My China trips
Shuilu Fahui, China 10-19/10/2025
Shuilu Fahui China 10-19 October 2025 The Shuilu Fahui 水陸法會(Water and Land Dharma Assembly) is the most elaborate Buddhist ceremony in Chinese Buddhism. The full name of the ceremony is the Fajie Shengfan Shuilu Pudu Dazhai Shenghui (法界聖凡水陸普度大齋勝會), which translates to “Water and Land Universal Deliverance and Grand Feast Assembly for Saints and Ordinary Sentient Beings in the Dharma Realm”. … Continue reading
Beijing China 26/9 -3/10/2025
I love autumn foliage. In August, I joined a Hong Kong tour to visit Northeast China from 26/9-3/10/25. The tour was canceled. As a result, I decided to spend five days in Tian Zhen Yuan 天真園 (TZY) to experience the Tai Chi 太極culture and two days with friends in Beijing. 26-30/9/2025 Tian Zhen Yuan Tianjin 天津 Catherine and … Continue reading
Xinjiang China 1-20 September 2025
D10 Tashkurgan – Kashi (300km) We set off at 9am and had two nice photo stops to take photos of Mt Muztaga and the grassland. The panorama photo of the snow-capped mountains and the lake was taken with drone by our driver Wang. On our way back to Kashi, we would visit the Oytak Glacier Park 奥依塔克冰川公园 after … Continue reading
Xinjiang China I 1-20 September 2025
Xinjiang China September 1-20, 2025 Xinjiang 新疆 (full name: Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region) with an area of approximately 1.66 million km² and a population of 25.85 million (2020), is China’s largest administrative division, covering about one-sixth of the country’s total landmass. It consists of two main regions geographically separated by the Tianshan Mountains天山: Dzungaria to the north and the Tarim Basin to the … Continue reading
Fujian Pilgrimage 21-27 September 2023
I joined a 5-day pilgrimage trip to Fujian 福建 (September 21-25) organised by the Buddhist Compassion Organisation and stayed behind in the Fuzhou for two more days a few days. It is a nice discovery tour : while the basic structures and layout of all Chinese temples have similar features, all the nine temples visited … Continue reading
Taiwan June 16-26, 2023
Why this trip? Lawrence (my younger brother) and Sally (sister-in-law) moved to Pengh澎湖, Taiwan in 2021. On hearing that Lili, my niece, would be visiting her parents in June, I decided to join her as I would have enough time to complete my capstone project which was due in end July. My friends Leung, Flora … Continue reading
China 2 Huangshan January 5 -12, 2020
Chengkan, Shexian, Longcun & Yangzhou January 9 -12
China 1 Huangshan January 5 – 12, 2020
Hangzhou, Hongcun & Huangshan January 5 – 8, 2020 Mount Huangshan (Huangshan) is the most beautiful mountain in China. After my first visit in early 1990s, I always want to return to see this majestic mountain in all seasons especially in the winter to see the mountain peaks and pine trees with snow. I had … Continue reading
China 2019: Xian & Dunhuang June 5 – 18, 2019
Dunhuang (Mogao Caves & Yulin Caves) & Xi’an: June 10-18, 2019
China 2019: Xian & Dunhuang June 5 – 18, 2019
Xi’an, Huashan & Yan’an June 5 – 10, 2019