On the eastern face of Mount Ermei in China's Sichuan province is a giant seated Buddha carved from stone. The Buddha is so large that a hundred people can fit on it's foot. Work on the stone buddha began in 713 during the Tang Dynasty. In this episode of Chinese Touch we will take a look at the Giant Buddha of Leshan and the stories behind its construction.

There are two Temples of Heaven in China, the most famous one is in Beijing. The emperors of both the Ming and Qing dynasties would pray at the temple of heaven to report their accomplishments to the gods. On this episode of Chinese Touch we will take a look at the building of the Temple of Heaven in Beijing and the various Fengshui rules it had to follow which date back thousands of years to the Zhou dynasty.

There are many beautiful landscape along the Yangtze River, and the most famous and perhaps breathtakingly beautiful is the Three Gorges. On this episode of Chinese Touch we will take a short journey along the Three Gorges to admire the beauty of its landscape. 

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