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14th cen. Temple of Heaven, most powerful Taoist site in Beijing.
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Gate entrance to Weibao Mtn
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Huashan (Flower Mtn) - Dream Tripper reaches the top of the Dragon's Back.
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Covered bridge, window pattern
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"Skyline" of Yellow Mtns.
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Sunrise from Mt. Hua's East Peak
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West Peak of Flower Mountain, seen from Pole Star cave.
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National Library, Beijing. Note the haze nearly obscures the sun...
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Huashan - view looking down Dragon's back (to the north).
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4 of the 8 Tao Immortals, Xian.
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Tang dynasty stone figure, Taoist.
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Chairman Mao still guards the Forbidden City, Beijing.
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Temple of the Star Beings inspires 2006 Dream trippers to make music on Mt. Weibao.
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Tang dynasty (7 th cen) stone cauldron
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Tiger Leaping Gorge on headwaters of Yangtse River in Yunnan - deeper than the Crand Canyon.
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Cherry Li, one of my main guides, with daughter Candy.
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Wudang Taoist lives in a cave-temple beneath a waterfall.
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Cauldron with a pearl floating above.
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Taoist flutist in Green Goat Temple, Chengdu.
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Chenyuming, Vice Abbott of Huashan, with founder of Complete Perfection Taoism behind.
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Winn, hanging out above 3000 ft. sheer drop, Huashan. This is an optional side hike....called "South Heavenly Gate".
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Modern chinese woman prays at ancient altar.
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Chinese amused by Dream Trippers on magic chair massagers,
Chengdu airport.
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Taoist ceremony at Celestial Master Cave Monastery.
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Master Bing atop Golden Peak, Wudang Mtn.
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Yellow Mountains, where Crounching Tiger, Hidden Dragon was filmed.
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Bagua garden in Green Goat Temple, Changdu.
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North Peak, Huashan.
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Celestial Masters Monastery, ritual alchemy.
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Bridge of the Immortals, Yellow Mountain.
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Joyce Gayheart hugs a Panda bear. Better than the stuffed one she has from her childhood.
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Dream Trip guide Cherry Li, reflecting on a mystical Mt. Wudang moment.
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I Ching silk robes worn during special Taoist ceremony.
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Wudang Taoist monk and nun share a smiling moment.
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Famous Laotzu temple, build where he wrote the Tao Te Ching. Louguantai.
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Guardian lion in Forbidden City, Beijing.
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Note his high forehead - sign of an expanded Lemurian Third Eye? Yangshuo peasant.
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Proud mother weighing in with child.
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Yellow Mountain. lookout
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Meditating in the wondrously sublime chi field of Lao Tzu's Ascension site, near Louguanai.
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Proud father, with my adopted son, a Red Panda. His fur and my beard were perfect match.
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Cherry Li (guide) smiles on recieving a woven heart from a Taoist monk.
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Symbolic sculpture of "primordial pearl", in Forbidden City, Beijing.
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Taoist priest sanctifies a statue for a dream tripper with his heartfelt smile.
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Taoist monk at Weibao Mtn. This guy was quite unhappy, monkhood was his escape route.
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I pause on my steep journey up Mt. Hua, refresh myself with classical erhu music.
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"Coolies" prepare to schlep Dream trippers baggage up the mountain.
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Inner altar of Taoist Laotzu temple, Jade Spring Temple, Huashan village.
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Precipitous cliff trailway, Yellow Mountain.
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Wudang's Purple Cloud Palace.
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Middle Altar, Temple of Heaven, Beijing. Surrounded by a "whispering wall" with perfect acoustics.
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My favorite tree for meditation, juts out over 3000 foot cliff.
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Crown Prince palace at Wudang Mtn.
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Gateway to Laotzu temple at Louguantai.
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Enigmatic smile, Taoist calligrapher, Louguantai.
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This god scares away the demons. Mt. Weibao.
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Pandas going wild over bamboo in reserve near Chendu.
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Mike Teeters and
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Master "Stone-of-Perfection" at Polestar cave area, Huashan.
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Lixiao, another long time Dream Trip guide, with a zillion dollar smile. Qingkeping monastery, Huashan.
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Guest house at night, Louguantai.
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Dream trippers meditating at the Altar of Heaven, a marble circle at south end of Temple of Heaven, Beijing.
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Mystical views from Wudang's Golden Peak.
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Famous Leotzu temple at Louguantai, where he wrote the Tao Te Ching.
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This cliff path leads to a cave in the side of the cliff. How did they build the wooden board path?
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Master Stone-of-Perfection was my first monk friend on Huashan. He lives as a hermit at Pole Star cave.
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