Her Lotus Year: The Black Dragon Temple

On spring weekends in the Western Hills around Peking Wallis would wander and see those temples still in use, such as the Black Dragon Temple, here with monks celebrating the Devil Dance and westing masks/costumes to chase out evil spirits; a ritual that took place every spring and here photographed in the 1920s by JT McGarvey for National Geographic

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