http://www.blogigo.co.uk/TanzheTemple3 That's the world from my perspective - with a free weblog from blogigo. en TanzheTemple TanzheTemple Sat, 24 Dec 2005 11:12:45 +0100 daily 1       The Monk saw off  us until the  corner of the hill, and stoped there for a while, said: "  Look at there, so many pagoda tombs there."    we watched out guided by his  direction, there is a red wall with over 3 meters high to encircled the pagoda forest. why so many pagodas and why they are different in size and styles ? we asked to ourself . the Monk explain simplified:" the Tanzhe temple  having a history of a dozen or more dynasties, it  has seem numerous monks do Buddhist practice here and finish their lives in this world, thus leaving many pagoda tombs in different styles close by the temple."     "Probably the best known is the one for Master Miaoyan, daughter of Kublai Khan of the Yuan dynasty, called Princess of Miaoyan." he continued : "In order to redeem his father from killing so many people in battles, she converted herself to Buddhism, and spent the rest of her life here. Her... Sat, 24 Dec 2005 11:12:45 +0100 http://www.blogigo.co.uk/TanzheTemple3/The-story-our-Tanzhe-tour-Beijing-page/1/ http://www.blogigo.co.uk/TanzheTemple3/The-story-our-Tanzhe-tour-Beijing-page/1/