Handwritten China journal of Edmund Heller (2 of 5)
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Chao - Chou + made Camp in an unused Temple inside the walls. The town is fairly large & hides behind some hills from the Tali lake. The south gate where we entered is very picturesque but weather-beaten & ancient. The temple we camped in was very ornate externally with colored figures Inside the shrine was red lacquer & gold. No god seen in the temple as being built by a private citizen [50]