Qualla: Longquan Monastery https://qualla.com/longquan-monastery en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:39 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Longquan Monastery https://qualla.com/longquan-monastery Longquan Monastery: Introduction https://qualla.com/longquan-monastery/ The robot monk stands about two feet tall, round-headed and saffron-robed, with cartoon eyes that blink as it answers questions about the meaning of suffering. Its name is Xian'er, and it lives in a Buddhist monastery founded in 957 AD, during the Liao dynasty, at the foot of the Phoenix mountain range in northwest Beijing. The contrast should be jarring. Somehow, at Longquan Monastery, it is not.

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]]> Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/x/4/s/longquan-monastery-wp/wx4s-longquan-monastery-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Longquan Monastery: A Millennium in the Mountains https://qualla.com/longquan-monastery/ For most of its thousand-plus years, Longquan Monastery was a quiet temple on a remote hilltop in the westernmost portion of Beijing's Haidian District. Founded during the Liao dynasty, which ruled northern China from 907 to 1125, it passed through the centuries the way most Chin...

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