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Located on Mount Fanjing in China, the Temple of the Buddha and Maitreya Temple sit impossibly atop a spindly rock formation, more than 7,600 feet (2,336 meters) above sea level.
Storyline:In Zhonglu, a small town in the Wuling Mountains of southwestern China, whenever someone dies, funerary singers will beat gongs and drums to bid farewell to the departing soul. Starting at night and ending at dawn, the dirges consist of ancient wisdom as well as anecdotes about those who have passed on. Singers wander through the darkness with their gongs and drums. The documentary follows them into different families, each facing with the loss in their own way. Together these stories piece together a cross section of ordinary lives in this town.
Vine tea, or Ampelopsis grossedentata, is a medicinal plant, and locals call it meicha. It has both nutritional and medicinal properties.
Chinese researchers have discovered a new species of Veronicastrum in central China's Hubei Province, according to the Wuhan Botanical Garden under the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
New Veronicastrum species discovered in central China-