Dori's Moblog: Lama Temple

Our first trip was to the Lama Temple, established in the late 1700s as a symbol of harmony and unification when China annexed Tibet. A former palace, it is the largest Tibetan temple in mainland China outside of Tibet. If I were to claim any religion, the one I am closest to is Buddhism. Li Fan Fan was a practitioner so I performed the prayers at the various temples within the complex with her. It took nearly two hours. I left feeling very peaceful.