On my way home from church this morning (Dec. 21) I stopped at the Kun Iam Temple temple which is very close by. It is a large active Buddhist Temple which dates to 1627. There are many rooms and many people were visiting to burn incense and paper objects like money and food to honor and please their ancestors. It was very smoky. Note the fire in the one picture. In the photo with many women their are memorials with pictures hanging behind the altar and flower arrangements and more incense burning.
The first treaty of trade and friendship between the USA and China was signed here in 1844 at a large stone table at the rear of the temple garden.
