Circular Mound Altar, Temple of Heaven, Peking

Temple of Heaven, Peking

Female Lion (with cub) (tongshi 銅獅), Yonghe Temple (雍和宮) ‘The Lama Temple’, Beijing

Bronze censer, Yonghe Temple (雍和宮) ‘The Lama Temple’, Beijing

Flower Pagoda or Flowery Pagoda (花塔) at the Temple of the Six Banyan Trees or Liurong Temple (六榕寺), Guangzhou (广州)

Temple near Commissioner's summer house

A shrine by the road to a temple, near Kiukiang

Picnic party near Kiukiang

Façade detail of the Temple of the Big Bell / Da zhong si / Dazong Temple (大钟寺), Beijing and courtyard with metal vats and ru yi-shaped stone chime

Façade of the bell tower, Temple of the Big Bell / Da zhong si / Dazong Temple (大钟寺), Beijing

Detail of the bell at Temple of the Big Bell / Da zhong si / Dazong Temple (大钟寺), Beijing

Façade detail of the Temple of the Big Bell / Da zhong si / Dazong Temple (大钟寺) and stone stela, Beijing

Interior of pavilion at Zhuanlun Zang (转轮藏), Summer Palace (頤和園), Beijing, showing altar with statues of Buddha and attendants

Street vendor hawking 佛珠 (Buddhist prayer beads) at New Year's

Taoist priests wearing ritual robes at a blessing ceremony or funeral

Fangguanyan temple (方广岩寺) from above, Geling Mountain, near Fuzhou (福州)

Fangguanyan temple (方广岩寺), Geling Mountain, near Fuzhou (福州)

Rope used as water conduit, by a waterfall, at Fangguanyan temple (方广岩寺), Geling Mountain, near Fuzhou (福州)

'Little' Jinshan temple (金山塔寺), Wulong River (乌龙江), Fuzhou

Lotus pond and bridge at a temple, Putuoshan (Mount Putuo)