A one-day break in the rainy season during the national holiday gave us a chance to visit the “Bamboo Temple” with some friends:
This ancient temple has expansive grounds, buildings, and a collection of 500 full-sized human sculptures, created by a Sichuanese artist in the late 1800s. 
There are also quite a few “other” statues:
Most of these statues are equipped with stoops, providing a place for worshippers to kneel and bow:
Our local temples are places mixed with ancient beauty and modern despair, perpetuating the cycle of bondage to gods of stone and wood who cannot save. But there is good news of hope – of One who was dead and is now alive…
Love the fanny pack mom! It is strange to think about how young the States are in comparison.