Photos from Bronze Temple

Pictures from Bronze Temple, a Taoist sanctuary on a mountain on the outskirts of town.

The gate to the mountain

Spirit wall at the beginning of the path up the mountain

Mountain path

Gate to the temple

Gorgeous gardens inside the temple

Looking down the mountain from the temple walls

Walls of the temple

Stairs inside the temple buildings. The complex dates back to the Ming Dynasty.

The gardens from an overlook in the temple

Stone gate to the inner temple

Inside the temple

Lovely stone lions

These reliefs surround the altar



And even traces of paint on some...

Temple architecture

A fountain with a stone frog in it, you throw coins in as offerings

A pond, and that statue is supposed to be a legendary beauty, as I recall

The tall pagoda behind the temple, I think this was actually restored relatively recently, actually, might have been entirely built recently

This bell dates to the Ming Dynasty, but has been moved from its original location

Views of Kunming from the top of the pagoda






A troupe of retired alter kockers playing folk songs in the park

Kunming's botanical gardens are located right next door to the temple, and this is some sort of odd statue in the gardens

Walls of the temple

Lovely path through the woods on the outskirts of the temple


Wisteria, I think.