Dali

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166 Dali.jpg (39101 bytes) It's a short steep climb to the caves but worth the effort to see the carvings of Buddhist deities, royalty and animals dating from the ninth century.
Their remote location probably accounts for carvings such as this miraculously surviving the desecration of the Cultural Revolution. 

 

 Photo by Michael Redfern.

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Musella Lasiocarpa

(I think)

Peony

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