BEIJING -- When Chinese President Xi Jinping traveled to the city of Yangzhou on the bank of the Yangtze River in November, he chose not to visit the Daming Temple, according to a local resident familiar with the trip.
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A statue of Ganjin on the path leading to Daming Temple. The monk embarked on the perilous crossing to Japan five times before finally succeeding in the eighth century. (Photo by Tetsushi Takahashi)
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