User:BabelStone/China 1984-1985

China, 1984-1985

Beijing, 1984 and 1985

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  Stone column (huabiao) in front of the Gate of Heavenly Peace in 1984.
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  Gate of Heavenly Peace from Tian'anmen Square in 1984.

Hangzhou and Suzhou, October 1984

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  North Temple Pagoda (北寺塔) at Suzhou, Jiangsu.
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  Ruiguang Pagoda (瑞光塔) at Suzhou, Jiangsu.
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  Ruiguang Pagoda (瑞光塔) at Suzhou, Jiangsu.

Yungang Grottoes (雲崗石窟), Datong, 1985

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  Shakyamuni in Grotto 20 at the Yungang Grottoes near Datong, Shanxi.
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  Shakyamuni in Grotto 20 at the Yungang Grottoes near Datong, Shanxi.
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  Head of Shakyamuni in Grotto 20 at the Yungang Grottoes near Datong, Shanxi.
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  Grotto with Buddhist statues at the Yungang Grottoes near Datong, Shanxi.
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  Buddhist statue at the Yungang Grottoes near Datong, Shanxi.
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  Head of a Buddha seen through a wall covered with miniature Buddhas at the Yungang Grottoes near Datong, Shanxi.
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  Buddha head painted in blue and gold at the Yungang Grottoes near Datong, Shanxi.
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  Buddhist statue at the Yungang Grottoes near Datong, Shanxi.
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  Buddha statue with painted background at the Yungang Grottoes near Datong, Shanxi.
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  Head of a Boddhisattva in Grotto 18 at the Yungang Grottoes near Datong, Shanxi.

Chengdu to Lhasa, Spring 1985

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  Celebrating Tibetan New Year (Losar), at Chamdo, Tibet, February 1985.
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  Child at a sky burial outside Lhasa, Tibet, during the first lunar month, March 1985.
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  Cooking at a sky burial outside Lhasa, Tibet, during the first lunar month, March 1985.
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  Relatives of the deceased at a sky burial outside Lhasa, Tibet, during the first lunar month, March 1985.
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  Rogyapa (corpse worker) washing his hands after cutting up the corpses at a sky burial outside Lhasa, Tibet, during the first lunar month, March 1985.
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  Vultures feeding on the rock used to expose bodies at a sky burial outside Lhasa, Tibet, during the first lunar month, March 1985.
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  Vultures feeding on the rock used to expose bodies at a sky burial outside Lhasa, Tibet, during the first lunar month, March 1985.
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  Vultures feeding on the rock used to expose bodies at a sky burial outside Lhasa, Tibet, during the first lunar month, March 1985.