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Friday, July 21, 2006
Golden Dragon museum and Chinese Garden Bendigo
The Chinese Gardens based on the Imperial Palace in Beijing, includes a Buddhist Temple, the Guan Yin Miao - Temple of The Goddess of Mercy.
Inside the temple is a statue of Kuan Yin, the goddess of mercy who holds a fly - whisk a symbol of authority and a pearl a symbol of purity and knowledge.
Golden Dragon Museum : the dragon -Sun Loong - is believed to be the world's oldest surviving imperial Chinese dragon in the world. It is over 110 years old and the longest - over 100 metres.
Chinese Bedroom - The museum depicts the cultural history of the Chinese in Bendigo since the gold rush in 1850s
The Chinese herbalist at work
Chinese Laundry
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