Monday, 24 October - The temples of Wutai Shan (1/2)

Breakfast in the flower hotel	Flower hotel	Views of mountains	Views of mountains 1	Views of mountains 2	Cleaning windows in hotel	In middle of first courtyard	The oldest cooking pot in the kitchen	Blue bronze cooking pot
Walking around this huge temple requires many steps	See the snow on the mountain	First of the halls with beautiful decorations and yellow tiled roofs	Blue sky and sunshine help us be able to bear the minus x degrees in temperature	Great colours	Each courtyard is different this one has trees in it	Chinese scripts are very important	The only bird I have found close by so far a magpie	Looking down on the Stupa
George our guide with Graham	Ornate buildings	Child sweeping up	Coal transport	No Trample	Sundial	Monks getting ready for lunch	Contemplating statue of monks	More monks
Brick building with the monks inside	Gold temple	Gold pillars	View of a temple on top of a hill	Rear view of golden temple	Large bells in little rooms	The pagoda or Stupa	View of countryside	Looking back at the Stupa