There is always a busy traffic to Hsiakwan, and every traveller rests here, if only for a few minutes.

For this is the most famous temple in the valley of Tali.

The Goddess of Mercy is the friend of travellers, and no thoughtful Chinese should venture on a journey without first asking the favour of the goddess and obtaining from her priests a forecast of his success.

The temple is a fine specimen of Chinese architecture.

It was built specially to record a miracle.