Since several people commented on this statue, partially seen in the below/previous picture, I thought I’d give a full view of it. I’m not really sure what it is. NOTE: Based on several comments, it seems to be a lion!
The Ten Thousand Buddhas Monastery is a mid-20th century Buddhist temple located in Sha Tin, Hong Kong. Its designation as a monastery is actually a misnomer because there are no monks residing at the complex, which is managed solely by laypersons. My notes say it was a very long hike to get up to the top of the hill where the complex was located.
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I finally found my print pictures of all the foreign travel we did while posted with the State Department to Yokohama/Tokyo (1991-95) and our first tour in Turkey (1996-2000), including to Hong Kong, China, Macau, Singapore, Malaysia, Israel, Jordan and Germany. Since we can't really do any vacation travel these days, it's a nice trip down memory lane to revisit all those places we saw so long ago.
Ten Thousand Buddhas Monastery, Sha Tin, posted earlier:
