Yongegong

We’ve made it an annual New Year’s tradition to wander the grounds of Yonghegong and burn incense at the altars of the many Buddhas therein. Neither my wife (who is technically a Hui Muslim) nor I (of the “wait-and-see” camp) can claim to be Buddhists, but we very much consider visiting temples “a Chinese Thing” and go all out burning incense, buying amulets, bowing reverently – the whole nine yards.

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