Sunset in Dali

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Dali, Xizhou

Fuxing Rd from the South Gate. Dali, Yunnan.

Dali, Xizhou

Corner in Fuxing Rd, Dali, Yunnan.

Night market at the south of the South Gate. Dali. Yunnan

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The religions of China

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The religions of China Every people has the religion they inherit from their ancestors. This widely spread aphorism is truer in China than in other countries. Scholars say that the primitive religion of the Chinese, as of the peoples who lived near them, was the cult...

Notes on the Chinese theater

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Taoist ceremony of repaying the debt

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