näol. Sealset rahvusvahelist kööki pakkuvad stiilsed restoranid on ühed peenemad kogu Hiinas. Shanghaisse minnes, tuleks kindlasi külastada Yu Yuani aeda. 1559. Aastast pärit aed ja tempel hävisid 19. Sajandil oopiumisõdades. Nüüd hõlmab see kompleks looklevaid teeradu maastikul, mida ilmestavad kaunid kiviaiad ning bambusest vaateplatvormid ja sillad, mis heidavad varje tohutute karpkaladega tiikidele. ( 501 vaatamisväärsust, 2007: ) 3. 2 Guilin Guilini maastikku on raske millegagi võrrelda. Suured smagradrohelised karstimoodustised justkui hõljuvad nõiduslikult Li jõe kohal, andes kogu piirkonnale eelajaloolise ilme. Siinse maastiku tuntuim sümbol on enam kui 360 miljonit aastat vana Elevandilondi mängi, mis kõrgub majesteetlikult Guilini linna kaugosas Li jõe läänekaldal. See suur karstimoodustis meenutab tohutut elevanti. Kes lonksab oma pika londiga jõevett.
what happens, so hypnotized by the world of fluctuating forms, so absorbed in the content of their lives, they have forgotten the essence, that which is beyond content, beyond form, beyond thought. They are so consumed by time that they have forgotten eternity, which is their origin, their home, their destiny. Eternity is the living reality of who you are. Some years ago when visiting China, I came upon a stupa on a mountaintop near Guilin. It had writing embossed in gold on it, and I asked my Chinese host what it meant. “It means 'Buddha' “ he said. “Why are there two characters rather than one?” I asked. “One,” he explained, “means 'man.' The other means 'no.' And the two together means 'Buddha'.” I stood there in awe. The character of Buddha already contained the whole teaching of the Buddha, and for those who have eyes to see, the secret of life. Here are the