杭州: Photo Gallery

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(1) Hong Wu (Getty Images) and David Kelly, Hangzhou, China, and Its World-Renowned Tea. Los Angeles Times, Mar 29, 2013 (photo gallery).
http://www.latimes.com/travel/la-tr-hangzhou-20130331-photos,0,1079679.photogallery

Note:
(a) Weng Jia Shan  翁家山(村)
(b) Lingyin Temple  灵隐寺
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lingyin_Temple
(the Chan sect; located north-west of Hangzhou; in the Wulin Mountains 武林山; founded in 328 AD during the Eastern Jin Dynasty by monk Hui Li 慧理, who came from India)

One image (8/11) is 大雄寶殿.
(c)
(i) Arhat (Buddhism)  阿羅漢, 羅漢
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arhat_(Buddhism)
(ii) for pronunciation:
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/arhat


(2) I just chanced upon a series of photos about Hangzhou, too.

By julianbaena, on August 9, 2012.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jul ... -72157631177359138/