Sunday, May 20, 2007

Silk Road - Zhangye

Zhangye is part of the Hexi Corridor and was developed after Emperor 汉武帝 step foot on this place to face invading forces from 匈奴.


大佛寺, Big Buddha Temple


This buddhist temple is a royal temple, 皇家寺院 and has been around since some 900 years ago. It houses the biggest indoor sleeping Buddha in China, in addition to dragon sculptures. Unfortunately, the exterior temple was having a major renovations.






This building houses the buddhist scripts which they uncovered inside the sleeping Buddha's head.




Chinese murals line the corridor of the temple along the streets.



木塔, Wooden Pagoda



Was captured along the way...




Tried foot reflex at the hotel here and that was when we found out that Andy Lau's staying at the same hotel as us!!!!! hhahahah.... But NOPE, i didn't met him in person. But the hotel staff were all so eager to share the exciting news so well... we learnt about it somehow. He's here to film a new movie, 'The 3 kingdoms'. hoho...