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CHINA | Wednesday, 17 January 2007 | Views [441]

Rachel on the balcony of the Taoist temple. We were told that the red lanterns found here and throughout the city and China are to ward of ghosts and evil spirits.

This is a Taoist temple in downtown Beijing. The only other people there were locals coming to make offerings to the different taoist departments.

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This was at a very cool tea house where we got a demonstration on traditional chinese teas and tried a bunch which ranged from terrible (like rotting fish terrible) to the best tea that we've ever had.

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