Dec 2025 – Let the Images Speak

Zumiao 祖庙

I had been to this place several times, I only considered it as a park with beautiful ancient architectures and gardens. That was until the last time.

It was a Daoist Temple. It was first built during the Song Dynasty (1078-1085). By the early Qing Dynasty (1644 – 1911), it had gradually become a temple with a complete system. It also had a rigorous structure and strong local characteristics.

In its leaflet, the whole name is: Foshan Zumiao Museum 佛山市祖庙博物馆, Foshan Ancestral Temple Museum.

There were too many things to see. I couldn’t say exactly what was what. I was just strolling between the gardens and buildings.

Entrance of **Foshan Ancestral Temple 佛山祖庙**

**An other in the right** guarding the main hall

Went through the Main Hall, there were garden to garden.

**Xie Zhi 解豸**, **The fearless unicorn mythical beast in ancient Chinese mythology**

A pond where people to throw coins to make their wishes

**Three-headed Crane incense burner 三头鹤香炉**
Cranes are auspicious birds and symbols of good fortune and longevity

The Temple was about 30 km from Guangzhou, there was metro Guangzhou – Foshan Zumiao Museum.

December 2024.

River

December 2025.

Tenryu-ji 天龍寺

March last year, I went to Tokyo, Kyoto and a little bit beyond, visited some very spectacular, extraordinaire, brilliant, fascinating places, such as Ueno Park上野恩賜公園; Sensoji Temple 浅草寺; Fushimi Inari Shrine 伏見稻荷大社; Golden Pavilion 金閣寺; Kiyomizu dera Temple 清水寺; Togetsukyo Bridge 渡月橋; Himeji Castle 姬路城 … …