Thursday, October 30, 2008

Coming out of China - part 5 Maoshan

Maoshan is up next.  We visited the temple dedicated to Lao Tzu, the teacher who wrote the infamous Tao Te Ching.  Tao as we know it is the Way, that which cannot be named.  Again there is a huge bronze statue of the great teacher.  While parts of the temple is old, most of the larger structures are new.  And as with most Tao temples, it is assimilated with Buddhism.