Wolong Temple & Stele Forest

We still have classes while we are in Xi'an but in the afternoon we were able to travel to the Wolong Buddhist Temple in the city. Outside the temple area there were several people sitting around playing cards. You will notice that only the men are actually playing cards - apparently they don't really let the women play with them - but I saw women set up playing their own games.



Prior to entering the temple were shops set up outside in a market area selling incense and candles to burn inside the temple.





Entrance to the temple:













It was very quiet and peaceful within the temple walls and a nice break from the noisy, busy streets outside in the city.

After the temple we headed over to the Stele Forest is famous for its numerous historic inscriptions and stoneworks. The museum contained thousands of stone tablets from throughout the years which highlighted the change in the character styles.



There were just rooms and rooms of tablets set-up like the ones below.





Back out walking around the city we passed by a beauty shop where women were getting their done with these contraptions.