xxx
xxx
Qingdao Airport
8 Immortals Temple Xian
nm
nm
nm
mn
The Eight Immortals
Hilltop Temple of the Goddess
nm
nm
Xian Museum
mn
m
xx
Fabulous Jug over 5000 years old
We left Xian by coach for Huashan
Huashan Temple and Monastery
nm
nm
nm
xx
Huashan Ascent
nm
nm
We set off to climb Huashan but as we went through the Monastery we were held up by a chanting and drumming ceremony```
Very auspicious
n
xxx
Monastery at Quingkeping m
xxx
Climbing to the High Caves
xxx
This is the Sun Moon Cave where I should have been staying
unfortunately it
was being used by stone masons.
The view was superb looking down on Quingkeping and up at the South peak
I
I moved to Winter Flower Cave at Quingkeping, its the black square in the cliff on the photo above, half way down and just over a third in from the right.
xxxx
xxx
A beautiful cave but a bit tricky to get to in the dark or the wet.
xxx
The roof of the cave was a beautiful dome with natural designs that the chinese called 'Winter Flower'
I called it Starry Heaven' As I lay in my sleeping bag it was a portal into the Cosmos
These two figures from the roof made a strong impression on me. On the right a Comet with a long tail that curved around the cave.
on the left two lovers, the man standing and his consort wrapped around him. God & Goddess making Love.
Later, meditating in the Lao Tsu Temple in Louguanti had a powerful experience when the dome of the cave became the dome of my skull.
x
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
Mark & I found an empty cave it was close to this women's tea house, she picked some leaves for us which Jasmine used for our meal
xx
Spring Flower Quingkeping
xx
xx
xxxxxxxxPrimordial at Quingkeping,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,......................,,,........,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Quan Yin at the old Monastery
xx
xx
Finding another empty cave with Julian
A very old Guardian
Descent
xxx
xx
xx
xx
x
xx
x
xx
xx
Never was a massage appreciated more
Our next stop was Soft Pines Waterfall Hotel, Zhongnan Mountains near Louguanti.
xx
xx
xx
xx
Harvest time and the local technique is to spread the wheat on the road and let the traffic separate the grain
Lao Tsu Temple Louguanti
xx
Paparazzi,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
The complete Tao Te Ching is written on this wall
xx
xx
Lao Tsu's Ascension Site
Beautiful energy here that is very focused and easy to connect with, even from Wales
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
xx
Returning to Xian we call in to a Korean Taoist Monastery
xx
xx
xx
xx
interesting talk with one of the monks
A Rose by any other name would smell as sweet
More work with the wheat crop
