Qing Ming (清明节) Walk to Baoguo Temple

It was a nice day so we decided to take a walk over to Baoguo Temple with one of my freshmen students, Mr. Yao. The temple is about ten or fifteen minutes from our apartment. Since I have been taking many pictures of this temple for nearly two years, I decided not to take any outside shots but concentrate on "art photos" instead.

Art Photo - Buddhist Wheel Of Life

Not really an art photo but a pretty good shot of one of the two buildings that stand inside and on both sides of the entrance.

Notice I have the Wheel of Life, the small pagoda-looking building and the lighted candles all in one picture. This gives one a good feel for the entrance layout of the temple.

Art Photo - Follower

Not so artsy but I like the red contrasted with the monks.

Art Photo - Lotus Window

Art Photo - Fenshui Lotus View

Not sure what this thing was called but it made for a great picture.

Is that "qi" as in energy? Nope. It means seven Buddhas.

Art Photo - Oval Door

Art Photo - Another Oval Door

Here Mr. Yao stands posed by one of the doors.

Another view of one of the oval doors. Photographing these obvious Chinese doors is always a good idea.

This is on one of the old fences on the balcony of the second buidling.

A nice view of the second building complex.

Art Photo - Lotus Door

Art Photo - Guards

Art Photo - Lantern

This is the above lamp but from directly underneath. Almost artsy but not quite.

Art Photo - Fish Lips

Art Photo - Fish

Art Photo - Inner Garden

Art Photo - Windows

Art Photo - Leg Carving

Art Photo - Superb Entrance

We spent about two hours walking around Baoguo Temple and, as you can see, I did take a few interesting pictures. Our walk back would take us to the Emei Mountain Museum and then on to Baoguan Village.

Emei Museum and Baoguan Village

Mr. Yao had never been to the museum so we spent about an hour and I tried to take pictures to fill in my already big collection from this museum.

Old watercolor and ink panting of Emei Mountain.

This is part of a hug bronze moral inside the museum that displays ancient sculptures from the area.

A modern watercolor I found quite lovely.

Tea drinkers. I could not resist another picture of these two guys.

I think I must have taken this beautiful ivory buddha at least ten times. I obvious find him quite beautiful.

Sunee checks out some of the huge photos of the area.

Time to move on toward Baoguan Village and back to the campus.

I had not taken a close up of the huge jewel inside the bronze pagoda at the end of Baoguan Village Street. Here it is.

This is a view of the square one finds as he enters the Baogua Temple area or at least the start of the actual Emei Mountain Scenic Area. Waterfalls, bronze pagoda, elephants and incense burners all make for an interesting square.

Time to head home. It was a nice walk and it gave Mr. Yao an opportunity to visit Baogua Temple and the associated Emei Mountain Museum for the first time. A small adventure but an adventure indeed.