddha statues for the various temples in town.
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Xiàméi
This village dates to the Northern Song dynasty and boasts some spectacular Qing dynasty architecture from its heyday as a wealthy tea-trading centre.Motorbikes in Wǔyí Shān city can take you to Xiàméi at ¥50 (roundtrip) for this 12km journey.
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Riverside Plaza
This lively modern waterfront park features riverside decks where you can view North Korea across the Yālù River. You can also take a boat ride along the river (¥50, 40 minutes). The park is stretched out along Yanjiang Lu, south of the main Shengli Lu.
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Guānxī New Fort
Built in 1827 by Xu Mingjun, a wealthy lumber merchant, Guānxī New Fort is the largest and most ornate fortified village in the county. The smaller, more run-down fort just behind it is known as lǎo wéi (old fort) and was built by Xus father.
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Dragon Gate
Close to the top of the mountain is Dragon Gate, a group of grottoes, sculptures, corridors and pavilions that were hacked from the cliff between 1781 and 1835 by a Taoist monk and coworkers, who must have been hanging up here by their fingertips.
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Big Buddha Temple
The remains of this historic temple on the western slope of Bǎoshí Shān north of West Lake only run to a weather beaten and dilapidated vast stone head of a Buddha; all the temple halls have vanished. Its easy to miss, unless youre hunting for it.
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Xītiān Fánjìng
Located on the lake’s northern shore, Xītiān Fánjìng is one of the most interesting temples in Běijīng (admission is included in the through ticket). The first hall, the Hall of the Heavenly Kings, takes you past Mílèfó, Weituo and the four Heavenly Kings.
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Sunday Bazaar
Every Sunday a large bazaar is held about 2.5km west of the modern town, next to a bridge over the Kuqa River on Renmin Lu. It doesn’t quite rival Kashgar’s, but you won’t find any tour buses here. A small livestock market also takes place here on Fridays.
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Ward Road Jail
This British-built jail was once Shànghǎi’s biggest. Used by the Japanese during WWII, it’s still functioning as a prison and is probably as close as you’ll get, or would want to get, to a Chinese detention facility. You can catch bus 33 here from the Bund.
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Téngwáng Pavilion
This nine-storey pagoda is the city’s drawcard monument, first erected during Tang times, but destroyed and rebuilt no less than 29 times; most recently in 1989. Traditional music performances are played on the 6th floor. Take Bus 2内 from the train station.
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Palace of the Eighth Dalai Lama
This palace (also known as Kelsang Podrang) is the first you come to and also the oldest. Every Dalai Lama from the eighth to the 13th has used it as a summer palace. Only the main audience hall is open; it features 65 hanging thangkas and some lovely painted wood.
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Ohel Rachel Synagogue
This synagogue was built by Jacob Sassoon in 1920, and was the first of seven synagogues built in Shànghǎi (only two remain). It was constructed in the Greek Revival style, inspired by the Sephardic synagogues of London. Unfortunately, its closed to the public.
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Nan Lian Garden
This Tang-style garden connected to Chi Lin Nunnery is embellished with a golden pagoda, a tea pavilion, a koi pond, and an interesting collection of petrified wood and sedimentary boulders--all quite splendid but without the zen-like ambiance of the nunnery.
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Jùfēng
This peak is Láo Shāns highest point at 1133m above sea level. If you take the cable car part way up the mountain, its another four hours up steps past temples and a spring to the stone terrace at the peak and awe-inspiring views of mountains, sky and sea.
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Báiyún Temple
The port-red and recently built Taoist Báiyún (White Cloud) Temple is fronted by an entrance with twin eaves and separated from Dàjìng Pavilion, a preserved section of the city walls, by Dajing Lane. As it is not a historical temple, it has little heritage value.
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Golden Duck Pagoda
On the outskirts of town to the southwest, on the main road, this pagoda is an attractive stupa set in a temple courtyard. It was established to mark the arrival of a pair of golden ducks that brought good fortune to what was previously an uninhabited marshy area.
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Kumbum Tongdrol Chenmo
This new white chörten just outside the monastery was constructed in 2000 with Taiwanese funds. It replaces an original 13-storey chörten destroyed in the Cultural Revolution. It’s possible to climb past the ground-floor statue of Jampa to its upper floors.
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Causeway Bay Typhoon Shelter
Not so long ago the waterfront in Causeway Bay was a mass of junks and sampans huddling in the typhoon shelter for protection, but these days it’s nearly all yachts. The land jutting out to the west is Kellett Island. It is home to the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club .
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Cemetery of St Michael the Archangel
This cemetery, northeast of Monte Fort, contains tombs and sepulchres that can only be described as baroque ecclesiastical works of art. Near the main entrance is the Chapel of St Michael , a doll-sized, pea-green church with a tiny choir loft and pretty porticoes.
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Stone Gate Hill & Stone Seal Hill
If youre really into Buddhist rock carvings, try to get out to the rarely visited sculptures at Stone Gate Hill (石门山; Shímén Shān), 19km southeast of Dàzú, or those at Stone Seal Hill (石篆山; Shízhuàn Shān), 20km southwest of town. You’ll have to take a taxi.
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