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Debbie Liu's avatar

A lovely post about the Tianhou, or Mazu temple, Paul. I always get so nostalgic when I read your Tianjin posts. I was there, before it was jazzed up and digitalized. It's crazy how so many temples have digital blessings, digital fortune-telling, digital everything these days. The photos of the murals on white tiles are particularly gorgeous!!

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Paul Dotta's avatar

Thanks Debbie, that must have been something to see! I’d be jealous, but I’ve nobody to point to but myself 😂. I walked past it a dozen times over the years. The temples really embrace technology in different ways and degrees. Each is so independent and unique, an angle I didn’t expect and enjoy about visiting. There should be a follow up to those murals, we should understand the stories. We had to run past. 🙏

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